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Researcher · Collège de France · France

Pierre Gilles de Gennes

Pierre Gilles de Gennes publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Condensed Matter Physics, on topics such as Material Dynamics and Properties, Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies and Liquid Crystal Research Advancements.

OpenAlex
World rank
#7,579
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#1,819
of 324,115
Works
424
Citations
97k
Citations per work
228.6
h-index
112
i10-index 277Top 0.1% in Materials Chemistry
Pierre Gilles de Gennes

What does Pierre Gilles de Gennes research?

Pierre Gilles de Gennes's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (16%), Materials Science (16%), Engineering (8%).

Everything else: 228 works · 53.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 196 works · 46.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 69 works · 16.2% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 34 works · 8.1% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 34 works · 8.1% of their workMaterials Science: 69 works · 16.2% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 44 works · 10.3% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 25 works · 5.9% of their workEngineering: 33 works · 7.8% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 33 works · 7.8% of their workChemical Engineering: 25 works · 6.0% of their workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 25 works · 6.0% of their workTHEIR WORKPierre Gilles deGennes424works
Physical Sciences46%

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. Everything else22853.8%
    1. Physics and Astronomy6916.2%
    2. Materials Science6916.2%
    3. Engineering337.8%
    4. Chemical Engineering256.0%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  3. 3Condensed Matter Physics8% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes6% of their works
  6. 6Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Pierre Gilles de Gennes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Viscoelasticity, Nanoparticles, Glass Transition, Supercooled Liquids, Complex Fluids, Rheology, Monte Carlo Simulation and Liquid Crystals.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Viscoelasticity882 topics
  2. Nanoparticles742 topics
  3. Glass Transition651 topic
  4. Supercooled Liquids651 topic
  5. Complex Fluids641 topic
  6. Rheology641 topic
  7. Monte Carlo Simulation592 topics
  8. Liquid Crystals471 topic
  9. Self-Organization471 topic
  10. Critical Phenomena321 topic
  11. Phase Transitions321 topic
  12. Cuprate Superconductors291 topic
  13. High-Temperature Superconductivity291 topic
  14. Bioinspired Design271 topic
  15. Extraction271 topic
  16. Supercritical Fluids271 topic
  17. Superhydrophobic Surfaces271 topic
  18. Micelles241 topic
  19. Surfactants241 topic

Where does Pierre Gilles de Gennes work?

Pierre Gilles de Gennes's main affiliation in the publication record is Collège de France, France.

How many publications and citations does Pierre Gilles de Gennes have?

OpenAlex counts 424 works and 96,911 citations for Pierre Gilles de Gennes, an h-index of 112, ranking #7,579 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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