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Alain Bourmaud

Alain Bourmaud publishes mostly in Polymers and Plastics, Biomaterials and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties and Textile materials and evaluations.

World rank
#119,377
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#6,190
of 96,116
Works
78
Citations
530
Citations per work
6.8

What does Alain Bourmaud research?

Polymers and Plastics: 42.3%Biomaterials: 18.6%Mechanical Engineering: 9.3%Mechanics of Materials: 6.2%other fields: 23.6%42%top field
Polymers and Plastics42.3%Biomaterials18.6%Mechanical Engineering9.3%Mechanics of Materials6.2%other fields23.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Polymers and Plastics42% of their works
  2. 2Biomaterials19% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials6% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science4% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alain Bourmaud's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Composites, Natural Fibers, Biomedical Applications, Nanocomposites, Biodegradable Polymers, Polyhydroxyalkanoates, Polylactic Acid and Moisture Management.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Composites261 topic
  2. Natural Fibers261 topic
  3. Biomedical Applications173 topics
  4. Nanocomposites153 topics
  5. Biodegradable Polymers112 topics
  6. Polyhydroxyalkanoates81 topic
  7. Polylactic Acid81 topic
  8. Moisture Management71 topic
  9. Thermal Properties71 topic
  10. Cellulose Nanocrystals61 topic
  11. Nanocellulose61 topic
  12. Composite Springs51 topic
  13. Vehicle Suspension51 topic
  14. Layered Silicate41 topic
  15. Polymer41 topic
  16. Chitin31 topic
  17. Chitosan31 topic
  18. Livestock Farming31 topic
  19. Sustainability31 topic

Where does Alain Bourmaud work?

Alain Bourmaud's main affiliation in the publication record is Université de Bretagne Sud, France.

How many publications and citations does Alain Bourmaud have?

Science Explorer counts 78 works and 530 citations for Alain Bourmaud, ranking #119,377 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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