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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 70 1655 1574 54 50 183 23205

Hashem Akbari publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Hashem Akbari between 1979 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Hashem Akbari published across 48 years, from 1979 to 2026, averaging 4 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2008. 4 of the 192 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1979 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2008. 1979: 1 publication 1980: 1 publication 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 3 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 9 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 4 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 3 publications 2026: 1 publication
1979 2026

192 publications in total across all disciplines

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Hashem Akbari: publications per year, 1979 to 2026
Year Publications
1979 1
1980 1
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 1
1985 0
1986 2
1987 2
1988 3
1989 1
1990 3
1991 2
1992 9
1993 1
1994 4
1995 5
1996 5
1997 7
1998 11
1999 2
2000 4
2001 5
2002 5
2003 8
2004 2
2005 9
2006 0
2007 5
2008 14
2009 4
2010 11
2011 3
2012 6
2013 7
2014 7
2015 7
2016 11
2017 5
2018 3
2019 3
2020 2
2021 3
2022 2
2023 2
2024 0
2025 3
2026 1
Total 192
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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.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 181–190 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 183 publications — 58th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400 183
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 70 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

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 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94 70
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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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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