Alain Garcia

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Alain Garcia is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Garcia has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Materials Chemistry, 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 12 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Alain Garcia's work include Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (19 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (11 papers) and Glass properties and applications (7 papers). Alain Garcia is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (19 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (11 papers) and Glass properties and applications (7 papers). Alain Garcia collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and Puerto Rico. Alain Garcia's co-authors include Sandrine Perruchas, Thierry Gacoin, Jean‐Pierre Boilot, X.F. Le Goff, Alexandre Fargues, Sébastien Maron, Samia Kahlal, F. Guillen, Isabelle Maurin and Charlotte Martineau and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials and Journal of Materials Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alain Garcia

42 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanochromic and Thermochromic Luminescence of a Copper... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Mechanochromic and Thermochromic Luminescence of a Copper Iodide Cluster
    2010 486 citations Sandrine Perruchas, X.F. Le Goff et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Garcia France 21 1.8k 727 698 571 376 43 2.2k
Alexandre Fargues France 19 1.1k 0.6× 468 0.6× 462 0.7× 352 0.6× 245 0.7× 45 1.5k
Ulrich Kynast Germany 24 1.6k 0.9× 447 0.6× 720 1.0× 325 0.6× 296 0.8× 94 2.1k
Ercules E. S. Teotônio Brazil 29 1.8k 1.0× 809 1.1× 582 0.8× 303 0.5× 243 0.6× 69 2.0k
Jerzy Sokolnicki Poland 24 1.5k 0.9× 591 0.8× 420 0.6× 304 0.5× 225 0.6× 60 1.7k
Isabelle Ledoux‐Rak France 29 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 320 0.5× 653 1.1× 621 1.7× 125 2.6k
G.F. de Sá Brazil 23 2.6k 1.5× 1.2k 1.6× 888 1.3× 367 0.6× 186 0.5× 49 2.8k
Uwe Ruschewitz Germany 29 1.7k 1.0× 781 1.1× 1.8k 2.6× 523 0.9× 381 1.0× 178 3.0k
F. Gumy Switzerland 27 1.9k 1.1× 1.2k 1.7× 735 1.1× 218 0.4× 359 1.0× 35 2.3k
You‐Fu Zhou China 29 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 1.8× 1.9k 2.8× 232 0.4× 277 0.7× 66 2.5k
Hanspeter Andres Switzerland 22 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 1.7× 740 1.1× 145 0.3× 270 0.7× 42 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alain Garcia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Garcia

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mascagni, Pietro, Deepak Alapatt, Armine Vardazaryan, et al.. (2025). Endoscapes, a critical view of safety and surgical scene segmentation dataset for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Scientific Data. 12(1). 331–331. 1 indexed citations
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Huitorel, Brendan, Hani El Moll, Alexandre Fargues, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of Ligands Effect on the Photophysical Properties of Copper Iodide Clusters. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(8). 4328–4339. 93 indexed citations
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Benito, Quentin, X.F. Le Goff, Grégory Nocton, et al.. (2015). Geometry Flexibility of Copper Iodide Clusters: Variability in Luminescence Thermochromism. Inorganic Chemistry. 54(9). 4483–4494. 154 indexed citations
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Gaudon, Manuel, Cyril Aymonier, Philippe Veber, et al.. (2015). Luminescence of sensitive materials: towards new optical sensing. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9364. 936416–936416. 1 indexed citations
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Benito, Quentin, Isabelle Maurin, Thibault Cheisson, et al.. (2015). Mechanochromic Luminescence of Copper Iodide Clusters. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(15). 5892–5897. 60 indexed citations
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Gaudon, Manuel, et al.. (2015). Discussion on the Structure Stability and the Luminescence Switch under Irradiation of a Ce‐Doped Elpasolite Compound. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(13). 5242–5251. 6 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Van Son, Véronique Jubera, Alain Garcia, & Hélène Debéda. (2015). Toward hydrogen detection at room temperature with printed ZnO nanoceramics films activated with halogen lighting. Applied Surface Science. 357. 14–21. 7 indexed citations
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Benito, Quentin, X.F. Le Goff, Sébastien Maron, et al.. (2014). Polymorphic Copper Iodide Clusters: Insights into the Mechanochromic Luminescence Properties. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(32). 11311–11320. 300 indexed citations
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Roppolo, Ignazio, Edvige Celasco, Marco Sangermano, et al.. (2013). Luminescence variation by rigidity control of acrylic composite materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 1(36). 5725–5725. 20 indexed citations
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Benito, Quentin, Alexandre Fargues, Alain Garcia, et al.. (2013). Photoactive Hybrid Gelators Based on a Luminescent Inorganic [Cu4I4] Cluster Core. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(47). 15831–15835. 30 indexed citations
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Glorieux, Benoît, et al.. (2012). Phosphors based on NaZr2(PO4)3-type calcium and strontium phosphates activated with Eu2+ and Sm3+. Inorganic Materials. 49(1). 82–88. 15 indexed citations
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Garcia, Alain. (2011). ACARE : the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe. 66(1). 15 indexed citations
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Jerbi, Houssem, Benoît Glorieux, Jacques Darriet, et al.. (2010). Synthesis, crystal structure and optical investigation of the new phosphates: Na7Mg13Ln(PO4)12 (Ln=La, Eu). Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 183(8). 1752–1760. 10 indexed citations
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Perruchas, Sandrine, X.F. Le Goff, Sébastien Maron, et al.. (2010). Mechanochromic and Thermochromic Luminescence of a Copper Iodide Cluster. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(32). 10967–10969. 486 indexed citations breakdown →
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Burgin, Julien, Véronique Jubera, Hélène Debéda, et al.. (2010). Screen-printed phosphor coatings for white LED emission. Journal of Materials Science. 46(7). 2235–2241. 17 indexed citations
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Jubera, Véronique, Philippe Veber, Alain Garcia, et al.. (2009). Crystal growth and optical characterizations of Yb3+-doped LiGd6O5(BO3)3single crystal: a new promising laser material. CrystEngComm. 12(2). 355–357. 14 indexed citations
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Gout, Delphine, Gilles H. Gauthier, F. Guillen, et al.. (1999). Structural Investigation and Luminescence Properties of the Ce3(SiS4)2X (X=Cl, Br, I) Family and the La3−xCex(SiS4)2I (0≤x≤1) Solid Solution. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 147(1). 259–268. 21 indexed citations
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Garcia, Alain, Rafael Ibáñez, C. Fouassier, & Paul Hagenmuller. (1984). Influence of the charge transfer state on the luminescence characteristics of Er3+ in alkaline-earth thiogallates MGa2S4. Journal of Luminescence. 29(4). 389–398. 2 indexed citations

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