Yousef Heider

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Yousef Heider is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yousef Heider has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Computational Mechanics, 25 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yousef Heider's work include Numerical methods in engineering (17 papers), Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (10 papers) and Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (9 papers). Yousef Heider is often cited by papers focused on Numerical methods in engineering (17 papers), Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (10 papers) and Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (9 papers). Yousef Heider collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Iran. Yousef Heider's co-authors include Bernd Markert, WaiChing Sun, Wolfgang Ehlers, Kun Wang, Sandeep P. Patil, Martin Ziegler, Hyoung Suk Suh, Eduardo R. Cruz-Chú, Alexander Fuchs and Kun Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Yousef Heider

55 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

A review on phase-field modeling of hydraulic fracturing 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 40 80 120
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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. A review on phase-field modeling of hydraulic fracturing
    2021 132 citations Yousef Heider profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yousef Heider Germany 18 700 411 347 313 136 58 1.3k
Aiwen Wang China 16 861 1.2× 207 0.5× 187 0.5× 362 1.2× 128 0.9× 49 1.3k
Demin Liu China 21 566 0.8× 387 0.9× 397 1.1× 257 0.8× 97 0.7× 88 1.1k
B. A. Schrefler Italy 26 723 1.0× 244 0.6× 266 0.8× 802 2.6× 82 0.6× 87 1.8k
Qizhi He United States 16 267 0.4× 189 0.5× 145 0.4× 311 1.0× 96 0.7× 39 1.0k
Ning Guo China 24 750 1.1× 730 1.8× 182 0.5× 1.6k 5.2× 141 1.0× 80 2.3k
Renfang Huang China 21 697 1.0× 521 1.3× 491 1.4× 232 0.7× 177 1.3× 57 1.2k
Shuwei Zhou China 24 2.0k 2.9× 569 1.4× 763 2.2× 1.0k 3.3× 376 2.8× 62 3.0k
Xikui Li China 25 1.0k 1.5× 641 1.6× 212 0.6× 663 2.1× 77 0.6× 93 1.8k
Wenxiang Xu China 31 898 1.3× 324 0.8× 174 0.5× 1.2k 3.8× 114 0.8× 70 2.1k
Enzo Zanchini Italy 24 273 0.4× 370 0.9× 665 1.9× 382 1.2× 128 0.9× 96 1.6k

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All Works

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Heider, Yousef, et al.. (2025). Computational multi-physics modeling of membranes in proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 441. 117974–117974.
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Heider, Yousef, Fadi Aldakheel, & Wolfgang Ehlers. (2025). A Multiscale CNN-Based Intrinsic Permeability Prediction in Deformable Porous Media. Applied Sciences. 15(5). 2589–2589. 3 indexed citations
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Heider, Yousef, et al.. (2025). Deep learning-aided inverse design of porous metamaterials. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 449. 118499–118499.
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Heider, Yousef, et al.. (2023). Predicting residual stresses in SLM additive manufacturing using a phase-field thermomechanical modeling framework. Computational Materials Science. 231. 112576–112576. 12 indexed citations
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Peters, Sven, Yousef Heider, & Bernd Markert. (2023). Numerical simulation of miscible multiphase flow and fluid–fluid interaction in deformable porous media. PAMM. 23(2). 3 indexed citations
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Bui, Tinh Quoc, et al.. (2023). A multi-level adaptive mesh refinement method for phase-field fracture problems. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 125. 103920–103920. 7 indexed citations
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Heider, Yousef, et al.. (2023). A multiscale study of the retention behavior and hydraulic anisotropy in deformable porous media. PAMM. 23(1). 2 indexed citations
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Heider, Yousef, et al.. (2023). A machine‐learning supported multi‐scale LBM‐TPM model of unsaturated, anisotropic, and deformable porous materials. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 48(4). 889–910. 13 indexed citations
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Heider, Yousef, et al.. (2023). A non-isothermal phase-field hydraulic fracture modeling in saturated porous media with convection-dominated heat transport. Acta Geotechnica. 18(9). 4515–4538. 13 indexed citations
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Heider, Yousef, et al.. (2022). Self-organized criticality in fracture models at different scales. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100054–100054. 8 indexed citations
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Heider, Yousef, et al.. (2020). A Semi-Automated DEM Parameter Calibration Technique of Powders Based on Different Bulk Responses Extracted from Auger Dosing Experiments. KONA Powder and Particle Journal. 38(0). 235–250. 14 indexed citations
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Heider, Yousef, et al.. (2018). Phase-field-based modelling of the gelation process of biopolymer droplets in 3D bioprinting. Computational Mechanics. 63(6). 1187–1202. 15 indexed citations
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Heider, Yousef, et al.. (2017). Modelling of the gelation process of biopolymers using the phase‐field method. PAMM. 17(1). 103–106. 1 indexed citations
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Heider, Yousef & Bernd Markert. (2017). Modelling of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow change in saturated porous domains. PAMM. 17(1). 95–98. 5 indexed citations
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Heider, Yousef & Bernd Markert. (2016). Simulation of hydraulic fracture of porous materials using the phase‐field modeling approach. PAMM. 16(1). 447–448. 4 indexed citations
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Patil, Sandeep P., et al.. (2016). A comparative molecular dynamics-phase-field modeling approach to brittle fracture. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 312. 117–129. 51 indexed citations
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Patil, Sandeep P., et al.. (2016). A combined molecular dynamics‐phase‐field modelling approach to fracture. PAMM. 16(1). 139–140. 1 indexed citations
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Heider, Yousef, et al.. (2014). The dynamic response of fluid-saturated porous materials with application to seismically induced soil liquefaction. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 63. 120–137. 19 indexed citations
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Heider, Yousef, Bernd Markert, & Wolfgang Ehlers. (2011). Dynamic wave propagation in infinite saturated porous media half spaces. Computational Mechanics. 49(3). 319–336. 24 indexed citations

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