Simona Fontul

876 total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 536 citations indexed

About

Simona Fontul is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Fontul has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 536 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 22 papers in Ocean Engineering and 14 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Simona Fontul's work include Geophysical Methods and Applications (22 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (11 papers) and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (10 papers). Simona Fontul is often cited by papers focused on Geophysical Methods and Applications (22 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (11 papers) and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (10 papers). Simona Fontul collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Spain and Italy. Simona Fontul's co-authors include Mercedes Solla, Vega Pérez‐Gracia, Maria de Lurdes Antunes, Eduardo Fortunato, Francesca De Chiara, Jorge C. Pais, Franziska Schmidt, David Ayala–Cabrera, Francisco M. Fernandes and Mezgeen Rasol and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Construction and Building Materials and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Simona Fontul

29 papers receiving 524 citations

Hit Papers

A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures:... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2022 40 80 120
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. A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best Practices
    2021 148 citations Mercedes Solla, Vega Pérez‐Gracia et al. Remote Sensing profile →
  2. GPR monitoring for road transport infrastructure: A systematic review and machine learning insights
    2022 112 citations Mezgeen Rasol, Jorge C. Pais et al. Construction and Building Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simona Fontul Portugal 9 362 261 129 124 96 37 536
Mezgeen Rasol Spain 10 289 0.8× 245 0.9× 113 0.9× 100 0.8× 77 0.8× 17 489
Gökhan Kılıç Türkiye 8 234 0.6× 196 0.8× 61 0.5× 104 0.8× 57 0.6× 22 440
Wenxiu Wu China 7 235 0.6× 298 1.1× 92 0.7× 55 0.4× 45 0.5× 13 497
Kien Dinh United States 16 564 1.6× 444 1.7× 280 2.2× 184 1.5× 135 1.4× 30 788
Ralf Birken United States 12 358 1.0× 164 0.6× 65 0.5× 264 2.1× 71 0.7× 61 582
Sheng‐Huoo Ni Taiwan 13 133 0.4× 351 1.3× 102 0.8× 70 0.6× 25 0.3× 35 498
D.N. Chapman United Kingdom 17 315 0.9× 689 2.6× 122 0.9× 153 1.2× 47 0.5× 59 1.1k
Qunfang Hu China 15 168 0.5× 672 2.6× 163 1.3× 36 0.3× 23 0.2× 46 844
Hoda Azari United States 14 376 1.0× 488 1.9× 236 1.8× 96 0.8× 32 0.3× 52 714
Dan Sui Norway 16 463 1.3× 118 0.5× 316 2.4× 23 0.2× 77 0.8× 77 666

Countries citing papers authored by Simona Fontul

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simona Fontul

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simona Fontul

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simona Fontul. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simona Fontul 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 Simona Fontul. Simona Fontul is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Pérez‐Gracia, Vega, Mercedes Solla, Simona Fontul, et al.. (2025). Combining GPR, Passive Seismic, and Load Testing With Computational Models in the Assessment of Historical Bridges: The Case Study of the Comboa Bridge. Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 2025(1).
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Solla, Mercedes, Vega Pérez‐Gracia, & Simona Fontul. (2024). Corrosion Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Structures using Ground-Penetrating Radar. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme.
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Barbosa, A. E., et al.. (2023). Road Pavement, Road Pollution, and Sustainability under Climate Change Increased Temperature. Applied Sciences. 13(12). 6949–6949. 7 indexed citations
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Rasol, Mezgeen, Jorge C. Pais, Vega Pérez‐Gracia, et al.. (2022). GPR monitoring for road transport infrastructure: A systematic review and machine learning insights. Construction and Building Materials. 324. 126686–126686. 112 indexed citations breakdown →
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Solla, Mercedes, Vega Pérez‐Gracia, & Simona Fontul. (2021). A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best Practices. Remote Sensing. 13(4). 672–672. 148 indexed citations breakdown →
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Freire, Ana Cristina, et al.. (2018). Uncertainty evaluation for the dynamic measurement of deflections with a falling-weight-type impulse load device. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1044. 12072–12072.
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Fontul, Simona, et al.. (2018). Transport infrastructures assessment using multiple GPR configurations and FWD. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 211. 12005–12005. 1 indexed citations
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Fontul, Simona, et al.. (2018). The study of the interlock of ballast in triaxial geogrids. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 211. 12001–12001. 1 indexed citations
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Marques, Ana, Simona Fontul, & André Paixão. (2018). Ballast fouling evaluation with ground penetrating radar. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 211. 12004–12004.
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Fontul, Simona, et al.. (2018). Multi-criteria analysis applied to railway rehabilitation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 211. 12007–12007. 2 indexed citations
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Fontul, Simona, André Paixão, Mercedes Solla, & Lara Pajewski. (2018). Railway Track Condition Assessment at Network Level by Frequency Domain Analysis of GPR Data. Remote Sensing. 10(4). 559–559. 28 indexed citations
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Solla, Mercedes, et al.. (2017). Assessing the pavement subgrade by combining different non-destructive methods. Construction and Building Materials. 135. 76–85. 47 indexed citations
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Fontul, Simona, et al.. (2015). Assessment of a concrete pre-stressed runway pavement with ground penetrating radar. 1–4. 5 indexed citations
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Fontul, Simona, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of ballast fouling using GPR. 418–422. 7 indexed citations
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Fortunato, Eduardo, et al.. (2013). Case study on the rehabilitation of old railway lines: experimental field works. 1003–1012. 3 indexed citations
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Fontul, Simona, et al.. (2012). FWD APPLICATION TO RAILWAY TRACK–BED LAYERS CHARACTERIZATION. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 1 indexed citations
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Paixão, André, et al.. (2012). The Falling Weight Deflectometer: Application to Railway Substructure Evaluation. Civil-comp proceedings. 98.
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Fontul, Simona, et al.. (2011). Bituminous mixtures application in railway sub-ballast layer. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT).
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Fontul, Simona, et al.. (2008). Anti-reflective cracking solutions for asphalt overlays : 8 years performance monitoring. 2 indexed citations

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