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Researcher · Sorbonne Université · France

Olivier Bénichou

Olivier Bénichou publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Mathematical Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, on topics such as Diffusion and Search Dynamics, Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics and Theoretical and Computational Physics.

ORCID 0000-0002-6749-2391 OpenAlex
World rank
#156,687
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#10,933
of 324,115
Works
299
Citations
12k
Citations per work
39.7
h-index
58
i10-index 152Top 2.3% in Molecular Biology
Olivier Bénichou

What does Olivier Bénichou research?

Olivier Bénichou's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (30%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (24%), Mathematics (15%).

Physical Sciences: 146 works · 48.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 89 works · 29.8% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 44 works · 14.6% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 34 works · 11.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 works · 3.7% of their workMathematics: 44 works · 14.7% of their workMathematical Physics: 44 works · 14.7% of their workMaterials Science: 13 works · 4.2% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 13 works · 4.2% of their workEverything else: 83 works · 27.8% of their workLife Sciences: 70 works · 23.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 70 works · 23.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 70 works · 23.5% of their workTHEIR WORKOlivier Bénichou299works
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences49%

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. Physics and Astronomy8929.8%
    2. Mathematics4414.7%
    3. Materials Science134.2%
  2. Everything else8327.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7023.5%
  1. 1Molecular Biology24% of their works
  2. 2Mathematical Physics15% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics15% of their works
  4. 4Condensed Matter Physics12% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Olivier Bénichou's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Facilitated Diffusion, Protein-DNA Interaction, Interacting Particle Systems, Scaling Limits, Critical Phenomena, Phase Transitions, Brownian Motors and Stochastic Resonance.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Facilitated Diffusion1541 topic
  2. Protein-DNA Interaction1541 topic
  3. Interacting Particle Systems1201 topic
  4. Scaling Limits1201 topic
  5. Critical Phenomena781 topic
  6. Phase Transitions781 topic
  7. Brownian Motors591 topic
  8. Stochastic Resonance591 topic
  9. Fluctuation Theorems381 topic
  10. Stochastic Thermodynamics381 topic
  11. Glass Transition301 topic
  12. Supercooled Liquids301 topic
  13. Hydrodynamics181 topic
  14. Micro/Nanomotors181 topic
  15. Photosynthesis151 topic
  16. Quantum Coherence151 topic

Where does Olivier Bénichou work?

Olivier Bénichou's main affiliation in the publication record is Sorbonne Université, France.

How many publications and citations does Olivier Bénichou have?

OpenAlex counts 299 works and 11,871 citations for Olivier Bénichou, an h-index of 58, ranking #156,687 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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