Giovanni Polacco

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Giovanni Polacco is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Civil and Structural Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Giovanni Polacco has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 44 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 23 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Giovanni Polacco's work include Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation (43 papers), Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (38 papers) and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (21 papers). Giovanni Polacco is often cited by papers focused on Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation (43 papers), Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (38 papers) and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (21 papers). Giovanni Polacco collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Canada and Bulgaria. Giovanni Polacco's co-authors include Sara Filippi, Jiri Stastna, Dario Biondi, Ludovit Zanzotto, Filippo Merusi, Felice Giuliani, Massimo Paci, Maria Grazia Cascone, Luigi Lazzeri and Simona Santini and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

Giovanni Polacco

98 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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A review of the fundamentals of polymer-modified asphalts: Asphalt/polymer interactions and principles of compatibility

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giovanni Polacco Italy	30	2.3k	1.6k	334	334	326	98	3.4k
Sara Filippi Italy	28	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	440 1.3×	261 0.8×	232 0.7×	80	2.6k
Zengping Zhang China	35	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	153 0.5×	674 2.0×	879 2.7×	127	3.3k
S. Touzain France	31	953 0.4×	601 0.4×	238 0.7×	521 1.6×	1.8k 5.6×	78	2.7k
Vanessa de Freitas Cunha Lins Brazil	27	494 0.2×	227 0.1×	266 0.8×	887 2.7×	1.2k 3.6×	157	2.5k
A.S. Khanna India	31	347 0.2×	930 0.6×	186 0.6×	882 2.6×	1.9k 5.8×	97	3.2k
Homero Castaneda United States	32	908 0.4×	246 0.2×	280 0.8×	945 2.8×	2.1k 6.5×	164	3.0k
Zahra Ranjbar Iran	24	241 0.1×	814 0.5×	163 0.5×	308 0.9×	1.1k 3.3×	107	2.1k
Mengchun Wu China	24	251 0.1×	534 0.3×	313 0.9×	696 2.1×	450 1.4×	39	3.7k
Haley E. Hagg Lobland United States	20	219 0.1×	483 0.3×	236 0.7×	255 0.8×	323 1.0×	37	1.4k
Zechuan Yu China	23	806 0.4×	217 0.1×	202 0.6×	214 0.6×	414 1.3×	69	1.6k

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Filippi, Sara, Damiano Rossi, Patrizia Cinelli, et al.. (2024). Waste-Cooking-Oil-Derived Polyols to Produce New Sustainable Rigid Polyurethane Foams. Sustainability. 16(21). 9456–9456. 4 indexed citations

Polacco, Giovanni & Sara Filippi. (2024). Master curves construction for viscoelastic functions of bituminous materials. Applied Rheology. 34(1). 5 indexed citations

Cinelli, Patrizia, et al.. (2023). From Waste Vegetable Oil to a Green Compatibilizer for HDPE/PA6 Blends. Polymers. 15(20). 4178–4178. 5 indexed citations

Mallegni, Norma, et al.. (2021). Use of recycled oils as rejuvenators for bituminous binders. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

Mallegni, Norma, et al.. (2021). Classification and selection of exhausted oils for rejuvenating bituminous blends. Construction and Building Materials. 278. 122387–122387. 11 indexed citations

Gigante, Vito, Patrizia Cinelli, Maria Cristina Righetti, et al.. (2020). On the Use of Biobased Waxes to Tune Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoates–Bran Biocomposites. Polymers. 12(11). 2615–2615. 21 indexed citations

Bonati, Beatrice, Giovanna Bochicchio, Filippo Merusi, Giovanni Polacco, & Felice Giuliani. (2013). Fire Behaviour and Heat Release Properties of Asphalt Mixtures. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology. 6(2). 100–108. 8 indexed citations

Merusi, Filippo, Felice Giuliani, & Giovanni Polacco. (2012). Linear Viscoelastic Behaviour of Asphalt Binders Modified with Polymer/clay Nanocomposites. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 53. 335–345. 30 indexed citations

Filippi, Sara, Massimo Paci, Giovanni Polacco, Nadka Tzankova Dintcheva, & Pierluigi Magagnini. (2011). On the interlayer spacing collapse of Cloisite® 30B organoclay. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 96(5). 823–832. 42 indexed citations

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Filippi, Sara, et al.. (2010). Internal structure and linear viscoelastic properties of EVA/asphalt nanocomposites. European Polymer Journal. 46(4). 621–633. 104 indexed citations

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Cotugno, S., et al.. (2010). COMPARISON OF SINE VERSUS PULSE WAVEFORM EFFECTS ON FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH BEHAVIOR OF NR, SBR, AND BR COMPOUNDS. Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 83(4). 391–403. 10 indexed citations

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Keicher, Thomas, et al.. (2009). Homo- and copolymers of 3-tosyloxymethyl-3-methyl oxetane (TMMO) as precursors to energetic azido polymers. e-Polymers. 9(1). 10 indexed citations

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Polacco, Giovanni, et al.. (2007). Memory functions in polymer modified asphalts. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 104(4). 2330–2340. 9 indexed citations

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Santini, Simona & Giovanni Polacco. (2006). Finding Nemo: Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the unusual life style of anemonefish. Gene. 385. 19–27. 36 indexed citations

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Filippi, Sara, et al.. (2005). Torque‐rheometry investigation of model transreactions involving condensation polymers. I. Polyesters. Polymer Engineering and Science. 46(2). 139–152. 3 indexed citations

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Filippi, Sara, et al.. (2004). Reactive compatibilizer precursors for LDPE/PA6 blends, 4a: Maleic anhydride and glycidyl methacrylate grafted SEBS. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 289(6). 512–523. 2 indexed citations

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Polacco, Giovanni, et al.. (2004). Temporary networks in polymer‐modified asphalts. Polymer Engineering and Science. 44(12). 2185–2193. 81 indexed citations

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Polacco, Giovanni, et al.. (2004). Effect of SBS on Rheological Properties of Different Base Asphalts. Macromolecular Symposia. 218(1). 333–342. 18 indexed citations

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Cristallini, Caterina, et al.. (1999). Kinetics and reaction mechanism of template polymerization investigated by conductimetric measurements. 2. Radical polymerization of sodium methacrylate in the presence of poly(allylamine) hydrochloride. Polymer International. 48(12). 1251–1256. 8 indexed citations

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Cerrai, P., Giulio D. Guerra, S. Maltinti, et al.. (1994). Physicochemical properties of poly(allylammonium acrylate) complexes obtained by radical template polymerization. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 15(12). 983–990. 20 indexed citations

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