Maria Pregnolato

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Maria Pregnolato is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Civil and Structural Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Pregnolato has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 27 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Maria Pregnolato's work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management (28 papers), Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis (17 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (9 papers). Maria Pregnolato is often cited by papers focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (28 papers), Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis (17 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (9 papers). Maria Pregnolato collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Maria Pregnolato's co-authors include Richard Dawson, Alistair Ford, Chiara Arrighi, Fabio Castelli, Vassilis Glenis, Sean R. Wilkinson, Carmine Galasso, Fulvio Parisi, Stuart Barr and Theo Tryfonas and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Maria Pregnolato

52 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

The impact of flooding on road transport: A depth-disruption function

2017 395 citations Maria Pregnolato, Alistair Ford et al. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment profile →
Towards Civil Engineering 4.0: Concept, workflow and application of Digital Twins for existing infrastructure

2022 140 citations Maria Pregnolato, Raffaele De Risi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Pregnolato United Kingdom	14	667	515	220	197	189	58	1.3k
Alistair Ford United Kingdom	14	1.0k 1.5×	299 0.6×	213 1.0×	298 1.5×	187 1.0×	39	1.7k
Charles Scawthorn United States	19	510 0.8×	901 1.7×	284 1.3×	263 1.3×	197 1.0×	65	1.8k
Vassilis Glenis United Kingdom	19	704 1.1×	140 0.3×	97 0.4×	231 1.2×	83 0.4×	32	1.0k
Conrad Zorn New Zealand	10	278 0.4×	260 0.5×	151 0.7×	105 0.5×	70 0.4×	35	726
Akira Kawamura Japan	23	519 0.8×	159 0.3×	54 0.2×	204 1.0×	128 0.7×	162	1.5k
Christian Geiß Germany	23	449 0.7×	189 0.4×	54 0.2×	330 1.7×	110 0.6×	69	1.3k
Oswaldo Morales‐Nápoles Netherlands	24	598 0.9×	281 0.5×	67 0.3×	310 1.6×	97 0.5×	96	1.5k
Rami Al‐Ruzouq United Arab Emirates	23	377 0.6×	223 0.4×	38 0.2×	117 0.6×	224 1.2×	104	1.6k
Sotirios Argyroudis United Kingdom	29	344 0.5×	2.3k 4.4×	344 1.6×	68 0.3×	268 1.4×	79	2.8k
Kui Xu China	20	1.2k 1.7×	159 0.3×	126 0.6×	523 2.7×	182 1.0×	49	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Pregnolato

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Keegan, Lindsay T., et al.. (2025). Unveiling hidden risks in healthcare from flood-induced transportation disruption in Germany. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Samadian, Delbaz, et al.. (2025). An integrated framework for 3D time history analysis of steel special moment-resisting frame buildings under sequential flood and earthquake hazards. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. 1–24. 1 indexed citations

Abebe, Yared Abayneh, Maria Pregnolato, & Sebastiaan N. Jonkman. (2025). Flood impacts on healthcare facilities and disaster preparedness – A systematic review. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 119. 105340–105340. 4 indexed citations

Gambaruto, Alberto, et al.. (2024). Computational fluid dynamics analysis of bridge scour with a comparison of pier shapes and a debris fin. Structures. 67. 106966–106966. 8 indexed citations

Pregnolato, Maria, et al.. (2024). Functionality assessment of road network combining flood roadworthiness and graph topology. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 135. 104354–104354. 3 indexed citations

Kumar, Vijay, Maria Pregnolato, Patrick Tully, et al.. (2024). Sense (and) the city: From Internet of Things sensors and open data platforms to urban observatories. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(4). 291–311. 5 indexed citations

Pregnolato, Maria, Pier Francesco Giordano, Luke J. Prendergast, Paul J. Vardanega, & Maria Pina Limongelli. (2023). Comparison of risk-based methods for bridge scour management. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure. 8(5). 514–531. 6 indexed citations

Pregnolato, Maria, Charles P. West, Barry Evans, et al.. (2023). Using multi-stakeholder causal mapping to explore priorities for infrastructure resilience to flooding. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 101. 104189–104189. 4 indexed citations

Hendriks, E., et al.. (2023). Digitalization in Disaster Risk Reduction: The Use of Smartphones to Enhance the Safety of Informal Settlements in Iringa, Tanzania. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. 14(2). 171–182. 2 indexed citations

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Januchowski‐Hartley, Stephanie, Xiao Yang, Sukhmani Mantel, et al.. (2022). Supporting proactive planning for climate change adaptation and conservation using an attributed road-river structure dataset. Journal of Environmental Management. 321. 115959–115959. 1 indexed citations

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Pregnolato, Maria, et al.. (2022). Assessing flooding impact to riverine bridges: an integrated analysis. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 22(5). 1559–1576. 27 indexed citations

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Barbosa, André R., et al.. (2022). A taxonomy of bridges at risk of flooding: towards bridge classes and damage models. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Bridge Engineering. 175(3). 172–178. 2 indexed citations

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Howard, Guy, et al.. (2022). Assessing the Climate Resilience of Community-Managed Water Supplies in Ethiopia and Nepal. Water. 14(8). 1293–1293. 10 indexed citations

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Orcesi, André, Emilio Bastidas‐Arteaga, Olga Markogiannaki, et al.. (2021). Investigating the effects of climate change on structural resistance and actions. Report. 20. 974–985. 3 indexed citations

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Arrighi, Chiara, Maria Pregnolato, & Fabio Castelli. (2021). Indirect flood impacts and cascade risk across interdependent linear infrastructures. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 21(6). 1955–1969. 37 indexed citations

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Beevers, Lindsay, Christopher J. White, & Maria Pregnolato. (2020). Editorial to the Special Issue: Impacts of Compound Hydrological Hazards or Extremes. Geosciences. 10(12). 496–496. 3 indexed citations

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Pregnolato, Maria, et al.. (2020). Assessing flooding impact to riverine bridges: an integrated analysis. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 7 indexed citations

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Pregnolato, Maria & Carmine Galasso. (2018). A Compendium of Existing Vulnerability and Fragility Relationships for Flood. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018.

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Pregnolato, Maria, et al.. (2017). The impact of flooding on road transport: A depth-disruption function. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 55. 67–81. 395 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ford, Alistair, Katie Jenkins, Richard Dawson, et al.. (2015). Simulating Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on Urban Transport Infrastructure in the UK. UCL Discovery (University College London). 6 indexed citations

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