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Researcher · Politecnico di Milano · Italy

C. Cercignani

C. Cercignani publishes mostly in Applied Mathematics, Computational Mechanics and Mathematical Physics, on topics such as Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory, Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics and Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering.

World rank
#57,600
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#1,523
of 65,712
Works
34
Citations
213
Citations per work
6.3

What does C. Cercignani research?

Applied Mathematics: 28.6%Computational Mechanics: 14.3%Mathematical Physics: 14.3%Biomedical Engineering: 9.5%other fields: 33.3%29%top field
Applied Mathematics28.6%Computational Mechanics14.3%Mathematical Physics14.3%Biomedical Engineering9.5%other fields33.3%

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

  1. 1Applied Mathematics29% of their works
  2. 2Computational Mechanics14% of their works
  3. 3Mathematical Physics14% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering10% of their works
  5. 5Statistical and Nonlinear Physics10% of their works
  6. 6Control and Systems Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe C. Cercignani's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Kinetic Theory, Boltzmann Equation, Rarefied Flows, Fluctuation Theorems, Nanoparticles, Porous Media, Stochastic Thermodynamics and Extraction.

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. Kinetic Theory72 topics
  2. Boltzmann Equation61 topic
  3. Rarefied Flows61 topic
  4. Fluctuation Theorems21 topic
  5. Nanoparticles22 topics
  6. Porous Media22 topics
  7. Stochastic Thermodynamics21 topic
  8. Extraction11 topic
  9. Heterogeneous11 topic
  10. Immersed Boundary Method11 topic
  11. Lattice Boltzmann Method11 topic
  12. Multiscale Methods11 topic
  13. Nanoscale Science11 topic
  14. Nanotechnology11 topic
  15. Supercritical Fluids11 topic
  16. Thermodiffusion11 topic
  17. Thermophoresis11 topic
  18. Turbulent Flows11 topic
  19. Vortex Dynamics11 topic

Where does C. Cercignani work?

C. Cercignani's main affiliation in the publication record is Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

How many publications and citations does C. Cercignani have?

Science Explorer counts 34 works and 213 citations for C. Cercignani, ranking #57,600 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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