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Prof. Seid Mahdi Jafari received his PhD in Food Process Engineering from the University of Queensland (Australia), in 2007. Now, he is a full-time Prof. in GUASNR (Iran) and part-time Prof. in SAAS (China). He has published > 750 papers in International Journals (h-index=112 in Scopus and 126 in Google Scholar) and 110 book chapters/40 books with Elsevier, Springer, and Taylor & Francis. Selected achievements:
  • One of the world’s highly cited researchers ((1% top scientists) by Scopus (Elsevier), 2017-2023)
  • One of the top national researchers by the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology (2017)
  • One of the world’s highly cited researchers (HCR; 0.1%top scientists) by Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science), in 2018, 2019 and 2020
  • A top reviewer in the field of agricultural and biological sciences by Publons (2018 and 2019).
Personal Website: www.smjafari.com
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AWARDS & HONORS

  1. Publishing >800 articles in prestigious Int. Journals, with 54,100 citations (an average of 68 per article); h-index = 127, i10-index (papers with minimum 10 citations) = 541; Google Scholar (May 9, 2025); https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tKEuPAkAAAAJ&hl=en,
  2. Publishing >794 articles in SCI-journals, with 44,204 citations (an average of 56 per article); h-index = 114; Scopus (May 9, 2025); Jafari, S. M. – Author details – Scopus
  3. Output Analysis by Scopus (May 9, 2025):
  • 429 publications (70.4%) in top citation percentiles, including most-cited articles in J. Food Properties, Food Hydrocolloids, Int. J. Biol. Macromolecules, Food Res. Int., Colloids Surfaces B, Food Chem., Adv. Colloid Interface Sci., Trends Food Sci. Tech., Drying Tech., Critical Rev. Food Sci. Nut., and Comp. Rev Food Sci Food Safety (2010-2025);
  • 358 publications (81.7%) in top 25% SCI-journals with high Impact Factor (IF) at the first quartile (Q1), many belonging to the First Decile (D1), e.g., Trends Food Sci. Tech. (IF>16, 52 documents), Colloid Interface Sci. (IF>16, 58); Food Hydrocolloids (IF>11, 27), Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nut. (IF>11, 44), Food Chem. (IF>9, 35), Int. J. Biol. Macromolecules (IF>8, 43), Carbohydrate Polymers (IF>11, 19).
  • Publications with international collaboration = 44.0%; joint publications with 1,178 co-authors;
  • 343 publications (68%) with the position as last and corresponding author.
  • Distribution of publications in interdisciplinary fields: Biol. Sci. (548 documents, 32.9%); Eng. (261, 15.7%); Chem. (239, 14.3%); Chemical Eng. (177, 10.6%); Biochem Molecular. Biol. (163, 9.8%); Others (18.6%)
  1. One of the world’s top 1% scientists with the highest citations in the field of Sci.; Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics, Essential Scientific Indicators (2015-2024)
  2. One of the world’s top 2% scientists with the highest citations in the field of , Fisheries Forestry and subfield of Food Sci.; Stanford/Elsevier Scientist Rankings (2020-2024). For the 2024 list, world position = 5 out of 84,371 researchers; World’s Top 2% Scientists
  3. One of the world’s highly cited researchers (HCR), reported by ScholarGPS (2023-2024). For the last 5 years, world position = 20 out of 12,543,380 researchers (All Fields) and = 5 out of 254,927 researchers (Materials Sci. Eng.); Seid Mahdi Jafari | Scholar Profiles and Rankings | ScholarGPS
  4. One of the world’s highly cited researchers (HCR), reported by Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science (2018-2020); total 6000 scientists globally; only 12 HCR scientists in Iran.
  5. One of the Asia Agri. Forestry Top 10 Scientists (Ranked No. 9 out of 20,835 researchers); AD Scientific Index (2025); Asia Top 100 Agriculture & Forestry Scientist 2025 – AD Scientific
  6. One of the world’s Top Cited Scholars (TCR); Scilit (2023, 2024); Seid Mahdi Jafari | Scilit
  7. One of the Iranian Top 10 Scientists in the field of Chemistry (Ranked No. 5); com (2022-2024); Seid Mahdi Jafari: Chemistry H-index & Awards – Academic Profile | Research.com
  8. One of the world’s Top 100 Scientists in the field of Food Sci. Tech. (Ranked No. 13); Chinese Academy of Science (2022).
  9. Top national researcher (2017), selected by the Iranian Ministry of Sci., Res., and Tech. (MSRT); national position = 6 out of 32,265 academic members in all Iranian universities (2025); https://isid.msrt.ir/list
  10. Top reviewer in the field of Biol. Sci. (2017-2019) for all Int. Journals; Clarivate Analytics.
  11. Editor of 41 Int. Books published by Elsevier, Springer, and Taylor and Francis and 16 Books published in Iran; Contributor of 135 Book chapters.
  12. Editorial Member: Colloid Interface Sci. (Elsevier, from 2021); Food Frontiers (Wiley, from 2021); Associate Editor: Int. Nano Letters (Springer, 2010-2019); Guest Editor for a Special Issue: Food Chem. (Elsevier, 2021, 2023); Drying Tech. (Taylor and Francis, 2021); Colloids Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (Elsevier, 2021); Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. (Elsevier, 2025); Frontiers in Nut. (Frontiers, 2023); Molecules (MDPI, 2022).
  13. Over 20 years teaching experience for undergraduate/postgraduate students in Food Sci. Tech.; supervisor/advisor for the thesis of > 140 MSc students and > 70 PhD students.
  14. Implementation and teaching in over 35 workshops held in research centers, private companies, and governmental institutions,
  15. Principal Investigator of 25 National and 10 Int. Projects; responsible for 15 research contracts with companies or the public administration; registering 15 National Patents and one Int. Patent (Canada).
  16. Presenting more than 51 key/plenary speeches in conferences; member of the scientific committee in 25 national and 15 Int. congresses; organizer of 8 national scientific courses or conferences.
  17. Director of the Food Materials Process Design Eng. (2011-2013).
  18. Distinguished award by the University of Queensland (Australia) for PhD thesis (2007).
  19. Winner of a scholarship for final year of PhD degree from Australian Government (2005).
  20. Winner of a scholarship to study abroad in PhD degree from Iranian Government (2001).

 

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