Ionuț Săvulescu

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 849 citations indexed

About

Ionuț Săvulescu is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ionuț Săvulescu has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 849 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 10 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Ionuț Săvulescu's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (10 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (8 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (6 papers). Ionuț Săvulescu is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (10 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (8 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (6 papers). Ionuț Săvulescu collaborates with scholars based in Romania, Switzerland and Italy. Ionuț Săvulescu's co-authors include Bogdan Mihai, Remus Prăvălie, Cristian Valeriu Patriche, Georgeta Bandoc, Marina Vîrghileanu, Constantin Nistor, Monica Dumitrașcu, Marius‐Victor Birsan, Bogdan Roșca and Ion-Andrei Niță and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Scientific Reports and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Ionuț Săvulescu

31 papers receiving 825 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.

  1. Arable lands under the pressure of multiple land degradation processes. A global perspective
    2021 223 citations Remus Prăvălie, Cristian Valeriu Patriche et al. Environmental Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ionuț Săvulescu Romania 14 405 251 174 168 162 31 849
Tim Brewer United Kingdom 19 539 1.3× 366 1.5× 206 1.2× 142 0.8× 200 1.2× 37 1.1k
Erqi Xu China 20 534 1.3× 336 1.3× 215 1.2× 140 0.8× 190 1.2× 62 1.0k
Hui Yue China 21 836 2.1× 430 1.7× 200 1.1× 218 1.3× 161 1.0× 56 1.4k
Zongming Wang China 17 695 1.7× 602 2.4× 156 0.9× 108 0.6× 135 0.8× 30 1.2k
Huan Yu China 18 341 0.8× 318 1.3× 76 0.4× 175 1.0× 94 0.6× 58 869
Shengjun Wu China 18 426 1.1× 306 1.2× 106 0.6× 112 0.7× 48 0.3× 44 936
G.W. Hazeu Netherlands 12 564 1.4× 330 1.3× 72 0.4× 91 0.5× 107 0.7× 51 874
Farshad Amiraslani Iran 14 388 1.0× 253 1.0× 387 2.2× 216 1.3× 95 0.6× 57 1.1k
Cholho Song South Korea 16 528 1.3× 273 1.1× 70 0.4× 106 0.6× 102 0.6× 76 825

Countries citing papers authored by Ionuț Săvulescu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ionuț Săvulescu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ionuț Săvulescu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ionuț Săvulescu. The network helps show where Ionuț Săvulescu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ionuț Săvulescu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ionuț Săvulescu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ionuț Săvulescu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ionuț Săvulescu. Ionuț Săvulescu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Prăvălie, Remus, et al.. (2025). A complex spatial inventory of land degradation and desertification in Romania. Ecological Indicators. 176. 113671–113671. 1 indexed citations
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Filhol, Simon, Bernd Etzelmüller, Marina Vîrghileanu, et al.. (2024). Permafrost Distribution in the Southern Carpathians, Romania, Derived From Machine Learning Modeling. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 35(3). 243–261. 7 indexed citations
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Nistor, Constantin, et al.. (2024). Exploring soil erosion and reservoir sedimentation through the RUSLE model and bathymetric survey. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. 13(2). 235–247. 1 indexed citations
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Vîrghileanu, Marina, et al.. (2024). RUSLE ‐based scenarios for sustainable soil management: Case studies from Romanian Subcarpathians. European Journal of Soil Science. 75(4). 1 indexed citations
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Badica, P., M. Burdusel, G. Aldica, et al.. (2022). Mud and burnt Roman bricks from Romula. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 15864–15864. 6 indexed citations
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Vîrghileanu, Marina, et al.. (2022). Forest Habitat Fragmentation in Mountain Protected Areas Using Historical Corona KH-9 and Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery. Remote Sensing. 14(11). 2593–2593. 7 indexed citations
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Badica, P., Andrei Kuncser, Cristina Bartha, et al.. (2021). Kaolin clay pottery discovered in the Roman city of Romula (Olt County, Romania). Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 36. 102899–102899. 1 indexed citations
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Prăvălie, Remus, Cristian Valeriu Patriche, Pasquale Borrelli, et al.. (2021). Arable lands under the pressure of multiple land degradation processes. A global perspective. Environmental Research. 194. 110697–110697. 223 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vîrghileanu, Marina, et al.. (2020). Comparative Assessment of the Built-Up Area Expansion Based on Corine Land Cover and Landsat Datasets: A Case Study of a Post-Socialist City. Remote Sensing. 12(13). 2137–2137. 16 indexed citations
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Vîrghileanu, Marina, et al.. (2020). Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Pollution Monitoring with Sentinel-5P Satellite Imagery over Europe during the Coronavirus Pandemic Outbreak. Remote Sensing. 12(21). 3575–3575. 130 indexed citations
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Nedelea, Alexandru, et al.. (2020). Fuzzy Techniques for Artificial Snow Cover Optimization in the Ski Areas. Case Study: Obârșia Lotrului (Southern Carpathians, Romania). Sustainability. 12(2). 632–632. 4 indexed citations
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Mihai, Bogdan, Ionuț Săvulescu, Marina Vîrghileanu, & Constantin Nistor. (2017). Recent forest cover changes (2002–2015) in the Southern Carpathians: A case study of the Iezer Mountains, Romania. The Science of The Total Environment. 599-600. 2166–2174. 20 indexed citations
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Mihai, Bogdan, et al.. (2014). Geomorphotechnical Map for Railway Mainline Infrastructure Improvement. A case study from Romania. Géomorphologie relief processus environnement. 20(1). 79–90. 1 indexed citations
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Șandric, Ionuț, et al.. (2012). Web processing service for landslide hazard assessment. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 12938. 1 indexed citations
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Mihai, Bogdan, et al.. (2009). Impacts of tourism on geomorphological processes in the Bucegi Mountains in Romania. Geographica Helvetica. 64(3). 134–147. 14 indexed citations
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Mihai, Bogdan, Ionuț Săvulescu, & Ionuț Șandric. (2007). Change Detection Analysis (1986–2002) of Vegetation Cover in Romania. Mountain Research and Development. 27(3). 250–258. 50 indexed citations
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Mihai, Bogdan, et al.. (2006). APPLICATION DE LA DÉTECTION DES CHANGEMENTS À L'ÉTUDE DE LA DYNAMIQUE DE LA VÉGÉTATION DES MONTS DE BUCEGI (CARPATES MÉRIDIONALES, ROUMANIE). 3 indexed citations

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