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August 21, 2023
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Assessment of limestone cladding deterioration due to crystallisation of salts by non-destructive techniques

Publicated to:Construction And Building Materials. 400 132640- - 2023-10-12 400(), DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.132640

Authors: Sánchez, M; Navacerrada, MA; Fort, R; Barbero-Barrera, MM

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UCM, Inst Geociencias CSIC, Calle Doctor Severo Ochoa 7, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Tecn Super Arquitectura, Dept Construcc & Tecnol Arquitecton, Avda Juan de Herrera 4, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Grp Acust Arquitecton, Escuela Tecn Super Arquitectura, Avda Juan de Herrera 4, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author

Abstract

Although limestone is widely used in buildings as a cladding material, it suffers accelerated degradation with the passage of time and exposure to environmental agents. Early detection of such pathological processes would allow the adoption of corrective measures and limit the damage to limestone elements. In this study, the effectiveness of three non-destructive techniques—infrared thermography, 3D optical roughness, and acoustic impedance gun measurements—for the early identification of superficial damage generated during the progress of the accelerated ageing test is analysed. The results indicate that although these techniques complement each other, thermography and 3D optical roughness are the most effective for studying deterioration in fine-grained carbonate stones with low porosity, while thermography and acoustic impedance gun techniques provide more valuable information on porous carbonate stones of the calcarenite type.

Keywords

acoustic absorptiondiagnosisdiffractiondurabilitygranite decaymarblequantificationsandstonestone colmenarstone maresthermographyBuilding stonesRoughness

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Construction And Building Materials due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 6/182, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Civil. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-09:

  • Google Scholar: 1
  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-09:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 12.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 23 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 3 (Altmetric).