Matei Georgescu

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Matei Georgescu is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Matei Georgescu has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Environmental Engineering, 41 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 32 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Matei Georgescu's work include Urban Heat Island Mitigation (49 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (18 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (18 papers). Matei Georgescu is often cited by papers focused on Urban Heat Island Mitigation (49 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (18 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (18 papers). Matei Georgescu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. Matei Georgescu's co-authors include M. Moustaoui, Alex Mahalov, Ashley M. Broadbent, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Chris Weaver, Francisco Salamanca, Britta Bierwagen, Philip E. Morefield, Jianguo Wu and David J. Sailor and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Matei Georgescu

91 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Urban adaptation can roll back warming of emerging megapolitan regions

2014 411 citations Matei Georgescu, Chris Weaver et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Matei Georgescu	3.0k	2.2k	2.0k	978	745	94	5.0k
Winston Chow	2.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	927 0.9×	517 0.7×	69	3.6k
Xiaoma Li	2.8k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	675 0.7×	780 1.0×	42	4.1k
Matthias Demuzere	3.9k 1.3×	3.9k 1.8×	2.6k 1.3×	753 0.8×	2.4k 3.2×	115	6.9k
Sarah Lindley	1.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	445 0.5×	292 0.4×	98	4.1k
Silvana Di Sabatino	4.7k 1.6×	1.4k 0.6×	2.5k 1.3×	715 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	139	6.1k
George Ban‐Weiss	1.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	788 0.8×	1.3k 1.8×	71	4.2k
Gerald Mills	4.1k 1.4×	2.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	90	5.0k
Anthony J. Brazel	4.4k 1.5×	3.1k 1.4×	3.5k 1.8×	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 2.0×	108	7.5k
Jennifer Salmond	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	257 0.3×	942 1.3×	106	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matei Georgescu

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Karanja, Joseph, Jennifer Vanos, Matei Georgescu, Amy E. Frazier, & David M. Hondula. (2025). The Imperative for Hazard- and Place-Specific Assessment of Heat Vulnerability. Environmental Health Perspectives. 133(5). 55003–55003.

Croitoru, Cristiana, et al.. (2024). Harnessing Nanomaterials for Enhanced Energy Efficiency in Transpired Solar Collectors: A Review of Their Integration in Phase-Change Materials. Energies. 17(5). 1239–1239. 6 indexed citations

Ghanbari, Mahshid, Mazdak Arabi, Matei Georgescu, & Ashley M. Broadbent. (2023). The role of climate change and urban development on compound dry-hot extremes across US cities. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3509–3509. 54 indexed citations

Khan, Ansar, Quang‐Van Doan, Rupali Khatun, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Meteorological Impacts of Surface and Rooftop Heat Mitigation Strategies Over a Tropical City. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(8). 14 indexed citations

Teodosiu, Cătălin, et al.. (2023). Numerical assessment of the condensation phenomenon on a vehicle’s windshield. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1185(1). 12029–12029. 1 indexed citations

Krayenhoff, E. Scott, Ashley M. Broadbent, Lei Zhao, et al.. (2021). Cooling hot cities: a systematic and critical review of the numerical modelling literature. Environmental Research Letters. 16(5). 53007–53007. 148 indexed citations

Broadbent, Ashley M., Juan Declet‐Barreto, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Sharon L. Harlan, & Matei Georgescu. (2021). Targeted implementation of cool roofs for equitable urban adaptation to extreme heat. The Science of The Total Environment. 811. 151326–151326. 37 indexed citations

Krayenhoff, E. Scott, M. Moustaoui, Ashley M. Broadbent, Vishesh Gupta, & Matei Georgescu. (2018). Diurnal interaction between urban expansion, climate change and adaptation in US cities. Nature Climate Change. 8(12). 1097–1103. 261 indexed citations

Cao, Qian, Deyong Yu, Matei Georgescu, Jianguo Wu, & Wei Wang. (2017). Impacts of future urban expansion on summer climate and heat-related human health in eastern China. Environment International. 112. 134–146. 104 indexed citations

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Hondula, David M., Robert C. Balling, Riley Andrade, et al.. (2017). Biometeorology for cities. International Journal of Biometeorology. 61(S1). 59–69. 28 indexed citations

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Cao, Qian, Deyong Yu, Matei Georgescu, & Jianguo Wu. (2017). Substantial impacts of landscape changes on summer climate with major regional differences: The case of China. The Science of The Total Environment. 625. 416–427. 17 indexed citations

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Georgescu, Matei, et al.. (2015). Regional-scale transport of air pollutants: impacts of Southern California emissions on Phoenix ground-level ozone concentrations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(16). 9345–9360. 17 indexed citations

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Georgescu, Matei, et al.. (2011). THE PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ON THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY: THE MIGRATION OF ADVERTISING SPENDING TO DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY. Economics Management and Financial Markets. 6(2). 381–390. 1 indexed citations

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Georgescu, Matei. (2011). THE DUALITY BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH INSTINCTS IN FREUD. Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice. 134–139. 1 indexed citations

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Georgescu, Matei, et al.. (2011). THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATIVITY IN ADVERTISING, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIAL NETWORKING. Economics Management and Financial Markets. 6(2). 449–458. 4 indexed citations

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Georgescu, Matei, David B. Lobell, & Christopher B. Field. (2011). Direct climate effects of perennial bioenergy crops in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(11). 4307–4312. 179 indexed citations

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Bădulescu, L., et al.. (2010). The secretory structures and volatile oil composition of Mentha aquatica L. from Danube Delta.. 625–628. 1 indexed citations

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Georgescu, Matei. (2008). Evaluating the effect of land-use and land-cover change on climate in the Greater Phoenix, AZ, region. Rutgers University Community Repository (Rutgers University). 2 indexed citations

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Georgescu, Matei, Gonzalo Miguez‐Macho, Louis T. Steyaert, & Chris Weaver. (2008). Climatic Effects of 30 Years of Landscape Change Over the Greater Phoenix, AZ, Region. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Georgescu, Matei. (2005). Impact of anthropogenic land-use/land-cover change on climate and hydrologic cycle over the Greater Phoenix Area.. AGUFM. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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