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  1. Publishing >850 articles in prestigious Int. Journals, with 62,400 citations (average 73/article); h-index = 135, i10-index (papers with minimum 10 citations) = 614; Google Scholar (Dec 5, 2025); Online Link
  2. Publishing >850 articles in SCI-journals, with 50,500 citations (average 59/article); h-index = 123; Scopus (Dec 5, 2025); Online Link
  3. Output Analysis by Scopus (Dec 5, 2025):
   ✓516 publications (72.3%) in top citation percentiles, including most-cited articles in Int. 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);
   ✓453 publications (84.5%) 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, 53 documents), Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. (IF>19, 66); Food Hydrocolloids (IF>12,        27), Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nut. (IF>11, 44), Food Chem. (IF>9, 37), Int. J. Biol. Macromolecules (IF>8, 49), Carbohydrate Polymers            (IF>11, 18).
   ✓Publications with international collaboration = 46.9%; joint publications with 1,256 co-authors;
   ✓426 publications (71%) with the position as last and corresponding author.
   ✓Distribution of publications in interdisciplinary fields: Agri. Biol. Sci. (585 documents, 32.6%); Eng. (265, 14.8%); Chem. (262,                 14.6%); Chemical Eng. (191, 10.7%); Biochem Molecular. Biol. (180, 10.0%); Others (17.6%)
   4. One of the world’s top 1% scientists with the highest citations in the field of Biol. Sci.; Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics,                     Essential Scientific Indicators (2015-2025)
   5. One of the world’s top 2% scientists with the highest citations in the field of Agri., 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 (Food Sci); national         position = 5 (All Fields); Online Link
   6. One of the world’s highly cited researchers (HCR), reported by ScholarGPS (2023-2025). For the last 5 years, world position = 33 out      of 12,543,380 researchers (All Fields) and = 5 out of 254,927 researchers (Materials Sci. Eng.); Online Link
   7. 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.
   8. One of the Asia Agri. Forestry Top 10 Scientists (Ranked No. 8 out of 21,206 researchers); AD Scientific Index (2026); Online Link       9. One of the world’s Top Cited Scholars (TCR); Scilit (2023-2025); Online Link     

   10. One of the Iranian Top 10 Scientists in the field of Chemistry (Ranked No. 3); Research.com (2022-2025); Online Link
   11. One of the world’s Top 100 Scientists in the field of Food Sci. Tech. (Ranked No. 13); Chinese Academy of Science (2022).
   12. National position = 6 out of 32,265 academic members in all Iranian universities (2025); Ministry of Sci., Res., and Tech. (MSRT),        Iran; Online Link
   13. Top reviewer in the field of Agri. Biol. Sci. (2017-2019) for all Int. Journals; Clarivate Analytics.

   14. Editor of 41 Int. Books  published by Elsevier, Springer, and Taylor and Francis and 16 Books published in Iran; Contributor of 135        Book chapters.
   15. Editorial Member: Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. (Elsevier, 2021-2025); 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).
   16. 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.
   17. Implementation and teaching in > 35 workshops held in research centers, private companies, and governmental institutions.
   18. 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).
   19. Presenting > 51 key/plenary speeches in Int. conferences; member of the scientific committee in 25 national and 15 Int. congresses;        organizer of 8 national scientific courses or conferences.
   20. Director of the Dept. Food Materials Process Design Eng. (2011-2013).
   21. Distinguished award by the University of Queensland (Australia) for PhD thesis (2007).
   22. Winner of a scholarship for final year of PhD degree from Australian Government (2005).
   23. Winner of a scholarship to study abroad in PhD degree from Iranian Government (2001).