M. Petrou

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
174 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

M. Petrou is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Petrou has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 53 papers in Building and Construction and 42 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in M. Petrou's work include Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (36 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (34 papers) and Concrete and Cement Materials Research (25 papers). M. Petrou is often cited by papers focused on Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (36 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (34 papers) and Concrete and Cement Materials Research (25 papers). M. Petrou collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Cyprus and United States. M. Petrou's co-authors include Kent A. Harries, Pericles Savva, Josef Kittler, George Dimitriou, William Christmas, Majid Mirmehdi, Demetris Nicolaides, Antonios Kanellopoulos, Baolin Wan and Christos G. Papakonstantinou and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

M. Petrou

166 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Enhancing mechanical and durability properties of recycled aggregate concrete

2017 416 citations Pericles Savva, M. Petrou et al. Construction and Building Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Petrou United Kingdom	31	1.9k	1.6k	1.1k	267	236	174	3.9k
Ting Zhang China	33	312 0.2×	264 0.2×	1.0k 1.0×	244 0.9×	592 2.5×	280	4.3k
Xinzheng Lu China	51	7.7k 4.0×	4.2k 2.6×	319 0.3×	109 0.4×	371 1.6×	336	9.8k
James H. Garrett United States	31	2.1k 1.1×	929 0.6×	305 0.3×	55 0.2×	524 2.2×	215	4.4k
Minkoo Kim South Korea	25	1.1k 0.5×	752 0.5×	335 0.3×	20 0.1×	155 0.7×	124	2.8k
Hui Lin China	33	203 0.1×	229 0.1×	345 0.3×	282 1.1×	317 1.3×	247	4.1k
M. Gerke Germany	34	309 0.2×	390 0.2×	1.3k 1.3×	843 3.2×	308 1.3×	169	5.1k
Jun Li China	47	4.9k 2.5×	330 0.2×	585 0.5×	85 0.3×	368 1.6×	479	7.6k
Gang Mei China	30	494 0.3×	212 0.1×	162 0.2×	88 0.3×	368 1.6×	151	2.8k
Ling Zhang China	25	263 0.1×	353 0.2×	289 0.3×	147 0.6×	161 0.7×	267	2.6k
Pingbo Tang United States	27	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	344 0.3×	56 0.2×	70 0.3×	143	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by M. Petrou

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Petrou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Petrou

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

All Works

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Yang, Zhengxian, et al.. (2025). Effect of synthetic fibers on early and long-term performance of UHPC: A review. Journal of Building Engineering. 101. 111850–111850. 7 indexed citations

Pantazopoulou, S. J., et al.. (2025). Seismic retrofit of pre-damaged RC elements using thin strain-hardening cementitious composite jackets. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 23(5). 2171–2200.

Xue, Junqing, Pierfrancesco Cacciola, Alessandro Contento, et al.. (2025). Improving the mechanical performance of UHPFRC using fiber orientation: Experimental investigation, microstructural analysis, and numerical modeling. Construction and Building Materials. 476. 141119–141119. 1 indexed citations

Xue, Junqing, Pierfrancesco Cacciola, Alessandro Contento, et al.. (2024). Experimental evaluation of the effectiveness of fiber orientation methods on the mechanical performance of UHPFRC. Construction and Building Materials. 448. 138184–138184. 3 indexed citations

Giannopoulou, Ioanna, et al.. (2023). High temperature performance of geopolymers based on construction and demolition waste. Journal of Building Engineering. 72. 106575–106575. 36 indexed citations

Demetriou, Demetris, et al.. (2023). Real-Time Construction Demolition Waste Detection Using State-of-The-Art Deep Learning Methods; Single – Stage vs Two-Stage Detectors. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Savva, Pericles, et al.. (2022). Investigation of the Geopolymerization Potential of a Waste Silica-Rich Diabase Mud. Materials. 15(9). 3189–3189. 1 indexed citations

Theodosiou, Antreas, et al.. (2021). In-Situ Relative Humidity Sensing for Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Using Polymer Fiber Bragg Gratings. IEEE Sensors Journal. 21(14). 16086–16092. 19 indexed citations

Pantazopoulou, S. J., et al.. (2017). The performance of corroded lap splices in reinforced concrete beams. Corrosion Reviews. 37(1). 31–44. 1 indexed citations

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Nicolaides, Demetris, Antonios Kanellopoulos, M. Petrou, & Marios Soutsos. (2012). Mix design, mechanical properties and impact resistance of UHPFRCCs. Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database. 3 indexed citations

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Nicolaides, Demetris, Antonios Kanellopoulos, & M. Petrou. (2011). Green concrete - Recycling construction waste. Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database. 1 indexed citations

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Zafeiriou, Stefanos & M. Petrou. (2009). Nonlinear Non-Negative Component Analysis Algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 19(4). 1050–1066. 50 indexed citations

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Kadyrov, A. & M. Petrou. (2006). The "Invaders' Algorithm: Range of Values Modulation for Accelerated Correlation. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 28(11). 1882–1886. 13 indexed citations

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Kadyrov, A. & M. Petrou. (2006). Affine Parameter Estimation from the Trace Transform. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 28(10). 1631–1645. 26 indexed citations

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Mirmehdi, Majid & M. Petrou. (2000). Segmentation of Colour Textures. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 142–159. 12 indexed citations

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Natale, Francesco Di, et al.. (1998). Automatic system for surface inspection and sorting of tiles. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 179–188. 6 indexed citations

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Petrou, M., et al.. (1994). FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF NONCOMPOSITE REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE DECK MODELS. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 4 indexed citations

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Kittler, Josef, et al.. (1994). Detection of defects in colour texture surfaces. Machine Vision and Applications. 558–567. 19 indexed citations

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Petrou, M., et al.. (1992). Wigner based crack detection in textured images. International Conference on Image Processing. 315–318. 6 indexed citations

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Perdikaris, Philip C. & M. Petrou. (1991). CODE PREDICTIONS VERSUS SMALL SCALE BRIDGE DECK MODEL TEST MEASUREMENTS. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2 indexed citations

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