Pentti Kujala

9.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
285 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Pentti Kujala is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pentti Kujala has authored 285 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Ocean Engineering, 106 papers in Atmospheric Science and 106 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pentti Kujala's work include Maritime Navigation and Safety (109 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (105 papers) and Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis (86 papers). Pentti Kujala is often cited by papers focused on Maritime Navigation and Safety (109 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (105 papers) and Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis (86 papers). Pentti Kujala collaborates with scholars based in Finland, China and Estonia. Pentti Kujala's co-authors include Floris Goerlandt, Jakub Montewka, Maria Hänninen, Osiris A. Valdez Banda, Spyros Hirdaris, Mingyang Zhang, Weibin Zhang, Krzysztof Wróbel, Mikko Suominen and Arsham Mazaheri and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Research, Expert Systems with Applications and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Pentti Kujala

270 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

Towards the assessment of potential impact of unmanned vessels on maritime transportation safety

2017 245 citations Pentti Kujala et al. Reliability Engineering & System Safety profile →
Use of HFACS and fault tree model for collision risk factors analysis of icebreaker assistance in ice-covered waters

2018 221 citations Mingyang Zhang, Di Zhang et al. profile →
A Big Data Analytics Method for the Evaluation of Ship - Ship Collision Risk reflecting Hydrometeorological Conditions

2021 174 citations Mingyang Zhang, Pentti Kujala et al. Reliability Engineering & System Safety profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Pentti Kujala	5.5k	2.7k	2.0k	1.2k	1.2k	285	7.8k
Floris Goerlandt	4.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	936 0.8×	512 0.4×	158	6.0k
Jakub Montewka	4.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	929 0.8×	364 0.3×	110	5.0k
Pieter van Gelder	2.1k 0.4×	823 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	466 0.4×	619 0.5×	284	6.3k
Mingyang Zhang	2.0k 0.4×	528 0.2×	574 0.3×	497 0.4×	216 0.2×	121	2.9k
Dan M. Frangopol	723 0.1×	2.6k 0.9×	6.0k 3.0×	256 0.2×	217 0.2×	636	23.3k
A.P. Teixeira	2.4k 0.4×	2.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	596 0.5×	55 0.0×	131	5.1k
Bing Wu	1.4k 0.3×	643 0.2×	599 0.3×	401 0.3×	105 0.1×	197	3.7k
Tsz Leung Yip	1.2k 0.2×	342 0.1×	371 0.2×	1.0k 0.9×	144 0.1×	153	3.1k
Paolo Gardoni	738 0.1×	764 0.3×	2.5k 1.2×	138 0.1×	204 0.2×	338	10.9k
Brian Veitch	1.1k 0.2×	467 0.2×	1.8k 0.9×	111 0.1×	386 0.3×	204	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pentti Kujala

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All Works

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Kujala, Pentti, et al.. (2025). Maritime Security Operations Center (M-SOC): Systematic Literature Review, Research Gaps and Future Areas to Investigate. TransNav the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation. 19(4). 1141–1155.

Zhou, Li, et al.. (2025). Ice–propeller milling loads in water based on elastic-brittle constitutive model. Physics of Fluids. 37(7).

Li, Fang, et al.. (2024). A voyage-level ship performance modelling approach for the simulation of the Finnish-Swedish winter navigation system. Ocean Engineering. 295. 116997–116997. 2 indexed citations

Li, Fang, et al.. (2024). Ice channel breakout performance of a double-acting vessel. Ocean Engineering. 293. 116657–116657. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Mingyang, et al.. (2024). Systems driven intelligent decision support methods for ship collision and grounding prevention: Present status, possible solutions, and challenges. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 253. 110489–110489. 43 indexed citations

Wang, Mengmeng, Atilla İncecik, Zhe Tian, et al.. (2024). Structural health monitoring on offshore jacket platforms using a novel ensemble deep learning model. Ocean Engineering. 301. 117510–117510. 15 indexed citations

Bolbot, Victor, et al.. (2023). Small Unmanned Surface Vessels—A Review and Critical Analysis of Relations to Safety and Safety Assurance of Larger Autonomous Ships. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(12). 2387–2387. 9 indexed citations

Huang, Luofeng, et al.. (2022). An investigation on the speed dependence of ice resistance using an advanced CFD+DEM approach based on pre-sawn ice tests. Ocean Engineering. 264. 112530–112530. 14 indexed citations

Bergström, Martin, Sören Ehlers, Inari Helle, et al.. (2022). A comprehensive approach to scenario-based risk management for Arctic waters. Ship Technology Research. 69(3). 129–157. 8 indexed citations

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Kujala, Pentti, et al.. (2022). Simulation Tool for Winter Navigation Decision Support in the Baltic Sea. Applied Sciences. 12(15). 7568–7568. 8 indexed citations

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Kim, Sang-Jin, et al.. (2021). Comparison of numerical approaches for structural response analysis of passenger ships in collisions and groundings. Marine Structures. 81. 103125–103125. 24 indexed citations

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Kim, Sang-Jin, et al.. (2020). A Quasi-Dynamic Approach for the Evaluation of Structural Response in Ship Collisions and Groundings. 2 indexed citations

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Goerlandt, Floris, et al.. (2019). A Bayesian Network risk model for assessing oil spill recovery effectiveness in the ice-covered Northern Baltic Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 139. 440–458. 45 indexed citations

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Mikkola, Tommi, et al.. (2019). Taimuri et al_NUTTS19.pdf. Figshare. 10 indexed citations

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Kujala, Pentti, et al.. (2019). Validation of the new risk based design approaches (Polaris) for arctic and antarctic operations. Proceedings of the International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering Under Arctic Conditions. 6 indexed citations

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Suominen, Mikko, et al.. (2016). Research of ice-induced load on a ship hull based on an inverse method. Chuanbo lixue. 20(12). 1604–1618. 2 indexed citations

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Kujala, Pentti, et al.. (2014). Ship propagation through ice field. 47(2). 34–49. 2 indexed citations

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Tirunagari, Santosh, et al.. (2012). Impact of Similarity Measures on Causal Relation Based Feature Selection Method for Clustering Maritime Accident Reports. Journal of Global Research in Computer Sciences. 3(8). 46–50. 4 indexed citations

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Kujala, Pentti, et al.. (2011). Risk-Based Approach for Structural Design of Ice-Strengthened Vessels Navigating in the Baltic Sea.. Aaltodoc (Aalto University). 3 indexed citations

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Rigo, Philippe, Bo Cerup Simonsen, Segen F. Estefen, et al.. (2003). Ultimate Strength - Report of ISSC Technical Committee III.1, 2000-2003. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations

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