Maria Castro

About Maria Castro

Maria Castro, With an exceptional h-index of 20 and a recent h-index of 17 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, specializes in the field of road, geometric design, pavements, remote sensing, bridges.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Validation of a driving simulator for speed research on two-lane rural roads

Impact on driver behaviour of guardrails of different height in horizontal-vertical coordinated road scenarios with a limited available sight distance

Modeling urban road scenarios to evaluate intersection visibility

Spatial analysis of road crash frequency using Bayesian models with Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation (INLA)

3D modeling of highway guardrails for sight distance assessment

Risk-based calibration of road sag vertical curve design guidelines on undivided highways

Assessment of intersection conflicts between riders and pedestrians using a GIS-based framework and portable LiDAR

Driver glare exposure with different vehicle frontlighting systems

Maria Castro Information

University

Position

E.T.S.I. Caminos (UPM)

Citations(all)

1336

Citations(since 2020)

702

Cited By

913

hIndex(all)

20

hIndex(since 2020)

17

i10Index(all)

35

i10Index(since 2020)

25

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Maria Castro Skills & Research Interests

road

geometric design

pavements

remote sensing

bridges

Top articles of Maria Castro

Validation of a driving simulator for speed research on two-lane rural roads

Transportation research procedia

2023/1/1

Impact on driver behaviour of guardrails of different height in horizontal-vertical coordinated road scenarios with a limited available sight distance

Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour

2022/1/1

Modeling urban road scenarios to evaluate intersection visibility

Sustainability

2021/12/29

Spatial analysis of road crash frequency using Bayesian models with Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation (INLA)

Journal of Transportation Safety & Security

2021/11/2

3D modeling of highway guardrails for sight distance assessment

Journal of transportation engineering, Part A: Systems

2021/11/1

Risk-based calibration of road sag vertical curve design guidelines on undivided highways

Journal of transportation engineering, Part A: Systems

2021/10/1

Francesco Bella
Francesco Bella

H-Index: 15

Maria Castro
Maria Castro

H-Index: 14

Assessment of intersection conflicts between riders and pedestrians using a GIS-based framework and portable LiDAR

GIScience & Remote Sensing

2021/5/19

Driver glare exposure with different vehicle frontlighting systems

Journal of safety research

2021/2/1

César De Santos-Berbel
César De Santos-Berbel

H-Index: 7

Maria Castro
Maria Castro

H-Index: 14

Assessing sim racing software for low-cost driving simulator to road geometric research

Transportation research procedia

2021/1/1

Effect of vehicle swiveling headlamps and highway geometric design on nighttime sight distance

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

2020/4/1

César De Santos-Berbel
César De Santos-Berbel

H-Index: 7

Maria Castro
Maria Castro

H-Index: 14

Reliability-based safety evaluation of headlight sight distance applied to road sag curve standards

IEEE Access

2020/2/28

A combined approach to address road traffic crashes beyond cities: hot zone identification and countermeasures in Indonesia

Sustainability

2020/2/28

Maria Castro
Maria Castro

H-Index: 14

Analysis of sight distances at urban intersections from a vulnerable users’ approach: A case study

Transportation research procedia

2020/1/1

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