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Saudi Arabia
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
51
Citations
13426
World Ranking
1092
National Ranking
14

Waqar A. 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 Waqar A. Khan sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 265 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Waqar A. 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 Waqar A. Khan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% 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

Waqar A. Khan is affiliated with Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University in Saudi Arabia. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Engineering, with significant contributions in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Computational Mechanics. The work involves specialized subfields such as Modeling and Simulation and Hematology.

The scientist's research topics encompass several areas related to fluid dynamics and heat transfer. Major topics include:

  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
  • Fractional Differential Equations Solutions
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders

Waqar A. Khan has published extensively in several academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Heat Transfer
  • Computers, Materials & Continua (Print)
  • Physics of Fluids
  • International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
  • ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik

Among recent publications are the following papers:

  • "Irreversibility analysis of Cu-TiO2-H2O hybrid-nanofluid impinging on a 3-D stretching sheet in a porous medium with nonlinear radiation: Darcy-Forchhiemer's model" (2020, Alexandria Engineering Journal)
  • "Finite element analysis of hybrid nanofluid flow and heat transfer in a split lid-driven square cavity with Y-shaped obstacle" (2020, Physics of Fluids)
  • "Coordinated Care to Optimize Cardiovascular Preventive Therapies in Type 2 Diabetes" (2023, JAMA)
  • "Electromagnetic flow of SWCNT/MWCNT suspensions with optimized entropy generation and cubic auto catalysis chemical reaction" (2020, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer)
  • "Non-Newtonian fluid flow around a Y-shaped fin embedded in a square cavity" (2020, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry)

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, notably including:

  • Zafar Hayat Khan
  • Muhammad Hamid
  • A. M. Rashad
  • Muhammad Usman
  • Hossam A. Nabwey

Best Publications

  • Boundary-layer flow of a nanofluid past a stretching sheet

    W.A. Khan;I. Pop

  • Buoyancy effects on MHD stagnation point flow and heat transfer of a nanofluid past a convectively heated stretching/shrinking sheet

    O.D. Makinde;W.A. Khan;Z.H. Khan

  • MHD boundary layer flow and heat transfer of nanofluids over a nonlinear stretching sheet: A numerical study

    F. Mabood;W.A. Khan;A.I.M. Ismail

  • Superhydrophobic electrospun nanofibers

    Nurxat Nuraje;Waseem Sabir Khan;Yu Lei;Muhammet Ceylan

  • Free convection boundary layer flow past a horizontal flat plate embedded in porous medium filled by nanofluid containing gyrotactic microorganisms

    A. Aziz;W.A. Khan;I. Pop

  • Fluid flow and heat transfer of carbon nanotubes along a flat plate with Navier slip boundary

    W. A. Khan;Z. H. Khan;M. Rahi

  • MHD boundary layer flow of a nanofluid containing gyrotactic microorganisms past a vertical plate with Navier slip

    W.A. Khan;O.D. Makinde;Z.H. Khan;Z.H. Khan

  • Natural convection flow of a nanofluid over a vertical plate with uniform surface heat flux

    W.A. Khan;A. Aziz

  • MHD nanofluid bioconvection due to gyrotactic microorganisms over a convectively heat stretching sheet

    W.A. Khan;O.D. Makinde

  • MHD flow of a variable viscosity nanofluid over a radially stretching convective surface with radiative heat

    O.D. Makinde;F. Mabood;W.A. Khan;M.S. Tshehla

  • Non-aligned MHD stagnation point flow of variable viscosity nanofluids past a stretching sheet with radiative heat

    W.A. Khan;O.D. Makinde;Z.H. Khan

  • Optimization of plate fin heat sinks using entropy generation minimization

    W.A. Khan;J.R. Culham;M.M. Yovanovich

  • Natural convective boundary layer flow of a nanofluid past a convectively heated vertical plate

    A. Aziz;W.A. Khan

  • Optimization of microchannel heat sinks using entropy generation minimization method

    W.A. Khan;M.M. Yovanovich;J.R. Culham

  • MHD variable viscosity reacting flow over a convectively heated plate in a porous medium with thermophoresis and radiative heat transfer

    O.D. Makinde;W.A. Khan;J.R. Culham

  • MHD stagnation point flow and heat transfer impinging on stretching sheet with chemical reaction and transpiration

    F. Mabood;W.A. Khan;A.I.Md. Ismail

  • Double-diffusive natural convective boundary layer flow in a porous medium saturated with a nanofluid over a vertical plate: Prescribed surface heat, solute and nanoparticle fluxes

    W.A. Khan;A. Aziz

  • MHD boundary layer slip flow and heat transfer of ferrofluid along a stretching cylinder with prescribed heat flux.

    Muhammad Qasim;Zafar Hayat Khan;Waqar Ahmad Khan;Inayat Ali Shah

  • Thermophysical effects of carbon nanotubes on MHD flow over a stretching surface

    Rizwan Ul Haq;Rizwan Ul Haq;Zafar Hayat Khan;Zafar Hayat Khan;Waqar Ahmed Khan

  • Recent progress on conventional and non-conventional electrospinning processes

    Waseem Sabir Khan;Ramazan Asmatulu;Muhammet Ceylan;Amir Jabbarnia

  • Fluid Flow Around and Heat Transfer from Elliptical Cylinders: Analytical Approach

    W. A. Khan;J. R. Culham;M. M. Yovanovich

Frequent Co-Authors

Zafar Hayat Khan
Zafar Hayat Khan Nanning Normal University
M. Michael Yovanovich
M. Michael Yovanovich University of Waterloo
J. R. Culham
J. R. Culham University of Waterloo
Oluwole Daniel Makinde
Oluwole Daniel Makinde Stellenbosch University
Ilyas Khan
Ilyas Khan Majmaah University
Abdul Aziz
Abdul Aziz King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Md. Jashim Uddin
Md. Jashim Uddin American International University-Bangladesh
Rama Subba Reddy Gorla
Rama Subba Reddy Gorla Cleveland State University
Ioan Pop
Ioan Pop Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ahmed M. Rashad
Ahmed M. Rashad Aswan University

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