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Saman Rashidi

Saman Rashidi

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2025

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Rising Stars

D-Index
57
Citations
9962
World Ranking
196
National Ranking
11

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
59
Citations
10792
World Ranking
2387
National Ranking
34

Saman Rashidi publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Saman Rashidi sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 179 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Saman Rashidi D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 77th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Saman Rashidi is affiliated with Semnan University in Iran and has an extensive research background primarily in engineering and energy fields. Their work spans several subfields, including mechanical engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and environmental studies, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and water science and technology.

Their research covers a range of topics, with notable focus areas such as solar thermal and photovoltaic systems, heat transfer and optimization, nanofluid flow and heat transfer, heat transfer mechanisms, solar-powered water purification methods, phase change materials research, and photovoltaic system optimization techniques.

Among recent publications, the following papers highlight Rashidi's contributions:

  • Progress and challenges on the thermal management of electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies: Fuel cells, electrolysers, and supercapacitors (2021) published in Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
  • An efficient pulsed-spray water cooling system for photovoltaic panels: Experimental study and cost analysis (2020) published in Renewable Energy
  • Combination of a solar collector and thermoelectric cooling modules in a humidification-dehumidification desalination system-experimental investigation with energy, exergy, exergoeconomic and environmental analysis (2020) published in Energy Conversion and Management
  • On thermal management of pouch type lithium-ion batteries by novel designs of wavy minichannel cold plates: Comparison of co-flow with counter-flow (2022) published in Journal of Energy Storage
  • Challenges and opportunities of desalination with renewable energy resources in Middle East countries (2023) published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Rashidi frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Wei-Mon Yan, Roohollah Rafee, Mohammad Sadegh Valipour, C.J. Ho, and Seyed Mohammad Vahidhosseini.

Regular publication venues for Rashidi's work include:

  • Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Journal of Energy Storage
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Best Publications

  • Recent advances in modeling and simulation of nanofluid flows—Part II: Applications

    Omid Mahian;Omid Mahian;Omid Mahian;Lioua Kolsi;Mohammad Amani;Patrice Estellé

  • Volume of fluid model to simulate the nanofluid flow and entropy generation in a single slope solar still

    Saman Rashidi;Shima Akar;Masoud Bovand;Rahmat Ellahi

  • Vortex shedding suppression and wake control: A review

    Saman Rashidi;Masoud Hayatdavoodi;Javad Abolfazli Esfahani

  • Influences of wavy wall and nanoparticles on entropy generation over heat exchanger plat

    J.A. Esfahani;M. Akbarzadeh;S. Rashidi;M.A. Rosen

  • Progress and challenges on the thermal management of electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies: Fuel cells, electrolysers, and supercapacitors

    Saman Rashidi;Nader Karimi;Nader Karimi;Bengt Sunden;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Applications of nanofluids in condensing and evaporating systems

    Saman Rashidi;Omid Mahian;Ehsan Mohseni Languri

  • A review on the applications of porous materials in solar energy systems

    Saman Rashidi;Javad Abolfazli Esfahani;Abbas Rashidi

  • Combination of nanofluid and inserts for heat transfer enhancement

    S. Rashidi;M. Eskandarian;O. Mahian;S. Poncet

  • A sensitivity analysis on thermal and pumping power for the flow of nanofluid inside a wavy channel

    M. Akbarzadeh;S. Rashidi;M. Bovand;R. Ellahi;R. Ellahi

  • Porous materials in building energy technologies—a review of the applications, modelling and experiments

    Saman Rashidi;Javad Abolfazli Esfahani;Nader Karimi;Nader Karimi

  • Study of stream wise transverse magnetic fluid flow with heat transfer around an obstacle embedded in a porous medium

    Saman Rashidi;M. Dehghan;R. Ellahi;R. Ellahi;M. Riaz

  • Potentials of porous materials for energy management in heat exchangers – A comprehensive review

    Saman Rashidi;Mohammad Hossein Kashefi;Kyung Chun Kim;Omid Samimi-Abianeh

  • An efficient pulsed- spray water cooling system for photovoltaic panels: Experimental study and cost analysis

    Amirhosein Hadipour;Mehran Rajabi Zargarabadi;Saman Rashidi

  • Applications of magnetohydrodynamics in biological systems-a review on the numerical studies

    Saman Rashidi;Javad Abolfazli Esfahani;Mahla Maskaniyan

  • Enhancement of solar still by reticular porous media: Experimental investigation with exergy and economic analysis

    Saman Rashidi;Nader Rahbar;Mohammad Sadegh Valipour;Javad Abolfazli Esfahani

  • A concise review on the role of nanoparticles upon the productivity of solar desalination systems

    Saman Rashidi;Nader Karimi;Omid Mahian;Omid Mahian;Javad Abolfazli Esfahani

  • Steps optimization and productivity enhancement in a nanofluid cascade solar still

    Saman Rashidi;Masoud Bovand;Nader Rahbar;Javad Abolfazli Esfahani

  • Energy saving in thermal energy systems using dimpled surface technology – A review on mechanisms and applications

    Saman Rashidi;Faramarz Hormozi;Bengt Sundén;Omid Mahian

  • Exergy and economic analysis for a double slope solar still equipped by thermoelectric heating modules - an experimental investigation

    N. Rahbar;A. Gharaiian;S. Rashidi

  • Influences of corrugation profiles on entropy generation, heat transfer, pressure drop, and performance in a wavy channel

    M. Akbarzadeh;S. Rashidi;J.A. Esfahani

  • Convection of heat and thermodynamic irreversibilities in two-phase, turbulent nanofluid flows in solar heaters by corrugated absorber plates

    M. Akbarzadeh;S. Rashidi;N. Karimi;R. Ellahi

Frequent Co-Authors

Javad Abolfazli Esfahani
Javad Abolfazli Esfahani Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Mohammad Sadegh Valipour
Mohammad Sadegh Valipour Semnan University
Nader Karimi
Nader Karimi University of Southampton
Rahmat Ellahi
Rahmat Ellahi International Islamic University, Islamabad
Omid Mahian
Omid Mahian Ningbo University
Faramarz Hormozi
Faramarz Hormozi Semnan University
Wei-Mon Yan
Wei-Mon Yan National Taipei University of Technology
Ching-Jenq Ho
Ching-Jenq Ho National Cheng Kung University
Goodarz Ahmadi
Goodarz Ahmadi Clarkson University
Ioan Pop
Ioan Pop Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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