Franco Cotana

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
254 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Franco Cotana is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Franco Cotana has authored 254 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Building and Construction, 94 papers in Environmental Engineering and 53 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Franco Cotana's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (92 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (78 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (28 papers). Franco Cotana is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (92 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (78 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (28 papers). Franco Cotana collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and United States. Franco Cotana's co-authors include Anna Laura Pisello, Veronica Lucia Castaldo, Lucia Brinchi, Elena Fortunati, J. M. Kenny, Andrea Nicolini, Federico Rossi, Cristina Piselli, Alessandro Petrozzi and Claudia Fabiani and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Franco Cotana

241 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Production of nanocrystalline cellulose from lignocellulosic biomass: Technology and applications

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Franco Cotana Italy	51	3.3k	2.9k	1.4k	917	843	254	7.5k
Francesco Asdrubali Italy	49	4.2k 1.3×	2.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	919 1.0×	226 0.3×	222	7.9k
Leslie K. Norford United States	55	3.4k 1.0×	4.4k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	648 0.7×	102 0.1×	188	9.0k
Cinzia Buratti Italy	40	2.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	484 0.5×	124 0.1×	161	4.9k
Sami G. Al‐Ghamdi Qatar	43	1.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	418 0.3×	657 0.7×	136 0.2×	186	5.6k
Erdem Cüce Türkiye	46	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	563 0.4×	1.9k 2.1×	114 0.1×	212	7.3k
Xudong Yang China	47	1.3k 0.4×	1.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	813 0.9×	308 0.4×	271	8.0k
Huijun Wu China	47	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	490 0.4×	1.6k 1.8×	329 0.4×	251	6.9k
Heather L. MacLean Canada	49	971 0.3×	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	723 0.8×	107 0.1×	186	7.7k
Anna Laura Pisello Italy	55	5.4k 1.6×	4.6k 1.6×	329 0.2×	1.1k 1.2×	40 0.0×	307	9.2k
Bernhard Steubing Netherlands	37	1.4k 0.4×	3.4k 1.2×	686 0.5×	1.5k 1.7×	173 0.2×	84	7.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Franco Cotana

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franco Cotana

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franco Cotana

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Piselli, Cristina, et al.. (2024). Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Food Retail Buildings: Introducing a Novel Assessment Framework. Energies. 17(19). 4882–4882. 2 indexed citations

Coccia, Valentina, Franco Cotana, Anna Magrini, et al.. (2024). Design and Performance Analysis of a Small-Scale Prototype Water Condensing System for Biomass Combustion Flue Gas Abatement. Sustainability. 16(12). 5164–5164. 1 indexed citations

Belloni, Elisa, Franco Cotana, Shuji Nakamura, Anna Laura Pisello, & D. Villacci. (2023). A new smart laser photoluminescent light (LPL) technology for the optimization of the on-street lighting performance and the maximum energy saving: development of a prototype and field tests. Sustainable Energy Grids and Networks. 34. 101064–101064. 10 indexed citations

Neri, Paolo, Gianluca Cavalaglio, Valentina Coccia, et al.. (2023). Innovative Bioplasticizers from Residual Cynara cardunculus L. Biomass-Derived Levulinic Acid and Their Environmental Impact Assessment by LCA Methodology. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(32). 12014–12026. 13 indexed citations

Cavalaglio, Gianluca, et al.. (2022). Life Cycle Assessment of Cynara cardunculus L. -Based Polygeneration and Biodiesel Chains. Sustainability. 14(21). 13868–13868. 2 indexed citations

Cavalaglio, Gianluca, et al.. (2022). Life Cycle Assessment and Energy Balance of a Polygeneration Plant Fed with Lignocellulosic Biomass of Cynara cardunculus L.. Energies. 15(7). 2397–2397. 9 indexed citations

Cambi, Costanza, Azzurra Zucchini, Paola Sassi, et al.. (2022). Use of Biomass Ash in Reinforced Clayey Soil: A Multiscale Analysis of Solid-State Reactions. Recycling. 8(1). 5–5. 3 indexed citations

Cavalaglio, Gianluca, et al.. (2020). Characterization of Various Biomass Feedstock Suitable for Small-Scale Energy Plants as Preliminary Activity of Biocheaper Project. Sustainability. 12(16). 6678–6678. 54 indexed citations

Piselli, Cristina, Anna Laura Pisello, Mohammad Saffari, et al.. (2019). Cool Roof Impact on Building Energy Need: The Role of Thermal Insulation with Varying Climate Conditions. Energies. 12(17). 3354–3354. 29 indexed citations

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Pigliautile, Ilaria, Veronica Lucia Castaldo, Nastaran Makaremi, et al.. (2018). On an innovative approach for microclimate enhancement and retrofit of historic buildings and artworks preservation by means of innovative thin envelope materials. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 36. 222–231. 22 indexed citations

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D’Alessandro, Antonella, et al.. (2018). Multifunctional smart concretes with novel phase change materials: Mechanical and thermo-energy investigation. Applied Energy. 212. 1448–1461. 125 indexed citations

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Fabiani, Claudia, Julià Coma, Anna Laura Pisello, et al.. (2018). Thermo-acoustic performance of green roof substrates in dynamic hygrothermal conditions. Energy and Buildings. 178. 140–153. 18 indexed citations

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Castellani, Beatrice, Sara Rinaldi, E. Bonamente, et al.. (2017). Carbon and energy footprint of the hydrate-based biogas upgrading process integrated with CO2 valorization. The Science of The Total Environment. 615. 404–411. 48 indexed citations

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Cotana, Franco, Cinzia Buratti, Marco Barbanera, et al.. (2016). Driftwood Biomass in Italy: Estimation and Characterization. Sustainability. 8(8). 725–725. 8 indexed citations

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Cotana, Franco, Gianluca Cavalaglio, Valentina Coccia, & Alessandro Petrozzi. (2016). Energy Opportunities from Lignocellulosic Biomass for a Biorefinery Case Study. Energies. 9(9). 748–748. 6 indexed citations

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Cavalaglio, Gianluca, Mattia Gelosia, Andrea Nicolini, et al.. (2016). Lignocellulosic Ethanol Production from the Recovery of Stranded Driftwood Residues. Energies. 9(8). 634–634. 12 indexed citations

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Morini, Elena, Ali Gholizadeh Touchaei, Beatrice Castellani, Federico Rossi, & Franco Cotana. (2016). The Impact of Albedo Increase to Mitigate the Urban Heat Island in Terni (Italy) Using the WRF Model. Sustainability. 8(10). 999–999. 99 indexed citations

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Cotana, Franco, et al.. (2014). Comparison of ORC Turbine and Stirling Engine to Produce Electricity from Gasified Poultry Waste. Sustainability. 6(9). 5714–5729. 35 indexed citations

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Coccia, Valentina, Franco Cotana, Gianluca Cavalaglio, Mattia Gelosia, & Alessandro Petrozzi. (2014). Cellulose Nanocrystals Obtained from Cynara Cardunculus and Their Application in the Paper Industry. Sustainability. 6(8). 5252–5264. 20 indexed citations

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Cotana, Franco & Edoardo Marcucci. (2000). EVALUATING EXTERNAL TRANSPORT COSTS OF NOISE IN AN ITALIAN REGION: THE CASE OF UMBRIA. WIT transactions on the built environment. 49. 327–335. 3 indexed citations

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