Katia Perini

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Katia Perini is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Katia Perini has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Environmental Engineering, 31 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 19 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Katia Perini's work include Urban Heat Island Mitigation (32 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (30 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (16 papers). Katia Perini is often cited by papers focused on Urban Heat Island Mitigation (32 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (30 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (16 papers). Katia Perini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and Germany. Katia Perini's co-authors include Adriano Magliocco, Marc Ottelé, Paolo Rosasco, E.M. Haas, Rossana Raiteri, A.L.A. Fraaij, Ata Chokhachian, Thomas Auer, Saverio Giulini and Enrica Roccotiello and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American Ceramic Society and Energy and Buildings.

In The Last Decade

Katia Perini

49 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Effects of vegetation, urban density, building height, and atmospheric conditions on local temperatures and thermal comfort

2014 419 citations Katia Perini, Adriano Magliocco Urban forestry & urban greening profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katia Perini Italy	22	2.0k	1.6k	1.3k	547	346	51	2.8k
Marc Ottelé Netherlands	14	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	664 0.5×	241 0.4×	157 0.5×	33	1.7k
Gabriel Pérez Spain	29	3.1k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	2.9k 2.3×	407 0.7×	301 0.9×	111	4.8k
David Pearlmutter Israel	39	3.8k 1.9×	2.7k 1.7×	2.5k 2.0×	1.3k 2.4×	821 2.4×	90	5.6k
Kristin L. Getter United States	16	1.5k 0.7×	929 0.6×	413 0.3×	657 1.2×	68 0.2×	22	2.0k
Paul Osmond Australia	22	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	714 0.6×	705 1.3×	278 0.8×	67	2.0k
Peter J. Irga Australia	28	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	285 0.2×	299 0.5×	131 0.4×	72	2.2k
Marialena Nikolopoulou United Kingdom	28	3.7k 1.8×	2.3k 1.4×	2.8k 2.3×	534 1.0×	1.0k 3.0×	68	4.5k
D. Bradley Rowe United States	26	3.5k 1.7×	2.2k 1.3×	826 0.7×	1.6k 2.9×	159 0.5×	48	4.3k
A. Dimoudi Greece	17	1.2k 0.6×	633 0.4×	984 0.8×	296 0.5×	184 0.5×	29	1.7k
Theodoros Theodosiou Greece	32	2.0k 1.0×	633 0.4×	2.2k 1.7×	249 0.5×	245 0.7×	66	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Katia Perini

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katia Perini

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Roccotiello, Enrica, et al.. (2025). A computational approach to assess the effects of ecological building envelopes on outdoor thermal comfort. Sustainable Cities and Society. 120. 106170–106170. 3 indexed citations

Weisser, Wolfgang W., et al.. (2024). Utilizing Design Objectives and Key Performance Indicators as a Means for Multi-Species Building Envelopes. Buildings. 14(1). 250–250. 2 indexed citations

Perini, Katia, et al.. (2024). Fine dust collection capacity of a moss greening system for the building envelope: An experimental approach. Building and Environment. 267. 112203–112203. 3 indexed citations

Perini, Katia, et al.. (2023). Application of Social-Life Cycle Assessment in Urban Settings: Social Impact Assessment of Green Roofs. Buildings. 13(7). 1659–1659. 7 indexed citations

Grobman, Yasha J., Wolfgang W. Weisser, Assaf Shwartz, et al.. (2023). Architectural Multispecies Building Design: Concepts, Challenges, and Design Process. Sustainability. 15(21). 15480–15480. 7 indexed citations

Hauck, Thomas E., et al.. (2022). ECOLOPES, BEYOND GREENING. A multi-species approach for urban design. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations

Perini, Katia, et al.. (2021). Environmental Sustainability of Building Retrofit through Vertical Greening Systems: A Life-Cycle Approach. Sustainability. 13(9). 4886–4886. 21 indexed citations

Sani, Giulia Maria Dotti, et al.. (2021). Nature-Based Solutions: Thermal Comfort Improvement and Psychological Wellbeing, a Case Study in Genoa, Italy. Sustainability. 13(21). 11638–11638. 16 indexed citations

Pérez‐Urrestarazu, Luis, et al.. (2020). Particularities of having plants at home during the confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Urban forestry & urban greening. 59. 126919–126919. 77 indexed citations

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Perini, Katia, et al.. (2020). Experiencing innovative biomaterials for buildings: Potentialities of mosses. Building and Environment. 172. 106708–106708. 16 indexed citations

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Chokhachian, Ata, Kevin Ka‐Lun Lau, Katia Perini, & Thomas Auer. (2018). Sensing transient outdoor comfort: A georeferenced method to monitor and map microclimate. Journal of Building Engineering. 20. 94–104. 37 indexed citations

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Perini, Katia, et al.. (2017). Modeling and simulating urban outdoor comfort: Coupling ENVI-Met and TRNSYS by grasshopper. Energy and Buildings. 152. 373–384. 131 indexed citations

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Perini, Katia, et al.. (2016). Is Greening the Building Envelope a Sustainable Design Practice?. Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture. 10(6). 3 indexed citations

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Magliocco, Adriano & Katia Perini. (2015). The perception of green integrated into architecture: installation of a green facade in Genoa, Italy. AIMS environmental science. 2(4). 899–909. 19 indexed citations

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Rosasco, Paolo & Katia Perini. (2014). Verifica di sostenibilità economica per sistemi di facciate verdi. CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa). 67–83. 1 indexed citations

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Perini, Katia & Marc Ottelé. (2014). Designing green façades and living wall systems for sustainable constructions. International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics. 9(1). 31–46. 17 indexed citations

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Perini, Katia & Adriano Magliocco. (2014). Effects of vegetation, urban density, building height, and atmospheric conditions on local temperatures and thermal comfort. Urban forestry & urban greening. 13(3). 495–506. 419 indexed citations breakdown →

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Perini, Katia & Paolo Rosasco. (2013). Cost–benefit analysis for green façades and living wall systems. Building and Environment. 70. 110–121. 282 indexed citations

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Perini, Katia & Adriano Magliocco. (2012). The Integration of Vegetation in Architecture, Vertical and Horizontal Greened Surfaces. International Journal of Biology. 4(2). 31 indexed citations

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Perini, Katia, Marc Ottelé, A.L.A. Fraaij, E.M. Haas, & Rossana Raiteri. (2011). Vertical greening systems and the effect on air flow and temperature on the building envelope. Building and Environment. 46(11). 2287–2294. 372 indexed citations

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