S.Y. El-Zaiat

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

S.Y. El-Zaiat is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, S.Y. El-Zaiat has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 13 papers in Materials Chemistry and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in S.Y. El-Zaiat's work include Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (14 papers), Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (8 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (8 papers). S.Y. El-Zaiat is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (14 papers), Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (8 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (8 papers). S.Y. El-Zaiat collaborates with scholars based in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Austria. S.Y. El-Zaiat's co-authors include Christoph K. Hitzenberger, Adolf F. Fercher, Muhammad Firdaus Omar, S. U. El‐Kameesy, Saleh M. Hassan, A. M. El‐naggar, N. Barakat, G. M. Youssef, A. M. Fayad and S.A. El-Fiki and has published in prestigious journals such as Materials, Optics Communications and Journal of Biomedical Optics.

In The Last Decade

S.Y. El-Zaiat

38 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Measurement of intraocular distances by backscattering sp... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 250 500 750
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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. Measurement of intraocular distances by backscattering spectral interferometry
    1995 851 citations S.Y. El-Zaiat et al. Optics Communications profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S.Y. El-Zaiat Egypt 12 924 349 278 267 262 38 1.3k
K. Divakar Rao India 20 514 0.6× 204 0.6× 121 0.4× 66 0.2× 267 1.0× 72 1.0k
Paul R. Herz United States 12 520 0.6× 147 0.4× 143 0.5× 50 0.2× 168 0.6× 25 823
Scott A. Walker United States 14 652 0.7× 164 0.5× 473 1.7× 15 0.1× 57 0.2× 26 1.6k
Domas Paipulas Lithuania 14 693 0.8× 29 0.1× 16 0.1× 71 0.3× 172 0.7× 59 913
Xiaojie Yang China 16 416 0.5× 99 0.3× 80 0.3× 17 0.1× 235 0.9× 50 854
Nicolás Weiss Switzerland 14 385 0.4× 64 0.2× 47 0.2× 18 0.1× 247 0.9× 24 1.2k
U. Hinze Germany 15 434 0.5× 30 0.1× 44 0.2× 67 0.3× 88 0.3× 37 774
Kotaro Obata Japan 16 747 0.8× 49 0.1× 9 0.0× 58 0.2× 193 0.7× 59 1.1k
Dong Xiao China 15 299 0.3× 117 0.3× 49 0.2× 9 0.0× 165 0.6× 44 731
Hongchun Bao Australia 14 505 0.5× 161 0.5× 27 0.1× 4 0.0× 716 2.7× 29 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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El‐Kameesy, S. U., et al.. (2018). Linear Optical Properties of x PbO – 20 SiO2–10 Na2O – (70 - x) B2O3 Glass System. Silicon. 11(3). 1505–1515. 4 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y., et al.. (2017). Refraction and dispersion measurement using dispersive Michelson interferometer. Optics Communications. 393. 275–283. 4 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y., et al.. (2017). Effect of Titanium Dioxide Doping on Optical Properties of Borosilicate Photochromic Glasses. Silicon. 10(2). 525–536. 9 indexed citations
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Youssef, G. M., et al.. (2015). Effect of porosity on the electrical and photoelectrical properties of textured n+ p silicon solar cells. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 39. 457–466. 12 indexed citations
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El-Naggar, A.M., et al.. (2013). Linear optical properties of (Cu2O)x (Al2O3)0.05−x (B2O3)0.20 (PbO)0.75 glasses in the spectral range 200–3300nm. Optical Materials. 35(12). 2685–2690. 11 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y., et al.. (2012). Spectral dispersion of linear optical properties for Sm2O3 doped B2O3–PbO–Al2O3 glasses. Optics & Laser Technology. 44(5). 1270–1276. 42 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y., et al.. (2011). Effects of glow-discharge nitrogen-plasma on the linear birefringence of polyester sheets. Radiation effects and defects in solids. 166(6). 417–426. 2 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y.. (2005). Liquid refraction and dispersion measurements by multiple-beam white-light Newton's fringes. Optics & Laser Technology. 39(1). 149–154. 4 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y.. (2004). Group refractive index measurement by fringes of equal chromatic order. Optics & Laser Technology. 37(3). 181–186. 11 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y.. (2002). Interferometric determination of refraction and dispersion of a birefringent material: numerical procedure. Optics & Laser Technology. 34(1). 15–21. 8 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y.. (2001). Interferometric determination of refraction and dispersion of a birefringent material: non-numerical procedure. Optics & Laser Technology. 33(2). 91–95. 6 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y.. (1998). Application of multiple-beam white-light fringes for measuring the refraction and dispersion of mica. Optics & Laser Technology. 29(8). 495–500. 8 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y.. (1997). Measuring the thickness and refractive index of a thick transparent plate by an unexpanded laser beam. Optics & Laser Technology. 29(2). 63–65. 8 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y., et al.. (1997). Determination of the material dispersion and the index profile parameters of a GRIN optical waveguide applying white light interference fringes. Journal of Modern Optics. 44(3). 461–472. 11 indexed citations
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El-Fiki, S.A., et al.. (1996). Interferometric investigation of the effect of gamma radiation on the refractive index of CR-39 polymer. Optics & Laser Technology. 28(8). 585–587. 10 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y., et al.. (1996). Determination of the optical properties of a monomode optical fibre by fringes of equal chromatic order. Journal of Modern Optics. 43(11). 2205–2215. 10 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y., et al.. (1996). Determination of the optical properties of a monomode optical fibre by fringes of equal chromatic order. Journal of Modern Optics. 43(11). 2205–2216. 2 indexed citations
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El-Zaiat, S.Y., et al.. (1996). Interferometric determination of the dispersion and atomic parameters of some eye vitreous substitute solutions. Pure and Applied Optics Journal of the European Optical Society Part A. 5(6). 967–973. 9 indexed citations

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