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Researcher · University of French Polynesia · French Polynesia

Franck Lucas

Franck Lucas publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Building and Construction and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, on topics such as Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies.

ORCID 0009-0009-5259-1328 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,484,119
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in French Polynesia
#79
of 203
Works
89
Citations
695
Citations per work
7.8
h-index
14
i10-index 17Top 28% in Mechanical Engineering
Franck Lucas

What does Franck Lucas research?

Franck Lucas's work is mostly in Engineering (48%), Energy (12%), Environmental Science (9%).

Physical Sciences: 64 works · 72.3% of their workEngineering: 43 works · 48.2% of their workMechanical Engineering: 23 works · 26.3% of their workBuilding and Construction: 15 works · 17.1% of their workAerospace Engineering: 4 works · 4.8% of their workEnergy: 11 works · 12.3% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 works · 12.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 8 works · 9.2% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 works · 9.2% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 works · 2.6% of their workOceanography: 2 works · 2.6% of their workEverything else: 25 works · 27.7% of their workTHEIR WORKFranck Lucas89works
Physical Sciences72%

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. Engineering4348.2%
    2. Energy1112.3%
    3. Environmental Science89.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.6%
  2. Everything else2527.7%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering26% of their works
  2. 2Building and Construction17% of their works
  3. 3Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment12% of their works
  4. 4Environmental Engineering9% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Franck Lucas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Energy Efficiency, Building Energy Consumption, Thermal Comfort, Thermodynamic Analysis, Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology, Solar Thermal Collectors, Ejectors and Refrigerants.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Energy Efficiency482 topics
  2. Building Energy Consumption321 topic
  3. Thermal Comfort321 topic
  4. Thermodynamic Analysis292 topics
  5. Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology191 topic
  6. Solar Thermal Collectors191 topic
  7. Ejectors161 topic
  8. Refrigerants161 topic
  9. Adsorption Refrigeration131 topic
  10. CFD Simulation131 topic
  11. Organic Rankine Cycle131 topic
  12. Thermochemical Heat Storage131 topic
  13. Urban Microclimate131 topic
  14. Waste Heat Recovery131 topic
  15. Cryogenic Storage91 topic
  16. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)91 topic
  17. Solar Chimneys71 topic
  18. Trombe Walls71 topic

Where does Franck Lucas work?

Franck Lucas's main affiliation in the publication record is University of French Polynesia, French Polynesia.

How many publications and citations does Franck Lucas have?

OpenAlex counts 89 works and 695 citations for Franck Lucas, an h-index of 14, ranking #3,484,119 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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