Sandra Oliveira

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Sandra Oliveira is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Oliveira has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Sandra Oliveira's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (26 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (17 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (10 papers). Sandra Oliveira is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (26 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (17 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (10 papers). Sandra Oliveira collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Italy and Germany. Sandra Oliveira's co-authors include Henrique Andrade, Teresa Vaz, José M. C. Pereira, Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz, Andrea Camia, Friderike Oehler, José Luı́s Zêzere, María João Alcoforado, Luciano Lourenço and Jorge Rocha and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Oliveira

47 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

The cooling effect of green spaces as a contribution to the mitigation of urban heat: A case study in Lisbon

2011 595 citations Sandra Oliveira, Henrique Andrade et al. profile →
Modeling spatial patterns of fire occurrence in Mediterranean Europe using Multiple Regression and Random Forest

2012 554 citations Sandra Oliveira, José M. C. Pereira et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra Oliveira Portugal	18	1.3k	997	747	411	362	50	2.3k
David T. Butry United States	21	1.4k 1.1×	434 0.4×	794 1.1×	198 0.5×	99 0.3×	67	2.3k
Alexander Buyantuyev United States	15	1.7k 1.2×	973 1.0×	896 1.2×	217 0.5×	141 0.4×	15	2.4k
Vincenzo Giannico Italy	23	1.1k 0.8×	534 0.5×	629 0.8×	236 0.6×	37 0.1×	54	1.7k
Swades Pal India	32	1.8k 1.4×	704 0.7×	225 0.3×	214 0.5×	61 0.2×	73	2.4k
Clay Trauernicht United States	15	929 0.7×	420 0.4×	671 0.9×	94 0.2×	104 0.3×	36	1.7k
Anders Knudby Canada	30	886 0.7×	1.6k 1.6×	782 1.0×	219 0.5×	168 0.5×	76	3.1k
Gina Cavan United Kingdom	17	993 0.7×	616 0.6×	562 0.8×	105 0.3×	165 0.5×	40	1.6k
Seong Woo Jeon South Korea	23	1.1k 0.8×	485 0.5×	319 0.4×	324 0.8×	60 0.2×	105	1.9k
Kirsti Jylhä Finland	28	2.0k 1.5×	471 0.5×	338 0.5×	106 0.3×	330 0.9×	96	3.6k
Srikanta Sannigrahi Ireland	24	1.1k 0.8×	346 0.3×	398 0.5×	198 0.5×	49 0.1×	59	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sandra Oliveira

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sandra Oliveira

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandra Oliveira

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sandra Oliveira. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sandra Oliveira based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sandra Oliveira. Sandra Oliveira is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Oliveira, Sandra, et al.. (2025). Assessing the implementation of wildfire mitigation initiatives for the protection of villages in Portugal. Trees Forests and People. 21. 100935–100935. 1 indexed citations

Oliveira, Sandra, et al.. (2024). Assessing wildfire exposure and social vulnerability at the local scale using a GIS-based approach. MethodsX. 12. 102650–102650. 1 indexed citations

Moreira, Francisco, Maria João Canadas, Ana Novais, et al.. (2023). Recent Trends in Fire Regimes and Associated Territorial Features in a Fire-Prone Mediterranean Region. Fire. 6(2). 60–60. 17 indexed citations

Oliveira, Sandra, et al.. (2023). Differentiating Fire Regimes and Their Biophysical Drivers in Central Portugal. Fire. 6(3). 112–112. 5 indexed citations

Ribeiro, Paulo Flores, Francisco Moreira, Maria João Canadas, et al.. (2023). Promoting Low-Risk Fire Regimes: An Agent-Based Model to Explore Wildfire Mitigation Policy Options. Fire. 6(3). 102–102. 3 indexed citations

Benali, Akli, et al.. (2023). Defining priorities for wildfire mitigation actions at the local scale: insights from a novel risk analysis method applied in Portugal. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 6. 7 indexed citations

Oliveira, Sandra, César Capinha, & Jorge Rocha. (2023). Predicting the time of arrival of the Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) to new countries based on trade patterns of tyres and plants. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(11). 2362–2374. 4 indexed citations

Oliveira, Sandra, J. Raneri, & Stéphan Weise. (2023). Assessing Biodiversity Conditions in Cocoa Agroforests with a Rapid Assessment Method: Outcomes from a Large-Scale Application in Ghana. Diversity. 15(4). 503–503. 1 indexed citations

Oliveira, Sandra, et al.. (2022). Wildfire Risk Levels at the Local Scale: Assessing the Relative Influence of Hazard, Exposure, and Social Vulnerability. Fire. 5(5). 166–166. 12 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Sandra, et al.. (2021). Predicting burnt areas during the summer season in Portugal by combining wildfire susceptibility and spring meteorological conditions. Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk. 12(1). 1039–1057. 16 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Sandra, et al.. (2021). Biophysical controls over fire regime properties in Central Portugal. The Science of The Total Environment. 810. 152314–152314. 16 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Sandra, et al.. (2020). Assessing Risk and Prioritizing Safety Interventions in Human Settlements Affected by Large Wildfires. Forests. 11(8). 859–859. 36 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Sandra & José Luı́s Zêzere. (2020). Assessing the biophysical and social drivers of burned area distribution at the local scale. Journal of Environmental Management. 264. 110449–110449. 29 indexed citations

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Melo, Raquel, José Luı́s Zêzere, Ricardo A. C. Garcia, et al.. (2020). Defining evacuation travel times and safety areas in a debris flow hazard scenario. The Science of The Total Environment. 712. 136452–136452. 18 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Sandra, et al.. (2020). Reassessing wildfire susceptibility and hazard for mainland Portugal. The Science of The Total Environment. 762. 143121–143121. 51 indexed citations

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Adab, Hamed, et al.. (2018). Assessing fire hazard potential and its main drivers in Mazandaran province, Iran: a data-driven approach. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 190(11). 670–670. 37 indexed citations

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Coelho, Carlos A., Filipe J. Marques, & Sandra Oliveira. (2016). Near-Exact Distributions for Likelihood Ratio Statistics Used in the Simultaneous Test of Conditions on Mean Vectors and Patterns of Covariance Matrices. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2016. 1–25. 1 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Sandra & Paulo M. Fernandes. (2009). Regeneration of Pinus and Quercus after fire in Mediterranean-type ecosystems: natural mechanisms and management practices.. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 17(2). 181–192. 10 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Sandra. (2007). R. D. Hinshelwood. 2004. Suffering Insanity: Psychoanalytic Essays on Psychosis. Hove: Brunner-Routledge.. 7(12). 4 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Sandra & Henrique Andrade. (2007). An initial assessment of the bioclimatic comfort in an outdoor public space in Lisbon. International Journal of Biometeorology. 52(1). 69–84. 186 indexed citations

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