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D-Index
45
Citations
9197
World Ranking
5411
National Ranking
127

Manuel Pastor publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Manuel Pastor sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 173 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Manuel Pastor D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Manuel Pastor is affiliated with the Technical University of Madrid in Spain. Their research spans several fields focusing on engineering and environmental science, with notable contributions in civil and structural engineering, computational mechanics, and policy-related areas within environmental science.

The main fields of study for Manuel Pastor include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

In terms of subfields, their work prominently covers:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Sociology and Political Science

Their research topics reflect a specialized focus on various aspects of engineering and environmental hazards:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Dam Engineering and Safety
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics

Manuel Pastor has published extensively in several venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Acta Geotechnica
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Some recent publications include:

  • "Just transition: Framing, organizing, and power-building for decarbonization" (2022), Energy Research & Social Science
  • "A depth integrated, coupled, two-phase model for debris flow propagation" (2021), Acta Geotechnica
  • "Stress-Particle Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics: An application to the failure and post-failure behaviour of slopes" (2020), Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • "Two-phase SPH numerical study of pore-water pressure effect on debris flows mobility: Yu Tung debris flow" (2021), Computers and Geotechnics
  • "Enabling an equitable energy transition through inclusive research" (2022), Nature Energy

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Miguel Martín Stickle
  • Diego Manzanal
  • Saeid Moussavi Tayyebi
  • Miguel Molinos
  • Pedro Navas

In addition to journal articles, Manuel Pastor has contributed to book publications:

  • "South Central Dreams" (2021), published by New York University Press eBooks
  • "Charging Forward" (2024), published by The New Press eBooks

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for the quantitative analysis of landslide risk

    J. Corominas;C.J. van Westen;P. Frattini;L. Cascini

  • Generalized plasticity and the modelling of soil behaviour

    M. Pastor;O. C. Zienkiewicz;A. H. C. Chan

  • A depth-integrated, coupled SPH model for flow-like landslides and related phenomena

    M. Pastor;B. Haddad;B. Haddad;G. Sorbino;S. Cuomo

  • Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Soils: A Rational Approach to Quantitative Solutions. II. Semi-Saturated Problems

    O. C. Zienkiewicz;Y. M. Xie;B. A. Schrefler;A. Ledesma

  • Simple model for transient soil loading in earthquake analysis. II. Non-associative models for sands

    M. Pastor;O. C. Zienkiewicz;K. H. Leung

  • Modeling of Rainfall-Induced Shallow Landslides of the Flow-Type

    Leonardo Cascini;Sabatino Cuomo;Manuel Pastor;Giuseppe Sorbino

  • Application of a SPH depth-integrated model to landslide run-out analysis

    M. Pastor;T. Blanc;B. Haddad;S. Petrone

  • Triangles and tetrahedra in explicit dynamic codes for solids

    O. C. Zienkiewicz;J. Rojek;R. L. Taylor;M. Pastor

  • Simple model for transient soil loading in earthquake analysis. I. Basic model and its application

    O. C. Zienkiewicz;K. H. Leung;M. Pastor

  • The soilmodels.info project

    Gerd Gudehus;Angelo Amorosi;Antonio Gens;Ivo Herle

  • A landslide forecasting model using ground based SAR data: The Portalet case study

    G. Herrera;J.A. Fernández-Merodo;J. Mulas;M. Pastor

  • Localization problems in plasticity using finite elements with adaptive remeshing

    O. C. Zienkiewicz;Maosong Huang;M. Pastor

  • SPH run-out modelling of channelised landslides of the flow type

    Leonardo Cascini;Sabatino Cuomo;Manuel Pastor;Giuseppe Sorbino

  • Depth Averaged Models for Fast Landslide Propagation: Mathematical, Rheological and Numerical Aspects

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  • Numerical study on the entrainment of bed material into rapid landslides

    Marina Pirulli;M. Pastor

  • Numerical modelling of the propagation of fast landslides using the finite element method

    M. Quecedo;M. Pastor;M. I. Herreros;J. A. Fernández Merodo

  • Numerical modelling of impulse wave generated by fast landslides

    M. Quecedo;M. Pastor;M. I. Herreros

  • Modelling the space–time evolution of bed entrainment for flow-like landslides

    Sabatino Cuomo;Manuel Pastor;Vittoria Capobianco;Leonardo Cascini

  • A two‐phase SPH model for debris flow propagation

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  • A new stabilized enhanced strain element with equal order of interpolation for soil consolidation problems

    P. Mira;M. Pastor;T. Li;X. Liu

  • Simple Approximation to Bottom Friction for Bingham Fluid Depth Integrated Models

    M. Pastor;M. Quecedo;E. González;M. I. Herreros

  • Modelling of fast catastrophic landslides and impulse waves induced by them in fjords, lakes and reservoirs

    M. Pastor;I. Herreros;I. Herreros;J.A. Fernández Merodo;J.A. Fernández Merodo;P. Mira

Frequent Co-Authors

O.C. Zienkiewicz
O.C. Zienkiewicz Swansea University
Gerardo Herrera
Gerardo Herrera Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
Guido Luzi
Guido Luzi University of Florence
Qiuhua Liang
Qiuhua Liang Loughborough University
David Palacios
David Palacios Complutense University of Madrid
Roberto Nova
Roberto Nova Polytechnic University of Milan
Michael F. Sheridan
Michael F. Sheridan University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Paolo Frattini
Paolo Frattini University of Milano-Bicocca
C.J. van Westen
C.J. van Westen University of Twente
Jean-Philippe Malet
Jean-Philippe Malet University of Strasbourg

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