Malik Amraoui

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 968 citations indexed

About

Malik Amraoui is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Malik Amraoui has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 968 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Malik Amraoui's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (11 papers), Climate variability and models (5 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (5 papers). Malik Amraoui is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (11 papers), Climate variability and models (5 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (5 papers). Malik Amraoui collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Australia and France. Malik Amraoui's co-authors include Mário Pereira, Joana Parente, Carlos C. DaCamara, Fantina Tedim, Teresa J. Calado, Erich Fischer, Paulo M. Fernandes, Tara Renae McGee, Luís Mário Ribeiro and Sarah McCaffrey and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Malik Amraoui

18 papers receiving 938 citations

Hit Papers

Defining Extreme Wildfire... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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. Defining Extreme Wildfire Events: Difficulties, Challenges, and Impacts
    2018 338 citations Fantina Tedim, Vittorio Leone et al. Fire profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Malik Amraoui Portugal 11 808 192 184 159 142 21 968
Joana Parente Portugal 13 826 1.0× 174 0.9× 257 1.4× 166 1.0× 94 0.7× 35 1.1k
Fotios Xystrakis Greece 16 774 1.0× 187 1.0× 199 1.1× 82 0.5× 134 0.9× 32 915
D. Molina Spain 19 936 1.2× 249 1.3× 205 1.1× 175 1.1× 74 0.5× 37 1.1k
Jesús Martínez‐Fernández Spain 10 807 1.0× 268 1.4× 237 1.3× 96 0.6× 98 0.7× 14 948
Janin Guzman‐Morales United States 11 735 0.9× 141 0.7× 151 0.8× 116 0.7× 282 2.0× 15 1.0k
Nathan Mietkiewicz United States 12 880 1.1× 316 1.6× 162 0.9× 186 1.2× 141 1.0× 14 1.0k
M. Lucrecia Pettinari Spain 15 894 1.1× 405 2.1× 144 0.8× 134 0.8× 136 1.0× 19 981
Ginny Marshall Canada 7 729 0.9× 200 1.0× 204 1.1× 119 0.7× 185 1.3× 10 815
Fermín Alcasena Spain 22 1.2k 1.5× 221 1.2× 376 2.0× 234 1.5× 58 0.4× 42 1.3k
Futao Guo China 19 984 1.2× 347 1.8× 314 1.7× 156 1.0× 185 1.3× 81 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Malik Amraoui

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Fields of papers citing papers by Malik Amraoui

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Malik Amraoui

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Amraoui, Malik, et al.. (2025). Assessment of Climate Change in Angola and Potential Impacts on Agriculture. Climate. 13(1). 12–12. 2 indexed citations
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Fonseca, André, et al.. (2025). Long-Term Climate Trends in Southern Angola and Possible Implications in Agriculture. Climate. 13(9). 173–173.
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Amraoui, Malik, et al.. (2024). The Drought Regime in Southern Africa: Long-Term Space-Time Distribution of Main Drought Descriptors. Climate. 12(12). 221–221. 4 indexed citations
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Pereira, Mário, et al.. (2024). The Influence of Wildfire Climate on Wildfire Incidence: The Case of Portugal. Fire. 7(7). 234–234. 3 indexed citations
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Amraoui, Malik, et al.. (2024). Analysis of the Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Angola: Systematic Literature Review. Agronomy. 14(4). 783–783. 6 indexed citations
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Amraoui, Malik, et al.. (2023). The Drought Regime in Southern Africa: A Systematic Review. Climate. 11(7). 147–147. 20 indexed citations
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Amraoui, Malik, et al.. (2023). The Drought Regime in Southern Africa: A Systematic Review. Preprints.org. 10 indexed citations
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Bouziani, Mourad, et al.. (2021). COMPARISON ASSESSMENT OF DIGITAL 3D MODELS OBTAINED BY DRONE-BASED LIDAR AND DRONE IMAGERY. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XLVI-4/W5-2021. 113–118. 7 indexed citations
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Parente, Joana, et al.. (2019). Drought in Portugal: Current regime, comparison of indices and impacts on extreme wildfires. The Science of The Total Environment. 685. 150–173. 78 indexed citations
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Tedim, Fantina, Vittorio Leone, Malik Amraoui, et al.. (2018). Defining Extreme Wildfire Events: Difficulties, Challenges, and Impacts. Fire. 1(1). 9–9. 338 indexed citations breakdown →
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Parente, Joana, et al.. (2018). Global-scale analysis of wildfires. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 18739. 2 indexed citations
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Parente, Joana, Mário Pereira, Malik Amraoui, & Erich Fischer. (2018). Heat waves in Portugal: Current regime, changes in future climate and impacts on extreme wildfires. The Science of The Total Environment. 631-632. 534–549. 102 indexed citations
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Parente, Joana, Mário Pereira, Malik Amraoui, & Fantina Tedim. (2017). Negligent and intentional fires in Portugal: Spatial distribution characterization. The Science of The Total Environment. 624. 424–437. 65 indexed citations
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Amraoui, Malik, Mário Pereira, Carlos C. DaCamara, & Teresa J. Calado. (2015). Atmospheric conditions associated with extreme fire activity in the Western Mediterranean region. The Science of The Total Environment. 524-525. 32–39. 76 indexed citations
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Pereira, Mário, José Aranha, & Malik Amraoui. (2014). Land cover fire proneness in Europe. Forest Systems. 23(3). 598–610. 53 indexed citations
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Fraga, Hélder, Malik Amraoui, Aureliano C. Malheiro, et al.. (2014). Examining the relationship between the Enhanced Vegetation Index and grapevine phenology. European Journal of Remote Sensing. 47(1). 753–771. 46 indexed citations
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DaCamara, Carlos C., Teresa J. Calado, Sofia L. Ermida, et al.. (2014). Calibration of the Fire Weather Index over Mediterranean Europe based on fire activity retrieved from MSG satellite imagery. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 23(7). 945–958. 40 indexed citations
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Amraoui, Malik, Margarida L. R. Liberato, Teresa J. Calado, et al.. (2012). Fire activity over Mediterranean Europe based on information from Meteosat-8. Forest Ecology and Management. 294. 62–75. 53 indexed citations
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Amraoui, Malik, Carlos C. DaCamara, & José M. C. Pereira. (2010). Detection and monitoring of African vegetation fires using MSG-SEVIRI imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment. 114(5). 1038–1052. 62 indexed citations
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Pereira, Mário, et al.. (2009). Teaching Astronomy from Elementary School to University. EGUGA. 13325. 1 indexed citations

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