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Researcher · UCLouvain · Belgium

Olivier Smal

Olivier Smal publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications, Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies and Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques.

ORCID 0009-0002-4495-6648 OpenAlex
World rank
#7,334,394
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#63,436
of 67,186
Works
28
Citations
106
Citations per work
3.8
h-index
5
i10-index 3Top 81% in Mechanical Engineering
Olivier Smal

What does Olivier Smal research?

Olivier Smal's work is mostly in Engineering (75%), Computer Science (3%).

Physical Sciences: 22 works · 77.8% of their workEngineering: 21 works · 75.0% of their workMechanical Engineering: 7 works · 26.4% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 6 works · 20.8% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 works · 19.4% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 works · 4.2% of their workMechanics of Materials: 1 works · 4.2% of their workComputer Science: 1 works · 2.8% of their workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 works · 2.8% of their workEverything else: 6 works · 22.2% of their workTHEIR WORKOlivier Smal28works
Physical Sciences78%

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. Engineering2175.0%
    2. Computer Science12.8%
  2. Everything else622.2%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering26% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering21% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering19% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials4% of their works
  5. 5Control and Systems Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Computer Networks and Communications3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Olivier Smal's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Lab-on-a-Chip, Actuators, Biomedical Research, Poly(dimethylsiloxane), Dielectrophoresis, Microfluidics, MEMS and Silicon.

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. Lab-on-a-Chip173 topics
  2. Actuators112 topics
  3. Biomedical Research91 topic
  4. Poly(dimethylsiloxane)91 topic
  5. Dielectrophoresis82 topics
  6. Microfluidics82 topics
  7. MEMS71 topic
  8. Silicon71 topic
  9. Dimensional Metrology51 topic
  10. Error Compensation51 topic
  11. Acoustic Manipulation41 topic
  12. Control41 topic
  13. Digital Microfluidics41 topic
  14. Electrowetting41 topic
  15. Hydraulic Systems41 topic
  16. Laser Surface Texturing41 topic
  17. Particle Separation41 topic
  18. Tribological Performance41 topic
  19. Electrical Discharge Machining31 topic
  20. Micromachining31 topic

Where does Olivier Smal work?

Olivier Smal's main affiliation in the publication record is UCLouvain, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Olivier Smal have?

OpenAlex counts 28 works and 106 citations for Olivier Smal, an h-index of 5, ranking #7,334,394 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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