Clito Afonso

923 total citations
28 papers, 720 citations indexed

About

Clito Afonso is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Building and Construction and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Clito Afonso has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 720 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 9 papers in Building and Construction and 4 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Clito Afonso's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (9 papers), Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (9 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (7 papers). Clito Afonso is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (9 papers), Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (9 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (7 papers). Clito Afonso collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United Kingdom and Cameroon. Clito Afonso's co-authors include Armando C. Oliveira, Saffa Riffat, Szabolcs Varga, D.A. Reay, Carlos Alberto Conceição António, P. S. Doherty, José Carlos Matos, Nguyen Minh Viet, D. X. Viegas and Jie Ji and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Energy and Buildings and Applied Thermal Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Clito Afonso

24 papers receiving 670 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Clito Afonso Portugal 13 560 359 151 145 61 28 720
Marnix Van Belleghem Belgium 12 223 0.4× 391 1.1× 67 0.4× 235 1.6× 44 0.7× 23 670
Mohamed Ouzzane Canada 15 689 1.2× 150 0.4× 278 1.8× 75 0.5× 224 3.7× 27 893
Zhiyin Duan China 14 991 1.8× 302 0.8× 305 2.0× 80 0.6× 29 0.5× 24 1.1k
Saïf ed-Dı̂n Fertahi Morocco 14 453 0.8× 150 0.4× 378 2.5× 94 0.6× 43 0.7× 37 792
Hosny Abou-Ziyan Egypt 16 425 0.8× 209 0.6× 233 1.5× 72 0.5× 98 1.6× 48 686
Van Baxter United States 15 510 0.9× 219 0.6× 249 1.6× 41 0.3× 68 1.1× 52 645
Stéphanie Giroux–Julien France 13 325 0.6× 204 0.6× 418 2.8× 175 1.2× 103 1.7× 32 757
Wenzhe Wei China 17 458 0.8× 253 0.7× 178 1.2× 48 0.3× 25 0.4× 41 736
Özgen Açıkgöz Türkiye 14 308 0.6× 258 0.7× 72 0.5× 175 1.2× 170 2.8× 37 558
Ahmad Fakhar Iran 7 302 0.5× 270 0.8× 122 0.8× 92 0.6× 111 1.8× 15 585

Countries citing papers authored by Clito Afonso

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Fields of papers citing papers by Clito Afonso

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clito Afonso

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Clito Afonso. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Clito Afonso 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 Clito Afonso. Clito Afonso is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Costa, Silvia Souza da, Alcino J. Silva, Daniel A. Marinho, et al.. (2025). Integrity and Transparency in Sports: A Survey Review. The Open Sports Sciences Journal. 18(1).
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Afonso, Clito, et al.. (2017). Data Center: Energetic and Economic Analysis of a More Efficient Refrigeration System with Free Cooling and the avoided CO2 Emissions. Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto). 3 indexed citations
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Afonso, Clito, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of the economic viability of the application of a trigeneration system in a small hotel. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(0). 2–2. 5 indexed citations
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Afonso, Clito, et al.. (2014). Energetic, Economical Analysis and Avoided CO2 Emissions in a Cogeneration System Regarding the Legislation. Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto). 1(2). 93–100. 2 indexed citations
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António, Carlos Alberto Conceição, et al.. (2014). Optimal topology of urban buildings for maximization of annual solar irradiation availability using a genetic algorithm. Applied Thermal Engineering. 73(1). 424–437. 23 indexed citations
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Afonso, Clito. (2012). Termodinâmica para Engenharia. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT).
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Afonso, Clito. (2012). Household refrigerators: Forced air ventilation in the compressor and its positive environmental impact. International Journal of Refrigeration. 36(3). 904–912. 13 indexed citations
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António, Carlos Alberto Conceição & Clito Afonso. (2010). Air temperature fields inside refrigeration cabins: A comparison of results from CFD and ANN modelling. Applied Thermal Engineering. 31(6-7). 1244–1251. 32 indexed citations
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Afonso, Clito, et al.. (2009). Air infiltration in domestic refrigerators: The influence of the magnetic seals conservation. International Journal of Refrigeration. 33(4). 856–867. 32 indexed citations
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Afonso, Clito. (2009). THE INFLUENCE OF THE MAGNETIC SEALS CONSERVATION ON THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS. Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto). 1 indexed citations
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Afonso, Clito. (2006). Recent advances in building air conditioning systems. Applied Thermal Engineering. 26(16). 1961–1971. 63 indexed citations
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Afonso, Clito, et al.. (2006). The effect of radiation shields around the air condenser and compressor of a refrigerator on the temperature distribution inside it. International Journal of Refrigeration. 29(7). 1144–1151. 26 indexed citations
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Afonso, Clito. (2005). Environmental Friendly Refrigeration Systems. Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto). 1 indexed citations
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Viegas, D. X., et al.. (2002). Slope and wind effects on fire spread.. 3 indexed citations
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Varga, Szabolcs, Armando C. Oliveira, & Clito Afonso. (2002). Characterisation of thermal diode panels for use in the cooling season in buildings. Energy and Buildings. 34(3). 227–235. 67 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Armando C., et al.. (2001). Experimental and numerical analysis of natural ventilation with combined light/vent pipes. Applied Thermal Engineering. 21(18). 1925–1936. 13 indexed citations
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Afonso, Clito & Armando C. Oliveira. (2000). Solar chimneys: simulation and experiment. Energy and Buildings. 32(1). 71–79. 209 indexed citations
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Afonso, Clito. (1989). Uma metodologia para a caracterização de fluxos de ar multizona em edifícios. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 1 indexed citations
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Afonso, Clito, et al.. (1986). A Single Tracer Gas Procedure to Characterize Multi-Room Air Exchanges. Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto). 1 indexed citations
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Afonso, Clito, et al.. (1986). A single tracer-gas method to characterize multi-room air exchanges. Energy and Buildings. 9(4). 273–280. 16 indexed citations

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