Zakaria Benzekri

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

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Zakaria Benzekri is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zakaria Benzekri has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Organic Chemistry, 24 papers in Materials Chemistry and 21 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zakaria Benzekri's work include Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition (23 papers), Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles (22 papers) and Concrete Corrosion and Durability (21 papers). Zakaria Benzekri is often cited by papers focused on Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition (23 papers), Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles (22 papers) and Concrete Corrosion and Durability (21 papers). Zakaria Benzekri collaborates with scholars based in Morocco, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. Zakaria Benzekri's co-authors include Rachid Hsissou, Ahmed Elharfi, Mohamed Rafik, R. Seghiri, Saı̈d Boukhris, Abdelaziz Souızı, M. Galai, Moussa Ouakki, A. Zarrouk and Elhachmia Ech‐chihbi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Langmuir and Journal of Alloys and Compounds.

In The Last Decade

Zakaria Benzekri

44 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zakaria Benzekri Morocco	18	865	611	366	358	336	47	1.7k
Tayser Sumer Gaaz Iraq	25	1.2k 1.3×	817 1.3×	523 1.4×	429 1.2×	242 0.7×	54	2.2k
Mohamed Rafik Morocco	15	552 0.6×	306 0.5×	172 0.5×	601 1.7×	106 0.3×	42	1.5k
Mehdi El Bοuchti Morocco	19	699 0.8×	541 0.9×	273 0.7×	399 1.1×	137 0.4×	56	1.5k
Yue Xu China	17	947 1.1×	453 0.7×	226 0.6×	285 0.8×	96 0.3×	35	2.1k
M. Peikari Iran	10	1.2k 1.3×	684 1.1×	446 1.2×	600 1.7×	226 0.7×	15	1.6k
A. Tara France	16	582 0.7×	309 0.5×	162 0.4×	131 0.4×	51 0.2×	36	990
Chengbao Liu China	21	1.2k 1.3×	196 0.3×	36 0.1×	650 1.8×	106 0.3×	42	1.5k
Qinghong Fang China	25	780 0.9×	140 0.2×	38 0.1×	1.0k 2.9×	85 0.3×	72	1.8k
Aarti P. More India	19	268 0.3×	96 0.2×	37 0.1×	496 1.4×	160 0.5×	62	1.2k
Chuang He China	21	938 1.1×	378 0.6×	34 0.1×	130 0.4×	25 0.1×	51	1.6k

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Ouass, Abdelkarim, Rachid Hsissou, Zakaria Benzekri, et al.. (2025). Apatite tricalcium phosphate powder Ca9(HPO4)(PO4)5(OH) is an effective and eco-friendly catalyst for the green synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrano[c]chromenes and tetrahydrobenzo[b]pyrans derivatives. Polyhedron. 277. 117565–117565.

Kharbouch, Otmane, Khadija Dahmani, N. Errahmany, et al.. (2025). Enhancing Al–Air Battery Performance with Beta-d-Glucose and Adonite Additives: A Combined Electrochemical and Theoretical Study. Langmuir. 41(1). 431–449. 7 indexed citations

Kharbouch, Otmane, Khadija Dahmani, Anouar El Magri, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical, surface, and theoretical studies on amine-based organic compounds as efficient corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in 1 M HCl. International Journal of Electrochemical Science. 20(4). 100951–100951. 7 indexed citations

Benzekri, Zakaria, et al.. (2025). Investigation of the catalytic performance and characterisation of an excellent heterogeneous catalyst Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate Decahydrate (Na4P2O7,10 H2O) in ecological Knoevenagel condensation. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society. 102(8). 101789–101789.

Dahmani, Khadija, Otmane Kharbouch, M. Galai, et al.. (2024). Assessment of 14-(4-nitrophenyl)-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthene as an effective organic corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in 1 M HCl: Electrochemical, theoretical, and surface analysis. International Journal of Electrochemical Science. 20(1). 100907–100907. 8 indexed citations

Kharbouch, Otmane, Khadija Dahmani, M. Galai, et al.. (2024). Probing corrosion protective mechanism of 2- (4-nitrobenzylidene) malononitrile on anode for enhanced alkaline (4 M NaOH) Aluminum -air battery performance. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1010. 178239–178239. 4 indexed citations

Dahmani, Khadija, Otmane Kharbouch, M. Galai, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of 14-(p-tolyl)-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthene as a highly efficient organic corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in 1 M HCl: Electrochemical, theoretical, and surface characterization. International Journal of Electrochemical Science. 19(12). 100873–100873. 7 indexed citations

Ouakki, Moussa, Zakia Aribou, Elhachmia Ech‐chihbi, et al.. (2024). A study on the corrosion inhibition impact of newly synthesized quinazoline derivatives on mild steel in 1.0 M HCl: Experimental, surface morphological (SEM-EDS and FTIR) and computational analysis. International Journal of Electrochemical Science. 19(11). 100795–100795. 5 indexed citations

Benzekri, Zakaria, Rachid Hsissou, A. Ouasri, et al.. (2023). Novel hybrid perovskite crystal NH3(CH2)7NH3BiCl5 as a potential catalytic performance and eco-friendly for the synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrano [3,2-c] chromenes derivatives. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1281. 135064–135064. 13 indexed citations

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Benhiba, F., Zakaria Benzekri, Y. Kerroum, et al.. (2023). Assessment of inhibitory behavior of ethyl 5-cyano-4-(furan-2-yl)-2-methyl-6-oxo-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridine-3-carboxylate as a corrosion inhibitor for carbon steel in molar HCl: Theoretical approaches and experimental investigation. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society. 100(2). 100916–100916. 26 indexed citations

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Benzekri, Zakaria, et al.. (2023). An Efficient and Practical Process for the Synthesis of Benzimidazole and Benzothiazole Derivatives Catalyzed by Layered Zirconium Phosphate: Effect of Calcinations Temperature. Kinetics and Catalysis. 64(5). 616–626. 9 indexed citations

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Benzekri, Zakaria, et al.. (2023). The synthetic green voice of tetrahydro-11H-benzo[a]xanthen-11-one derivatives by investigating the catalytic performance of the quadratic form of the organic–inorganic tetramethylammonium hexafluorosilicate [(CH3)4N]2SiF6 single-crystal under green conditions. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 150. 110512–110512. 2 indexed citations

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Benzekri, Zakaria, et al.. (2022). Adsorption of Copper (II) Ions on a Montmorillonite Clay and its Application as Heterogeneous Catalyst for Knoevenagel Condensation Reaction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Ouakki, Moussa, M. Galai, Nаdiа Аrrousse, et al.. (2022). New pyrazole compounds as a corrosion inhibitor of stainless steel in 2.0 M H2SO4 medium: Electrochemical and theoretical insights. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 147. 110150–110150. 34 indexed citations

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Ouakki, Moussa, M. Galai, Zakaria Benzekri, et al.. (2021). A detailed investigation on the corrosion inhibition effect of by newly synthesized pyran derivative on mild steel in 1.0 M HCl: Experimental, surface morphological (SEM-EDS, DRX& AFM) and computational analysis (DFT & MD simulation). Journal of Molecular Liquids. 344. 117777–117777. 84 indexed citations

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Benzekri, Zakaria, et al.. (2020). Improvement of the catalytic performance of hybrid nanocomposite based on phosphate-benzimidazole in Knoevenagel condensation. Heliyon. 6(11). e05293–e05293. 17 indexed citations

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Ouakki, Moussa, M. Galai, Zakaria Benzekri, et al.. (2020). Insights into corrosion inhibition mechanism of mild steel in 1 M HCl solution by quinoxaline derivatives: electrochemical, SEM/EDAX, UV-visible, FT-IR and theoretical approaches. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 611. 125810–125810. 71 indexed citations

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Serrar, H., Zakaria Benzekri, Saı̈d Boukhris, et al.. (2018). Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Corrosion Inhibition of 4-amino-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-8-(2, 3-dimethoxyphenyl)-6-oxo-2, 6-dihydropyrimido [2, 1-b][1, 3] thiazine-3,7-dicarbonitrile on Carbon Steel in a 1.0 M HCl Solution. Portugaliae electrochimica acta. 36(1). 35–52. 5 indexed citations

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Zarrok, H., Zakaria Benzekri, A. El Assyry, et al.. (2015). Electrochemical and theoretical evaluation of ethyl 6-amino-5-cyano-2-methyl-4-phenyl-4H-pyran-3-carboxylate as corrosion inhibitor for low carbon steel in 1.0 M HCl. Der pharmacia lettre. 7(9). 239–250. 3 indexed citations

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Assouag, Mohammed, H. Zarrok, Zakaria Benzekri, et al.. (2015). Correlated DFT and electrochemical study on inhibition behavior of ethyl 6-amino-5-cyano-2-methyl-4-(p-tolyl)-4H-pyran-3-carboxylate for the corrosion of mild steel in HCl. Der pharma chemica. 7(10). 77–88. 59 indexed citations

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