Sherif El‐Tawil

12.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
212 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Sherif El‐Tawil is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sherif El‐Tawil has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 184 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 86 papers in Building and Construction and 33 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sherif El‐Tawil's work include Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (81 papers), Structural Response to Dynamic Loads (72 papers) and Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (50 papers). Sherif El‐Tawil is often cited by papers focused on Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (81 papers), Structural Response to Dynamic Loads (72 papers) and Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (50 papers). Sherif El‐Tawil collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and China. Sherif El‐Tawil's co-authors include Antoine E. Naaman, Kay Wille, Kapil Khandelwal, Sashi K. Kunnath, Gregory G. Deierlein, Mo Alkaysi, Chung‐Chan Hung, Fahim Sadek, H. S. Lew and Sukhoon Pyo and has published in prestigious journals such as Cement and Concrete Research, Construction and Building Materials and Cement and Concrete Composites.

In The Last Decade

Sherif El‐Tawil

204 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

Journal of Structural Engineering 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 2014 2011 2021 250 500 750
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. Journal of Structural Engineering
    1983 860 citations Sherif El‐Tawil, Sashi K. Kunnath et al. profile →
  2. Properties of strain hardening ultra high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHP-FRC) under direct tensile loading
    2014 690 citations Kay Wille, Sherif El‐Tawil et al. profile →
  3. Ultra-high performance concrete and fiber reinforced concrete: achieving strength and ductility without heat curing
    2011 330 citations Kay Wille, Antoine E. Naaman et al. profile →
  4. A Review of Developments and Challenges for UHPC in Structural Engineering: Behavior, Analysis, and Design
    2021 260 citations Sherif El‐Tawil et al. Journal of Structural Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sherif El‐Tawil United States 53 8.9k 5.1k 1.6k 729 532 212 9.7k
Kang Hai Tan Singapore 60 10.7k 1.2× 6.1k 1.2× 2.6k 1.6× 606 0.8× 476 0.9× 409 12.1k
Jun Li China 51 6.5k 0.7× 2.5k 0.5× 2.8k 1.7× 1.3k 1.8× 885 1.7× 386 8.8k
Venkatesh Kodur United States 66 12.7k 1.4× 7.2k 1.4× 729 0.4× 640 0.9× 485 0.9× 340 13.8k
J.Y. Richard Liew Singapore 59 9.4k 1.1× 6.3k 1.2× 866 0.5× 1.2k 1.6× 958 1.8× 289 10.2k
Genda Chen United States 44 5.0k 0.6× 1.5k 0.3× 959 0.6× 629 0.9× 705 1.3× 333 6.5k
Eugen Brühwiler Switzerland 37 4.9k 0.5× 2.6k 0.5× 358 0.2× 699 1.0× 350 0.7× 260 5.3k
Yi Bao United States 50 5.6k 0.6× 2.3k 0.5× 574 0.3× 1.2k 1.7× 1.5k 2.8× 223 7.5k
Henrik Stang Denmark 37 3.5k 0.4× 2.1k 0.4× 514 0.3× 879 1.2× 604 1.1× 176 4.6k
Mahmoud Reda Taha United States 34 2.8k 0.3× 1.5k 0.3× 711 0.4× 977 1.3× 807 1.5× 233 4.7k
Muhammad N.S. Hadi Australia 52 8.5k 1.0× 6.6k 1.3× 750 0.5× 380 0.5× 283 0.5× 361 9.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sherif El‐Tawil

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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El‐Tawil, Sherif, et al.. (2025). Cyclic damage constitutive behavior of UHPC under uniaxial tension. Construction and Building Materials. 496. 143764–143764.
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El‐Tawil, Sherif, et al.. (2025). Performance and implications of cost-effective natural sand substitutes for quartz in ultra-high performance concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 496. 143759–143759. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongfan, et al.. (2024). Reliability-Based Framework for Structural Robustness Evaluation of Bridges. Journal of Bridge Engineering. 29(6). 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongfan, et al.. (2023). Progressive Collapse Behavior of a Long-Span Cable-Stayed Bridge Induced by Cable Loss. Journal of Bridge Engineering. 28(9). 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongfan, et al.. (2023). Performance of a Long-Span Suspension Bridge Subjected to Sudden Single Suspender Loss. Journal of Bridge Engineering. 28(11). 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongfan, et al.. (2022). Dynamic Response and Progressive Collapse of a Long-Span Suspension Bridge Induced by Suspender Loss. Journal of Structural Engineering. 148(6). 8 indexed citations
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El‐Tawil, Sherif, et al.. (2021). Community-Based Multi-Sensory Structural Health Monitoring System: A Smartphone Accelerometer and Camera Fusion Approach. IEEE Sensors Journal. 21(18). 20539–20551. 14 indexed citations
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El‐Tawil, Sherif, et al.. (2020). Computational Simulation of Benefit Fraud and Community Resilience in the Wake of Disaster. Natural Hazards Review. 21(4). 1 indexed citations
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El‐Tawil, Sherif, et al.. (2020). Open-Recipe Ultra-High-Performance Concrete. ACI Concrete International. 42(6). 33–38. 14 indexed citations
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Eltawil, Ahmed M., et al.. (2020). Accuracy Limits of Embedded Smart Device Accelerometer Sensors. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 69(8). 5488–5496. 17 indexed citations
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El‐Tawil, Sherif, et al.. (2020). Automated Assessment of Building Damage from Seismic Events Using Smartphones. Journal of Structural Engineering. 146(5). 8 indexed citations
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El‐Tawil, Sherif, et al.. (2019). Identifying Stick-Slip Characteristics of a Smart Device on a Seismically Excited Surface Using On-Board Sensors. Journal of Earthquake Engineering. 26(2). 911–929. 4 indexed citations
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El‐Tawil, Sherif, et al.. (2018). Dynamic behavior of a smart device on a surface subjected to earthquake motion. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 47(9). 1905–1920. 7 indexed citations
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El‐Tawil, Sherif, et al.. (2015). Structural Response of Joints Made with Generic UHPC. 1435–1445. 2 indexed citations
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Wille, Kay, Antoine E. Naaman, & Sherif El‐Tawil. (2011). Optimizing Ultra-High Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete. ACI Concrete International. 33(9). 35–41. 63 indexed citations
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El‐Tawil, Sherif, et al.. (2006). Inhibiting steel brace buckling using CFRP wraps. 7 indexed citations
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Kamat, Vineet R. & Sherif El‐Tawil. (2005). Rapid Post-Disaster Evaluation of Building Damage Using Augmented Situational Visualization. 1–10. 7 indexed citations
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Kunnath, Sashi K., et al.. (2004). Modeling and Response Prediction in Performance‐Based Seismic Evaluation: Case Studies of Instrumented Steel Moment‐Frame Buildings. Earthquake Spectra. 20(3). 883–915. 33 indexed citations
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Okeil, Ayman M., Sherif El‐Tawil, & Mohsen Shahawy. (2001). DISCUSSION ON "CANADIAN BRIDGE DESIGN CODE PROVISIONS FOR FIBER-REINFORCED STRUCTURES" BY BAIDAR BAKHT, GEORGE AL-BAZI, NEMY BANTHIA, MOE CHEUNG, MARIE-ANNE ERKI, MARTIN FAORO, ATSUHIKO MACHIDA, AFTAB A. MUFTI, KENNETH W. NEALE, AND GAMIL TADROS. Journal of Composites for Construction. 5(2). 3 indexed citations

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