Natalia Distefano

548 total citations
40 papers, 338 citations indexed

About

Natalia Distefano is a scholar working on Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Transportation and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Natalia Distefano has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 338 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 13 papers in Transportation and 12 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Natalia Distefano's work include Traffic and Road Safety (27 papers), Traffic control and management (12 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (11 papers). Natalia Distefano is often cited by papers focused on Traffic and Road Safety (27 papers), Traffic control and management (12 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (11 papers). Natalia Distefano collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Slovenia and Sweden. Natalia Distefano's co-authors include Salvatore Leonardi, F. Consoli, Tomaž Tollazzi, Tim De Ceunynck, Stijn Daniëls, Salvatore Leonardi, Richard Romano, Mariusz Kieć, Vittorio Nicolosi and Erwin R. Boer and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, Applied Sciences and Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.

In The Last Decade

Natalia Distefano

38 papers receiving 322 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Natalia Distefano 192 140 75 69 60 40 338
Sangyoup Kim 162 0.8× 163 1.2× 59 0.8× 56 0.8× 34 0.6× 35 310
Toru Hagiwara 166 0.9× 188 1.3× 37 0.5× 79 1.1× 91 1.5× 91 443
Cole Fitzpatrick 232 1.2× 88 0.6× 58 0.8× 38 0.6× 111 1.9× 33 331
Laura Sandt 255 1.3× 177 1.3× 43 0.6× 56 0.8× 86 1.4× 38 428
Jaisung Choi 403 2.1× 337 2.4× 90 1.2× 98 1.4× 66 1.1× 49 581
Xiaoqi Zhai 370 1.9× 176 1.3× 108 1.4× 134 1.9× 33 0.6× 11 458
Roby Carmel 266 1.4× 197 1.4× 45 0.6× 38 0.6× 58 1.0× 21 353
Sirisha Kothuri 138 0.7× 227 1.6× 66 0.9× 108 1.6× 24 0.4× 55 330
P Lagerwey 337 1.8× 261 1.9× 51 0.7× 53 0.8× 68 1.1× 13 415
Puay Ping Koh 250 1.3× 433 3.1× 52 0.7× 124 1.8× 59 1.0× 18 555

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Fields of papers citing papers by Natalia Distefano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Natalia Distefano

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leonardi, Salvatore & Natalia Distefano. (2025). Exploring knowledge and perceptions of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS): Results of a southern Italian survey. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 31. 101426–101426. 2 indexed citations
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Leonardi, Salvatore & Natalia Distefano. (2025). ADAS Technologies and User Trust: An Area-Based Study with a Sociodemographic Focus. Vehicles. 7(3). 67–67.
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Leonardi, Salvatore & Natalia Distefano. (2024). Traffic-Calming Measures as an Instrument for Revitalizing the Urban Environment. Sustainability. 16(4). 1407–1407. 2 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia, et al.. (2024). Analysis of Driving Behavior of Micromobility Vehicle Users at Mini-Roundabouts. Applied Sciences. 14(24). 11944–11944. 2 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia & Salvatore Leonardi. (2023). Fostering Urban Walking: Strategies Focused on Pedestrian Satisfaction. Sustainability. 15(24). 16649–16649. 7 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia, et al.. (2023). Walking for Sustainable Cities: Factors Affecting Users’ Willingness to Walk. Sustainability. 15(7). 5684–5684. 7 indexed citations
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Leonardi, Salvatore & Natalia Distefano. (2023). Roundabout Trajectory Planning: Integrating Human Driving Models for Autonomous Vehicles. Sustainability. 15(23). 16288–16288. 1 indexed citations
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Leonardi, Salvatore & Natalia Distefano. (2023). Turbo-Roundabouts as an Instrument for Improving the Efficiency and Safety in Urban Area: An Italian Case Study. Sustainability. 15(4). 3223–3223. 9 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia, et al.. (2021). Are Double-Lane Roundabouts Safe Enough? A CHAID Analysis of Unsafe Driving Behaviors. Safety. 7(1). 20–20. 8 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia, et al.. (2020). Neighbourhood walkability: Elderly's priorities. Research in Transportation Business & Management. 40. 100547–100547. 33 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia & Salvatore Leonardi. (2020). Apriori Algorithm for Association Rules Mining in Aircraft Runway Excursions. Civil Engineering and Architecture. 8(3). 206–217. 5 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia. (2020). Physiological and driving behaviour changes associated to different road intersections. 1–12. 14 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia, et al.. (2019). Home-school Travel: Analysis of Factors Affecting Italian Parents' Mode Choice. Civil Engineering and Architecture. 7(3). 75–87. 13 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia, Salvatore Leonardi, & F. Consoli. (2019). Drivers’ Preferences for Road Roundabouts: A Study based on Stated Preference Survey in Italy. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. 23(11). 4864–4874. 16 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia & Salvatore Leonardi. (2019). Experimental investigation of the effect of roundabouts on noise emission level from motor vehicles. Noise Control Engineering Journal. 67(4). 282–294. 11 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia. (2019). Italians’ Public Opinion on the Road Roundabouts Safety. INFM-OAR (INFN Catania). 1(5). 1 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia, et al.. (2018). Factors with the greatest influence on drivers' judgment of roundabouts safety. An analysis based on web survey in Italy. IATSS Research. 42(4). 265–273. 21 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia & Salvatore Leonardi. (2017). A list of accident scenarios for three legs skewed intersections. IATSS Research. 42(3). 97–104. 13 indexed citations
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Distefano, Natalia, et al.. (2015). Comparative analysis of pedestrian accidents risk at unsignalized intersections. The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering. 10(4). 283–292. 12 indexed citations
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Canale, Sandra, Natalia Distefano, & Salvatore Leonardi. (2009). Progettare la sicurezza stradale. Criteri e verifiche di sicurezza per la progettazione e l’adeguamento degli elementi delle infrastrutture viarie: intersezioni, tronchi, sovrastrutture, gallerie, opere idrauliche, barriere di sicurezza, illuminazione, segnaletica ed interventi di traffic calming. 1–992. 1 indexed citations

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