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French Corrosion Institute

In research, French Corrosion Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,635 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry and Materials Science (Materials Chemistry is 12.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,888
of 22,385 · #22,993 all time
Rank in France
#508
of 517
Research works
522
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
8k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
French Corrosion Institute

What is French Corrosion Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #8,635 of 10,670 5.7%70 #8783

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where French Corrosion Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does French Corrosion Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 95% of research at French Corrosion Institute is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (43%), Materials Science (40%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 81 fractional works · 94.6% of its workEngineering: 37 fractional works · 43.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 15.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 34 fractional works · 39.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 24.2% of its workMetals and Alloys: 9 fractional works · 10.8% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNuclear Energy and Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFrench CorrosionInstitute86fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences95%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3743.1%
    2. Materials Science3439.9%
    3. Environmental Science55.8%
    4. Energy22.5%
    5. Chemistry11.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    9. Computer Science00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities21.8%
    2. Social Sciences00.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine11.0%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does French Corrosion Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 20.7 works12×
  2. Materials ScienceField · 34.2 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.76× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.87× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 11.44× its world share, 34 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 11.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science11.44×34 works
  2. Engineering2.87×37 works
  3. Energy2.76×2 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.85×1 works
  5. Environmental Science1.17×5 works
  6. Chemistry0.89×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.61×2 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×1 works
  9. Nursing0.26×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.23×0 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×0 works
  15. Medicine0.05×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.03×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at French Corrosion Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Dominique Thierry, Dan Persson and Martin Jönsson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is French Corrosion Institute.

  1. 1 Dominique Thierry France · #1,305,478 worldwide 18k citations · 461 works
  2. 2 Dan Persson France · #1,321,705 worldwide 2.7k citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Martin Jönsson France · #1,348,218 worldwide 1.1k citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Nathalie LeBozec France · #1,793,759 worldwide 1.4k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Z. Gao France · #1,912,842 worldwide 610 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Nathalie Le Bozec France · #2,505,323 worldwide 916 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Claes Taxén France · #2,588,400 worldwide 689 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Johan Becker France · #3,012,386 worldwide 146 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Fabienne Peltier France · #3,663,929 worldwide 345 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Andrej Nazarov France · #3,812,856 worldwide 2.1k citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at French Corrosion Institute

What are the most cited papers from French Corrosion Institute?

The most cited paper from French Corrosion Institute is "Dual-action smart coatings with a self-healing superhydrophobic surface and anti-corrosion properties" (Hongchang Qian, Dake Xu, Cuiwei Du et al., 2017), with 525 citations. Next come "Importance of Extracellular Polymeric Substances fromThiobacillus ferrooxidansfor Bioleaching" (439) and "Corrosion mechanism of model zinc–magnesium alloys in atmospheric conditions" (324).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dual-action smart coatings with a self-healing superhydrophobic surface and anti-corrosion properties Hongchang Qian, Dake Xu, Cuiwei Du et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry A Open access 2017 525
2 Importance of Extracellular Polymeric Substances fromThiobacillus ferrooxidansfor Bioleaching Tilman Gehrke, Judit Telegdi, Dominique Thierry et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology Open access Jul 1998 439
3 Corrosion mechanism of model zinc–magnesium alloys in atmospheric conditions Tomáš Prošek, Andrej Nazarov, Ulf Bexell et al. · Corrosion Science 16 Jun 2008 324
4 Evading strength-corrosion tradeoff in Mg alloys via dense ultrafine twins Changjian Yan, Yunchang Xin, Xiaobo Chen et al. · Nature Communications Open access 29 Jul 2021 310
5 Contribution to Adsorption of Aromatic Amines on Mild Steel Surface from HCl Solutions by Impedance, UV, and Raman Spectroscopy Gautam Banerjee, S.N. Malhotra · CORROSION 1992 261
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at French Corrosion Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Corrosion Inhibitors, Metal Corrosion, Corrosion Behavior, Pitting Corrosion and Grain Boundary Engineering.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties18▲ 22×19 topics
  2. Hydrogen Embrittlement13▲ 179×3 topics
  3. Molecular Dynamics Simulation12▲ 127×2 topics
  4. Corrosion Inhibitors12▲ 278×1 topic
  5. Metal Corrosion12▲ 278×1 topic
  6. Corrosion Behavior11▲ 155×2 topics
  7. Pitting Corrosion11▲ 241×2 topics
  8. Grain Boundary Engineering10▲ 172×2 topics
  9. Corrosion9▲ 89×5 topics
  10. Passive Films9▲ 320×1 topic
  11. Stainless Steels9▲ 320×1 topic
  12. Environmental Impact6▲ 4.1×15 topics
  13. Chloride-induced5▲ 132×1 topic
  14. Reinforced Concrete5▲ 79×1 topic
  15. Defect Detection5▲ 45×2 topics
  16. Material Characterization5▲ 48×2 topics
  17. Machine Learning4▲ 1.58×3 topics
  18. Microstructure4▲ 9.5×10 topics
  19. Eddy Current Testing4▲ 119×1 topic
  20. Non-Destructive Evaluation4▲ 119×1 topic
  21. Nanoparticles3▲ 2.9×14 topics
  22. Fracture Mechanics3▲ 56×2 topics
  23. Renewable Energy3▲ 2.3×5 topics
  24. Microstructural Evolution3▲ 23×3 topics
  25. Energy Storage2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  26. Gas Pipeline2▲ 205×1 topic
  27. Material Degradation2▲ 205×1 topic
  28. Aerospace Applications2▲ 28×3 topics
  29. Grain Refinement2▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Renewable Resources2▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Pipeline2▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Recycling2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  34. Corrosion Resistance2▲ 32×3 topics
  35. Gas Turbine Engines2▲ 44×2 topics
  36. Carbon Nanotubes2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  37. Non-Destructive Testing2▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Oxidation Resistance2▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Composite Materials2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  40. Material Properties2▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does French Corrosion Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition, Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals, Concrete Corrosion and Durability and Non-Destructive Testing Techniques.

Corrosion Behavior and I…12Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 12 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement a…9Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 9 fractional worksConcrete Corrosion and D…5Concrete Corrosion and Durability: 5 fractional worksNon-Destructive Testing …4Non-Destructive Testing Techniques: 4 fractional worksMaterial Properties and Failure Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksAluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties: 2 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 2 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 1 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and Technologies: 1 fractional worksHigh-Temperature Coating Behaviors: 1 fractional works
Materials ChemistryMetals and AlloysCivil and Structural EngineeringMechanical Engineering3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 12 works
  2. 2 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 9 works
  3. 3 Concrete Corrosion and Durability Civil and Structural Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Non-Destructive Testing Techniques Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms Materials Chemistry 2 works
  6. 6 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 1 works
  9. 9 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 High-Temperature Coating Behaviors Aerospace Engineering 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available27.6%not open72.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.0%domestic only61.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has French Corrosion Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is French Corrosion Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%French Corrosion Institute0.00032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of French Corrosion Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2023French Corrosion Institute2.1% in 20232020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.9% in 2016.

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