2026 Omar Matar: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	64	1673	1591	102	92	673	13193

Overview

Omar Matar is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans a broad range of topics within engineering, with a focus on computational mechanics and fluid dynamics.

Their recent published papers include:

"Current advances in liquid-liquid mixing in static mixers: A review" (2021) published in Process Safety and Environmental Protection
"Generalised Latent Assimilation in Heterogeneous Reduced Spaces with Machine Learning Surrogate Models" (2022) published in Journal of Scientific Computing
"Data-centric Engineering: integrating simulation, machine learning and statistics. Challenges and opportunities" (2021) published in Chemical Engineering Science
"Numerical study of the impact of the channel shape on microchannel boiling heat transfer" (2020) published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
"Computational modelling and microfluidics as emerging approaches to synthesis of silver nanoparticles - A review" (2022) published in Chemical Engineering Journal

Frequent coauthors in Omar Matar's work include:

Lyes Kahouadji
Seungwon Shin
Damir Jurić
Jalel Chergui
Thomas Abadie

Preferred publication venues for Omar Matar are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Physical Review Fluids
Chemical Engineering Journal
International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Matar's primary field of study is engineering, with significant contributions in various subfields such as:

Computational Mechanics
Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The main topics of work center around fluid dynamics and heat transfer, including:

Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
Fluid Dynamics and Mixing
Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films
Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies

Best Publications

Dynamics and stability of thin liquid films

R. V. Craster;O. K. Matar

1647
Citations
Fluoro- vs hydrocarbon surfactants: why do they differ in wetting performance?

Nina Kovalchuk;Anna Trybala;Victor Starov;O. Matar

218
Citations
Disturbance wave development in two-phase gas–liquid upwards vertical annular flow

Yujie Zhao;Christos N. Markides;Omar K. Matar;Geoffrey F. Hewitt

199
Citations
Self-excited hydrothermal waves in evaporating sessile drops

Khellil Sefiane;J. R. Moffat;O. K. Matar;R. V. Craster

184
Citations
An experimental characterization of downwards gas–liquid annular flow by laser-induced fluorescence: Flow regimes and film statistics

Ivan Zadrazil;Omar K. Matar;Christos N. Markides

181
Citations
On viscous beads flowing down a vertical fibre

R. V. Craster;O. K. Matar

164
Citations
Dynamics and universal scaling law in geometrically-controlled sessile drop evaporation

P. J. Saenz;A Wray;Z Che;O. K. Matar

163
Citations
The spreading of surfactant solutions on thin liquid films.

Abia B. Afsar-Siddiqui;Paul F. Luckham;Omar K. Matar

158
Citations
Electrically induced pattern formation in thin leaky dielectric films

R. V. Craster;O. K. Matar

157
Citations
Optimizing Water Transport through Graphene-Based Membranes: Insights from Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics.

Jordan Muscatello;Frederike Jaeger;Omar K. Matar;Erich A. Müller

143
Citations
Thin film flow over structured packings at moderate Reynolds numbers

Prashant Valluri;Omar K. Matar;Geoffrey F. Hewitt;M.A. Mendes

139
Citations
The development of transient fingering patterns during the spreading of surfactant coated films

Omar K. Matar;Sandra M. Troian

137
Citations
A reduced order model for turbulent flows in the urban environment using machine learning

Dunhui Xiao;Dunhui Xiao;C.E. Heaney;L. Mottet;L. Mottet;F. Fang

136
Citations
Evaporation of sessile drops: a three-dimensional approach

P. J. Sáenz;K. Sefiane;J. Kim;O. K. Matar

134
Citations
Evaporation of Sessile Droplets Laden with Particles and Insoluble Surfactants.

George Karapetsas;Kirti Chandra Sahu;Omar K. Matar

132
Citations
Pinning, retraction, and terracing of evaporating droplets containing nanoparticles.

R. V. Craster;O. K. Matar;Khellil Sefiane

130
Citations
Linear stability analysis and numerical simulation of miscible two-layer channel flow

K. C. Sahu;H. Ding;Prashant Valluri;O. K. Matar

127
Citations
Fingering phenomena associated with insoluble surfactant spreading on thin liquid films

M. R. E. Warner;R. V. Craster;O. K. Matar

126
Citations
Current advances in liquid-liquid mixing in static mixers: A review

Juan P. Valdés;Lyes Kahouadji;Omar K. Matar

125
Citations
Linear instability of pressure-driven channel flow of a Newtonian and a Herschel-Bulkley fluid

K. C. Sahu;P. Valluri;P. D. M. Spelt;O. K. Matar

123
Citations
Pinchoff and satellite formation in surfactant covered viscous threads

R. V. Craster;O. K. Matar;D. T. Papageorgiou

120
Citations
Dynamics and universal scaling law in geometrically-controlled sessile drop evaporation

A. W. Wray;Z. Che;O. K. Matar;P. Valluri

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