Alain Bourmaud

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
174 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Alain Bourmaud is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Biomaterials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Bourmaud has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 160 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 83 papers in Biomaterials and 69 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alain Bourmaud's work include Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (145 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (50 papers) and Textile materials and evaluations (35 papers). Alain Bourmaud is often cited by papers focused on Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (145 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (50 papers) and Textile materials and evaluations (35 papers). Alain Bourmaud collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Algeria. Alain Bourmaud's co-authors include Christophe Baley, Antoine Le Duigou, Johnny Beaugrand, Peter Davies, Darshil U. Shah, Anaële Lefeuvre, Vincent Placet, Camille Goudenhooft, Isabelle Pillin and Yves Grohens and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Carbohydrate Polymers and Progress in Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

Alain Bourmaud

170 papers receiving 7.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Towards the design of high-performance plant fibre composites

2018 336 citations Alain Bourmaud, Johnny Beaugrand et al. Progress in Materials Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alain Bourmaud France	52	5.7k	3.1k	2.1k	1.1k	1.0k	174	7.3k
Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai India	44	5.3k 0.9×	3.5k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	734 0.7×	177	8.3k
E.S. Zainudin Malaysia	53	6.2k 1.1×	3.8k 1.2×	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.7×	877 0.9×	221	9.0k
N. Saba Malaysia	43	5.5k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	624 0.6×	84	7.2k
Christophe Baley France	59	8.1k 1.4×	3.6k 1.2×	3.4k 1.6×	2.1k 2.0×	1.2k 1.2×	177	9.9k
Maya Jacob John South Africa	35	5.4k 0.9×	4.7k 1.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	691 0.7×	81	8.2k
M. R. M. Asyraf Malaysia	40	3.6k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	962 0.9×	812 0.8×	128	6.0k
N. Rajini India	42	3.8k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	592 0.6×	205	5.6k
M. Ramesh India	41	4.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	683 0.7×	96	5.4k
P.J. Herrera‐Franco Mexico	31	3.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	518 0.5×	93	5.6k
Hom Nath Dhakal United Kingdom	44	4.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	2.3k 2.2×	695 0.7×	159	6.9k

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Brosse, Nicolas, et al.. (2025). Flax for composite reinforcement: Impact of middle lamella degradation on flax fibre bundle mechanical properties. Composites Part C Open Access. 18. 100678–100678.

Goudenhooft, Camille, et al.. (2025). Impact of flax fibre kink-bands on local longitudinal mechanical properties and cell wall ultrastructure. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 191. 108754–108754. 2 indexed citations

Bonnin, Estelle, Xavier Gabrion, Camille Alvarado, et al.. (2025). Biodegradability of tomato stem-reinforced composites: Towards a virtuous approach to local and circular waste upcycling. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 10. 100136–100136.

Beaugrand, Johnny, Alessia Melelli, Mario Scheel, et al.. (2025). Hierarchical Modeling of Archaeological and Modern Flax Fiber: From Micro- to Macroscale. Fibers. 13(6). 76–76. 1 indexed citations

Melelli, Alessia, Camille Goudenhooft, Sylvie Durand, et al.. (2024). Revealing degradation mechanisms of archaeological flax textiles through the evolution of fibres’ parietal polymers by synchrotron deep-UV fluorescence. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 226. 110826–110826. 6 indexed citations

Durand, Sylvie, et al.. (2024). A multicriteria approach to quantify contaminant shives in industrial batches of flax fibres. Industrial Crops and Products. 218. 119038–119038. 1 indexed citations

Luycker, Emmanuel De, Sofiane Guessasma, Jonathan Perrin, et al.. (2024). Synchrotron X-ray microtomography and finite element modelling to uncover flax fibre defect’s role in tensile performances. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 184. 108276–108276. 7 indexed citations

Bourmaud, Alain, et al.. (2024). Winter flax: Stem structure, fibre properties and reinforcement potential for composite materials. Industrial Crops and Products. 217. 118831–118831. 3 indexed citations

Melelli, Alessia, Anita Quilès, Timm Weitkamp, et al.. (2024). Experimental and numerical approach to understand the role of defects in damage mechanisms of flax fibers at bundle scale. Industrial Crops and Products. 218. 119025–119025. 2 indexed citations

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Shah, Darshil U., Sylvie Durand, Camille Goudenhooft, et al.. (2024). Bark cloth structure and properties: A naturally occurring fabric and ancestral textile craft from Uganda. Industrial Crops and Products. 215. 118613–118613. 2 indexed citations

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Mayer‐Laigle, Claire, Johnny Beaugrand, Alain Bourmaud, et al.. (2024). Datasets on the production routes and the properties of plant powders for manufacturing of green products. Data in Brief. 56. 110787–110787. 1 indexed citations

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Guessasma, Sofiane, Angélina D’Orlando, Alessia Melelli, et al.. (2024). Impact of Defects on Tensile Properties of Ancient and Modern Egyptian Flax Fibers: Multiscale X-Ray Microtomography and Numerical Modeling. Fibers. 12(12). 111–111. 2 indexed citations

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Bar, Mahadev, Mario Scheel, Thierry Falher, et al.. (2023). Use of a commingling process for innovative flax fibre reinforced unidirectional composites. Composites Part B Engineering. 270. 111150–111150. 10 indexed citations

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Beaugrand, Johnny, Michel Coret, Christophe Binétruy, et al.. (2023). In Situ Tensile Testing under High-Speed Optical Recording to Determine Hierarchical Damage Kinetics in Polymer Layers of Flax Fibre Elements. Polymers. 15(13). 2794–2794. 2 indexed citations

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Bourmaud, Alain, et al.. (2023). A Circular Approach for the Valorization of Tomato By-Product in Biodegradable Injected Materials for Horticulture Sector. Polymers. 15(4). 820–820. 6 indexed citations

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Kervoëlen, Antoine, François Delattre, Thibaut Colinart, et al.. (2021). Fibre Individualisation and Mechanical Properties of a Flax-PLA Non-Woven Composite Following Physical Pre-Treatments. Coatings. 11(7). 846–846. 10 indexed citations

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Durand, Sylvie, Alessia Melelli, Alexander P. Kao, et al.. (2021). Novel Insight into the Intricate Shape of Flax Fibre Lumen. Fibers. 9(4). 24–24. 36 indexed citations

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Bourmaud, Alain, et al.. (2021). A critical review of the ultrastructure, mechanics and modelling of flax fibres and their defects. Progress in Materials Science. 124. 100851–100851. 73 indexed citations

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Baley, Christophe, Moussa Gomina, Joël Bréard, Alain Bourmaud, & Peter Davies. (2019). Variability of mechanical properties of flax fibres for composite reinforcement. A review. Industrial Crops and Products. 145. 111984–111984. 135 indexed citations

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Baley, Christophe, Moussa Gomina, Joël Bréard, et al.. (2018). Specific features of flax fibres used to manufacture composite materials. International Journal of Material Forming. 12(6). 1023–1052. 58 indexed citations

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