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Abbas Firoozabadi

Abbas Firoozabadi

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 88 329 310 111 102 354 23474

Abbas Firoozabadi publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Abbas Firoozabadi between 1978 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Abbas Firoozabadi published across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025, averaging 8.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2010. 22 of the 389 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2010. 1978: 2 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 7 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 9 publications 1995: 12 publications 1996: 12 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 15 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 21 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 11 publications
1978 2025

389 publications in total across all disciplines

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Abbas Firoozabadi: publications per year, 1978 to 2025
Year Publications
1978 2
1979 1
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 3
1987 3
1988 7
1989 2
1990 5
1991 1
1992 7
1993 3
1994 9
1995 12
1996 12
1997 5
1998 7
1999 5
2000 15
2001 6
2002 10
2003 7
2004 5
2005 7
2006 9
2007 10
2008 12
2009 10
2010 21
2011 14
2012 16
2013 13
2014 16
2015 15
2016 17
2017 9
2018 11
2019 15
2020 17
2021 8
2022 8
2023 12
2024 11
2025 11
Total 389
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Abbas Firoozabadi publications per year - data summary

  • Abbas Firoozabadi, a Engineering and Technology scholar from Rice University, has 389 publications recorded across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1978 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2010, with 21 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1979 and 1991, with 1 publication each.
  • 6 of the 48 years in the span carry no publications at all (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 8.1 papers per year over the whole span, or 9.3 per year counting only the 42 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 50 publications, 13% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1978-1993: 34 publications (2.1 per year); 1994-2009: 141 publications (8.8 per year); 2010-2025: 214 publications (13.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Abbas Firoozabadi publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Abbas Firoozabadi sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 348–357 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 354 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131 354
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Abbas Firoozabadi publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 38–47 to 804+ publications.
  • Abbas Firoozabadi, a Engineering and Technology scholar from Rice University, records 354 publications - the 84th percentile of the discipline.
  • 84% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Abbas Firoozabadi, and about 16% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 198–207 publications range, and Abbas Firoozabadi ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 148–157 publications, holding 457 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 61% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 228–237 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 804 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Abbas Firoozabadi D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Abbas Firoozabadi sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 88 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26 88
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Abbas Firoozabadi D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 30 to 107+ D-Index.
  • Abbas Firoozabadi, a Engineering and Technology scholar from Rice University, records 88 D-Index - the 97th percentile of the discipline.
  • 97% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Abbas Firoozabadi, and about 3% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 47 D-Index range, and Abbas Firoozabadi ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 426 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more, 99 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to oil and gas recovery processes through application of surface science and thermodynamics.

Overview

Abbas Firoozabadi is affiliated with Rice University in the United States and has extensively contributed to the field of engineering, particularly focusing on enhanced oil recovery techniques and hydraulic fracturing. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics including hydrocarbon exploration, CO2 sequestration, phase equilibria, petroleum processing, and drilling engineering.

Their publication record highlights work across multiple prominent journals and conferences. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SPE Journal
  • Fuel
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
  • International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Among recent papers authored or coauthored, key works include:

  • "Assessment of low salinity waterflooding in carbonate cores: Interfacial viscoelasticity and tuning process efficiency by use of non-ionic surfactant" (2021, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science)
  • "Swelling of Kimmeridge kerogen by normal-alkanes, naphthenes and aromatics" (2020, Fuel)
  • "Phase-Field Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing by CO2, Water and Nitrogen in 2D and Comparison With Laboratory Data" (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • "Surfactant-Enhanced Spontaneous Emulsification Near the Crude Oil-Water Interface" (2021, Langmuir)
  • "Hydromechanical Modeling of Nonplanar Three-Dimensional Fracture Propagation Using an Iteratively Coupled Approach" (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Abbas Firoozabadi include:

  • Taniya Kar
  • Tianhao Wu
  • Tomás Eduardo Chávez-Miyauchi
  • Luís Fernando Mercier Franco
  • Jakub Solovský

Their research spans several subfields within engineering, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach. These subfields include:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

Main topics addressed in their body of work feature:

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
  • Petroleum Processing and Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering

Abbas Firoozabadi was recognized as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2011 for contributions to oil and gas recovery processes through application of surface science and thermodynamics.

Best Publications

  • Thermodynamics of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs

    Abbas. Firoozabadi

  • Induction time in crystallization of gas hydrates

    Dimo Kashchiev;Abbas Firoozabadi

  • Nucleation of gas hydrates

    Dimo Kashchiev;Abbas Firoozabadi

  • Predicting Phase Behavior of Condensate/Crude-Oil Systems Using Methane Interaction Coefficients

    D.L. Katz;A. Firoozabadi

  • Numerical Modeling of Diffusion in Fractured Media for Gas-Injection and -Recycling Schemes

    Hussein Hoteit;Abbas Firoozabadi

  • Numerical Simulation of Water Injection in 2D Fractured Media Using Discrete-Fracture Model

    M. Karimi-Fard;A. Firoozabadi

  • Numerical modeling of two-phase flow in heterogeneous permeable media with different capillarity pressures

    Hussein Hoteit;Abbas Firoozabadi

  • Thermodynamics of Wax Precipitation in Petroleum Mixtures

    C. Lira-Galeana;A. Firoozabadi;John M. Prausnitz

  • An efficient numerical model for incompressible two-phase flow in fractured media

    Hussein Hoteit;Abbas Firoozabadi

  • Relative Permeability Modification in Gas/Liquid Systems Through Wettability Alteration to Intermediate Gas Wetting

    Guo-Qing Tang;Abbas Firoozabadi

  • Driving force for crystallization of gas hydrates

    Dimo Kashchiev;Abbas Firoozabadi

  • Thin liquid films in improved oil recovery from low-salinity brine

    Philip C. Myint;Philip C. Myint;Abbas Firoozabadi

  • Numerical Simulation of Water Injection in Fractured Media Using the Discrete-Fracture Model and the Galerkin Method

    Mohammad Karimi-Fard;Abbas Firoozabadi

  • Control‐volume method for numerical simulation of two‐phase immiscible flow in two‐ and three‐dimensional discrete‐fractured media

    J. E. P. Monteagudo;A. Firoozabadi

  • Cocurrent and Countercurrent Imbibition in a Water-Wet Matrix Block

    Mehran Pooladi-Darvish;Abbas Firoozabadi

  • Effect of water on methane and carbon dioxide sorption in clay minerals by Monte Carlo simulations

    Zhehui Jin;Abbas Firoozabadi

  • An Analysis of High-Velocity Gas Flow Through Porous Media

    Abbas Firoozabadi;Donald L. Katz

  • Fast and Robust Algorithm for Compositional Modeling: Part I - Stability Analysis Testing

    Abbas Firoozabadi;Huanquan Pan

  • Thermodynamic Modeling of Phase Behavior in Shale Media

    Zhehui Jin;Abbas Firoozabadi

  • Multicomponent fluid flow by discontinuous Galerkin and mixed methods in unfractured and fractured media

    H. Hoteit;A. Firoozabadi

  • Molecular-thermodynamic framework for asphaltene-oil equilibria

    Jianzhong Wu;John M. Prausnitz;Abbas Firoozabadi

Frequent Co-Authors

Hussein Hoteit
Hussein Hoteit King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Khalid Aziz
Khalid Aziz Stanford University
Zhehui Jin
Zhehui Jin University of Alberta
Dimo Kashchiev
Dimo Kashchiev Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
John M. Prausnitz
John M. Prausnitz University of California, Berkeley
Shuyu Sun
Shuyu Sun King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Lamia Goual
Lamia Goual University of Wyoming
Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
Roussos Dimitrakopoulos McGill University
Jianzhong Wu
Jianzhong Wu University of California, Riverside
Gerald G. Fuller
Gerald G. Fuller Stanford University

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