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Analysis of institutional authors

Gulisano F.Corresponding AuthorGallego JAuthor

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March 30, 2020
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Microwave healing performance of asphalt mixture containing electric arc furnace (EAF) slag and graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs)

Publicated to: Applied Sciences-Basel. 10 (4): 1428- - 2020-02-01 10(4), DOI: 10.3390/app10041428

Authors:

Gulisano, F; Crucho, J; Gallego, J; Picado-Santos, L
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Affiliations

Instituto Superior Tecnico - Author
Univ Lisbon, Inst Super Tecn, CERIS, Ave Rovisco Pais, P-1049001 Lisbon, Portugal - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Ingn Transporte Terr & Urbanismo, C Prof Aranguren 3, E-28040 Madrid, Spain - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
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Abstract

© 2020 by the authors. Pavement preventive maintenance is an important tool for extending the service life of the road pavements. Microwave heating seems to be a promising technology for this application, as bituminous materials have the potential to self-repair above a certain temperature. As ordinary asphalt mixture has low microwave absorbing properties, some additives should be used to improve the heating efficiency. In this paper, the effect of adding Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) slag and Graphene Nanoplatelets (GNPs) on the microwave heating and healing efficiency of asphalt mixtures was evaluated. Microwave heating efficiency was assessed by heating the specimens using several heating times. In addition, the electrical resistivity of the mixtures was measured to understand its possible relationship with the microwave heating process. Furthermore, the healing rates of the asphalt mixtures were assessed by repeated Indirect Tensile Strength (ITS) tests. The results obtained indicate that the additions of graphene and EAF slag can allow important savings, up to 50%, on the energy required to perform a good healing process.
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Keywords

Affordable and clean energyAsphalt mixturesConcreteEaf steel slagEnergyFibersGraphene nanoplatelets (gnps)Microwave heatingSelf-healingSteel slagWaste

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Applied Sciences-Basel 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, 2020, it was in position 38/90, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Multidisciplinary. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Instrumentation.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.67. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 3.05 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-26, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 51
  • Scopus: 54
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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 2026-04-26:

  • 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: 70.
  • 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: 70 (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: 4.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 5 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/93327/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 39
  • Downloads: 45
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 7 - Affordable and clean energy, with a probability of 78% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Portugal.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GULISANO, FEDERICO) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GULISANO, FEDERICO.

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Project objectives

Los objetivos perseguidos en esta aportación se centran en evaluar y mejorar el desempeño del calentamiento por microondas en mezclas asfálticas. Se pretende analizar el efecto de la adición de escoria de horno de arco eléctrico (EAF) y nanoplaquetas de grafeno (GNPs) sobre la eficiencia del calentamiento por microondas y la capacidad de autorreparación de las mezclas asfálticas. Además, se busca determinar la relación entre la resistividad eléctrica de las mezclas y el proceso de calentamiento por microondas. También se pretende evaluar las tasas de curación mediante ensayos repetidos de resistencia indirecta a la tracción (ITS). Finalmente, se aspira a cuantificar el ahorro energético logrado gracias a estos aditivos, que puede alcanzar hasta un 50%.
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Most relevant results

El estudio evaluó el desempeño de la reparación por microondas en mezclas asfálticas con adición de escoria de horno de arco eléctrico (EAF) y nanoplaquetas de grafeno (GNPs). Los resultados más relevantes son: la incorporación de EAF y GNPs mejora significativamente la eficiencia del calentamiento por microondas; se observaron reducciones de hasta un 50% en la energía necesaria para lograr un proceso de reparación efectivo; la resistividad eléctrica de las mezclas mostró una correlación con la eficiencia del calentamiento; y las tasas de curación evaluadas mediante pruebas repetidas de resistencia indirecta a la tracción (ITS) confirmaron la mejora en la capacidad de autorreparación del material. Estos hallazgos fueron obtenidos en 2020 y aportan evidencia cuantitativa sobre la viabilidad de estos aditivos.
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