Frederico Afonso

964 total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 620 citations indexed

About

Frederico Afonso is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Global and Planetary Change and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederico Afonso has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 620 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Frederico Afonso's work include Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies (15 papers), Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control (13 papers) and Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (7 papers). Frederico Afonso is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies (15 papers), Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control (13 papers) and Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (7 papers). Frederico Afonso collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Canada and Brazil. Frederico Afonso's co-authors include Fernando Lau, Afzal Suleman, José Vale, Inês Ribeiro, Ana F. Ferreira, Bruna Ferreira, Gonçalo V. Mendonça, David Bento, Edgar C. Fernandes and Abdolrasoul Sohouli and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and Applied Thermal Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Frederico Afonso

34 papers receiving 601 citations

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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.

Strategies towards a more sustainable aviation: A systematic review

2023 100 citations Frederico Afonso, Ana F. Ferreira et al. Progress in Aerospace Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frederico Afonso Portugal	11	363	171	157	105	78	40	620
Fernando Lau Portugal	14	563 1.6×	166 1.0×	227 1.4×	116 1.1×	120 1.5×	49	839
Ali Elham Germany	19	609 1.7×	623 3.6×	289 1.8×	169 1.6×	122 1.6×	86	1.1k
Stephan Staudacher Germany	12	287 0.8×	43 0.3×	216 1.4×	63 0.6×	31 0.4×	129	616
Pedro Gamboa Portugal	14	379 1.0×	77 0.5×	96 0.6×	29 0.3×	128 1.6×	45	544
Mark D. Moore United States	17	851 2.3×	590 3.5×	212 1.4×	264 2.5×	23 0.3×	39	1.1k
Nicholas K. Borer United States	14	464 1.3×	444 2.6×	133 0.8×	129 1.2×	11 0.1×	41	694
Sangjo Kim South Korea	11	191 0.5×	70 0.4×	73 0.5×	37 0.4×	17 0.2×	38	374
Jun Tao China	12	182 0.5×	24 0.1×	146 0.9×	33 0.3×	48 0.6×	27	563
Esteban Valencia Ecuador	10	165 0.5×	96 0.6×	62 0.4×	33 0.3×	34 0.4×	60	324

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frederico Afonso

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20 of 20 papers shown

Afonso, Frederico, et al.. (2025). A study on the potential of skin heat exchangers for hybrid-electric aircraft. Applied Thermal Engineering. 280. 128096–128096.

Vasconcelos, M. Helena, et al.. (2025). Gastric Volvulus After Nissen Fundoplication: A Case Report. Cureus. 17(11). e97671–e97671.

Ferreira, Bruna, et al.. (2024). A Multidisciplinary Optimization Framework for Ecodesign of Reusable Microsatellite Launchers. Aerospace. 11(2). 126–126. 3 indexed citations

Afonso, Frederico, et al.. (2024). A Study on the Surrogate-Based Optimization of Flexible Wings Considering a Flutter Constraint. Applied Sciences. 14(6). 2384–2384.

Rego, Francisco, et al.. (2024). Conceptual Design of an Unmanned Electrical Amphibious Vehicle for Ocean and Land Surveillance. World Electric Vehicle Journal. 15(7). 279–279.

Afonso, Frederico, et al.. (2024). On the Multidisciplinary Design of a Hybrid Rocket Launcher with a Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel. Journal of Composites Science. 8(3). 109–109. 2 indexed citations

Afonso, Frederico, Ana F. Ferreira, Inês Ribeiro, et al.. (2023). Strategies towards a more sustainable aviation: A systematic review. Progress in Aerospace Sciences. 137. 100878–100878. 100 indexed citations breakdown →

Afonso, Frederico, et al.. (2023). On the Study of Thermal-Propulsive Systems for Regional Aircraft. Aerospace. 10(2). 113–113. 5 indexed citations

Afonso, Frederico, et al.. (2023). A Study on Thermal Management Systems for Hybrid–Electric Aircraft. Aerospace. 10(9). 745–745. 11 indexed citations

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Fernandes, Tiago, et al.. (2023). A shape design optimization methodology based on the method of characteristics for rocket nozzles. CEAS Space Journal. 15(6). 867–879. 7 indexed citations

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Bento, David, et al.. (2023). A review on the recent developments in thermal management systems for hybrid-electric aircraft. Applied Thermal Engineering. 227. 120427–120427. 63 indexed citations

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Afonso, Frederico, et al.. (2023). Hydrogen fuel cell integration and testing in a hybrid-electric propulsion rig. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(97). 38473–38483. 9 indexed citations

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Afonso, Frederico, et al.. (2023). A Python Implementation of a Robust Multi-Harmonic Balance With Numerical Continuation and Automatic Differentiation for Structural Dynamics. Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics. 18(7). 2 indexed citations

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Afonso, Frederico, et al.. (2022). Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of a Symmetric Airfoil from Subsonic to Hypersonic Flight Regimes. Fluids. 7(11). 353–353. 1 indexed citations

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Vale, José, et al.. (2022). Optimization and comparison of strut-braced and high aspect ratio wing aircraft configurations including flutter analysis with geometric non-linearities. Aerospace Science and Technology. 124. 107531–107531. 22 indexed citations

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Afonso, Frederico, Ana F. Ferreira, Inês Ribeiro, Fernando Lau, & Afzal Suleman. (2021). On the design of environmentally sustainable aircraft for urban air mobility. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 91. 102688–102688. 35 indexed citations

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Afonso, Frederico, et al.. (2021). Surrogate-based optimization based on the probability of feasibility. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 65(1). 6 indexed citations

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Afonso, Frederico, et al.. (2017). Nonlinear aeroelastic scaling of high aspect-ratio wings. Aerospace Science and Technology. 63. 363–371. 15 indexed citations

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Afonso, Frederico, et al.. (2017). Non-linear aeroelastic response of high aspect-ratio wings in the frequency domain. The Aeronautical Journal. 121(1240). 858–876. 5 indexed citations

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Afonso, Frederico, et al.. (2016). Aeroelastic Analysis of High Apect Ratio Wings. 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 2 indexed citations

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