Pere Roca

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
152 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Pere Roca is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Pere Roca has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 54 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 50 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Pere Roca's work include Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis (104 papers), Building materials and conservation (54 papers) and Seismic Performance and Analysis (27 papers). Pere Roca is often cited by papers focused on Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis (104 papers), Building materials and conservation (54 papers) and Seismic Performance and Analysis (27 papers). Pere Roca collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Egypt. Pere Roca's co-authors include Luca Pelà, Miguel Cervera, Climent Molins, Lluı́s Gil, Anastasios Drougkas, Antonio Marí, Paulo B. Lourénço, Savvas Saloustros, Ernest Bernat-Masó and Daniel V. Oliveira and has published in prestigious journals such as Construction and Building Materials, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and International Journal of Solids and Structures.

In The Last Decade

Pere Roca

145 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Structural Analysis of Masonry Historical Constructions. ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400
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. Structural Analysis of Masonry Historical Constructions. Classical and Advanced Approaches
    2010 488 citations Pere Roca, Miguel Cervera et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pere Roca Spain 35 3.3k 1.4k 1.3k 434 208 152 3.6k
Luca Pelà Spain 30 2.5k 0.8× 901 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 397 0.9× 134 0.6× 91 2.8k
Gianmarco de Felice Italy 38 4.3k 1.3× 2.3k 1.6× 1.5k 1.1× 259 0.6× 184 0.9× 141 4.5k
Stefano De Santis Italy 30 2.8k 0.9× 1.8k 1.3× 996 0.7× 136 0.3× 123 0.6× 125 3.1k
Michael Griffith Australia 39 4.2k 1.3× 2.3k 1.7× 832 0.6× 318 0.7× 228 1.1× 147 4.5k
Giovanni Castellazzi Italy 20 1.6k 0.5× 559 0.4× 632 0.5× 283 0.7× 99 0.5× 73 2.0k
Katrin Beyer Switzerland 39 3.6k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 597 0.4× 89 0.2× 139 0.7× 183 3.9k
Salvador Ivorra Spain 28 2.1k 0.6× 948 0.7× 281 0.2× 421 1.0× 162 0.8× 122 2.5k
Jacques Heyman United Kingdom 19 2.3k 0.7× 524 0.4× 634 0.5× 291 0.7× 332 1.6× 69 2.7k
António Arêde Portugal 32 2.8k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 768 0.6× 69 0.2× 230 1.1× 172 3.0k
Luís F. Ramos Portugal 29 2.3k 0.7× 582 0.4× 638 0.5× 208 0.5× 142 0.7× 115 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pere Roca

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pere Roca

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Roca, Pere, et al.. (2025). Non-destructive evaluation of solid fired clay brick strength using the SonReb method. Construction and Building Materials. 485. 141919–141919.
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Zuraw, Kie & Pere Roca. (2025). Evidence for stress in Filipino text-setting. Phonology. 42.
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Roca, Pere, et al.. (2024). Experimental analysis of the compressive behaviour of perforated brick masonry using digital image correlation. Construction and Building Materials. 431. 136471–136471. 2 indexed citations
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Pelà, Luca, et al.. (2023). Effect of cross section aspect ratio and bearing surfaces treatment on the compressive strength of solid fired clay brick specimens. Construction and Building Materials. 383. 131397–131397. 4 indexed citations
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Calderini, Chiara, et al.. (2021). Large displacement analysis of dry-joint masonry arches subject to inclined support movements. Engineering Structures. 238. 112244–112244. 14 indexed citations
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Camata, Guido, et al.. (2016). NUMERICAL VALIDATION OF EQUIVALENT-FRAME MODELS FOR URM WALLS. 5262–5273. 6 indexed citations
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Drougkas, Anastasios, Climent Molins, & Pere Roca. (2013). Micro-modeling of stack bond masonry in compression using a plasticity law. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 919–928. 1 indexed citations
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Roca, Pere. (2011). Estructuras y patrimonio cultural. Análisis, conservación y restauración. 20–29. 3 indexed citations
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Roca, Pere, et al.. (2010). Shear response of brick masonry small assemblages strengthened with bonded FRP laminates for in-plane reinforcement. Construction and Building Materials. 24(8). 1372–1384. 46 indexed citations
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Roca, Pere. (2009). Contribution of numerical modeling to the study of historical structures. RPK (Politechniki Krakowskiej). 207–217. 1 indexed citations
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Cervera, Miguel, et al.. (2008). El modelo de daño localizado aplicado al análisis de estructuras de obra de fábrica. Revista Internacional de Métodos Numéricos para Cálculo y Diseño en Ingeniería. 24(1). 67–92. 1 indexed citations
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Roca, Pere, et al.. (2006). Limit analysis of reinforced masonry vaults. Engineering Structures. 29(3). 431–439. 38 indexed citations
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Roca, Pere. (2005). ¿Quién trabajaba en las masías? Criados y criadas en la agricultura catalana (1670-1870). Historia Agraria Revista de agricultura e historia rural. 49–92. 5 indexed citations
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Roca, Pere. (1997). Aprofitaments col·lectius i revolució burgesa als boscos del Vallès Occidental (1827-1840). 58–65. 1 indexed citations
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Roca, Pere. (1996). Una Masia de la muntanya vallesana a l'inici del segle XVIII : el llibre de notes dels hereus de Can Torres de Matadepera (1699-1704). 9–45. 3 indexed citations
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Roca, Pere, Climent Molins, & Horia Alejandro Barbat Barbat. (1995). Una formulación matricial generalizada. Parte 2: Análisis dinámico. Revista Internacional de Métodos Numéricos para Cálculo y Diseño en Ingeniería. 11(1). 23–36. 1 indexed citations
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Roca, Pere, Climent Molins, & Antonio Marí. (1994). Una formulación matricial generalizada: 1-Análisis estático. Revista Internacional de Métodos Numéricos para Cálculo y Diseño en Ingeniería. 10(4). 317–340. 1 indexed citations
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Roca, Pere, et al.. (1970). Analysis of two medieval stone masonry bridges. WIT transactions on the built environment. 16. 2 indexed citations

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