Vítor Silva

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Vítor Silva is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Vítor Silva has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 47 papers in Geophysics and 24 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Vítor Silva's work include Seismic Performance and Analysis (76 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (40 papers) and Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis (28 papers). Vítor Silva is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Performance and Analysis (76 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (40 papers) and Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis (28 papers). Vítor Silva collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Italy and United Kingdom. Vítor Silva's co-authors include Helen Crowley, Rui Pinho, Humberto Varum, Luís Martins, Marco Pagani, D. Monelli, Graeme Weatherill, Paolo Bazzurro, Michele Simionato and Daniele Viganò and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Construction and Building Materials.

In The Last Decade

Vítor Silva

135 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

OpenQuake Engine: An Open Hazard (and Risk) Software for the Global Earthquake Model

2014 547 citations Marco Pagani, D. Monelli et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vítor Silva Portugal	35	3.3k	1.5k	538	534	403	146	4.3k
Helen Crowley Italy	44	5.3k 1.6×	2.2k 1.5×	670 1.2×	616 1.2×	400 1.0×	112	6.4k
Carmine Galasso United Kingdom	36	2.8k 0.9×	752 0.5×	551 1.0×	233 0.4×	434 1.1×	171	4.0k
Rui Pinho Italy	45	5.4k 1.7×	839 0.6×	1.7k 3.1×	387 0.7×	198 0.5×	154	6.0k
Tiziana Rossetto United Kingdom	33	2.8k 0.9×	797 0.5×	756 1.4×	140 0.3×	550 1.4×	155	3.8k
Iunio Iervolino Italy	45	5.0k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	799 1.5×	257 0.5×	119 0.3×	193	5.8k
Robin Spence United Kingdom	25	999 0.3×	663 0.5×	241 0.4×	245 0.5×	513 1.3×	58	2.6k
Horia Alejandro Barbat Barbat Spain	34	2.9k 0.9×	407 0.3×	503 0.9×	299 0.6×	914 2.3×	228	4.5k
Jamie E. Padgett United States	49	7.1k 2.2×	306 0.2×	1.6k 3.0×	505 0.9×	320 0.8×	204	8.1k
Kyriazis Pitilakis Greece	52	6.2k 1.9×	1.6k 1.1×	528 1.0×	170 0.3×	216 0.5×	195	7.8k
Fatemeh Jalayer Italy	32	4.4k 1.4×	400 0.3×	1.1k 2.0×	406 0.8×	134 0.3×	85	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Vítor Silva

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vítor Silva

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ramos, Salvador, et al.. (2025). Calibrating collapse and fatality rates for the assessment of fatalities due to earthquakes. Earthquake Spectra. 41(2). 1738–1761. 2 indexed citations

Werner, Maximilian J., et al.. (2024). Ranking and developing ground‐motion models for Southeastern Africa. Earthquake Spectra. 40(2). 1552–1576. 1 indexed citations

Silva, Vítor, et al.. (2024). A building imagery database for the calibration of machine learning algorithms. Earthquake Spectra. 40(2). 1577–1590. 3 indexed citations

Werner, Maximilian J., Katsuichiro Goda, Manuela Villani, et al.. (2023). A relocated earthquake catalog and ground motion database for the southern East African rift system. Earthquake Spectra. 39(3). 1911–1929. 4 indexed citations

Silva, Vítor, et al.. (2023). A database and empirical model for earthquake post‐loss amplification. Earthquake Spectra. 40(1). 629–646. 3 indexed citations

Calderón, Alejandro, Catarina Costa, Helen Crowley, et al.. (2023). Global building exposure model for earthquake risk assessment. Earthquake Spectra. 39(4). 2212–2235. 39 indexed citations

Calderón, Alejandro, et al.. (2021). Toward a uniform earthquake loss model across Central America. Earthquake Spectra. 38(1). 178–199. 14 indexed citations

Pagani, Marco, Kendra Johnson, Valerio Poggi, et al.. (2020). The 2018 version of the Global Earthquake Model: Hazard component. Earthquake Spectra. 36(1S). 226–251. 75 indexed citations

Rao, Anirudh, Vítor Silva, Meera Raghunandan, et al.. (2020). Probabilistic seismic risk assessment of India. Earthquake Spectra. 36(1S). 345–371. 21 indexed citations

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Silva, Vítor, et al.. (2020). Potential impact of earthquakes during the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic. Earthquake Spectra. 37(1). 73–94. 19 indexed citations

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Pittore, Massimiliano, Michael Haas, & Vítor Silva. (2020). Variable resolution probabilistic modeling of residential exposure and vulnerability for risk applications. Earthquake Spectra. 36(1S). 321–344. 21 indexed citations

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Silva, Vítor, Alejandro Calderón, Catarina Costa, et al.. (2020). Development of a global seismic risk model. Earthquake Spectra. 36(1S). 372–394. 115 indexed citations

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Silva, Vítor. (2019). Uncertainty and Correlation in Seismic Vulnerability Functions of Building Classes. Earthquake Spectra. 35(4). 1515–1539. 38 indexed citations

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Silva, Vítor, Sinan Akkar, Jack W. Baker, et al.. (2019). Current Challenges and Future Trends in Analytical Fragility and Vulnerability Modeling. Earthquake Spectra. 35(4). 1927–1952. 145 indexed citations

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Tarque, Nicola, et al.. (2018). Development of Fragility Curves for Confined Masonry Buildings in Lima, Peru. Earthquake Spectra. 34(3). 1339–1361. 24 indexed citations

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Silva, Vítor, Helen Crowley, Nicola Tarque, et al.. (2017). Development of a Fragility Model for the Residential Building Stock in South America. Earthquake Spectra. 33(2). 581–604. 108 indexed citations

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Yepes-Estrada, Catalina, Vítor Silva, Ana Beatriz Acevedo, et al.. (2017). Modeling the Residential Building Inventory in South America for Seismic Risk Assessment. Earthquake Spectra. 33(1). 299–322. 77 indexed citations

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Sousa, Luís, Mário Marques, Vítor Silva, & Humberto Varum. (2017). Hazard Disaggregation and Record Selection for Fragility Analysis and Earthquake Loss Estimation. Earthquake Spectra. 33(2). 529–549. 8 indexed citations

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Burton, Christopher G. & Vítor Silva. (2015). Assessing Integrated Earthquake Risk in OpenQuake with an Application to Mainland Portugal. Earthquake Spectra. 32(3). 1383–1403. 21 indexed citations

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Silva, Vítor, Helen Crowley, & Paolo Bazzurro. (2015). Exploring Risk‐Targeted Hazard Maps for Europe. Earthquake Spectra. 32(2). 1165–1186. 72 indexed citations

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