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Researcher · École Polytechnique d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme · Algeria

Rafik Bensalem

Rafik Bensalem publishes mostly in Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, on topics such as Wind and Air Flow Studies, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization and Urban Heat Island Mitigation.

ORCID 0009-0002-4917-7811 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,778,809
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Algeria
#2,260
of 10,068
Works
17
Citations
333
Citations per work
19.6
h-index
6
i10-index 4Top 84% in Environmental Engineering
Rafik Bensalem

What does Rafik Bensalem research?

Rafik Bensalem's work is mostly in Environmental Science (51%), Engineering (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (5%).

Physical Sciences: 14 works · 79.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 9 works · 51.3% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 works · 38.5% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 works · 7.7% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 works · 5.1% of their workEngineering: 4 works · 23.1% of their workBuilding and Construction: 4 works · 23.1% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 works · 5.1% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 works · 5.1% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 15.4% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 5.1% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 5.1% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 works · 5.1% of their workTHEIR WORKRafik Bensalem17works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences80%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science951.3%
    2. Engineering423.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences15.1%
  2. Everything else315.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.1%
  1. 1Environmental Engineering38% of their works
  2. 2Building and Construction23% of their works
  3. 3Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis8% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change5% of their works
  6. 6Earth-Surface Processes5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rafik Bensalem's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Thermal Comfort, CFD Simulation, Urban Microclimate, Climate Change, Building Energy Consumption, Energy Simulation, Green Roofs and Urban Heat Island.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Thermal Comfort122 topics
  2. CFD Simulation91 topic
  3. Urban Microclimate91 topic
  4. Climate Change82 topics
  5. Building Energy Consumption61 topic
  6. Energy Simulation61 topic
  7. Green Roofs61 topic
  8. Urban Heat Island61 topic
  9. Public Health31 topic
  10. Urban Green Space31 topic
  11. Aeolian Processes21 topic
  12. Ancient Civilizations21 topic
  13. Water Management21 topic
  14. Wind Erosion21 topic
  15. Green Building11 topic
  16. Sustainable Construction11 topic
  17. Western Mediterranean11 topic
  18. geodynamics11 topic

Where does Rafik Bensalem work?

Rafik Bensalem's main affiliation in the publication record is École Polytechnique d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme, Algeria.

How many publications and citations does Rafik Bensalem have?

OpenAlex counts 17 works and 333 citations for Rafik Bensalem, an h-index of 6, ranking #3,778,809 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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