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D-Index
74
Citations
18149
World Ranking
304
National Ranking
16

Ned Djilali 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 Ned Djilali sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 325 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ned Djilali 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 Ned Djilali sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Ned Djilali is a researcher affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada, specializing in the field of engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, automotive engineering, water science and technology, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of areas focused on energy and environmental systems. These include fuel cells and related materials, advanced battery technologies research, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, water-energy-food nexus studies, electric vehicles and infrastructure, energy and environment impacts, and lattice Boltzmann simulation studies.

Djilali has contributed to multiple publications in recognized scientific journals. Some recent papers include:

  • Transboundary cooperation a potential route to sustainable development in the Indus basin, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • Machine learning-assisted design of flow fields for redox flow batteries, 2022, Energy & Environmental Science
  • A coupled machine learning and genetic algorithm approach to the design of porous electrodes for redox flow batteries, 2021, Applied Energy
  • Transition of heavy-duty trucks from diesel to hydrogen fuel cells: Opportunities, challenges, and recommendations, 2022, International Journal of Energy Research
  • The NExus Solutions Tool (NEST) v1.0: an open platform for optimizing multi-scale energy-water-land system transformations, 2020, Geoscientific model development

Frequent publication venues for Djilali's work include:

  • Applied Energy
  • Nature Sustainability
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • International Journal of Energy Research
  • Geoscientific model development

Collaborations have been a key part of the scientific output, with frequent co-authors including Pang-Chieh Sui, Xun Zhu, Dingding Ye, Sadegh Hasanpour, and Mohsen Akbari.

Ned Djilali was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2013 under the Academy of Science category.

Best Publications

  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN A PEM FUEL CELL

    T. Berning;D.M. Lu;N. Djilali

  • An assessment of alkaline fuel cell technology

    G.F. McLean;T. Niet;S. Prince-Richard;N. Djilali

  • Microfluidic fuel cells: A review

    Erik Kjeang;Ned Djilali;David Sinton

  • A 3D, Multiphase, Multicomponent Model of the Cathode and Anode of a PEM Fuel Cell

    T. Berning;N. Djilali

  • Ex situ visualization of liquid water transport in PEM fuel cell gas diffusion layers

    S. Litster;D. Sinton;N. Djilali

  • Smart technologies for promotion of energy efficiency, utilization of sustainable resources and waste management

    Sandro Nižetić;Nedjib Djilali;Agis Papadopoulos;Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues;Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues

  • Three-dimensional computational analysis of transport phenomena in a PEM fuel cell—a parametric study

    T Berning;N Djilali

  • Computational model of a PEM fuel cell with serpentine gas flow channels

    Phong Thanh Nguyen;Torsten Berning;Ned Djilali

  • Effect of compression on liquid water transport and microstructure of PEMFC gas diffusion layers

    A. Bazylak;D. Sinton;Z.-S. Liu;N. Djilali

  • A microfluidic fuel cell with flow-through porous electrodes.

    Erik Kjeang;Raphaelle Michel;David A Harrington;Ned Djilali

  • Influence of heat transfer on gas and water transport in fuel cells

    Nedjib Djilali;Dongming Lu

  • CFD-based modelling of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

    B.R. Sivertsen;N. Djilali

  • Integrated energy systems

    Jianzhnog Wu;Jinyue Yan;Hongjie Jia;Nikos Hatziargyriou

  • Computational modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells: Challenges and opportunities

    N. Djilali

  • A two-dimensional analysis of mass transport in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

    D. Singh;D.M. Lu;N. Djilali

  • Multi-variable optimization of PEMFC cathodes using an agglomerate model

    M. Secanell;K. Karan;A. Suleman;N. Djilali

  • Dynamic water transport and droplet emergence in PEMFC gas diffusion layers

    Aimy Bazylak;David Sinton;Ned Djilali

  • Improved fuel utilization in microfluidic fuel cells: A computational study

    Aimy Bazylak;David Sinton;Ned Djilali

  • Pore Scale Simulation of Transport and Electrochemical Reactions in Reconstructed PEMFC Catalyst Layers

    Kyle J. Lange;Pang-Chieh Sui;Ned Djilali

  • Three-dimensional numerical simulations of water droplet dynamics in a PEMFC gas channel

    Xun Zhu;P.C. Sui;Ned Djilali

  • Dynamic behaviour of liquid water emerging from a GDL pore into a PEMFC gas flow channel

    Xun Zhu;P.C. Sui;Ned Djilali

  • PV array power output maximization under partial shading using new shifted PV array arrangements

    N. Belhaouas;N. Belhaouas;N. Belhaouas;M.-S. Ait Cheikh;P. Agathoklis;M.-R. Oularbi

  • Effect of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and micro porous layer (MPL) on thermal conductivity of fuel cell gas diffusion layers: Modeling and experiments

    Hamidreza Sadeghifar;Ned Djilali;Majid Bahrami

Frequent Co-Authors

Pang-Chieh Sui
Pang-Chieh Sui Wuhan University of Technology
David Sinton
David Sinton University of Toronto
Majid Bahrami
Majid Bahrami Simon Fraser University
Aimy Bazylak
Aimy Bazylak University of Toronto
Erik Kjeang
Erik Kjeang Simon Fraser University
Afzal Suleman
Afzal Suleman University of Victoria
Marc Secanell
Marc Secanell University of Alberta
Shawn Litster
Shawn Litster Carnegie Mellon University
Curran Crawford
Curran Crawford University of Victoria
Hongjie Jia
Hongjie Jia Tianjin University

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