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Engineering and Technology

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46
Citations
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World Ranking
5145
National Ranking
153

Environmental Sciences

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45
Citations
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6377
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Umberto Arena 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 Umberto Arena sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 116 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Umberto Arena 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 Umberto Arena sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Umberto Arena is a researcher affiliated with the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" in Italy. Their work spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their research outputs include multiple studies addressing recycling and waste management techniques, municipal solid waste management, and thermochemical biomass conversion processes. Other specialized areas of interest cover catalysts for methane reforming, environmental impact and sustainability, microplastics and plastic pollution, and catalytic processes in materials science.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Umberto Arena include:

  • "Biogas-to-biomethane upgrading: A comparative review and assessment in a life cycle perspective," 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Application of LCA modelling in integrated waste management," 2020, Waste Management
  • "About the environmental sustainability of the European management of WEEE plastics," 2021, Waste Management
  • "Technical and environmental performances of alternative treatments for challenging plastics waste," 2022, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • "Co-gasification of plastics waste and biomass in a pilot scale fluidized bed reactor," 2023, Energy

Umberto Arena collaborates frequently with other researchers. Co-authors with multiple joint publications include:

  • Filomena Ardolino
  • Francesco Parrillo
  • Carmine Boccia
  • Gabriele Calì
  • Alberto Pettinau

Their works are often published in journals related to waste management, energy, and sustainable production. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Waste Management
  • Sustainable Production and Consumption
  • Energy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hepatology

Umberto Arena's research combines engineering principles with environmental science to address challenges in waste treatment, plastics recycling, and biomass fuel conversion. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in both the thematic focus of their publications and the diversity of journals where their work appears.

Best Publications

  • Process and technological aspects of municipal solid waste gasification. A review

    Umberto Arena

  • THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF ALTERNATIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS: A LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT STUDY

    U Arena;M.L Mastellone;F Perugini

  • A life cycle assessment of mechanical and feedstock recycling options for management of plastic packaging wastes

    Floriana Perugini;Maria Laura Mastellone;Umberto Arena

  • Life Cycle assessment of a plastic packaging recycling system

    Umberto Arena;Maria Laura Mastellone;Floriana Perugini

  • Fluidized bed gasification of waste-derived fuels.

    Umberto Arena;Lucio Zaccariello;Maria Laura Mastellone

  • Life cycle assessment of natural and mixed recycled aggregate production in Brazil

    Laís Peixoto Rosado;Pierluca Vitale;Carmenlucia Santos G. Penteado;Umberto Arena

  • Co-gasification of coal, plastic waste and wood in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor

    Maria Laura Mastellone;Lucio Zaccariello;Umberto Arena

  • Biowaste-to-biomethane or biowaste-to-energy? An LCA study on anaerobic digestion of organic waste

    Filomena Ardolino;Francesco Parrillo;Umberto Arena

  • Biogas-to-biomethane upgrading: A comparative review and assessment in a life cycle perspective

    F. Ardolino;G.F. Cardamone;F. Parrillo;U. Arena

  • A waste management planning based on substance flow analysis

    Umberto Arena;Fabrizio Di Gregorio

  • Tar removal during the fluidized bed gasification of plastic waste.

    Umberto Arena;Lucio Zaccariello;Maria Laura Mastellone

  • Life cycle assessment of the end-of-life phase of a residential building.

    Pierluca Vitale;Noemi Arena;Fabrizio Di Gregorio;Umberto Arena

  • Application of LCA modelling in integrated waste management

    Thomas Højlund Christensen;Anders Damgaard;J. Levis;Y. Zhao

  • Gasification of a solid recovered fuel in a pilot scale fluidized bed reactor

    Umberto Arena;Fabrizio Di Gregorio

  • Carbon attrition during the fluidized combustion of a coal

    U. Arena;M. D'Amore;L. Massimilla

  • A techno-economic comparison between two design configurations for a small scale, biomass-to-energy gasification based system

    U. Arena;F. Di Gregorio;M. Santonastasi

  • Biowaste-to-Biomethane: An LCA study on biogas and syngas roads.

    Filomena Ardolino;Umberto Arena

  • Energy generation by air gasification of two industrial plastic wastes in a pilot scale fluidized bed reactor

    Umberto Arena;Fabrizio Di Gregorio

  • Hot char-catalytic reforming of volatiles from MSW pyrolysis

    Na Wang;Dezhen Chen;Umberto Arena;Pinjing He

  • Fluidized bed pyrolysis of a recycled polyethylene

    M.L. Mastellone;F. Perugini;M. Ponte;U. Arena

  • A life cycle assessment of environmental performances of two combustion- and gasification-based waste-to-energy technologies.

    Umberto Arena;Filomena Ardolino;Fabrizio Di Gregorio

Frequent Co-Authors

Riccardo Chirone
Riccardo Chirone National Research Council (CNR)
Piero Salatino
Piero Salatino University of Naples Federico II
Morton A. Barlaz
Morton A. Barlaz North Carolina State University
Pinjing He
Pinjing He Tongji University
Thomas Fruergaard Astrup
Thomas Fruergaard Astrup Technical University of Denmark
Xiaohu Dai
Xiaohu Dai Tongji University
James F. White
James F. White Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Giovanni Camino
Giovanni Camino Polytechnic University of Turin
Jorge de Brito
Jorge de Brito Instituto Superior Técnico

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