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Researcher · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · France

Alain Dufresne

Alain Dufresne publishes mostly in Biomaterials, Polymers and Plastics and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Advanced Cellulose Research Studies, Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

ORCID 0000-0001-8181-1849 OpenAlex
World rank
#29,357
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#4,012
of 324,115
Works
622
Citations
69k
Citations per work
111.0
h-index
137
i10-index 344Top 0.1% in Biomaterials
Alain Dufresne

What does Alain Dufresne research?

Alain Dufresne's work is mostly in Materials Science (59%), Engineering (8%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%).

Physical Sciences: 419 works · 67.4% of their workMaterials Science: 369 works · 59.4% of their workBiomaterials: 280 works · 45.0% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 90 works · 14.4% of their workEngineering: 50 works · 8.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 50 works · 8.0% of their workEverything else: 139 works · 22.3% of their workLife Sciences: 47 works · 7.5% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 47 works · 7.5% of their workPlant Science: 31 works · 5.0% of their workFood Science: 16 works · 2.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 17 works · 2.8% of their workNursing: 17 works · 2.8% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 17 works · 2.8% of their workTHEIR WORKAlain Dufresne622works
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences67%Health Sciences3%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science36959.4%
    2. Engineering508.0%
  2. Everything else13922.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences477.5%
    1. Nursing172.8%
  1. 1Biomaterials45% of their works
  2. 2Polymers and Plastics14% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering8% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science5% of their works
  5. 5Nutrition and Dietetics3% of their works
  6. 6Food Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alain Dufresne's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biomedical Applications, Nanocomposites, Cellulose Nanocrystals, Nanocellulose, Biodegradable Polymers, Tissue Engineering, Chitin and Chitosan.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Biomedical Applications7335 topics
  2. Nanocomposites4094 topics
  3. Cellulose Nanocrystals3261 topic
  4. Nanocellulose3261 topic
  5. Biodegradable Polymers3052 topics
  6. Tissue Engineering2212 topics
  7. Chitin1641 topic
  8. Chitosan1641 topic
  9. Polyhydroxyalkanoates1411 topic
  10. Polylactic Acid1411 topic
  11. Composites1131 topic
  12. Natural Fibers1131 topic
  13. Electrospinning571 topic
  14. Nanofibers571 topic
  15. Catalytic Transformation541 topic
  16. Lignin Valorization541 topic
  17. Layered Silicate471 topic
  18. Polymer471 topic
  19. Hemicelluloses451 topic
  20. Pectin451 topic

Where does Alain Dufresne work?

Alain Dufresne's main affiliation in the publication record is Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France.

How many publications and citations does Alain Dufresne have?

OpenAlex counts 622 works and 69,069 citations for Alain Dufresne, an h-index of 137, ranking #29,357 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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