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Researcher · Politecnico di Milano · Italy

Carlo Cercignani

Carlo Cercignani publishes mostly in Computational Mechanics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Applied Mathematics, on topics such as Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows.

World rank
#121,252
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#3,451
of 65,712
Works
61
Citations
293
Citations per work
4.8

What does Carlo Cercignani research?

Computational Mechanics: 19.7%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 18.2%Applied Mathematics: 13.6%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9.1%other fields: 39.4%20%top field
Computational Mechanics19.7%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics18.2%Applied Mathematics13.6%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics9.1%other fields39.4%

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

  1. 1Computational Mechanics20% of their works
  2. 2Statistical and Nonlinear Physics18% of their works
  3. 3Applied Mathematics14% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics9% of their works
  5. 5Ocean Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Carlo Cercignani's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Kinetic Theory, Fluctuation Theorems, Stochastic Thermodynamics, Boltzmann Equation, Rarefied Flows, Multiphase Flow, Turbulent Flows and Vortex Dynamics.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Kinetic Theory122 topics
  2. Fluctuation Theorems101 topic
  3. Stochastic Thermodynamics101 topic
  4. Boltzmann Equation91 topic
  5. Rarefied Flows91 topic
  6. Multiphase Flow62 topics
  7. Turbulent Flows51 topic
  8. Vortex Dynamics51 topic
  9. Bell Inequality31 topic
  10. Decoherence31 topic
  11. Immersed Boundary Method31 topic
  12. Lattice Boltzmann Method31 topic
  13. Particles31 topic
  14. Turbulence31 topic
  15. Extraction21 topic
  16. Graphene21 topic
  17. Supercritical Fluids21 topic
  18. Thermal Conductivity21 topic

Where does Carlo Cercignani work?

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

How many publications and citations does Carlo Cercignani have?

Science Explorer counts 61 works and 293 citations for Carlo Cercignani, ranking #121,252 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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