Elena Sesana

1.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
5 papers, 587 citations indexed

About

Elena Sesana is a scholar working on Conservation, Earth-Surface Processes and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elena Sesana has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 587 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Conservation, 5 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 4 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Elena Sesana's work include Conservation Techniques and Studies (5 papers), Building materials and conservation (5 papers) and Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (3 papers). Elena Sesana is often cited by papers focused on Conservation Techniques and Studies (5 papers), Building materials and conservation (5 papers) and Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (3 papers). Elena Sesana collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and Malta. Elena Sesana's co-authors include Alexandre S. Gagnon, John Hughes, JoAnn Cassar, Chiara Ciantelli, Chiara Bertolin and Alessandra Bonazza and has published in prestigious journals such as Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, Journal of Cultural Heritage and Geosciences.

In The Last Decade

Elena Sesana

5 papers receiving 565 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.

Climate change impacts on cultural heritage: A literature review

2021 288 citations Elena Sesana, Alexandre S. Gagnon et al. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change profile →
Adapting Cultural Heritage to Climate Change Risks: Perspectives of Cultural Heritage Experts in Europe

2018 134 citations Elena Sesana, Alexandre S. Gagnon et al. Geosciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elena Sesana United Kingdom	5	385	297	257	66	66	5	587
JoAnn Cassar Malta	13	359 0.9×	453 1.5×	280 1.1×	49 0.7×	38 0.6×	34	693
Jenny Richards United Kingdom	14	192 0.5×	203 0.7×	110 0.4×	55 0.8×	42 0.6×	33	493
Alessandro Sardella Italy	10	206 0.5×	204 0.7×	110 0.4×	34 0.5×	32 0.5×	18	357
Luciana Randazzo Italy	15	317 0.8×	431 1.5×	341 1.3×	34 0.5×	18 0.3×	77	730
Esmeralda Paupério Portugal	10	105 0.3×	94 0.3×	64 0.2×	43 0.7×	111 1.7×	23	454
José María Martín Ramírez Spain	10	138 0.4×	150 0.5×	137 0.5×	29 0.4×	31 0.5×	17	378
Lola Kotova Germany	11	175 0.5×	158 0.5×	74 0.3×	13 0.2×	222 3.4×	23	542
Palmira Messina Italy	7	207 0.5×	237 0.8×	102 0.4×	16 0.2×	138 2.1×	9	515
Fernando Vegas López-Manzanares Spain	11	73 0.2×	114 0.4×	154 0.6×	13 0.2×	21 0.3×	108	401
Concetta Rispoli Italy	12	116 0.3×	194 0.7×	155 0.6×	10 0.2×	22 0.3×	33	323

Countries citing papers authored by Elena Sesana

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elena Sesana

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elena Sesana

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

All Works

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Bertolin, Chiara & Elena Sesana. (2023). Natural hazards affecting cultural heritage: assessment of flood and landslide risk for the 28 existing Norwegian stave churches. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation. 42(1). 48–91. 7 indexed citations

2.

Sesana, Elena, Alexandre S. Gagnon, Chiara Ciantelli, JoAnn Cassar, & John Hughes. (2021). Climate change impacts on cultural heritage: A literature review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change. 12(4). 288 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sesana, Elena, Chiara Bertolin, Alexandre S. Gagnon, & John Hughes. (2019). Mitigating Climate Change in the Cultural Built Heritage Sector. Climate. 7(7). 90–90. 57 indexed citations

4.

Sesana, Elena, Alexandre S. Gagnon, Alessandra Bonazza, & John Hughes. (2019). An integrated approach for assessing the vulnerability of World Heritage Sites to climate change impacts. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 41. 211–224. 101 indexed citations

5.

Sesana, Elena, Alexandre S. Gagnon, Chiara Bertolin, & John Hughes. (2018). Adapting Cultural Heritage to Climate Change Risks: Perspectives of Cultural Heritage Experts in Europe. Geosciences. 8(8). 305–305. 134 indexed citations breakdown →

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