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D-Index
34
Citations
3772
World Ranking
2911
National Ranking
104

Luca Pugi publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luca Pugi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 319 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Luca Pugi D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luca Pugi sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Luca Pugi is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and specializes in engineering with a focus on automotive, mechanical, electrical and electronic, industrial and manufacturing, and control and systems engineering fields. Their research encompasses multiple subfields and covers a variety of topics related to vehicles, energy efficiency, and battery technologies.

Their recent publications include the following works:

  • Brake blending and torque vectoring of road electric vehicles: a flexible approach based on smart torque allocation, 2020, International Journal of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
  • Development of a battery real-time state of health diagnosis based on fast impedance measurements, 2021, Journal of Energy Storage
  • Freight train air brake models, 2021, International Journal of Rail Transportation
  • Design of a Wireless Charging System for Online Battery Spectroscopy, 2021, Energies
  • A Secondary-Side Controlled Electric Vehicle Wireless Charger, 2020, Energies

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Luca Pugi include:

  • Lorenzo Berzi
  • Massimo Delogu
  • Fernando Ortenzi
  • Alberto Reatti
  • Adriano Alessandrini

The venues where Luca Pugi commonly publishes their research are:

  • Energies
  • International Journal of Modelling Identification and Control
  • World Journal of Engineering
  • 2022 IEEE 21st Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON)
  • 2022 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2022 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe)

The main topics covered in Luca Pugi's work include:

  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies
  • Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency
  • Railway Engineering and Dynamics
  • Electrical Contact Performance and Analysis
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems

Best Publications

  • Freight train air brake models

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  • Development of a battery real-time state of health diagnosis based on fast impedance measurements

    Edoardo Locorotondo;Vincenzo Cultrera;Luca Pugi;Lorenzo Berzi

  • A parametric library for the simulation of a Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer (UIC) pneumatic braking system

    L Pugi;M Malvezzi;B Allotta;L Banchi

  • Preliminary design and fast prototyping of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle propulsion system

    Benedetto Allotta;Luca Pugi;Fabio Bartolini;Alessandro Ridolfi

  • HIL simulation of WSP systems on MI-6 test rig

    L. Pugi;M. Malvezzi;A. Tarasconi;A. Palazzolo

  • Design of a hydraulic servo-actuation fed by a regenerative braking system

    L. Pugi;M. Pagliai;A. Nocentini;G. Lutzemberger

  • A railway vehicle multibody model for real-time applications

    Enrico Meli;Monica Malvezzi;Susanna Papini;Luca Pugi

  • Design and Experimental Results of an Active Suspension System for a High-Speed Pantograph

    B. Allotta;L. Pugi;F. Bartolini

  • Cooperative localization of a team of AUVs by a tetrahedral configuration

    B. Allotta;R. Costanzi;E. Meli;L. Pugi

  • Energy storage systems to exploit regenerative braking in DC railway systems: Different approaches to improve efficiency of modern high-speed trains

    M. Ceraolo;G. Lutzemberger;E. Meli;L. Pugi

  • Energetic optimization of regenerative braking for high speed railway systems

    Amedeo Frilli;Enrico Meli;Daniele Nocciolini;Luca Pugi

  • Preliminary studies concerning the application of different braking arrangements on Italian freight trains

    Luca Pugi;Andrea Rindi;Andrea Giuseppe Ercole;Alessandro Palazzolo

  • Brake blending and torque vectoring of road electric vehicles: a flexible approach based on smart torque allocation

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  • Design and preliminary validation of a tool for the simulation of train braking performance

    Luca Pugi;Monica Malvezzi;Susanna Papini;Gregorio Vettori

  • Redundant and reconfigurable propulsion systems to improve motion capability of underwater vehicles

    Luca Pugi;Benedetto Allotta;Marco Pagliai

  • Design of a Wireless Charging System for Online Battery Spectroscopy

    Edoardo Locorotondo;Fabio Corti;Luca Pugi;Lorenzo Berzi

  • Cooperative navigation of AUVs via acoustic communication networking: field experience with the Typhoon vehicles

    Benedetto Allotta;Andrea Caiti;Riccardo Costanzi;Francesco Corato

  • An innovative degraded adhesion model for multibody applications in the railway field

    E. Meli;L. Pugi;A. Ridolfi

  • Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy of Li-Ion battery on-board the Electric Vehicles based on Fast nonparametric identification method

    Edoardo Locorotondo;Santo Scavuzzo;Luca Pugi;Alessandro Ferraris

  • An active suspension system for railway pantographs: the T2006 prototype

    Benedetto Allotta;Luca Pugi;Fabio Bartolini

  • Online Identification of Thevenin Equivalent Circuit Model Parameters and Estimation State of Charge of Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Edoardo Locorotondo;Luca Pugi;Lorenzo Berzi;Marco Pierini

  • Preliminary development, simulation and validation of a weigh in motion system for railway vehicles

    E. Meli;L. Pugi

  • Feasibility of degraded adhesion tests in a locomotive roller rig

    M MAlvezzi;B Allotta;L Pugi

  • Evaluation of odometry algorithm performances using a railway vehicle dynamic model

    B. Allotta;L. Pugi;A. Ridolfi;Monica Malvezzi

  • A scaled roller test rig for high-speed vehicles

    Benedetto Allotta;Luca Pugi;Monica Malvezzi;Fabio Bartolini

  • Experimental campaign on a servo-actuated pantograph

    B. Allotta;R. Papi;L. Pugi;P. Toni

Frequent Co-Authors

Benedetto Allotta
Benedetto Allotta University of Florence
Enrico Meli
Enrico Meli University of Florence
Monica Malvezzi
Monica Malvezzi University of Siena
Alberto Reatti
Alberto Reatti University of Florence
Nicola Casagli
Nicola Casagli University of Florence
Giovanni Gigli
Giovanni Gigli University of Florence
Alan Palazzolo
Alan Palazzolo Texas A&M University
Alessandro Pisano
Alessandro Pisano University of Cagliari
Marian K. Kazimierczuk
Marian K. Kazimierczuk Wright State University
Elio Usai
Elio Usai University of Cagliari

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