2026 Abbas Afshar: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	47	4957	4772	64	64	187	7233

Overview

Abbas Afshar is affiliated with the Iran University of Science and Technology in Iran. The scientific work primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Engineering, with a significant emphasis on Water Science and Technology, Ocean Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Pollution.

The areas of research span multiple topics, including:

Water resources management and optimization
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
Water Systems and Optimization
Energy and Environment Impacts
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Groundwater flow and contamination studies
Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods

Afshar has contributed to various publication venues, frequently appearing in:

Water Resources Management
Journal of Hydrology
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Research Square
Hydrological Sciences Journal

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a number of co-authors, among them:

Amir Molajou
Mina Khosravi
Masoud Vahabzadeh
Motahareh Saadatpour
Hossein Akbari Variani

Recent publications include:

"A new paradigm of water, food, and energy nexus" (2021), Environmental Science and Pollution Research
"Comparison and assessment of spatial downscaling methods for enhancing the accuracy of satellite-based precipitation over Lake Urmia Basin" (2021), Journal of Hydrology
"Optimal Design and Feature Selection by Genetic Algorithm for Emotional Artificial Neural Network (EANN) in Rainfall-Runoff Modeling" (2021), Water Resources Management
"Incorporating Social System into Water-Food-Energy Nexus" (2021), Water Resources Management
"The conceptual framework to determine interrelations and interactions for holistic Water, Energy, and Food Nexus" (2021), Environment Development and Sustainability

Best Publications

Honey-Bees Mating Optimization (HBMO) Algorithm: A New Heuristic Approach for Water Resources Optimization

Omid Bozorg Haddad;Abbas Afshar;Miguel A. Mariño

466
Citations
HONEY-BEE MATING OPTIMIZATION (HBMO) ALGORITHM FOR OPTIMAL RESERVOIR OPERATION

A. Afshar;O. Bozorg Haddad;M.A. Mariño;B.J. Adams

401
Citations
Modeling integrated supply chain logistics in real-time large-scale disaster relief operations

Abbas Afshar;Ali Haghani

306
Citations
Fuzzy TOPSIS Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Applied to Karun Reservoirs System

Amin Afshar;Miguel A. Mariño;Motahareh Saadatpour;Abbas Afshar

209
Citations
Multi-reservoir Operation Rules: Multi-swarm PSO-based Optimization Approach

Leila Ostadrahimi;Miguel A. Mariño;Abbas Afshar

183
Citations
MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF TIME-COST-QUALITY USING MULTI-COLONY ANT ALGORITHM

A Afshar;A Kaveh;O R Shoghli

181
Citations
Integrating system dynamics and fuzzy logic modelling for construction risk management

Farnad Nasirzadeh;Abbas Afshar;Mostafa Khanzadi;Susan Howick

147
Citations
Fuzzy-based MOGA approach to stochastic time-cost trade-off problem

Ehsan Eshtehardian;Abbas Afshar;Reza Abbasnia

141
Citations
Multi-Colony Ant Algorithm for Continuous Multi-Reservoir Operation Optimization Problem

M. R. Jalali;A. Afshar;M. A. Mariño

138
Citations
State of the Art Review of Ant Colony Optimization Applications in Water Resource Management

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134
Citations
A new paradigm of water, food, and energy nexus.

Amir Molajou;Abbas Afshar;Abbas Afshar;Mina Khosravi;Elham Soleimanian

128
Citations
Nondominated Archiving Multicolony Ant Algorithm in Time-Cost Trade-Off Optimization

A. Afshar;A. Kasaeian Ziaraty;A. Kaveh;F. Sharifi

124
Citations
Particle Swarm Optimization for Automatic Calibration of Large Scale Water Quality Model (CE-QUAL-W2): Application to Karkheh Reservoir, Iran

Abbas Afshar;Hamideh Kazemi;Motahareh Saadatpour

123
Citations
Multireservoir optimisation in discrete and continuous domains

Omid Bozorg Haddad;Abbas Afshar;Miguel A. Mariño

119
Citations
Agent-Based Socio-Hydrological Modeling for Restoration of Urmia Lake: Application of Theory of Planned Behavior

Parsa Pouladi;Abbas Afshar;Abbas Afshar;Mohammad Hadi Afshar;Amir Molajou

113
Citations
Optimal Design and Operation of Irrigation Pumping Stations

Mahdi Moradi-Jalal;Miguel A. Marino;Abbas Afshar

100
Citations
Time-cost optimization: using GA and fuzzy sets theory for uncertainties in cost

Ehsan Eshtehardian;Abbas Afshar;Reza Abbasnia

99
Citations
Design-Operation of Multi-Hydropower Reservoirs: HBMO Approach

Omid Bozorg Haddad;Abbas Afshar;Miguel A. Mariño

99
Citations
Optimizing multi-reservoir operation rules: an improved HBMO approach

Abbas Afshar;Mahyar Shafii;Omid Bozorg Haddad

96
Citations
Optimization of non‐convex water resource problems by honey‐bee mating optimization (HBMO) algorithm

O. Bozorg Haddad;A. Afshar;M.A. Mariño

96
Citations
Honey-bee mating optimization (HBMO) algorithm in deriving optimal operation rules for reservoirs

O. Bozorg Haddad;A. Afshar;M. A. Mariño

94
Citations