Fulvio Scarano

17.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
276 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

Fulvio Scarano is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Fulvio Scarano has authored 276 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 242 papers in Computational Mechanics, 163 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 102 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Fulvio Scarano's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (210 papers), Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (103 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (100 papers). Fulvio Scarano is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (210 papers), Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (103 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (100 papers). Fulvio Scarano collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Italy. Fulvio Scarano's co-authors include B.W. van Oudheusden, M. L. Riethmuller, Jerry Westerweel, Gerrit E. Elsinga, Bernhard Wieneke, Andrea Sciacchitano, Ferry Schrijer, Daniele Ragni, Daniele Violato and Sina Ghaemi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Fulvio Scarano

261 papers receiving 12.6k 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.

Universal outlier detection for PIV data

2005 949 citations Jerry Westerweel, Fulvio Scarano Experiments in Fluids profile →
Tomographic particle image velocimetry

2006 917 citations Gerrit E. Elsinga, Fulvio Scarano et al. Experiments in Fluids profile →
Iterative image deformation methods in PIV

2001 642 citations Fulvio Scarano Measurement Science and Technology profile →
Particle Image Velocimetry

2018 619 citations Markus Raffel, Christian Willert et al. elib (German Aerospace Center) profile →
Tomographic PIV: principles and practice

2012 583 citations Fulvio Scarano Measurement Science and Technology profile →
Advances in iterative multigrid PIV image processing

2000 492 citations Fulvio Scarano et al. Experiments in Fluids profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fulvio Scarano Netherlands	59	10.5k	6.6k	3.2k	2.1k	1.2k	276	13.2k
Markus Raffel Germany	32	6.8k 0.7×	4.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	179	10.3k
Jerry Westerweel Netherlands	52	7.8k 0.7×	2.7k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	214	11.7k
Joseph Katz United States	55	6.6k 0.6×	2.7k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.6×	266	10.6k
Fazle Hussain United States	60	15.5k 1.5×	7.8k 1.2×	4.2k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	2.9k 2.5×	330	19.2k
Cameron Tropea Germany	62	12.7k 1.2×	4.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	1.8k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	489	17.6k
Charles Meneveau United States	73	15.2k 1.4×	7.3k 1.1×	10.3k 3.2×	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	362	22.6k
Rajat Mittal United States	61	11.1k 1.1×	6.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	342	15.9k
Pierre Sagaut France	60	11.9k 1.1×	5.6k 0.9×	3.3k 1.0×	798 0.4×	880 0.7×	327	13.8k
Fotis Sotiropoulos United States	64	6.4k 0.6×	4.3k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	851 0.4×	526 0.4×	261	12.1k
Joel H. Ferziger United States	47	13.3k 1.3×	3.7k 0.6×	3.6k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	2.5k 2.1×	192	19.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fulvio Scarano

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schrijer, Ferry, et al.. (2025). Kerosene-H2 blending effects on flame properties in a multi-fuel combustor. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23. 100139–100139. 2 indexed citations

Baars, Woutijn J., et al.. (2025). Aeropropulsive Performance Modeling of Over-the-Wing Propulsion at Incidence. AIAA Journal. 63(9). 3906–3922.

Hickel, Stefan, et al.. (2025). Dynamic stall on airfoils with leading-edge tubercles. Experiments in Fluids. 66(3).

Sciacchitano, Andrea, et al.. (2024). Light Reflections Detection And Correction For Robotic Volumetric PIV. 21. 1–19.

Baars, Woutijn J., et al.. (2023). Unsteady flow behaviour of multi-rotors in ground proximity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 1 indexed citations

Scarano, Fulvio, et al.. (2022). Incommensurable time intervals for multi-exposure PTV. 20. 1–16.

Sciacchitano, Andrea, et al.. (2019). Generation and control of helium-filled soap bubbles for PIV. Experiments in Fluids. 60(3). 37 indexed citations

Raffel, Markus, Christian Willert, Fulvio Scarano, et al.. (2018). Particle Image Velocimetry. elib (German Aerospace Center). 619 indexed citations breakdown →

Schrijer, Ferry, et al.. (2018). On Reynolds number dependence of micro-ramp-induced transition. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 837. 597–626. 18 indexed citations

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Caridi, Giuseppe Carlo Alp, Daniele Ragni, Andrea Sciacchitano, & Fulvio Scarano. (2016). HFSB-seeding for large-scale tomographic PIV in wind tunnels. Experiments in Fluids. 57(12). 41 indexed citations

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Pröbsting, Stefan, Jacopo Serpieri, & Fulvio Scarano. (2013). High-speed PIV analysis of trailing edge aeroacoustics. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Scarano, Fulvio, et al.. (2013). Material Derivative Measurements in High-Speed Flows by Four-Pulse Tomographic PIV. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 5 indexed citations

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Scarano, Fulvio. (2012). Tomographic PIV: principles and practice. Measurement Science and Technology. 24(1). 12001–12001. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schröder, Andreas, Reinhard Geisler, Gerrit E. Elsinga, et al.. (2010). Eulerian and Lagrangian views of a turbulent boundary layer flow using time-resolved tomographic PIV. Experiments in Fluids. 50(4). 1071–1091. 89 indexed citations

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Scarano, Fulvio & Christian Poelma. (2009). Three-dimensional vorticity patterns of cylinder wakes. Experiments in Fluids. 47(1). 154 indexed citations

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Humble, Raymond, Gerrit E. Elsinga, Fulvio Scarano, & B.W. van Oudheusden. (2007). Experimental Investigation of the Three-Dimensional Structure of a Shock Wave/Turbulent Boundary Layer Interaction. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 729–736.

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Scarano, Fulvio, et al.. (2006). Experimental study of an unsteady impinging shockwave/turbulent boundary layer interaction using PIV. 4 indexed citations

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Schrijer, Ferry, et al.. (2005). Experiments on Hypersonic Roughness Induced Transition by Means of Infrared Thermography. ESASP. 563. 255. 3 indexed citations

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Scarano, Fulvio, et al.. (1976). A DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 42(4). 489–496. 5 indexed citations

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Scarano, Fulvio, et al.. (1975). OFF-LINE ORTHOPHOTO PRINTER. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 41(8). 977–991. 2 indexed citations

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