Erica D. Kuligowski

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Erica D. Kuligowski is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Erica D. Kuligowski has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Ocean Engineering, 35 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Erica D. Kuligowski's work include Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (87 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (27 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (26 papers). Erica D. Kuligowski is often cited by papers focused on Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (87 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (27 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (26 papers). Erica D. Kuligowski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and New Zealand. Erica D. Kuligowski's co-authors include Richard D. Peacock, John M. Watts, Morgan J. Hurley, Daniel T. Gottuk, Christopher J. Wieczorek, José L. Torero, John R. Hall, Kazunori Harada, Christine A. Bevc and Kathleen J. Tierney and has published in prestigious journals such as Automation in Construction, Safety Science and Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment.

In The Last Decade

Erica D. Kuligowski

114 papers receiving 5.2k citations

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SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erica D. Kuligowski United States	31	3.1k	2.6k	1.0k	1.0k	836	116	5.5k
Edwin R. Galea United Kingdom	32	2.9k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	411 0.4×	267 0.3×	951 1.1×	239	4.4k
Siuming Lo Hong Kong	47	3.0k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	587 0.6×	273 0.3×	1.7k 2.1×	302	7.9k
Enrico Ronchi Sweden	38	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	508 0.5×	348 0.3×	929 1.1×	133	3.8k
Richard D. Peacock United States	25	1.5k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	317 0.3×	131 0.1×	351 0.4×	91	2.6k
Genserik Reniers Belgium	49	803 0.3×	1.5k 0.6×	234 0.2×	499 0.5×	113 0.1×	332	8.8k
Jun Zhang China	33	2.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	226 0.2×	123 0.1×	1000 1.2×	251	4.4k
Daniel Nilsson Sweden	33	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	304 0.3×	291 0.3×	646 0.8×	107	3.1k
Milad Haghani Australia	36	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	244 0.2×	422 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	118	3.4k
Eric Wai Ming Lee Hong Kong	37	1.1k 0.3×	814 0.3×	237 0.2×	94 0.1×	419 0.5×	170	4.5k
Paolo Gardoni United States	55	738 0.2×	965 0.4×	646 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	109 0.1×	338	10.9k

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Robert, Dilan, et al.. (2025). Novel methodology for resilience assessment of critical infrastructure considering the interdependencies: A case study in water, transportation and electricity sector. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 119. 105271–105271. 3 indexed citations

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Wal, C. Natalie van der, et al.. (2025). Gaps in Human Behaviour in Fires Research: A Scoping Review. Fire Technology. 61(7). 5963–6001.

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Kuligowski, Erica D. & Yi Wang. (2024). Fire safety science: Proceedings of the 14th international symposium. Fire Safety Journal. 151. 104292–104292. 2 indexed citations

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Cova, Thomas J., et al.. (2024). Destination unknown: Examining wildfire evacuee trips using GPS data. Journal of Transport Geography. 117. 103863–103863. 11 indexed citations

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Ronchi, Enrico, Nikolai W. F. Bode, Karen Boyce, et al.. (2024). Determinants of Gaps in Human Behaviour in Fire Research. Fire Technology. 61(6). 4261–4271. 1 indexed citations

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Kuligowski, Erica D., et al.. (2024). Quantifying dire evacuations in case of wildfire using trigger boundaries and case study of the 2018 Mati wildfire in Greece. Safety Science. 181. 106691–106691. 1 indexed citations

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Kuligowski, Erica D., et al.. (2024). Evacuation decisions of tourists in wildfire scenarios. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 113. 104836–104836. 3 indexed citations

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Lovreglio, Ruggiero, et al.. (2023). Predicting and Assessing Wildfire Evacuation Decision-Making Using Machine Learning: Findings from the 2019 Kincade Fire. Fire Technology. 59(2). 793–825. 22 indexed citations

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Simeoni, Albert, et al.. (2020). A review of post-incident studies for wildland-urban interface fires. Journal of Safety Science and Resilience. 1(1). 59–65. 13 indexed citations

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Kuligowski, Erica D., et al.. (2019). A Provisional Conceptual Model of Human Behavior in Response to Wildland-Urban Interface Fires. Fire Technology. 55(5). 1619–1647. 52 indexed citations

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Kuligowski, Erica D., Franklin T. Lombardo, Long Phan, Marc L. Levitan, & David P. Jorgensen. (2014). Technical Investigation of the May 22, 2011, Tornado in Joplin, Missouri. 21 indexed citations

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Peacock, Richard D., Jason D. Averill, & Erica D. Kuligowski. (2013). Analysis of Egress From the World Trade Center Towers on September 11, 2001. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering. 49.

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Kuligowski, Erica D., et al.. (2013). Stair evacuation of older adults and people with mobility impairments. Fire Safety Journal. 62. 230–237. 79 indexed citations

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Kuligowski, Erica D.. (2013). Model building: an examination of the pre‐evacuation period of the 2001 World Trade Center disaster. Fire and Materials. 39(4). 285–300. 10 indexed citations

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Butler, Kathryn M., S. Gwynne, & Erica D. Kuligowski. (2012). Developing Emergency Communication Strategies for Buildings. 1 indexed citations

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Gwynne, S. & Erica D. Kuligowski. (2010). The faults with default. Greenwich Academic Literature Archive (University of Greenwich). 47(5). P312–5. 11 indexed citations

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Kuligowski, Erica D.. (2009). Process of Human Behavior in Fires. 3 indexed citations

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Kuligowski, Erica D.. (2005). Review of 28 Egress Models. 28 indexed citations

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Kuligowski, Erica D. & Richard D. Peacock. (2005). A Review of Building Evacuation Models | NIST. Fire Technology. 12 indexed citations

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Kuligowski, Erica D. & S. Gwynne. (2005). What a User Should Know When Selecting an Evacuation Model. | NIST. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering. 16 indexed citations

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