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Saudi Arabia
2026

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D-Index
72
Citations
24117
World Ranking
332
National Ranking
2

Ilyas Khan publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ilyas Khan sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 869 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Ilyas Khan D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

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

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Saudi Arabia Leader Award

Overview

Ilyas Khan is affiliated with Majmaah University in Saudi Arabia and has a prolific output in the field of engineering, with a focus on biomedical and mechanical engineering, computational mechanics, and modeling and simulation. Their research spans a variety of subfields that include statistical and nonlinear physics, contributing to a broad understanding of complex engineering problems.

The scientist's primary research topics include:

  • Nanofluid flow and heat transfer
  • Heat transfer mechanisms
  • Fluid dynamics and turbulent flows
  • Fractional differential equations solutions
  • Heat transfer and optimization
  • Rheology and fluid dynamics studies
  • Mathematical and theoretical epidemiology and ecology models

Ilyas Khan's recent scholarly publications demonstrate a consistent focus on thermal engineering and fluid dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • Heat and mass transfer in MHD Williamson nanofluid flow over an exponentially porous stretching surface, 2021, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
  • A novel feature engineered-CatBoost-based supervised machine learning framework for electricity theft detection, 2021, Energy Reports
  • Jaya optimization algorithm for transient response and stability enhancement of a fractional-order PID based automatic voltage regulator system, 2020, Alexandria Engineering Journal
  • Darcy-Forchheimer relation in Casson type MHD nanofluid flow over non-linear stretching surface, 2020, Propulsion and Power Research
  • Mass-based hybrid nanofluid model for entropy generation analysis of flow upon a convectively-warmed moving wedge, 2022, Chinese Journal of Physics

Their prolific publishing record appears across frequent venues that include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
  • Mathematical Problems in Engineering
  • Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences
  • Computers, materials & continua/Computers, materials & continua (Print)

Collaboration is an evident feature of their research outputs. The scientist frequently co-authors with:

  • Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar
  • Farhad Ali
  • Adnan Abbasi
  • Umar Khan
  • Dumitru Băleanu

Their work largely deals with theoretical and applied aspects of engineering challenges involving heat and mass transfer, fluid flow dynamics, and optimization models. The integration of machine learning frameworks and fractional-order control algorithms in their research indicates an interdisciplinary approach to contemporary engineering problems.

Best Publications

  • Unsteady mhd free convection flow of casson fluid past over an oscillating vertical plate embedded in a porous medium

    Asma Khalid;Ilyas Khan;Arshad Khan;Sharidan Shafie

  • Comparison and analysis of the Atangana–Baleanu and Caputo–Fabrizio fractional derivatives for generalized Casson fluid model with heat generation and chemical reaction

    Nadeem Ahmad Sheikh;Farhad Ali;Muhammad Saqib;Ilyas Khan

  • Magnetic field effect on blood flow of Casson fluid in axisymmetric cylindrical tube: A fractional model

    Farhad Ali;Nadeem Ahmad Sheikh;Ilyas Khan;Muhammad Saqib

  • Application of Caputo-Fabrizio derivatives to MHD free convection flow of generalized Walters’-B fluid model

    Farhad Ali;Muhammad Saqib;Ilyas Khan;Nadeem Ahmad Sheikh

  • Heat transfer analysis in a second grade fluid over and oscillating vertical plate using fractional Caputo–Fabrizio derivatives

    Nehad Ali Shah;Ilyas Khan

  • Energy Transfer in Mixed Convection MHD Flow of Nanofluid Containing Different Shapes of Nanoparticles in a Channel Filled with Saturated Porous Medium

    Gul Aaiza;Ilyas Khan;Sharidan Shafie

  • Effects of slip condition and Newtonian heating on MHD flow of Casson fluid over a nonlinearly stretching sheet saturated in a porous medium

    Imran Ullah;Sharidan Shafie;Ilyas Khan

  • Convection Heat Transfer in Micropolar Nanofluids with Oxide Nanoparticles in Water, Kerosene and Engine Oil

    Abid Hussanan;Mohd Zuki Salleh;Ilyas Khan;Sharidan Shafie

  • Magnetohydrodynamic Nanoliquid Thin Film Sprayed on a Stretching Cylinder with Heat Transfer

    Noor Saeed Khan;Taza Gul;Saeed Islam;Ilyas Khan

  • Heat and mass transfer in MHD Williamson nanofluid flow over an exponentially porous stretching surface

    Yi-Xia Li;Mohammed Hamed Alshbool;Yu-Pei Lv;Ilyas Khan

  • Heat Transfer in a Micropolar Fluid over a Stretching Sheet with Newtonian Heating

    Muhammad Qasim;Ilyas Khan;Sharidan Shafie

  • Heat transfer enhancement in free convection flow of CNTs Maxwell nanofluids with four different types of molecular liquids

    Sidra Aman;Ilyas Khan;Zulkhibri Ismail;Mohd Zuki Salleh

  • Impact of Lorentz forces on Fe3O4-water ferrofluid entropy and exergy treatment within a permeable semi annulus

    Mohsen Sheikholeslami;Ahmad Arabkoohsar;Ilyas Khan;Ahmad Shafee

  • Unsteady boundary layer MHD free convection flow in a porous medium with constant mass diffusion and Newtonian heating

    Abid Hussanan;Zulkhibri Ismail;Ilyas Khan;Atheer G. Hussein

  • A novel feature engineered-CatBoost-based supervised machine learning framework for electricity theft detection

    Saddam Hussain;Mohd. Wazir Mustafa;Touqeer A. Jumani;Shadi Khan Baloch

  • Unsteady boundary layer flow and heat transfer of a Casson fluid past an oscillating vertical plate with Newtonian heating.

    Abid Hussanan;Mohd Zuki Salleh;Razman Mat Tahar;Ilyas Khan

  • Heat transfer and second order slip effect on MHD flow of fractional Maxwell fluid in a porous medium

    Sidra Aman;Qasem Al-Mdallal;Ilyas Khan

  • Heat and mass transport of differential type fluid with non-integer order time-fractional Caputo derivatives

    M.A. Imran;I. Khan;M. Ahmad;N.A. Shah

  • Exact solutions for free convection flow of nanofluids with ramped wall temperature

    Asma Khalid;Ilyas Khan;Sharidan Shafie

  • Heat Transfer in MHD Mixed Convection Flow of a Ferrofluid along a Vertical Channel.

    Aaiza Gul;Ilyas Khan;Sharidan Shafie;Asma Khalid;Asma Khalid

  • Uniform magnetic force impact on water based nanofluid thermal behavior in a porous enclosure with ellipse shaped obstacle

    M. Sheikholeslami;Zahir Shah;Ahmad Shafee;Ilyas Khan

  • Jaya optimization algorithm for transient response and stability enhancement of a fractional-order PID based automatic voltage regulator system

    Touqeer Ahmed Jumani;Touqeer Ahmed Jumani;Mohd. Wazir Mustafa;Zohaib Hussain;Zohaib Hussain;Madihah Md. Rasid

  • Application of Atangana-Baleanu fractional derivative to convection flow of MHD Maxwell fluid in a porous medium over a vertical plate

    K.A. Abro;I. Khan;A. Tassaddiq

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharidan Shafie
Sharidan Shafie University of Technology Malaysia
Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar
Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
Saeed Islam
Saeed Islam Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
El-Sayed M. Sherif
El-Sayed M. Sherif King Saud University
Iskander Tlili
Iskander Tlili Majmaah University
Syed Tauseef Mohyud-Din
Syed Tauseef Mohyud-Din HITEC University
Dumitru Baleanu
Dumitru Baleanu Lebanese American University
Nehad Ali Shah
Nehad Ali Shah Sejong University
Waqar A. Khan
Waqar A. Khan Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University
Ali Saleh Alshomrani
Ali Saleh Alshomrani King Abdulaziz University

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