2026 Francesco Colangelo: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	47	11276	10894	241	233	83	6093

Overview

Francesco Colangelo is affiliated with Parthenope University of Naples in Italy. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a particular focus on Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. The research extends into Automotive and Mechanical Engineering as well.

The scientist's research topics encompass various aspects of concrete and construction materials, including Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance, Concrete and Cement Materials Research, and Innovative Concrete Reinforcement Materials. Other areas of interest include Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials, Recycling and Utilization of Industrial and Municipal Waste in Materials Production, Municipal Solid Waste Management, and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies.

Colangelo has published extensively in multiple academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Key Engineering Materials
Materials
Journal of Cleaner Production
Sustainability
Applied Sciences

Selected recent papers authored by Colangelo include:

Comparative LCA of concrete with recycled aggregates: a circular economy mindset in Europe, 2020, The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Eco-efficient industrial waste recycling for the manufacturing of fibre reinforced innovative geopolymer mortars: Integrated waste management and green product development through LCA, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
Comparative environmental evaluation of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition wastes in Italy, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Colangelo are:

Ilenia Farina
Raffaele Cioffi
Narinder Singh
Antonella Petrillo
Cinzia Salzano

The main focus of their research involves environmental assessment, material recycling, and sustainable construction solutions. This is reflected in the works on life cycle assessment (LCA), green product development, and integrated waste management. The thematic concentration on recycled aggregate concrete and innovative geopolymer mortars indicates a specialization in eco-efficient construction materials.

Best Publications

Coal fly ash as raw material for the manufacture of geopolymer-based products

S. Andini;R. Cioffi;F. Colangelo;T. Grieco

404
Citations
Recycling of MSWI fly ash by means of cementitious double step cold bonding pelletization: Technological assessment for the production of lightweight artificial aggregates.

Francesco Colangelo;Francesco Messina;Raffaele Cioffi

258
Citations
Mechanical and thermal properties of lightweight geopolymer composites

F. Colangelo;G. Roviello;L. Ricciotti;Veronica Ferrandiz-Mas

218
Citations
Revealing the atomic structure of the buffer layer between SiC(0001) and epitaxial graphene

Sarah Goler;Sarah Goler;Camilla Coletti;Camilla Coletti;Vincenzo Piazza;Pasqualantonio Pingue

216
Citations
Recycled plastic aggregate in mortars composition: Effect on physical and mechanical properties

F. Iucolano;B. Liguori;D. Caputo;F. Colangelo

206
Citations
Soluble salt removal from MSWI fly ash and its stabilization for safer disposal and recovery as road basement material.

F. Colangelo;R. Cioffi;F. Montagnaro;L. Santoro

204
Citations
Manufacture of artificial aggregate using MSWI bottom ash.

R. Cioffi;F. Colangelo;F. Montagnaro;L. Santoro

199
Citations
Thermally treated clay sediments as geopolymer source material

C. Ferone;B. Liguori;I. Capasso;F. Colangelo

194
Citations
Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing of Sustainable Innovative Materials and Structures

Rupinder Singh;Ranvijay Kumar;Ilenia Farina;Francesco Colangelo

180
Citations
Use of geopolymers for composite external reinforcement of RC members

Costantino Menna;Domenico Asprone;Claudio Ferone;Francesco Colangelo

167
Citations
Recycled polyolefins waste as aggregates for lightweight concrete

Francesco Colangelo;Raffaele Cioffi;Barbara Liguori;Fabio Iucolano

162
Citations
Novel hybrid organic-geopolymer materials

Claudio Ferone;Giuseppina Roviello;Francesco Colangelo;Raffaele Cioffi

156
Citations
Application-Oriented Chemical Optimization of a Metakaolin Based Geopolymer.

Claudio Ferone;Francesco Colangelo;Giuseppina Roviello;Domenico Asprone

132
Citations
Use of Cement Kiln Dust, Blast Furnace Slag and Marble Sludge in the Manufacture of Sustainable Artificial Aggregates by Means of Cold Bonding Pelletization.

Francesco Colangelo;Raffaele Cioffi

129
Citations
Mechanical Performances of Weathered Coal Fly Ash Based Geopolymer Bricks

Claudio Ferone;Francesco Colangelo;Raffaele Cioffi;Fabio Montagnaro

124
Citations
Mechanical properties and durability of mortar containing fine fraction of demolition wastes produced by selective demolition in South Italy

Francesco Colangelo;R. Cioffi

121
Citations
Thermal cycling stability of fly ash based geopolymer mortars

F. Colangelo;R. Cioffi;G. Roviello;I. Capasso

119
Citations
Treatment and recycling of asbestos-cement containing waste

F. Colangelo;R. Cioffi;M. Lavorgna;L. Verdolotti

117
Citations
Recycling of Pre-Washed Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Fly Ash in the Manufacturing of Low Temperature Setting Geopolymer Materials

Claudio Ferone;Francesco Colangelo;Francesco Messina;Luciano Santoro

117
Citations
Fire resistant melamine based organic-geopolymer hybrid composites

Giuseppina Roviello;Laura Ricciotti;Claudio Ferone;Francesco Colangelo

117
Citations
Use of Recycled Plastics in Eco-efficient Concrete

Fernando Pacheco-Torgal;Jamal Khatib;Francesco Colangelo;Rabin Tuladhar

89
Citations