Giulia Ulpiani

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Giulia Ulpiani is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Giulia Ulpiani has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Environmental Engineering, 33 papers in Building and Construction and 19 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Giulia Ulpiani's work include Urban Heat Island Mitigation (44 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (33 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (12 papers). Giulia Ulpiani is often cited by papers focused on Urban Heat Island Mitigation (44 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (33 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (12 papers). Giulia Ulpiani collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Australia and Belgium. Giulia Ulpiani's co-authors include Costanzo Di Perna, M. Santamouris, Bao‐Jie He, Nadja Vetters, Huimin Liu, Junsong Wang, Gianluca Ranzi, Riccardo Paolini, Michele Zinzi and Shamila Haddad and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Giulia Ulpiani

68 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

On the linkage between urban heat island and urban pollution island: Three-decade literature review towards a conceptual framework

2020 368 citations Giulia Ulpiani The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Localized synergies between heat waves and urban heat islands: Implications on human thermal comfort and urban heat management

2020 329 citations Bao‐Jie He, Junsong Wang et al. Environmental Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giulia Ulpiani Italy	27	1.8k	1.1k	993	523	285	69	2.7k
Deo Prasad Australia	30	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	889 0.9×	369 0.7×	400 1.4×	101	3.1k
Evyatar Erell Israel	30	2.8k 1.5×	1.9k 1.8×	1.5k 1.5×	777 1.5×	487 1.7×	82	3.7k
Jay S. Golden United States	25	1.3k 0.7×	523 0.5×	914 0.9×	426 0.8×	175 0.6×	53	3.0k
I. Livada Greece	22	2.6k 1.4×	2.1k 2.0×	983 1.0×	640 1.2×	453 1.6×	27	3.7k
Steve Sharples United Kingdom	32	2.2k 1.2×	2.1k 1.9×	779 0.8×	500 1.0×	500 1.8×	142	3.5k
Geun Young Yun South Korea	33	1.7k 0.9×	2.4k 2.3×	582 0.6×	500 1.0×	411 1.4×	78	3.4k
Maria Kolokotroni United Kingdom	31	2.4k 1.3×	2.2k 2.0×	884 0.9×	416 0.8×	352 1.2×	106	3.5k
Ferdinando Salata Italy	33	2.2k 1.2×	2.3k 2.2×	1.0k 1.0×	497 1.0×	392 1.4×	75	3.4k
Phil Jones United Kingdom	30	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	661 0.7×	386 0.7×	224 0.8×	146	3.0k
Marco D’Orazio Italy	33	963 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	322 0.3×	359 0.7×	194 0.7×	125	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Giulia Ulpiani

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giulia Ulpiani

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ulpiani, Giulia, Nadja Vetters, Christian Thiel, & Pietro Florio. (2025). Cities towards zero emissions: a reality check on the assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs. Sustainable Cities and Society. 133. 106835–106835. 1 indexed citations

Ulpiani, Giulia, et al.. (2025). Do ambitious cities value collaboration in climate action? Insights from the first group of cities pursuing climate neutrality. Cities. 162. 105945–105945. 3 indexed citations

Ulpiani, Giulia, Nadja Vetters, Christian Thiel, et al.. (2025). Key recommendations for cities committed to climate neutrality. npj Urban Sustainability. 5(1).

Christidis, Panayotis, Giulia Ulpiani, Marcin Stępniak, & Nadja Vetters. (2024). Research and innovation paving the way for climate neutrality in urban transport: Analysis of 362 cities on their journey to zero emissions. Transport Policy. 148. 107–123. 12 indexed citations

Ulpiani, Giulia, Enrico Pisoni, Joana Bastos, Fabio Monforti-Ferrario, & Nadja Vetters. (2024). Are cities ready to synergise climate neutrality and air quality efforts?. Sustainable Cities and Society. 118. 106059–106059. 12 indexed citations

Ulpiani, Giulia & Michele Zinzi. (2023). Experimental assessment of the heat mitigation potential of an urban cooling shelter: Combining water misting with solar shading, wind shield, and smart control. Energy and Buildings. 299. 113623–113623. 7 indexed citations

Feng, Jie, Kai Gao, Hassan Saeed Khan, et al.. (2023). Overheating of Cities: Magnitude, Characteristics, Impact, Mitigation and Adaptation, and Future Challenges. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 48(1). 651–679. 15 indexed citations

Ulpiani, Giulia, et al.. (2023). Let's hear it from the cities: On the role of renewable energy in reaching climate neutrality in urban Europe. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 183. 113444–113444. 48 indexed citations

Ulpiani, Giulia & David J. Sailor. (2023). Future-proofing the built environment: Towards a holistic approach. Energy and Buildings. 300. 113498–113498. 4 indexed citations

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Valle, Nives Della, Giulia Ulpiani, & Nadja Vetters. (2023). Assessing climate justice awareness among climate neutral-to-be cities. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 10(1). 15 indexed citations

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Ulpiani, Giulia, et al.. (2022). A citizen centred urban network for weather and air quality in Australian schools. Scientific Data. 9(1). 129–129. 11 indexed citations

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Feng, Jie, Kai Gao, Giulia Ulpiani, et al.. (2021). Optimization of random silica-polymethylpentene (TPX) radiative coolers towards substantial cooling capacity. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 234. 111419–111419. 23 indexed citations

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Ulpiani, Giulia, Gianluca Ranzi, & M. Santamouris. (2021). Local synergies and antagonisms between meteorological factors and air pollution: A 15-year comprehensive study in the Sydney region. The Science of The Total Environment. 788. 147783–147783. 27 indexed citations

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Nazarian, Negin, et al.. (2021). Combining High-Resolution Land Use Data With Crowdsourced Air Temperature to Investigate Intra-Urban Microclimate. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 9. 39 indexed citations

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He, Bao‐Jie, Junsong Wang, Huimin Liu, & Giulia Ulpiani. (2020). Localized synergies between heat waves and urban heat islands: Implications on human thermal comfort and urban heat management. Environmental Research. 193. 110584–110584. 329 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ulpiani, Giulia. (2020). On the linkage between urban heat island and urban pollution island: Three-decade literature review towards a conceptual framework. The Science of The Total Environment. 751. 141727–141727. 368 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ulpiani, Giulia, Gianluca Ranzi, Riccardo Paolini, et al.. (2019). Elastocaloric cooling: roadmap towards successful implementation in the built environment. AIMS Materials Science. 6(6). 1135–1152. 9 indexed citations

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Santamouris, M., Shamila Haddad, M. Saliari, et al.. (2018). On the energy impact of urban heat island in Sydney: Climate and energy potential of mitigation technologies. Energy and Buildings. 166. 154–164. 166 indexed citations

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Livada, I., Afroditi Synnefa, Shamila Haddad, et al.. (2018). Time series analysis of ambient air-temperature during the period 1970–2016 over Sydney, Australia. The Science of The Total Environment. 648. 1627–1638. 45 indexed citations

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Ulpiani, Giulia, et al.. (2017). Overheating phenomena induced by fully-glazed facades: Investigation of a sick building in Italy and assessment of the benefits achieved via model predictive control of the AC system. Solar Energy. 157. 830–852. 15 indexed citations

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