Luca Doretti

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Luca Doretti is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Luca Doretti has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 13 papers in Computational Mechanics and 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Luca Doretti's work include Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (42 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (37 papers) and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (21 papers). Luca Doretti is often cited by papers focused on Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (42 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (37 papers) and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (21 papers). Luca Doretti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Australia and United States. Luca Doretti's co-authors include Luisa Rossetto, Alberto Cavallini, Davide Del Col, Giovanni A. Longo, Giuseppe Censi, Claudio Zilio, Simone Mancin, Marko Matkovič, Andrea Diani and Kamel Hooman and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Applied Thermal Engineering and Journal of Heat Transfer.

In The Last Decade

Luca Doretti

57 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Condensation in Horizontal Smooth Tubes: A New Heat Transfer Model for Heat Exchanger Design

2006 445 citations Alberto Cavallini, Davide Del Col et al. Heat Transfer Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luca Doretti Italy	22	2.4k	551	234	221	216	60	2.5k
Sauro Filippeschi Italy	23	1.7k 0.7×	397 0.7×	245 1.0×	481 2.2×	337 1.6×	88	1.8k
Mauro Mameli Italy	23	1.4k 0.6×	319 0.6×	168 0.7×	346 1.6×	283 1.3×	60	1.4k
Chuang-Yao Zhao China	28	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 2.2×	295 1.3×	139 0.6×	360 1.7×	93	2.1k
Andrea Diani Italy	23	1.4k 0.6×	678 1.2×	194 0.8×	67 0.3×	359 1.7×	57	1.6k
Stéphane Lips France	19	1.1k 0.4×	317 0.6×	71 0.3×	183 0.8×	199 0.9×	39	1.1k
Stefano Bortolin Italy	25	1.3k 0.5×	440 0.8×	73 0.3×	219 1.0×	119 0.6×	93	1.6k
Alan Kruizenga United States	15	1.0k 0.4×	444 0.8×	444 1.9×	156 0.7×	424 2.0×	36	1.4k
Nadezhda S. Bondareva Russia	20	1.2k 0.5×	518 0.9×	391 1.7×	40 0.2×	860 4.0×	42	1.4k
Mohamed M. Mahmoud United Kingdom	17	1.3k 0.5×	485 0.9×	63 0.3×	82 0.4×	273 1.3×	35	1.4k
Rengasamy Ponnappan United States	15	829 0.3×	452 0.8×	100 0.4×	166 0.8×	273 1.3×	79	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Luca Doretti

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Luca Doretti's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Luca Doretti with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Luca Doretti more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Luca Doretti

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Luca Doretti. 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 Luca Doretti. The network helps show where Luca Doretti may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luca Doretti

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Luca Doretti. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Luca Doretti 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 Luca Doretti. Luca Doretti is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Doretti, Luca, et al.. (2026). Integrated optimization of fin geometry and nanoparticle-enhanced PCMs in shell-and-tube thermal storage systems: A CFD–ML framework. Energy Reports. 15. 109009–109009.

Righetti, Giulia, et al.. (2025). Experimental investigation of high temperature organic phase change materials for waste heat recovery. International Journal of Thermofluids. 28. 101293–101293.

Righetti, Giulia, Luca Doretti, Claudio Zilio, et al.. (2021). Water pool boiling in metal foams: From experimental results to a generalized model based on artificial neural network. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 176. 121451–121451. 24 indexed citations

Righetti, Giulia, Claudio Zilio, Luca Doretti, Giovanni A. Longo, & Simone Mancin. (2021). On the design of Phase Change Materials based thermal management systems for electronics cooling. Applied Thermal Engineering. 196. 117276–117276. 40 indexed citations

Righetti, Giulia, Luca Doretti, Claudio Zilio, Giovanni A. Longo, & Simone Mancin. (2020). Experimental investigation of phase change of medium/high temperature paraffin wax embedded in 3D periodic structure. International Journal of Thermofluids. 5-6. 100035–100035. 35 indexed citations

Doretti, Luca, et al.. (2020). Numerical analyses of concrete thermal energy storage systems: effect of the modules’ arrangement. Energy Reports. 6. 199–214. 13 indexed citations

Doretti, Luca, Giulia Righetti, Giovanni A. Longo, Claudio Zilio, & Simone Mancin. (2020). On the hysteresis phenomenon during flow boiling heat transfer on a hydrophilic carbon/carbon surface. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 117. 104795–104795. 7 indexed citations

Righetti, Giulia, et al.. (2020). Water Pool boiling on Aluminum Metal Foams. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1599(1). 12012–12012. 5 indexed citations

Longo, Giovanni A., Simone Mancin, Giulia Righetti, Claudio Zilio, & Luca Doretti. (2017). Saturated R134a flow boiling inside a 4.3 mm inner diameter microfin tube. Science and Technology for the Built Environment. 23(6). 933–945. 15 indexed citations

10.

Doretti, Luca, Giovanni A. Longo, Simone Mancin, Giulia Righetti, & Justin A. Weibel. (2017). Nanoparticle Deposition During Cu-Water Nanofluid Pool Boiling. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 923. 12004–12004. 2 indexed citations

11.

Mancin, Simone, Andrea Diani, Luca Doretti, Kamel Hooman, & Luisa Rossetto. (2015). Experimental analysis of phase change phenomenon of paraffin waxes embedded in copper foams. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 90. 79–89. 216 indexed citations

12.

Cavallini, Alberto, Davide Del Col, Luca Doretti, et al.. (2006). Condensation in Horizontal Smooth Tubes: A New Heat Transfer Model for Heat Exchanger Design. Heat Transfer Engineering. 27(8). 31–38. 445 indexed citations breakdown →

13.

Doretti, Luca, et al.. (2006). FLOW PATTERNS DURING CONDENSATION OF REFRIGERANTS INSIDE ENHANCED TUBES. 5 indexed citations

14.

Cavallini, Alberto, Davide Del Col, Luca Doretti, et al.. (2006). Visualization of the Heat Transfer Enhancement During Condensation in a Microfin Tube. 5 indexed citations

15.

Cavallini, Alberto, Davide Del Col, Luca Doretti, et al.. (2005). A Model for Condensation Inside Minichannels. Padua Research Archive (University of Padova). 297–304. 12 indexed citations

16.

Cavallini, Alberto, Davide Del Col, Luca Doretti, et al.. (2005). Prediction models for condensation heat transfer inside minichannels. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 205–210. 1 indexed citations

17.

Cavallini, Alberto, Giuseppe Censi, Davide Del Col, et al.. (2002). Heat Transfer Coefficients Of HFC Refrigerants During Condensation At High Temperature Inside An Enhanced Tube. Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System). 15 indexed citations

18.

Cavallini, Alberto, Davide Del Col, & Luca Doretti. (1999). Condensation of R22 and R407C inside a horizontal tube.. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 4 indexed citations

19.

Cavallini, Alberto, Davide Del Col, Luca Doretti, Luisa Rossetto, & Giovanni A. Longo. (1998). A NEW MODEL FOR REFRIGERANT CONDENSATION ON THE OUTSIDE OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENHANCED TUBES. Proceeding of International Heat Transfer Conference 11. 355–360. 4 indexed citations

20.

Cavallini, Alberto, Luca Doretti, Giovanni A. Longo, & Luisa Rossetto. (1994). EXPERIMENTAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS DURING EXTERNAL CONDENSATION OF HALOGENATED REFRIGERANTS ON ENHANCED TUBES. Proceeding of International Heat Transfer Conference 10. 7–12. 4 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact