Rita Bento

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Rita Bento is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita Bento has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 38 papers in Building and Construction and 18 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Rita Bento's work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (58 papers), Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis (54 papers) and Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis (24 papers). Rita Bento is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Performance and Analysis (58 papers), Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis (54 papers) and Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis (24 papers). Rita Bento collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Italy and Spain. Rita Bento's co-authors include Ana Simões, Mário Lopes, Serena Cattari, Sergio Lagomarsino, Rafaela Cardoso, António Sousa Gago, Ana Paula Falcão, André R. Barbosa, Antonio Morales‐Esteban and Alexandre Gonçalves and has published in prestigious journals such as Construction and Building Materials, Sustainability and Engineering Structures.

In The Last Decade

Rita Bento

92 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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. Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings
    2021 180 citations Rita Bento et al. Buildings profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rita Bento Portugal 27 1.7k 601 355 140 77 100 1.8k
Nuno Mendes Portugal 21 1.4k 0.9× 412 0.7× 543 1.5× 99 0.7× 51 0.7× 67 1.5k
Mario De Stefano Italy 25 1.6k 0.9× 831 1.4× 364 1.0× 39 0.3× 58 0.8× 68 1.8k
Luigi Sorrentino Italy 26 2.0k 1.2× 393 0.7× 556 1.6× 83 0.6× 45 0.6× 88 2.1k
Serena Cattari Italy 29 3.5k 2.1× 1.1k 1.7× 1.1k 3.1× 168 1.2× 119 1.5× 131 3.7k
Francesca da Porto Italy 31 2.9k 1.7× 973 1.6× 1.0k 2.9× 126 0.9× 126 1.6× 156 3.1k
Andrea Vignoli Italy 20 1.3k 0.8× 555 0.9× 601 1.7× 88 0.6× 40 0.5× 61 1.4k
Linda Giresini Italy 23 1.0k 0.6× 391 0.7× 218 0.6× 53 0.4× 38 0.5× 78 1.2k
Giuliana Cardani Italy 15 429 0.3× 171 0.3× 232 0.7× 174 1.2× 39 0.5× 59 679
Alfredo Campos Costa Portugal 18 1.3k 0.8× 246 0.4× 276 0.8× 40 0.3× 21 0.3× 64 1.4k
Anna De Falco Italy 18 546 0.3× 171 0.3× 101 0.3× 89 0.6× 86 1.1× 61 775

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rita Bento

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All Works

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Sousa, Inês, et al.. (2025). Numerical Modelling and Damage Assessment Criteria for FRP-Retrofitted RC Columns. Buildings. 15(2). 188–188.
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Bento, Rita, et al.. (2024). Understanding the Impact of Seismic Hazard and Climate Conditions on Multi Criteria–Based Retrofitting of Existing Buildings. Sustainability. 16(10). 4318–4318. 4 indexed citations
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Neves, Mariana, et al.. (2023). A BIM-Based Model for Structural Health Monitoring of the Central Body of the Monserrate Palace: A First Approach. Buildings. 13(6). 1532–1532. 9 indexed citations
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Cattari, Serena, et al.. (2023). Comparative study of alternative equivalent frame approaches for the seismic assessment of masonry buildings in OpenSees. Journal of Building Engineering. 66. 105877–105877. 13 indexed citations
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Morales‐Esteban, Antonio, et al.. (2023). Numerical modelling for the seismic assessment of complex masonry heritage buildings: the case study of the Giralda tower. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 21(9). 4669–4701. 16 indexed citations
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Penna, Andrea, et al.. (2023). In-plane cyclic tests of strengthened rubble stone masonry. Materials and Structures. 56(2). 6 indexed citations
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Bento, Rita, et al.. (2023). Failure analysis of existing structures and infrastructures under extreme events and long-term actions. Engineering Failure Analysis. 156. 107842–107842. 3 indexed citations
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Monteiro, Ricardo, et al.. (2022). Detailed Structural Characterization of Existing RC Buildings for Seismic Exposure Modelling of the Lisbon Area. Buildings. 12(5). 642–642. 6 indexed citations
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Falcão, Ana Paula, et al.. (2020). Development of a Manueline Style Object Library for Heritage BIM. International Journal of Architectural Heritage. 15(12). 1930–1941. 6 indexed citations
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Mendes, Nuno, Alexandre A. Costa, Paulo B. Lourénço, et al.. (2016). Methods and Approaches for Blind Test Predictions of Out-of-Plane Behavior of Masonry Walls: A Numerical Comparative Study. International Journal of Architectural Heritage. 11(1). 59–71. 46 indexed citations
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Bento, Rita, et al.. (2016). Improved Modal Pushover Analysis in seismic assessment of asymmetric plan buildings under the influence of one and two horizontal components of ground motions. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 87. 1–15. 32 indexed citations
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Bento, Rita, et al.. (2013). The Extended Adaptive Capacity Spectrum Method for the Seismic Assessment of Plan‐Asymmetric Buildings. Earthquake Spectra. 30(2). 683–703. 44 indexed citations
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Degée, Hervé, et al.. (2010). Consequences of design choices in direct displacement based design or R.C. frames. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations
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Guerreiro, Lúıs, et al.. (2009). Seismic vulnerability of lifelines in the greater Lisbon area. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 8(1). 157–180. 42 indexed citations
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Silva, Luís Simões da, et al.. (2009). Calibration of model parameters for the cyclic response of end-plate beam-to-column steel-concrete composite joints. Steel and Composite Structures. 9(1). 39–58. 18 indexed citations
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Degée, Hervé, et al.. (2007). Investigation on the equivalent viscous damping in direct displacement-based design. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 11 indexed citations
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Bento, Rita, et al.. (2005). Simplified Non-linear Time-history AnalysisBased On The Theory Of Plasticity. WIT transactions on the built environment. 81. 7 indexed citations
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Lopes, Mário & Rita Bento. (2001). Seismic Behavior of Dual Systems with Column Hinging. Earthquake Spectra. 17(4). 657–677. 4 indexed citations

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