Youssef El Ouardi

808 total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 570 citations indexed

About

Youssef El Ouardi is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomaterials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Youssef El Ouardi has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 570 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Water Science and Technology, 14 papers in Biomaterials and 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Youssef El Ouardi's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (14 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (10 papers) and Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (8 papers). Youssef El Ouardi is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (14 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (10 papers) and Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (8 papers). Youssef El Ouardi collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Morocco and France. Youssef El Ouardi's co-authors include Katri Laatikainen, Eveliina Repo, Emile Salomon Massima Mouele, Markku Laatikainen, Abdelkrim Ouammou, Sami Virolainen, Soufian El Barkany, Catherine Branger, John Kwame Bediako and Mohamed Abou-Salama and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Chemical Engineering Journal and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Youssef El Ouardi

35 papers receiving 556 citations

Hit Papers

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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. The recent progress of ion exchange for the separation of rare earths from secondary resources – A review
    2023 110 citations Youssef El Ouardi, Sami Virolainen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Youssef El Ouardi Finland 14 185 165 102 98 93 37 570
Nora A. Hamad Egypt 12 112 0.6× 221 1.3× 65 0.6× 77 0.8× 129 1.4× 24 510
Mohamed Bagané Tunisia 13 107 0.6× 307 1.9× 72 0.7× 87 0.9× 70 0.8× 37 552
Amirreza Azadmehr Iran 15 212 1.1× 299 1.8× 92 0.9× 174 1.8× 130 1.4× 57 775
Mohammad Ali Mousavian Iran 10 184 1.0× 383 2.3× 101 1.0× 137 1.4× 142 1.5× 19 695
Somia B. Ahmed Egypt 12 84 0.5× 311 1.9× 74 0.7× 109 1.1× 73 0.8× 18 616
Gabriela Buema Romania 14 120 0.6× 433 2.6× 65 0.6× 75 0.8× 155 1.7× 39 754
Giani de Vargas Brião Brazil 14 165 0.9× 489 3.0× 95 0.9× 131 1.3× 182 2.0× 23 794
Fernando Valenzuela Chile 15 358 1.9× 194 1.2× 78 0.8× 177 1.8× 81 0.9× 26 728
Saurabh Sharma India 9 188 1.0× 488 3.0× 54 0.5× 81 0.8× 125 1.3× 22 812

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Youssef El Ouardi

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All Works

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Ouardi, Youssef El, M’hamed Ahari, Amin Salhi, et al.. (2025). Progress in bentonite clay modification and enhancing properties to industrial applications: A review. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 337. 130486–130486. 4 indexed citations
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Bendahhou, Amine, Rahime Eshaghi Malekshah, Youssef El Ouardi, et al.. (2025). Niobium-tungsten co-doped rutile TiO2 as a new high-efficiency photocatalyst for sunlight-driven degradation of organic Dyes: Synthesis, characterization, computational study and application. Ceramics International. 51(25). 43933–43946.
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Ouardi, Youssef El, et al.. (2025). Water-based green media for the synthesis of cellulose acid half-esters: physicochemical characterization and conformation-modulating interactions. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 311(Pt 2). 143968–143968. 2 indexed citations
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Ouardi, Youssef El, et al.. (2025). 3D-printed polyamide-H2TiO3 composite for selective lithium adsorption: Insights from experimental and theoretical dynamic simulations studies. Minerals Engineering. 231. 109470–109470. 2 indexed citations
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Ouardi, Youssef El, et al.. (2024). Synergistic performance of magnetic ion-imprinted nanocomposite for selective separation of gadolinium. Minerals Engineering. 214. 108794–108794. 2 indexed citations
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Ouardi, Youssef El, et al.. (2024). Selective recovery of copper from copper tailings and wastewater using chelating resins with bis-picolylamine functional groups. Heliyon. 10(6). e27766–e27766. 1 indexed citations
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Bediako, John Kwame, et al.. (2024). 3D-printing of Fe–Ni bimetallic particles and their application in removal of arsenic from water. Environmental Pollution. 356. 124322–124322. 3 indexed citations
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Bediako, John Kwame, et al.. (2024). Understanding the mechanisms of gold(III) adsorption onto additively manufactured polyamide adsorbent, AM-N12. Chemical Engineering Science. 305. 121130–121130. 3 indexed citations
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Ouardi, Youssef El, et al.. (2024). Dynamic simulation-driven analysis of cadmium, nickel, cobalt, and iron adsorption mechanisms in zeolite LTA synthesized from bentonite. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 384. 113433–113433. 2 indexed citations
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Bediako, John Kwame, Emile Salomon Massima Mouele, Youssef El Ouardi, & Eveliina Repo. (2023). Saloplastics and the polyelectrolyte complex continuum: Advances, challenges and prospects. Chemical Engineering Journal. 462. 142322–142322. 29 indexed citations
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Mouele, Emile Salomon Massima, John Kwame Bediako, Youssef El Ouardi, et al.. (2023). Sustainable gliadin - Metal oxide composites for efficient inactivation of Escherichia coli and remediation of cobalt (II) from water. Environmental Pollution. 340(Pt 2). 122788–122788. 1 indexed citations
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Ouardi, Youssef El, et al.. (2022). Modeling study, 3D-QSAR and molecular docking of 9H-purine derivatives as EGFR inhibitors. Materials Today Proceedings. 62. 6312–6323. 2 indexed citations
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Ouardi, Youssef El, et al.. (2022). Highly selective recovery of Ni(II) in neutral and acidic media using a novel Ni(II)-ion imprinted polymer. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 444(Pt B). 130453–130453. 12 indexed citations
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Ouardi, Youssef El, et al.. (2021). In silico Prediction of Novel SARS-CoV 3CL pro Inhibitors: a Combination of 3D-QSAR, Molecular Docking, ADMET Prediction, and Molecular Dynamics Simulation. Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry. 12(4). 5100–5115. 6 indexed citations
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Ouardi, Youssef El, Catherine Branger, Hamid Toufik, et al.. (2020). An insight of enhanced natural material (calcined diatomite) efficiency in nickel and silver retention: Application to natural effluents. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 18. 100768–100768. 16 indexed citations
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Ouardi, Youssef El, Catherine Branger, Katri Laatikainen, et al.. (2020). Impact of thermal treatment on bentonite retention ability toward nickel and silver retention. Separation Science and Technology. 56(15). 2521–2531. 12 indexed citations

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