Pietro Lura

12.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
173 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Pietro Lura is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Pietro Lura has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 160 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 20 papers in Building and Construction and 12 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Pietro Lura's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (130 papers), Concrete Properties and Behavior (102 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (86 papers). Pietro Lura is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (130 papers), Concrete Properties and Behavior (102 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (86 papers). Pietro Lura collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Poland. Pietro Lura's co-authors include Mateusz Wyrzykowski, Ole Mejlhede Jensen, Klaas van Breugel, Jason Weiss, Karen Scrivener, Andreas Leemann, Jānis Justs, Diāna Bajāre, Ippei Maruyama and Sadegh Ghourchian and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Pietro Lura

170 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

Autogenous shrinkage in high-performance cement paste: An evaluation of basic mechanisms

2002 584 citations Pietro Lura et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →
Internal curing by superabsorbent polymers in ultra-high performance concrete

2015 470 citations Mateusz Wyrzykowski, Pietro Lura et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pietro Lura Switzerland	62	8.7k	1.2k	800	558	504	173	9.4k
Folker H. Wittmann China	42	5.3k 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	843 1.1×	550 1.0×	2.1k 4.1×	178	6.7k
Qiang Zeng China	44	4.5k 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.9×	327 0.6×	612 1.2×	193	6.3k
Mohammed Maslehuddin Saudi Arabia	51	6.7k 0.8×	2.8k 2.4×	2.6k 3.2×	158 0.3×	271 0.5×	227	7.9k
Hong S. Wong United Kingdom	43	5.0k 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	268 0.5×	549 1.1×	106	6.0k
David A. Lange United States	32	3.7k 0.4×	1.6k 1.3×	474 0.6×	287 0.5×	560 1.1×	146	4.5k
Klaas van Breugel Netherlands	44	6.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	1.3k 1.6×	498 0.9×	842 1.7×	236	7.8k
Mateusz Wyrzykowski Switzerland	40	4.1k 0.5×	632 0.5×	458 0.6×	198 0.4×	166 0.3×	81	4.4k
Mickaël Thiéry France	21	3.0k 0.3×	920 0.8×	828 1.0×	241 0.4×	212 0.4×	40	3.4k
Wei She China	44	3.5k 0.4×	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.7×	260 0.5×	389 0.8×	147	5.7k
N.R. Buenfeld United Kingdom	48	6.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	2.2k 2.8×	350 0.6×	492 1.0×	124	7.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pietro Lura

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Wyrzykowski, Mateusz, et al.. (2025). Plastic shrinkage of concrete made with calcined clay-limestone cement. Cement and Concrete Research. 189. 107784–107784. 5 indexed citations

Großegger, Daniel, Mateusz Wyrzykowski, Nikolajs Toropovs, & Pietro Lura. (2025). Exploring the carbon sequestration of an asphalt base course mixture containing novel cold-bonded biochar-rich lightweight aggregates. Materials and Structures. 58(4). 2 indexed citations

Wyrzykowski, Mateusz, et al.. (2025). Experimental and numerical study of strain distributions and shear lag effects in FRP tendon pull-out experiments. Cement and Concrete Composites. 163. 106189–106189. 1 indexed citations

Bernard, Ellina, et al.. (2024). Earth stabilisation with MgO-based cement. Cement and Concrete Research. 186. 107655–107655. 6 indexed citations

Hu, Zhangli, Nikolajs Toropovs, Michele Griffa, et al.. (2023). A neutron radiography study on the drying of cement mortars: Effect of mixture composition and crack length. Cement and Concrete Research. 172. 107245–107245. 8 indexed citations

Wyrzykowski, Mateusz, Nikolajs Toropovs, Frank Winnefeld, & Pietro Lura. (2023). Cold-bonded biochar-rich lightweight aggregates for net-zero concrete. Journal of Cleaner Production. 434. 140008–140008. 16 indexed citations

Winnefeld, Frank, Alexander German, Pietro Lura, Daniel Rentsch, & Barbara Lothenbach. (2023). Low‐CO₂ cements based on magnesium oxide / hydromagnesite blends – hydration mechanism and mechanical properties. ce/papers. 6(6). 357–362. 4 indexed citations

Leemann, Andreas, Mahsa Bagheri, Barbara Lothenbach, et al.. (2022). Alkali-silica reaction – a multidisciplinary approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 169–187. 13 indexed citations

Boshoff, William P., Viktor Mechtcherine, Didier Snoeck, et al.. (2020). The effect of superabsorbent polymers on the mitigation of plastic shrinkage cracking of conventional concrete, results of an inter-laboratory test by RILEM TC 260-RSC. Materials and Structures. 53(4). 41 indexed citations

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Wyrzykowski, Mateusz, et al.. (2019). Shrinkage and creep of high-performance concrete based on calcium sulfoaluminate cement. Cement and Concrete Composites. 98. 61–73. 69 indexed citations

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Wyrzykowski, Mateusz, Shin‐ichi Igarashi, Pietro Lura, & Viktor Mechtcherine. (2018). Recommendation of RILEM TC 260-RSC: using superabsorbent polymers (SAP) to mitigate autogenous shrinkage. Materials and Structures. 51(5). 54 indexed citations

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Yang, Fei, Friedrich Prade, Michele Griffa, et al.. (2018). X-ray dark-field contrast imaging of water transport during hydration and drying of early-age cement-based materials. Materials Characterization. 142. 560–576. 8 indexed citations

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Wyrzykowski, Mateusz, Carmelo Di Bella, & Pietro Lura. (2017). Prediction of Drying Shrinkage of Cement-Based Mortars with Poroelastic Approaches—A Critical Review. DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)). 579–586. 3 indexed citations

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Toropovs, Nikolajs, Francesco Lo Monte, Mateusz Wyrzykowski, et al.. (2015). Real-Time Measurements of Temperature, Pressure and Moisture Profiles in High-Performance Concrete Exposed to High Temperatures during Neutron Radiography Imaging. publication.editionName. 68. 166–173. 1 indexed citations

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Weiss, Jason, et al.. (2012). Internal Curing - Constructing More Robust Concrete | NIST. Structure. 10 indexed citations

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Sant, Gaurav, Dale P. Bentz, Pietro Lura, et al.. (2009). Detecting the fluid-to-solid transition in cement pastes. Comparing experimental and numerical techniques. DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)). 9 indexed citations

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Sant, Gaurav, Dale P. Bentz, Pietro Lura, et al.. (2009). Detecting the Fluid-to-Solid Transition in Cement Pastes. ACI Concrete International. 31(6). 53–58. 54 indexed citations

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Lura, Pietro, Guang Ye, Veerle Cnudde, & Patric Jacobs. (2008). Preliminary results about 3D distribution of superabsorbent polymers in mortars. DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)). 19 indexed citations

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Sant, Gaurav, Pietro Lura, & Jason Weiss. (2006). Measurement of Volume Change in Cementitious Materials at Early Ages. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 1979(1). 21–29. 45 indexed citations

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Lura, Pietro. (2006). Compressive strength of cement pastes and mortars with superabsorbent polymers. 117–125. 58 indexed citations

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