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Mircea Sofonea

Mircea Sofonea publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Control and Systems Engineering, on topics such as Contact Mechanics and Variational Inequalities, Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions.

World rank
#542,147
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#32,886
of 96,116
Works
104
Citations
301
Citations per work
2.9

What does Mircea Sofonea research?

Mechanics of Materials: 44.4%Computational Theory and Mathematics: 28.4%Control and Systems Engineering: 5.6%Biomedical Engineering: 5.6%other fields: 16.0%44%top field
Mechanics of Materials44.4%Computational Theory and Mathematics28.4%Control and Systems Engineering5.6%Biomedical Engineering5.6%other fields16.0%

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

  1. 1Mechanics of Materials44% of their works
  2. 2Computational Theory and Mathematics28% of their works
  3. 3Control and Systems Engineering6% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Automotive Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Mircea Sofonea's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Friction, Nonlinear Dynamics, Contact, Variational Inequalities, Finite Element Simulation, Fretting Wear, Adhesion and Gecko.

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. Friction592 topics
  2. Nonlinear Dynamics512 topics
  3. Contact441 topic
  4. Variational Inequalities441 topic
  5. Finite Element Simulation391 topic
  6. Fretting Wear391 topic
  7. Adhesion151 topic
  8. Gecko151 topic
  9. Arterial Biomechanics91 topic
  10. Hyperelastic Modeling91 topic
  11. Fracture81 topic
  12. Meshless Methods81 topic
  13. Gear Dynamics71 topic
  14. Mesh Stiffness71 topic
  15. Flexible Manipulators61 topic
  16. Multibody Dynamics61 topic
  17. Automotive Brake41 topic
  18. Friction Materials41 topic

Where does Mircea Sofonea work?

Mircea Sofonea's main affiliation in the publication record is Université de Perpignan, France.

How many publications and citations does Mircea Sofonea have?

Science Explorer counts 104 works and 301 citations for Mircea Sofonea, ranking #542,147 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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