Saeid Lotfian

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Saeid Lotfian is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Saeid Lotfian has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 15 papers in Ocean Engineering and 13 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Saeid Lotfian's work include Wave and Wind Energy Systems (10 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (9 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (7 papers). Saeid Lotfian is often cited by papers focused on Wave and Wind Energy Systems (10 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (9 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (7 papers). Saeid Lotfian collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Iran and Spain. Saeid Lotfian's co-authors include Shahram Hanifi, Xiaolei Liu, Zi Lin, J.M. Molina-Aldareguía, Hamed Yazdani Nezhad, Nikhilesh Chawla, Javier LLorca, Marjan Entezar Shabestari, Ehsan Naderi Kalali and Cheng-shou Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Acta Materialia and Energy Conversion and Management.

In The Last Decade

Saeid Lotfian

47 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

A Critical Review of Wind Power Forecasting Methods—Past,... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2023 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A Critical Review of Wind Power Forecasting Methods—Past, Present and Future
    2020 266 citations Shahram Hanifi, Saeid Lotfian et al. Energies profile →
  2. A critical review of the current progress of plastic waste recycling technology in structural materials
    2023 147 citations Ehsan Naderi Kalali, Saeid Lotfian et al. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Saeid Lotfian United Kingdom 18 420 365 254 220 164 50 1.2k
Min Yu China 24 923 2.2× 281 0.8× 385 1.5× 75 0.3× 109 0.7× 88 1.9k
Mohammad Azad Alam Malaysia 19 493 1.2× 154 0.4× 310 1.2× 206 0.9× 89 0.5× 49 1.0k
Weijie Wu China 22 476 1.1× 94 0.3× 444 1.7× 129 0.6× 184 1.1× 78 1.3k
Harjit Singh United Kingdom 26 581 1.4× 277 0.8× 303 1.2× 54 0.2× 486 3.0× 63 1.9k
Kiran Shahapurkar India 24 755 1.8× 194 0.5× 334 1.3× 268 1.2× 775 4.7× 102 2.1k
Bowen Zhang China 18 892 2.1× 169 0.5× 284 1.1× 136 0.6× 121 0.7× 53 1.1k
Ervina Efzan Mhd Noor Malaysia 16 410 1.0× 382 1.0× 88 0.3× 74 0.3× 58 0.4× 71 923
Fu Xu China 24 240 0.6× 392 1.1× 297 1.2× 115 0.5× 167 1.0× 102 1.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saeid Lotfian

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lotfian, Saeid, et al.. (2025). Calibration and Validation of Slurry Erosion Models for Glass Fibre Composites in Marine Energy Systems. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 13(9). 1602–1602. 1 indexed citations
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Seyedzadeh, Saleh, et al.. (2025). Optimising Manufacturing Efficiency: A Data Analytics Solution for Machine Utilisation and Production Insights. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing. 9(7). 210–210. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Yang, Qing Xiao, Liu Yang, et al.. (2024). Numerical Analysis of Structured Sheet Material in Flexible Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter. 1 indexed citations
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Javadi, Yashar, Charles MacLeod, David Lines, et al.. (2024). Phased Array Ultrasonic Method for Robotic Preload Measurement in Offshore Wind Turbine Bolted Connections. Sensors. 24(5). 1421–1421. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Liu, Yang Huang, Saishuai Dai, et al.. (2024). Hyperelastic behaviour of elastomers for wave energy applications. Ocean Engineering. 313. 119652–119652. 2 indexed citations
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Esmaeili, Chakavak, Saeed Ashtiani, Chhabilal Regmi, et al.. (2024). Preparation and characterisation of NH3 gas sensor based on PANI/Fe-doped CeO nanocomposite. Heliyon. 10(15). e34801–e34801. 8 indexed citations
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Lotfian, Saeid, et al.. (2024). Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis of an Innovative Additive Manufacturing Technique for Onboard Maintenance. Sustainability. 16(9). 3763–3763. 7 indexed citations
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Lotfian, Saeid, et al.. (2024). Decommissioning Offshore Wind Fixed Steel Pile Foundations: A Critical Review. Energies. 17(21). 5460–5460. 2 indexed citations
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Lotfian, Saeid, Saishuai Dai, Liu Yang, et al.. (2024). Experimental and computational analysis of elastomer membranes used in oscillating water column WECs. Renewable Energy. 226. 120422–120422. 3 indexed citations
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Huang, Yang, et al.. (2023). A CFD-FEM analysis for Anaconda WEC with mooring lines. 15. 1 indexed citations
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Kalali, Ehsan Naderi, et al.. (2023). A critical review of the current progress of plastic waste recycling technology in structural materials. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 40. 100763–100763. 147 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hanifi, Shahram, Hossein Zare‐Behtash, Andrea Cammarano, & Saeid Lotfian. (2023). Offshore wind power forecasting based on WPD and optimised deep learning methods. Renewable Energy. 218. 119241–119241. 43 indexed citations
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Kashani-Bozorg, Seyed Farshid, et al.. (2023). Effect of Initial Grain Size on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of In Situ Hybrid Aluminium Nanocomposites Fabricated by Friction Stir Processing. Applied Sciences. 13(12). 7337–7337. 3 indexed citations
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Yeter, Baran, et al.. (2023). Material Selection Framework for Lift-Based Wave Energy Converters Using Fuzzy TOPSIS. Energies. 16(21). 7324–7324. 2 indexed citations
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Karevan, Mehdi, et al.. (2023). Bioactive and Biodegradable Polycaprolactone-Based Nanocomposite for Bone Repair Applications. Polymers. 15(17). 3617–3617. 23 indexed citations
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Huang, Yang, Qing Xiao, Liu Yang, et al.. (2023). Novel computational fluid dynamics-finite element analysis solution for the study of flexible material wave energy converters. Physics of Fluids. 35(8). 15 indexed citations
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Hanifi, Shahram, Saeid Lotfian, Hossein Zare‐Behtash, & Andrea Cammarano. (2022). Offshore Wind Power Forecasting—A New Hyperparameter Optimisation Algorithm for Deep Learning Models. Energies. 15(19). 6919–6919. 34 indexed citations
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Emadi, Rahmatollah, Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard, Mahshid Kharaziha, et al.. (2022). Development of an Injectable Shear-Thinning Nanocomposite Hydrogel for Cardiac Tissue Engineering. Gels. 8(2). 121–121. 16 indexed citations
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Burda, Marek, et al.. (2021). Development of carbonaceous tin-based solder composite achieving unprecedented joint performance. Emergent Materials. 4(6). 1679–1696. 2 indexed citations

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