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Researcher · United Nations Human Settlements Programme · Kenya

Laura Petrella

Laura Petrella publishes mostly in Urban Studies, Building and Construction and Architecture, on topics such as Urban Design and Spatial Analysis, Architecture and Computational Design and Urban and Rural Development Challenges.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,379,364
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#4,052
of 7,520
Works
42
Citations
132
Citations per work
3.1
h-index
6
i10-index 5Top 34% in Urban Studies
Laura Petrella

What does Laura Petrella research?

Laura Petrella's work is mostly in Engineering (13%), Social Sciences (10%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (5%).

Everything else: 28 works · 65.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 8 works · 18.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 10.3% of their workUrban Studies: 4 works · 10.3% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 works · 4.6% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 works · 4.6% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 works · 3.4% of their workStrategy and Management: 1 works · 3.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 16.0% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 12.6% of their workBuilding and Construction: 3 works · 6.9% of their workArchitecture: 2 works · 5.7% of their workMaterials Science: 1 works · 3.4% of their workGeneral Materials Science: 1 works · 3.4% of their workTHEIR WORKLaura Petrella42works
Physical Sciences16%Social Sciences18%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else2865.7%
    1. Social Sciences410.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance24.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting13.4%
    1. Engineering512.6%
    2. Materials Science13.4%
  1. 1Urban Studies10% of their works
  2. 2Building and Construction7% of their works
  3. 3Architecture6% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics5% of their works
  5. 5General Materials Science3% of their works
  6. 6Strategy and Management3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Laura Petrella's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Urban Morphology, Sustainable Development, Space Syntax, Street Networks, Digital Fabrication, Parametricism, Slum Upgrading and Urban Poverty.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Urban Morphology92 topics
  2. Sustainable Development62 topics
  3. Space Syntax51 topic
  4. Street Networks51 topic
  5. Digital Fabrication41 topic
  6. Parametricism41 topic
  7. Slum Upgrading41 topic
  8. Urban Poverty41 topic
  9. Engineering31 topic
  10. Financial Analysis31 topic
  11. Materials Science31 topic
  12. Monetary Policy31 topic
  13. Neoliberalism31 topic
  14. Urbanism31 topic
  15. Civil Engineering21 topic
  16. Construction21 topic
  17. Design Thinking21 topic
  18. Engineering Design21 topic

Where does Laura Petrella work?

Laura Petrella's main affiliation in the publication record is United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does Laura Petrella have?

OpenAlex counts 42 works and 132 citations for Laura Petrella, an h-index of 6, ranking #4,379,364 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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