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LafargeHolcim (Switzerland)

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Research works
4
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
209
52.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
LafargeHolcim (Switzerland)

Not ranked overall: LafargeHolcim (Switzerland) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does LafargeHolcim (Switzerland) work in?

In all years, 88% of research at LafargeHolcim (Switzerland) is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (70%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 87.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 70.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 12.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 12.5% of its workALL ITS WORKLafargeHolcim(Switzerland)4fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences88%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 2 domains and 4 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering370.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences010.0%
    3. Materials Science07.5%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting012.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What are the most cited papers from LafargeHolcim (Switzerland)?

The most cited paper from LafargeHolcim (Switzerland) is "A new model for the C-S-H phase formed during the hydration of Portland cements" (Ellis M. Gartner, Ippei Maruyama, Jeffrey Y. Chen, 2017), with 214 citations. Next come "Impact of NaOH and Na2SO4 on the kinetics and microstructural development of white cement hydration" (179) and "Physicochemical and mineralogical characterization of biomass ash from different power plants in the Upper Rhine Region" (62).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A new model for the C-S-H phase formed during the hydration of Portland cements Ellis M. Gartner, Ippei Maruyama, Jeffrey Y. Chen · Cement and Concrete Research Open access 7 Apr 2017 214
2 Impact of NaOH and Na2SO4 on the kinetics and microstructural development of white cement hydration Berta Mota, Thomas Matschei, Karen Louise Scrivener · Cement and Concrete Research Open access 16 Apr 2018 179
3 Physicochemical and mineralogical characterization of biomass ash from different power plants in the Upper Rhine Region Christoph Maschowski, Peter Kruspan, Patxi Garra et al. · Fuel Open access 9 Sep 2019 62
4 Impact of sodium gluconate on white cement-slag systems with Na2SO4 Berta Mota, Thomas Matschei, Karen Louise Scrivener · Cement and Concrete Research Open access 7 May 2019 61
5 Duality between Creep and Relaxation of a Cement Paste at Different Levels of Relative Humidity: Characterization by Microindentation and Analytical Modeling Zhao Chen, Luca Sorelli, Jessy Frech-Baronet et al. · Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics Open access 20 Oct 2017 18
All 7 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does LafargeHolcim (Switzerland) publish most on?

By volume: Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Innovative concrete reinforcement materials, Concrete Properties and Behavior and Corporate Governance and Management.

Concrete and Cement Mate…1Concrete and Cement Materials Research: 1 fractional worksInnovative concrete reinforcement materials: 1 fractional worksConcrete Properties and Behavior: 1 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…0Corporate Governance and Management: 0 fractional worksRecycling and utilizatio…0Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production: 0 fractional worksBuilding materials and conservation: 0 fractional worksMagnesium Oxide Properties and Applications: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringStrategy and ManagementBuilding and ConstructionEarth-Surface Processes1 others

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

  1. 1 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Concrete Properties and Behavior Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 0 works
  5. 5 Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production Building and Construction 0 works
  6. 6 Building materials and conservation Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  7. 7 Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications Materials Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Coal and Its By-products Geochemistry and Petrology 0 works
  9. 9 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes Biomedical Engineering 0 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 available53.9%not open46.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has LafargeHolcim (Switzerland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

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