Luciano Pera

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Luciano Pera is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Luciano Pera has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Computational Mechanics, 4 papers in Environmental Engineering and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Luciano Pera's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (9 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (4 papers) and Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (3 papers). Luciano Pera is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (9 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (4 papers) and Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (3 papers). Luciano Pera collaborates with scholars based in United States. Luciano Pera's co-authors include B. Gebhart and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and Proceeding of International Heat Transfer Conference 4.

In The Last Decade

Luciano Pera

12 papers receiving 957 citations

Hit Papers

The nature of vertical natural convection flows resulting... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. The nature of vertical natural convection flows resulting from the combined buoyancy effects of thermal and mass diffusion
    1971 459 citations B. Gebhart, Luciano Pera International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer profile →

Peers

Luciano Pera
Aldo Giorgini United States
D. M. McEligot United States
M. B. Glauert United Kingdom
L. S. Yao United States
R. E. Powe United States
J. G. M. Eggels Netherlands
V. Kolář Czechia
G. Grötzbach Germany
I. G. Currie Canada
H. Reichardt Germany
Aldo Giorgini United States
Luciano Pera
Citations per year, relative to Luciano Pera Luciano Pera (= 1×) peers Aldo Giorgini

Countries citing papers authored by Luciano Pera

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luciano Pera

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luciano Pera

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Gebhart, B., et al.. (1976). The interaction of unequal laminar plane plumes. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 19(7). 751–756. 17 indexed citations
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Pera, Luciano & B. Gebhart. (1975). Laminar plume interactions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 68(2). 259–271. 56 indexed citations
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Pera, Luciano & B. Gebhart. (1973). Natural convection boundary layer flow over horizontal and slightly inclined surfaces. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 16(6). 1131–1146. 123 indexed citations
4.
Pera, Luciano & B. Gebhart. (1973). On the stability of natural convection boundary layer flow over horizontal and slightly inclined surfaces. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 16(6). 1147–1163. 43 indexed citations
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Pera, Luciano & B. Gebhart. (1972). Natural convection flows adjacent to horizontal surfaces resulting from the combined buoyancy effects of thermal and mass diffusion. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 15(2). 269–278. 66 indexed citations
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Pera, Luciano & B. Gebhart. (1972). Experimental observations of wake formation over cylindrical surfaces in natural convection flows. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 15(1). 175–177. 34 indexed citations
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Gebhart, B. & Luciano Pera. (1971). Mixed convection from long horizontal cylinders. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 45(1). 49–64. 41 indexed citations
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Gebhart, B. & Luciano Pera. (1971). The nature of vertical natural convection flows resulting from the combined buoyancy effects of thermal and mass diffusion. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 14(12). 2025–2050. 459 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pera, Luciano & B. Gebhart. (1971). On the stability of laminar plumes: Some numerical solutions and experiments. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 14(7). 975–984. 80 indexed citations
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Gebhart, B., et al.. (1970). STEADY LAMINAR CONVECTION PLUMES ABOVE A HORIZONTAL LINE HEAT SOURCE. 13. 161–171. 4 indexed citations
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Gebhart, B. & Luciano Pera. (1970). FORCED, MIXED AWD NATURAL CONVECTION FROM LONG HORIZONTAL WIRES, EXPERIMENTS AT VARIOUS PRANDTL NUMBERS. Proceeding of International Heat Transfer Conference 4. 1–12. 2 indexed citations
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Gebhart, B., et al.. (1970). Steady laminar natural convection plumes above a horizontal line heat source. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 13(1). 161–171. 100 indexed citations

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