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70
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Hashem Akbari publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hashem Akbari sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 183 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Hashem Akbari D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hashem Akbari sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Hashem Akbari is affiliated with Concordia University in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their work spans related subfields including Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, and Speech and Hearing.

The main topics explored in Hashem Akbari's research include:

  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "Intelligent buildings: An overview" (2020) published in Energy and Buildings
  • "Cooling energy saving by vegetation planting in high-density districts: Evaluation using the coupled simulation" (2023) published in Building and Environment
  • "Increasing urban albedo to reduce heat-related mortality in Toronto and Montreal, Canada" (2020) published in Energy and Buildings
  • "The effects of sky view factor on ground surface temperature in cold regions - A case from Xi'an, China" (2021) published in Building and Environment
  • "Urban cooling potential and cost comparison of heat mitigation techniques for their impact on the lower atmosphere" (2023) published in Computational Urban Science

Frequently, Hashem Akbari collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Juejun Ge
  • Yupeng Wang
  • Dian Zhou
  • Chiara Lodi
  • Alberto Muscio

Their research findings are commonly published in the following venues:

  • Energy and Buildings
  • Building and Environment
  • Computational Urban Science
  • Atmosphere
  • Energy Reports

Best Publications

  • Cool surfaces and shade trees to reduce energy use and improve air quality in urban areas

    H Akbari;M Pomerantz;H Taha

  • Shade trees reduce building energy use and CO2 emissions from power plants.

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  • Global Cooling: Increasing World-Wide Urban Albedos to Offset CO2

    Hashem Akbari;Surabi Menon;Arthur Rosenfeld

  • Estimating the effect of using cool coatings on energy loads and thermal comfort in residential buildings in various climatic conditions

    A. Synnefa;M. Santamouris;H. Akbari

  • COOL COMMUNITIES: STRATEGIES FOR HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION AND SMOG REDUCTION

    Arthur H. Rosenfeld;Hashem Akbari;Joseph J. Romm;Melvin Pomerantz

  • Mitigation of urban heat islands: materials, utility programs, updates

    Arthur H. Rosenfeld;Hashem Akbari;Sarah Bretz;Beth L. Fishman

  • Local climate change and urban heat island mitigation techniques – the state of the art

    Hashem Akbari;Constantinos Cartalis;Denia Kolokotsa;Alberto Muscio

  • Three decades of urban heat islands and mitigation technologies research

    Hashem Akbari;Dionysia Kolokotsa

  • Comparing the effects of urban heat island mitigation strategies for Toronto, Canada

    Yupeng Wang;Umberto Berardi;Hashem Akbari

  • Peak power and cooling energy savings of shade trees

    Hashem Akbari;Dan M. Kurn;Sarah E. Bretz;James W. Hanford

  • Residential cooling loads and the urban heat island—the effects of albedo

    Haider Taha;Hashem Akbari;Arthur Rosenfeld;Joe Huang

  • Calculating energy-saving potentials of heat-island reduction strategies

    H. Akbari;S. Konopacki

  • Solar spectral optical properties of pigments. Part I: model for deriving scattering and absorption coefficients from transmittance and reflectance measurements

    Ronnen Levinson;Paul Berdahl;Hashem Akbari

  • Solar spectral optical properties of pigments—Part II: survey of common colorants

    Ronnen Levinson;Paul Berdahl;Hashem Akbari

  • Urban heat island mitigation strategies: a state-of-the-art review on Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Hong Kong

    Ardalan Aflaki;Mahsan Mirnezhad;Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini;Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini;Ali Ghaffarianhoseini

  • The Potential of Vegetation in Reducing Summer Cooling Loads in Residential Buildings

    Y. J. Huang;H. Akbari;H. Taha;A. H. Rosenfeld

  • Global cooling updates: Reflective roofs and pavements

    Hashem Akbari;H. Damon Matthews

  • Weathering of Roofing Materials-An Overview

    Paul Berdahl;Hashem Akbari;Ronnen Levinson;William A. Miller

  • Methods of creating solar-reflective nonwhite surfaces and their application to residential roofing materials

    Ronnen Levinson;Paul Berdahl;Hashem Akbari;William Miller

  • Analyzing the land cover of an urban environment using high-resolution orthophotos

    Hashem Akbari;L. Shea Rose;Haider Taha

  • Peak power and cooling energy savings of high-albedo roofs

    Hashem Akbari;Sarah Bretz;Dan M. Kurn;James Hanford

  • Long-term performance of high-albedo roof coatings

    Sarah E. Bretz;Hashem Akbari

  • Practical issues for using solar-reflective materials to mitigate urban heat islands

    Sarah Bretz;Hashem Akbari;Arthur Rosenfeld

  • Cooling our Communities. A Guidebook on Tree Planting and Light-Colored Surfacing

    H. Akbari

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronnen Levinson
Ronnen Levinson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Haider Taha
Haider Taha Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Surabi Menon
Surabi Menon Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Thomas W. Kirchstetter
Thomas W. Kirchstetter Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Fariborz Haghighat
Fariborz Haghighat Concordia University
Ashok J. Gadgil
Ashok J. Gadgil University of California, Berkeley
David J. Sailor
David J. Sailor Arizona State University
Stephen H. Schneider
Stephen H. Schneider Stanford University
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe University of California, Merced
Hugo Destaillats
Hugo Destaillats Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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