Alejandro Josa

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Alejandro Josa is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Josa has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Environmental Engineering, 39 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 31 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Josa's work include Urban Heat Island Mitigation (22 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (17 papers) and Urban Stormwater Management Solutions (15 papers). Alejandro Josa is often cited by papers focused on Urban Heat Island Mitigation (22 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (17 papers) and Urban Stormwater Management Solutions (15 papers). Alejandro Josa collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Mexico and Canada. Alejandro Josa's co-authors include Eduardo Alonso Pérez de Ágreda, Antonio Gens, Joan Rieradevall, Xavier Gabarrell, Antonio Aguado, Anna Petit‐Boix, Carles M. Gasol, A. Lloret, Ivan Puig Damians and Richard J. Bathurst and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Josa

95 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

A constitutive model for partially saturated soils 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 500 1000 1.5k
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. A constitutive model for partially saturated soils
    1990 1.7k citations Eduardo Alonso Pérez de Ágreda, Antonio Gens 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
Alejandro Josa Spain 34 2.7k 1.4k 1.1k 885 655 102 5.0k
Montserrat Zamorano Spain 35 509 0.2× 501 0.4× 1.3k 1.2× 358 0.4× 752 1.1× 115 3.9k
Sanjay Kumar Shukla Australia 38 3.8k 1.4× 349 0.3× 448 0.4× 348 0.4× 793 1.2× 307 5.2k
Abdelazim M. Negm Egypt 28 718 0.3× 941 0.7× 292 0.3× 233 0.3× 279 0.4× 222 3.2k
Kostas Komnitsas Greece 40 2.3k 0.8× 487 0.4× 1.6k 1.4× 93 0.1× 388 0.6× 138 5.1k
Ralph K. Rosenbaum Denmark 29 228 0.1× 2.9k 2.1× 852 0.8× 349 0.4× 1.4k 2.1× 60 6.0k
Eugeniusz Koda Poland 27 610 0.2× 299 0.2× 320 0.3× 114 0.1× 585 0.9× 170 2.1k
Reginald Ebhin Masto India 35 329 0.1× 257 0.2× 472 0.4× 348 0.4× 307 0.5× 97 4.3k
Daniel Castro‐Fresno Spain 39 3.2k 1.2× 798 0.6× 787 0.7× 324 0.4× 140 0.2× 219 5.0k
Brian W. Baetz Canada 34 798 0.3× 837 0.6× 383 0.3× 93 0.1× 526 0.8× 121 4.3k
Jane Bare United States 30 237 0.1× 2.2k 1.6× 751 0.7× 355 0.4× 855 1.3× 43 4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Alejandro Josa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alejandro Josa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Josa

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Damians, Ivan Puig, et al.. (2024). Physical and 3D numerical modelling of reinforcements pullout test. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 7355–7355. 1 indexed citations
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Josa, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Mapping Roof Materials in Cities for Food, Water, and Energy Production: A Mediterranean Metropolitan Area Case Study. Journal of Urban Technology. 30(5). 25–51. 1 indexed citations
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Muñoz‐Liesa, Joan, Eva Cuerva, Felipe Parada, et al.. (2022). Urban greenhouse covering materials: Assessing environmental impacts and crop yields effects. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 186. 106527–106527. 15 indexed citations
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Nadal, Ana, Beatriz Rodríguez‐Labajos, Eva Cuerva, Alejandro Josa, & Joan Rieradevall. (2022). Influence of social housing models in the development of urban agriculture in Mexico. Land Use Policy. 122. 106391–106391. 3 indexed citations
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Josa, Alejandro, et al.. (2020). Laboratory-based spectral data acquisition of roof materials. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 41(23). 9180–9205. 2 indexed citations
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Toboso‐Chavero, Susana, Ana Nadal, Anna Petit‐Boix, et al.. (2018). Towards Productive Cities: Environmental Assessment of the Food‐Energy‐Water Nexus of the Urban Roof Mosaic. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 23(4). 767–780. 72 indexed citations
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Petit‐Boix, Anna, et al.. (2017). Addressing the Life Cycle of Sewers in Contrasting Cities through an Eco‐Efficiency Approach. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 22(5). 1092–1104. 13 indexed citations
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Petit‐Boix, Anna, et al.. (2016). Are we preventing flood damage eco-efficiently? An integrated method applied to post-disaster emergency actions. The Science of The Total Environment. 580. 873–881. 21 indexed citations
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Mendoza, Joan Manuel F., Alejandro Josa, Joan Rieradevall, & Xavier Gabarrell. (2015). Environmental Impact of Public Charging Facilities for Electric Two‐Wheelers. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 20(1). 54–66. 18 indexed citations
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Damians, Ivan Puig, et al.. (2015). Numerical study of the use of actively-tensioned polymeric strips for reinforced soil walls. 3833–3838. 1 indexed citations
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Oliver‐Solà, Jordi, Alejandro Josa, Alejandro Pablo Arena, Xavier Gabarrell, & Joan Rieradevall. (2011). The GWP-Chart: An environmental tool for guiding urban planning processes. Application to concrete sidewalks. Cities. 28(3). 245–250. 21 indexed citations
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San-José, José T. & Alejandro Josa. (2008). Planteamiento MIVES para la evaluaciónel caso de la EHE. 28–36. 6 indexed citations
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Josa, Alejandro, et al.. (2008). EVALUACIÓN Y JERARQUIZACIÓN DE DEPARTAMENTOS UNIVERSITARIOS MEDIANTE ANÁLISIS DE VALOR. Revista de Investigación en Educación. 5(5). 27–40. 5 indexed citations
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Lloret, A., et al.. (2007). Reconocimiento geotécnico del terreno. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme.
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Mas, Jordi, et al.. (2002). Impact of Urban Treated Wastewater Reuse During Irrigation of Golf Courses. EGSGA. 6622. 3 indexed citations
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Ágreda, Eduardo Alonso Pérez de, et al.. (1991). Constitutive model for partially saturated soils. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts. 28(2-3). A135–A135. 18 indexed citations
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Gens, Antonio, Eduardo Alonso Pérez de Ágreda, & Alejandro Josa. (1989). ELASTOPLASTIC MODELLING OF PARTIALLY SATURATED SOILS. NUMERICAL MODELS IN GEOMECHANICS. NUMOG III. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM HELD AT NIAGARA FALLS, CANADA, 8-11 MAY 1989. 5 indexed citations
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Josa, Alejandro, et al.. (1987). THE PAVING OF LOW-VOLUME ROADS IN SPAIN WITH ROLLER-COMPACTED CONCRETE. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 3 indexed citations

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