Fernando Pacheco Torgal

Principal Investigator at C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, holding the title of Counsellor (Top 0.5%) from the Portuguese Engineers Association. He authored over 300 publications, with almost 190 already indexed in Scopus (and by 2029, his retirement year, it will have more than 200 indexed publications) His publications, have garnered nearly 900.000 views or downloads and by 2029, this figure is expected to soar to almost 2 million.

He has been cited by Highly Cited authors (SCI h-index>60) in journals such as Nature Reviews Mat. (IF=83), Nature Energy (IF=67), Progress in Mater. Science (IF=37) and Nature Climate Change (IF=28). In the last five years, his Scopus h-index has increased by more than 50%, with citations experiencing an almost 100% rise. His cumulative Scopus citations stand at 10.129 (h-index=49).

His h-index on Scopus is estimated to reach 60 by 2029. Predicted Scopus citations for the year 2029 are expected to reach approximately 15.000, with current metrics showing over 11.000 MR and an h-index of 51. With a Platinum SCI-h of 190, he stands among the Top 10 Platinum SCI h-index holders globally in the field of construction and building materials. He has a K-index SCI of 204. In the last five years his K-index has increased by 150%. Holds the highest ratio K-index per year in the field of Civil Engineering in Portugal.

Recognized as a Scopus Highly Cited Scientist-SHCS (Top 0.5%) by Stanford University ranking in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. In 2017, he made it to the shortlist for a Full Professor position at Uppsala University but he decided not to participate in the final selection process. In 2021 he declined an invitation to become professor in a Saudi University. In 2022 he was invited (twice) to become professor and research centre director at a UK university. He declined that invitation.

Holder of the Top Peer Reviewer badge since 2015 (Web of Science), he has conducted comprehensive evaluations of 1,829 scientific papers—1,605 pre-publication and 224 post-publication

He serves on the editorial boards of nine international journals. His latest editorial role is with "Case Studies in Construction Materials" (IF=6.2) since the start of 2023. Over the last decade, he has participated in editorial decisions for 707 papers. Projections indicate that by 2029, he will have edited almost 1000 papers.

He served as a grant assessor for scientific institutions in 15 countries, UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Chile, Saudi Arabia, UA.Emirates, Croatia, Poland and also the EU Commission. Over the past decade, he has reviewed close to 90 research proposals, predominantly for the European Commission.

He acted as a Foreign Expert in the assessment of 41 PhD theses in the last decade. Projections for 2029 anticipate the evaluation of nearly 70 PhD theses. Additionally, he has been an integral part of the Scientific Committees of almost 60 conferences, mostly in Asian countries.

Lead Editor of 33 international books. Some of these books are available in the libraries of Harvard University, MIT, Stanford University and others. By 2029 he will have edited almost 40 books.

His initial blog attracted one million visitors within its first two years, hailing from nearly one hundred countries. The subsequent blog extended its reach to 160 countries. Analyzing ratios (visitors per million inhabitants per country), Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, Ireland, Austria, and Switzerland rank as the top six countries with the highest ratios.