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45
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3

Farid B. Cortés 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 Farid B. Cortés sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 249 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Farid B. Cortés 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 Farid B. Cortés sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Farid B. Cortés is affiliated with the National University of Colombia in Colombia and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and chemistry, with a particular focus on ocean engineering, analytical chemistry, mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, and materials chemistry.

Their research primarily revolves around several key topics:

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Petroleum Processing and Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Farid B. Cortés has authored numerous papers, including recent notable publications such as:

  • "A novel foam formulation by Al2O3/SiO2 nanoparticles for EOR applications: A mechanistic study," 2020, Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • "Field Applications of Nanotechnology in the Oil and Gas Industry: Recent Advances and Perspectives," 2021, Energy & Fuels
  • "Easy and Rapid Synthesis of Carbon Quantum Dots from Mortiño (Vaccinium Meridionale Swartz) Extract for Use as Green Tracers in the Oil and Gas Industry: Lab-to-Field Trial Development in Colombia," 2020, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • "Effect of Textural Properties and Surface Chemical Nature of Silica Nanoparticles from Different Silicon Sources on the Viscosity Reduction of Heavy Crude Oil," 2020, ACS Omega
  • "Design and Tuning of Nanofluids Applied to Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery Based on the Surfactant-Nanoparticle-Brine Interaction: From Laboratory Experiments to Oil Field Application," 2020, Nanomaterials

The research outputs have been disseminated through frequent publication venues including:

  • Energy & Fuels (19 publications)
  • Nanomaterials (12 publications)
  • Processes (11 publications)
  • ACS Omega (8 publications)
  • Fuel (8 publications)

In collaboration with coauthors, Farid B. Cortés has worked closely with:

  • Camilo A. Franco (117 joint publications)
  • Oscar E. Médina (45 joint publications)
  • Sergio H. Lopera (25 joint publications)
  • Karol Zapata (22 joint publications)
  • Francisco Carrasco-Marín (20 joint publications)

Their work also includes contributions to book publications, notably:

  • "Nanoparticles: An Emerging Technology for Oil Production and Processing Applications," published by Springer Nature in 2021

Best Publications

  • Wettability Alteration of Sandstone Cores by Alumina-Based Nanofluids

    Juliana Giraldo;Pedro Benjumea;Sergio Lopera;Farid B. Cortés

  • Nanoparticles for Inhibition of Asphaltenes Damage: Adsorption Study and Displacement Test on Porous Media

    Camilo A. Franco;Nashaat N. Nassar;Nashaat N. Nassar;Marco A. Ruiz;Pedro Pereira-Almao

  • Effect of nanoparticles/nanofluids on the rheology of heavy crude oil and its mobility on porous media at reservoir conditions

    Esteban A. Taborda;Camilo A. Franco;Sergio H. Lopera;Vladimir Alvarado

  • Kinetic and thermodynamic equilibrium of asphaltenes sorption onto nanoparticles of nickel oxide supported on nanoparticulated alumina

    Camilo Franco;Edgar Patiño;Pedro Benjumea;Marco A. Ruiz

  • Nanotechnology applied to the enhancement of oil and gas productivity and recovery of Colombian fields

    Camilo A. Franco;Richard Zabala;Farid B. Cortés

  • Adsorption and Subsequent Oxidation of Colombian Asphaltenes onto Nickel and/or Palladium Oxide Supported on Fumed Silica Nanoparticles

    Camilo A. Franco;Tatiana Montoya;Nashaat N. Nassar;Nashaat N. Nassar;Pedro Pereira-Almao

  • Experimental and Theoretical Study of Viscosity Reduction in Heavy Crude Oils by Addition of Nanoparticles

    Esteban A. Taborda;Camilo A. Franco;Marco A. Ruiz;Vladimir Alvarado

  • The effects of SiO2 nanoparticles on the thermal stability and rheological behavior of hydrolyzed polyacrylamide based polymeric solutions

    Lady J. Giraldo;Maria A. Giraldo;Sebastian Llanos;Gustavo Maya

  • Development of a Population Balance Model to Describe the Influence of Shear and Nanoparticles on the Aggregation and Fragmentation of Asphaltene Aggregates

    Nashaat N. Nassar;Stefania Betancur;Sócrates Acevedo;Camilo A. Franco

  • Role of Particle Size and Surface Acidity of Silica Gel Nanoparticles in Inhibition of Formation Damage by Asphaltene in Oil Reservoirs

    Stefanía Betancur;Juan C. Carmona;Nashaat N. Nassar;Camilo A. Franco

  • Effects of Resin I on Asphaltene Adsorption onto Nanoparticles: A Novel Method for Obtaining Asphaltenes/Resin Isotherms

    Camilo A. Franco;Monica M. Lozano;Socrates Acevedo;Nashaat N. Nassar

  • Adsorptive removal of oil spill from oil-in-fresh water emulsions by hydrophobic alumina nanoparticles functionalized with petroleum vacuum residue

    Camilo A. Franco;Farid B. Cortés;Nashaat N. Nassar;Nashaat N. Nassar

  • A novel solid-liquid equilibrium model for describing the adsorption of associating asphaltene molecules onto solid surfaces based on the "chemical theory"

    Tatiana Montoya;Diana Coral;Camilo A. Franco;Nashaat N. Nassar

  • Water sorption on silica- and zeolite-supported hygroscopic salts for cooling system applications

    Farid B. Cortés;Farid Chejne;Francisco Carrasco-Marín;Agustín F. Pérez-Cadenas

  • Sorption of Asphaltenes onto Nanoparticles of Nickel Oxide Supported on Nanoparticulated Silica Gel

    Farid B. Cortés;Juan M. Mejía;Marco A. Ruiz;Pedro Benjumea

  • Importance of the Adsorption Method Used for Obtaining the Nanoparticle Dosage for Asphaltene-Related Treatments

    Juan D. Guzmán;Stefania Betancur;Francisco Carrasco-Marín;Camilo A. Franco

  • Polifenoles y Actividad Antioxidante del Fruto de Guayaba Agria (Psidium araca)

    Karol Zapata;Farid B Cortes;Benjamín A Rojano

  • Rheological demonstration of alteration in the heavy crude oil fluid structure upon addition of nanoparticles

    Esteban A. Taborda;Vladimir Alvarado;Camilo A. Franco;Farid B. Cortés

  • Interaction of anionic surfactant-nanoparticles for gas - Wettability alteration of sandstone in tight gas-condensate reservoirs

    Maribel Franco-Aguirre;Richard D. Zabala;Sergio H. Lopera;Camilo A. Franco

  • Removal of oil from oil-in-saltwater emulsions by adsorption onto nano-alumina functionalized with petroleum vacuum residue.

    Camilo A. Franco;Nashaat N. Nassar;Farid B. Cortés

  • Nanotechnology Applied to Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes: A Review

    Oscar E. Medina;Carol Olmos;Sergio H. Lopera;Farid B. Cortés

Frequent Co-Authors

Nashaat N. Nassar
Nashaat N. Nassar University of Calgary
Masoud Riazi
Masoud Riazi Nazarbayev University
Francisco Carrasco-Marín
Francisco Carrasco-Marín University of Granada
Vladimir Alvarado
Vladimir Alvarado University of Wyoming
Pedro Pereira-Almao
Pedro Pereira-Almao University of Calgary
Carlos Moreno-Castilla
Carlos Moreno-Castilla University of Granada
Maen M. Husein
Maen M. Husein University of Calgary
Xiaowei Chen
Xiaowei Chen University of Cádiz
Vanessa Fierro
Vanessa Fierro University of Lorraine
Alain Celzard
Alain Celzard University of Lorraine

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