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Researcher · University of Naples Federico II · Italy

Carmen N. Branca

Carmen N. Branca publishes mostly in Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, on topics such as Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, Lignin and Wood Chemistry and Fire dynamics and safety research.

ORCID 0000-0003-0216-2428 OpenAlex
World rank
#246,962
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#5,900
of 242,206
Works
104
Citations
5.1k
Citations per work
49.4
h-index
40
i10-index 80Top 4.7% in Biomedical Engineering
Carmen N. Branca

What does Carmen N. Branca research?

Carmen N. Branca's work is mostly in Engineering (65%), Materials Science (21%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (2%).

Physical Sciences: 90 works · 86.2% of their workEngineering: 68 works · 65.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 52 works · 49.8% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 12 works · 11.9% of their workMechanical Engineering: 3 works · 3.3% of their workMaterials Science: 22 works · 21.2% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 15 works · 14.9% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 7 works · 6.3% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 12.1% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 1.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 1.7% of their workCell Biology: 2 works · 1.7% of their workTHEIR WORKCarmen N. Branca104works
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences86%

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. Engineering6865.0%
    2. Materials Science2221.2%
  2. Everything else1312.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.7%
  1. 1Biomedical Engineering50% of their works
  2. 2Polymers and Plastics15% of their works
  3. 3Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality12% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Cell Biology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Carmen N. Branca's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Lignocellulosic Biomass, Biomass, Pyrolysis, Catalytic Transformation, Lignin Valorization, Fire-Retardant Materials, Flame Retardant Polymers and Smoke Control.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Lignocellulosic Biomass902 topics
  2. Biomass841 topic
  3. Pyrolysis841 topic
  4. Catalytic Transformation521 topic
  5. Lignin Valorization521 topic
  6. Fire-Retardant Materials361 topic
  7. Flame Retardant Polymers361 topic
  8. Smoke Control361 topic
  9. Tunnel Fires361 topic
  10. Kinetic Analysis181 topic
  11. Thermal Decomposition181 topic
  12. Composites71 topic
  13. Natural Fibers71 topic
  14. Enzymatic Hydrolysis61 topic
  15. Pretreatment61 topic
  16. Cell Division41 topic
  17. Microtubules41 topic

Where does Carmen N. Branca work?

Carmen N. Branca's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Naples Federico II, Italy.

How many publications and citations does Carmen N. Branca have?

OpenAlex counts 104 works and 5,135 citations for Carmen N. Branca, an h-index of 40, ranking #246,962 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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