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Researcher · Rio Tinto (Canada) · Canada

Francis Breton

Francis Breton publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties, Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties and Microstructure and mechanical properties.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,987,870
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#96,151
of 183,316
Works
36
Citations
357
Citations per work
9.9
h-index
10
i10-index 10Top 46% in Mechanical Engineering
Francis Breton

What does Francis Breton research?

Francis Breton's work is mostly in Engineering (64%), Materials Science (20%).

Physical Sciences: 30 works · 83.3% of their workEngineering: 23 works · 63.7% of their workMechanical Engineering: 10 works · 26.5% of their workAerospace Engineering: 8 works · 23.5% of their workMechanics of Materials: 2 works · 5.9% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 works · 3.9% of their workOcean Engineering: 1 works · 3.9% of their workMaterials Science: 7 works · 19.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 7 works · 19.6% of their workEverything else: 6 works · 16.7% of their workTHEIR WORKFrancis Breton36works
Physical Sciences83%

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. Engineering2363.7%
    2. Materials Science719.6%
  2. Everything else616.7%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering26% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering24% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry20% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials6% of their works
  5. 5Civil and Structural Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Ocean Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Francis Breton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Grain Refinement, Microstructural Evolution, Aerospace Applications, Aluminium Alloys, Metal Matrix Composites, Reinforcement and Nanocrystalline Materials.

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. Mechanical Properties352 topics
  2. Grain Refinement312 topics
  3. Microstructural Evolution262 topics
  4. Aerospace Applications211 topic
  5. Aluminium Alloys211 topic
  6. Metal Matrix Composites141 topic
  7. Reinforcement141 topic
  8. Nanocrystalline Materials101 topic
  9. Severe Plastic Deformation101 topic
  10. Dynamic Recrystallization51 topic
  11. Hot Deformation51 topic
  12. Metallurgy41 topic
  13. Phase-Field Models41 topic
  14. Solidification41 topic
  15. Thermochemical41 topic
  16. Oil and Gas31 topic
  17. Seismic31 topic
  18. Subsea31 topic
  19. Tunnel31 topic

Where does Francis Breton work?

Francis Breton's main affiliation in the publication record is Rio Tinto (Canada), Canada.

How many publications and citations does Francis Breton have?

OpenAlex counts 36 works and 357 citations for Francis Breton, an h-index of 10, ranking #2,987,870 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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