David Pearlmutter

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

David Pearlmutter is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, David Pearlmutter has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Environmental Engineering, 49 papers in Building and Construction and 24 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in David Pearlmutter's work include Urban Heat Island Mitigation (48 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (41 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (23 papers). David Pearlmutter is often cited by papers focused on Urban Heat Island Mitigation (48 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (41 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (23 papers). David Pearlmutter collaborates with scholars based in Israel, Italy and Switzerland. David Pearlmutter's co-authors include Evyatar Erell, Limor Shashua‐Bar, Pedro Berliner, Terence Williamson, Giovanni Sanesi, Hadas Saaroni, Isaac A. Meir, Luciano Massetti, Edna Shaviv and Francesca Ugolini and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

David Pearlmutter

84 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use and perceptions of urban green space: An international exploratory study

2020 459 citations Francesca Ugolini, Luciano Massetti et al. Urban forestry & urban greening profile →
Outdoor human comfort and thermal stress: A comprehensive review on models and standards

2016 326 citations David Pearlmutter et al. Urban Climate profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Pearlmutter Israel	39	3.8k	2.7k	2.5k	1.3k	821	90	5.6k
Puay Yok Tan Singapore	34	2.4k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	863 0.3×	1.8k 1.4×	502 0.6×	95	4.4k
Nyuk Hien Wong Singapore	46	6.3k 1.7×	3.7k 1.4×	3.6k 1.5×	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	113	7.6k
Andy van den Dobbelsteen Netherlands	28	2.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	2.3k 0.9×	509 0.4×	358 0.4×	102	3.9k
Evyatar Erell Israel	30	2.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	777 0.6×	487 0.6×	82	3.7k
Stephen Siu Yu Lau Hong Kong	30	2.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	836 0.6×	507 0.6×	105	3.7k
David J. Sailor United States	51	7.6k 2.0×	3.8k 1.4×	4.2k 1.7×	2.6k 2.0×	992 1.2×	142	10.7k
Ariane Middel United States	43	4.8k 1.3×	3.5k 1.3×	1.9k 0.8×	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	136	6.0k
Matei Georgescu United States	40	3.0k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	978 0.4×	2.2k 1.6×	293 0.4×	94	5.0k
Marialena Nikolopoulou United Kingdom	28	3.7k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	2.8k 1.1×	534 0.4×	1.0k 1.3×	68	4.5k
Gabriel Pérez Spain	29	3.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	2.9k 1.2×	407 0.3×	301 0.4×	111	4.8k

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Pearlmutter, David, et al.. (2025). An observational analysis of shade-related pedestrian activity. Buildings and Cities. 6(1). 398–414.

Pearlmutter, David, et al.. (2024). Increased CO2 fixation and reduced embodied energy of mycelium bio-composite materials grown on a mixed substrate over diurnal temperature cycles. Construction and Building Materials. 421. 135566–135566. 9 indexed citations

Saaroni, Hadas, et al.. (2023). A predictive analysis of thermal stress in a densifying urban business district under summer daytime conditions in a Mediterranean City. Urban Climate. 48. 101298–101298. 10 indexed citations

Aleksandrowicz, Or, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of summer mean radiant temperature simulation in ENVI-met in a hot Mediterranean climate. Building and Environment. 245. 110881–110881. 28 indexed citations

Chen, Taihan, et al.. (2021). Effects of tree plantings and aspect ratios on pedestrian visual and thermal comfort using scaled outdoor experiments. The Science of The Total Environment. 801. 149527–149527. 74 indexed citations

Petralli, Martina, Luciano Massetti, David Pearlmutter, et al.. (2020). UTCI field measurements in an urban park in Florence (Italy). Miscellanea Geographica. 24(3). 111–117. 11 indexed citations

Ugolini, Francesca, Luciano Massetti, Pedro Calaza Martínez, et al.. (2020). Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use and perceptions of urban green space: An international exploratory study. Urban forestry & urban greening. 56. 126888–126888. 459 indexed citations breakdown →

Massetti, Luciano, Martina Petralli, Marco Napoli, et al.. (2019). Effects of deciduous shade trees on surface temperature and pedestrian thermal stress during summer and autumn. International Journal of Biometeorology. 63(4). 467–479. 58 indexed citations

Martínez, Pedro Calaza, et al.. (2018). El papel de los bosques urbanos y periurbanos para reducir riesgos y gestionar desastres. 69(250). 53–58.

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Garb, Yaakov, et al.. (2018). The influence of climatocultural background on outdoor thermal perception. International Journal of Biometeorology. 62(10). 1873–1886. 23 indexed citations

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Saaroni, Hadas, Jorge H. Amorim, J.A. Hiemstra, & David Pearlmutter. (2018). Urban Green Infrastructure as a tool for urban heat mitigation: Survey of research methodologies and findings across different climatic regions. Urban Climate. 24. 94–110. 202 indexed citations

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Pearlmutter, David, et al.. (2014). The relationship between bioclimatic thermal stress and subjective thermal sensation in pedestrian spaces. International Journal of Biometeorology. 58(10). 2111–2127. 73 indexed citations

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Shashua‐Bar, Limor, Evyatar Erell, & David Pearlmutter. (2014). 457: The Cooling Effect and Water Use Efficiency of Urban Landscape Strategies in a Hot Dry Climate.

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Saaroni, Hadas, David Pearlmutter, & Tali Hatuka. (2014). Human-biometeorological conditions and thermal perception in a Mediterranean coastal park. International Journal of Biometeorology. 59(10). 1347–1362. 31 indexed citations

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Erell, Evyatar, et al.. (2013). Effect of High-albedo Materials on Pedestrian Thermal Sensation in Urban Street Canyons in Hot Climates. 8 indexed citations

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Pearlmutter, David, et al.. (2013). Impact of Increasing the Height of Tel Aviv Buildings on Pedestrian Comfort and Building Energy Efficiency. 2 indexed citations

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Pearlmutter, David, et al.. (2013). The Moderating Effect of Desert Ground Cover Plants on Pedestrian Thermal Sensation. 1 indexed citations

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Erell, Evyatar, David Pearlmutter, & Terence Williamson. (2012). Urban Microclimate. 120 indexed citations

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Lemonsu, Aude, Valéry Masson, Limor Shashua‐Bar, Evyatar Erell, & David Pearlmutter. (2012). Inclusion of vegetation in the Town Energy Balance model for modelling urban green areas. Geoscientific model development. 5(6). 1377–1393. 123 indexed citations

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Pearlmutter, David, Evyatar Erell, & Yair Etzion. (1993). Monitoring the Thermal Performance of an Insulated Earth-sheltered Structure: A Hot-arid Zone Case Study. Architectural Science Review. 36(1). 3–12. 9 indexed citations

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