Aimaro Sanna

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Aimaro Sanna is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Aimaro Sanna has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 48 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 22 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Aimaro Sanna's work include Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (26 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (25 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (24 papers). Aimaro Sanna is often cited by papers focused on Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (26 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (25 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (24 papers). Aimaro Sanna collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and United States. Aimaro Sanna's co-authors include M. Mercedes Maroto‐Valer, Tushar P. Vispute, George W. Huber, Huiyan Zhang, Rui Xiao, Mai Uibu, Giorgio Caramanna, Rein Kuusik, Tevfik Aysu and Marco Dri and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Society Reviews and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Aimaro Sanna

69 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Renewable Chemical Commodity Feedstocks from Integrated C... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2014 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Renewable Chemical Commodity Feedstocks from Integrated Catalytic Processing of Pyrolysis Oils
    2010 949 citations Aimaro Sanna et al. profile →
  2. A review of mineral carbonation technologies to sequester CO2
    2014 845 citations Aimaro Sanna et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aimaro Sanna United Kingdom 30 2.2k 1.9k 1.3k 651 564 73 4.1k
Yi‐Hung Chen Taiwan 37 1.4k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 672 0.5× 484 0.7× 782 1.4× 108 3.7k
Jinwon Park South Korea 35 1.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 531 0.4× 298 0.5× 682 1.2× 183 3.9k
S. Komar Kawatra United States 31 1.2k 0.6× 2.6k 1.4× 460 0.4× 294 0.5× 419 0.7× 128 3.7k
Feng Yan China 43 1.7k 0.8× 2.4k 1.3× 244 0.2× 370 0.6× 1.4k 2.5× 154 5.3k
Mohammad Asadullah Japan 39 3.5k 1.5× 1.7k 0.9× 468 0.4× 280 0.4× 1.2k 2.2× 72 5.1k
Etsuro Shibata Japan 32 791 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 341 0.3× 324 0.5× 686 1.2× 122 3.1k
Wenzheng Yu China 45 1.9k 0.8× 498 0.3× 448 0.3× 925 1.4× 990 1.8× 207 6.1k
Fabio Montagnaro Italy 41 2.2k 1.0× 2.3k 1.2× 201 0.2× 282 0.4× 1.1k 2.0× 173 4.9k
Sicong Tian China 34 1.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 277 0.2× 152 0.2× 856 1.5× 52 2.9k
Toshinori Kojima Japan 32 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 158 0.1× 366 0.6× 914 1.6× 233 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aimaro Sanna

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aimaro Sanna

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aimaro Sanna. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aimaro Sanna based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aimaro Sanna. Aimaro Sanna is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Sanna, Aimaro, et al.. (2025). Steam reforming of methane: state of the art and novel technologies. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 10(9). 1963–1977. 1 indexed citations
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Sanna, Aimaro, et al.. (2025). Integrated CO2 capture and hydrogenation in presence of Ru–Na2ZrO3: An in-situ study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 121. 118–131. 1 indexed citations
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Yi, Weiming, et al.. (2025). Hydrogen production by sorption enhanced catalytic pyrolysis of lignin waste in presence of novel potassium stannate. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 103. 255–267. 3 indexed citations
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Bagnato, Giuseppe, et al.. (2025). Techno-economic assessment of two-stage hydropyrolysis of lignin for BTX production using iron-based catalysts. RSC Sustainability. 3(3). 1448–1460. 1 indexed citations
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Bos, Jan‐Willem G., et al.. (2024). Encoding CO2 Adsorption in Sodium Zirconate by Neutron Diffraction. Molecules. 29(16). 3798–3798. 1 indexed citations
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Bagnato, Giuseppe, Michela Signoretto, Elena Ghedini, et al.. (2023). Stabilization of the aqueous phase fraction of pine wood bio-oil using zirconia-supported Fe/Cu/Pd nano-catalysts under mild conditions. New Journal of Chemistry. 47(19). 9440–9450. 1 indexed citations
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Chang, Ribooga, et al.. (2023). High Temperature CO2 Capture Performance and Kinetic Analysis of Novel Potassium Stannate. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2321–2321. 2 indexed citations
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Cárdenas‐Lizana, Fernando, et al.. (2023). Lithium–Sodium Fly Ash-Derived Catalyst for the In Situ Partial Deoxygenation of Isochrysis sp. Microalgae Bio-Oil. Catalysts. 13(7). 1122–1122. 2 indexed citations
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Bagnato, Giuseppe & Aimaro Sanna. (2022). Conceptual evaluation of an integrated CCU technology based on Na-salts pH swing mineral carbonation. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 66. 102286–102286. 4 indexed citations
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Fermoso, Javier & Aimaro Sanna. (2021). High-temperature CO2 capture by fly ash derived sorbents: Effect of scale-up on sorbents performance. Chemical Engineering Journal. 429. 132201–132201. 12 indexed citations
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Bagnato, Giuseppe, et al.. (2021). Effect of Ceria Addition to Na2O-ZrO2 Catalytic Mixtures on Lignin Waste Ex-Situ Pyrolysis. Molecules. 26(4). 827–827. 6 indexed citations
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Bagnato, Giuseppe, Aimaro Sanna, Emilia Paone, & Enrico Catizzone. (2021). Recent Catalytic Advances in Hydrotreatment Processes of Pyrolysis Bio-Oil. Catalysts. 11(2). 157–157. 39 indexed citations
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Sanna, Aimaro, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of palm-oil fly ash derived lithium silicate for CO2 sorption under simulated gasification conditions. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 56. 101826–101826. 10 indexed citations
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Åhlén, Michelle, et al.. (2020). Tuning Na2ZrO3 for fast and stable CO2 adsorption by solid state synthesis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 388. 124284–124284. 42 indexed citations
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Bagnato, Giuseppe, Michela Signoretto, Federica Menegazzo, et al.. (2020). Hydrogenation of Biobased Aldehydes to Monoalcohols Using Bimetallic Catalysts. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(32). 11994–12004. 26 indexed citations
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Fermoso, Javier, et al.. (2018). Li-LSX-zeolite evaluation for post-combustion CO2 capture. Chemical Engineering Journal. 358. 1351–1362. 48 indexed citations
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Bagnato, Giuseppe, Alberto Figoli, Claudia Ursino, Francesco Galiano, & Aimaro Sanna. (2018). A novel Ru–polyethersulfone (PES) catalytic membrane for highly efficient and selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(12). 4955–4965. 34 indexed citations

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