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Researcher · KU Leuven · Belgium

Ignace Verpoest

Ignace Verpoest publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics, on topics such as Mechanical Behavior of Composites, Textile materials and evaluations and Fiber-reinforced polymer composites.

World rank
#39,907
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#313
of 18,604
Works
286
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
5.9

What does Ignace Verpoest research?

Mechanics of Materials: 22.3%Mechanical Engineering: 19.7%Polymers and Plastics: 19.7%Civil and Structural Engineering: 5.8%other fields: 32.5%22%top field
Mechanics of Materials22.3%Mechanical Engineering19.7%Polymers and Plastics19.7%Civil and Structural Engineering5.8%other fields32.5%

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

  1. 1Mechanics of Materials22% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering20% of their works
  3. 3Polymers and Plastics20% of their works
  4. 4Civil and Structural Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5General Materials Science6% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ignace Verpoest's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adhesive Joints, Fracture Mechanics, Mechanical Properties, Cohesive Zone Models, Delamination, Moisture Management, Thermal Properties and Environmental Impact.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Adhesive Joints672 topics
  2. Fracture Mechanics652 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties554 topics
  4. Cohesive Zone Models501 topic
  5. Delamination501 topic
  6. Moisture Management381 topic
  7. Thermal Properties381 topic
  8. Environmental Impact342 topics
  9. Carbon Fiber181 topic
  10. Recycling181 topic
  11. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics171 topic
  12. Polymer Composite Materials171 topic
  13. Composites161 topic
  14. Natural Fibers161 topic
  15. Laminated Glass151 topic
  16. Structural Adhesives151 topic
  17. Form-Finding121 topic
  18. Tensegrity121 topic
  19. Epoxy Resins91 topic
  20. Polybenzoxazines91 topic

Where does Ignace Verpoest work?

Ignace Verpoest's main affiliation in the publication record is KU Leuven, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Ignace Verpoest have?

Science Explorer counts 286 works and 1,697 citations for Ignace Verpoest, ranking #39,907 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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