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Akbar Maleki 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 Akbar Maleki sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 106 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Akbar Maleki 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 Akbar Maleki sits on this spectrum.

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: 53 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Akbar Maleki is affiliated with Shahrood University of Technology in Iran. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Energy, with a focus on several subfields including Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Pollution, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main topics covered in their work include Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Energy and Environment Impacts, Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure, Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems, Microgrid Control and Optimization, Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems, and Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer.

Maleki has contributed frequently to several academic journals. These publication venues include:

  • Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
  • Energy Reports
  • Journal of Energy Storage
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Energy Conversion and Management

The scientist has collaborated extensively with a number of coauthors, notably:

  • Mostafa Safdari Shadloo
  • Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari
  • Fathollah Pourfayaz
  • Arman Haghighi
  • Marc A. Rosen

Recent publications include:

  • "Applications of nanofluids containing carbon nanotubes in solar energy systems: A review" (2020), Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • "Optimal sizing and location based on economic parameters for an off-grid application of a hybrid system with photovoltaic, battery and diesel technology" (2020), Energy
  • "Techno-economic analysis of a grid-connected PV/battery system using the teaching-learning-based optimization algorithm" (2020), Solar Energy
  • "A review on the approaches employed for cooling PV cells" (2020), Solar Energy
  • "A review on the properties, preparation, models and stability of hybrid nanofluids to optimize energy consumption" (2020), Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Best Publications

  • Optimization with a simulated annealing algorithm of a hybrid system for renewable energy including battery and hydrogen storage

    Weiping Zhang;Weiping Zhang;Akbar Maleki;Marc A. Rosen;Jingqing Liu

  • Sizing a stand-alone solar-wind-hydrogen energy system using weather forecasting and a hybrid search optimization algorithm

    Weiping Zhang;Weiping Zhang;Akbar Maleki;Marc A. Rosen;Jingqing Liu

  • Design and optimization of autonomous solar-wind-reverse osmosis desalination systems coupling battery and hydrogen energy storage by an improved bee algorithm

    Akbar Maleki

  • Optimal sizing of autonomous hybrid photovoltaic/wind/battery power system with LPSP technology by using evolutionary algorithms

    Akbar Maleki;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • Optimal sizing of a PV/wind/diesel system with battery storage for electrification to an off-grid remote region: A case study of Rafsanjan, Iran

    Akbar Maleki;Alireza Askarzadeh

  • Comparative study of artificial intelligence techniques for sizing of a hydrogen-based stand-alone photovoltaic/wind hybrid system

    Akbar Maleki;Alireza Askarzadeh

  • Applications of nanofluids containing carbon nanotubes in solar energy systems: A review

    Mohammad Ghalandari;Akbar Maleki;Arman Haghighi;Mostafa Safdari Shadloo

  • Optimal sizing of a grid independent hybrid renewable energy system incorporating resource uncertainty, and load uncertainty

    Akbar Maleki;Akbar Maleki;Morteza Gholipour Khajeh;Mehran Ameri

  • Artificial bee swarm optimization for optimum sizing of a stand-alone PV/WT/FC hybrid system considering LPSP concept

    Akbar Maleki;Alireza Askarzadeh

  • Design of a cost-effective wind/photovoltaic/hydrogen energy system for supplying a desalination unit by a heuristic approach

    Akbar Maleki;Fathollah Pourfayaz;Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi

  • Scrutiny of multifarious particle swarm optimization for finding the optimal size of a PV/wind/battery hybrid system

    Akbar Maleki;Akbar Maleki;Mehran Ameri;Farshid Keynia

  • Optimal sizing and location based on economic parameters for an off-grid application of a hybrid system with photovoltaic, battery and diesel technology

    Wei Cai;Xing Li;Xing Li;Akbar Maleki;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • Sizing of stand-alone photovoltaic/wind/diesel system with battery and fuel cell storage devices by harmony search algorithm

    Akbar Maleki;Fathollah Pourfayaz

  • A hybrid algorithm based optimization on modeling of grid independent biodiesel-based hybrid solar/wind systems

    Du Guangqian;Kaveh Bekhrad;Pouria Azarikhah;Akbar Maleki

  • A heuristic-based approach for optimizing a small independent solar and wind hybrid power scheme incorporating load forecasting

    Weiping Zhang;Akbar Maleki;Akbar Maleki;Marc A. Rosen

  • Optimal design of stand-alone reverse osmosis desalination driven by a photovoltaic and diesel generator hybrid system

    Baojia Wu;Akbar Maleki;Fathollah Pourfayaz;Marc A. Rosen

  • A review on the approaches employed for cooling PV cells

    Akbar Maleki;Arman Haghighi;Mamdouh El Haj Assad;Ibrahim Mahariq

  • Techno-economic analysis of a grid-connected PV/battery system using the teaching-learning-based optimization algorithm

    Mina Najafi Ashtiani;Ashkan Toopshekan;Fatemeh Razi Astaraei;Hossein Yousefi

  • A review on the properties, preparation, models and stability of hybrid nanofluids to optimize energy consumption

    Hamed Eshgarf;Rasool Kalbasi;Akbar Maleki;Mostafa Safdari Shadloo

  • Optimization of a hybrid system for solar-wind-based water desalination by reverse osmosis: Comparison of approaches

    Wanxi Peng;Wanxi Peng;Akbar Maleki;Marc A. Rosen;Pouria Azarikhah

  • Thermal conductivity prediction of nanofluids containing CuO nanoparticles by using correlation and artificial neural network

    Ali Komeilibirjandi;Amir Hossein Raffiee;Akbar Maleki;Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari

  • Simulated annealing-chaotic search algorithm based optimization of reverse osmosis hybrid desalination system driven by wind and solar energies

    Guozhao Zhang;Baojia Wu;Akbar Maleki;Weiping Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Fathollah Pourfayaz
Fathollah Pourfayaz University of Tehran
Marc A. Rosen
Marc A. Rosen University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Mostafa Safdari Shadloo
Mostafa Safdari Shadloo Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen
Iskander Tlili
Iskander Tlili Majmaah University
Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi
Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi Shahrood University of Technology
Mehran Ameri
Mehran Ameri Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
Alireza Askarzadeh
Alireza Askarzadeh Graduate University of Advanced Technology
Hossein Yousefi
Hossein Yousefi University of Tehran
Arash Karimipour
Arash Karimipour Cihan University-Erbil
Lingen Chen
Lingen Chen Wuhan Institute of Technology

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