Arnaud Castel

10.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
209 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Arnaud Castel is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Arnaud Castel has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 202 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 72 papers in Materials Chemistry and 66 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Arnaud Castel's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (135 papers), Concrete Corrosion and Durability (99 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (90 papers). Arnaud Castel is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (135 papers), Concrete Corrosion and Durability (99 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (90 papers). Arnaud Castel collaborates with scholars based in Australia, France and China. Arnaud Castel's co-authors include Raoul François, Amin Noushini, Thierry Vidal, Stephen J. Foster, Quang Dieu Nguyen, Mahdi Babaee, M. S. H. Khan, R. Ian Gilbert, G. Arliguie and Wengui Li and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Cement and Concrete Research.

In The Last Decade

Arnaud Castel

202 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Hybrid life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from cement, concrete and geopolymer concrete in Australia

2017 284 citations Arnaud Castel et al. profile →
Bond strength between blended slag and Class F fly ash geopolymer concrete with steel reinforcement

2015 246 citations Arnaud Castel et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →
A numerical study on chloride transport in alkali-activated fly ash/slag concretes

2023 94 citations Arnaud Castel et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Arnaud Castel Australia	53	8.1k	3.4k	3.2k	561	341	209	8.5k
Hailong Ye Hong Kong	41	5.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	421 0.8×	188 0.6×	164	5.5k
Jahangir Mirza Malaysia	42	5.3k 0.7×	2.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	212 0.4×	766 2.2×	107	6.0k
Zuquan Jin China	42	3.7k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	487 0.9×	217 0.6×	175	4.8k
Ruby Mejía de Gutiérrez Colombia	49	8.0k 1.0×	4.2k 1.2×	3.7k 1.2×	207 0.4×	379 1.1×	186	8.8k
Shamsad Ahmad Saudi Arabia	33	3.6k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	371 0.7×	163 0.5×	147	4.2k
Xiaojian Gao China	57	7.1k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	614 1.1×	797 2.3×	204	8.6k
Chai Jaturapitakkul Thailand	53	9.2k 1.1×	5.2k 1.5×	2.6k 0.8×	360 0.6×	369 1.1×	144	10.2k
Vute Sirivivatnanon Australia	23	3.9k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	206 0.4×	252 0.7×	71	4.2k
Mohamed Lachemi Canada	59	9.5k 1.2×	5.6k 1.6×	1.3k 0.4×	568 1.0×	997 2.9×	223	10.2k
Zhonghe Shui China	56	7.5k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	467 0.8×	322 0.9×	159	8.3k

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Shi, Tan, et al.. (2025). Effects of biochar on hydration, strength degradation, and alkali-silica reaction in sustainable waste glass sand-based mortars. Journal of Building Engineering. 114. 114316–114316.

Nguyen, Quang Dieu, Qiaoxi Zhu, Mahmoud Karimi, et al.. (2025). Suitability of calcined clay and ground granulated blast furnace slag geopolymer binder for hempcrete applications. Built Environment Project and Asset Management. 15(5). 924–936. 1 indexed citations

Nguyen, Quang Dieu, et al.. (2025). Effect of biochar on the shrinkage deformation of ground granulated blast-furnace slag-cement mortars. Construction and Building Materials. 506. 144734–144734.

Gomes, S., Quang Dieu Nguyen, Wengui Li, & Arnaud Castel. (2025). Shrinkage and carbonation of alkali-activated calcined clay-ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) concrete. Cement and Concrete Research. 194. 107899–107899. 5 indexed citations

Nguyen, Quang Dieu, et al.. (2025). Effect of calcined clay reactivity on the risk of restrained shrinkage‐induced early‐age concrete cracking. Structural Concrete. 26(2). 1892–1910. 1 indexed citations

Nguyen, Quang Dieu, et al.. (2025). Implementing the effect of geopolymer concrete pore solution pH in the standard rapid migration test NT Build 492 protocol. Materials and Structures. 58(2).

Yu, Yuguo, Wei Gao, Chamila Gunasekara, et al.. (2024). Electro-chemo-physical analysis for long-term reinforcement corrosion within the reactive system of concrete. Cement and Concrete Composites. 155. 105846–105846. 6 indexed citations

Kim, Taehwan, et al.. (2024). Detailed characterisation of hemp and hempcrete pore structures: Effects on thermal and acoustic properties. Cement and Concrete Research. 186. 107702–107702. 2 indexed citations

Ichimiya, Kazuo, et al.. (2024). A New Performance-Based Test for Assessing Chloride-Induced Reinforcement Corrosion Resistance of Geopolymer Mortars. Materials. 17(21). 5162–5162.

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Zhang, Yingda, Taehwan Kim, Arnaud Castel, & Tengfei Xu. (2024). Correction: Thermal Cracking in High Volume of Fly Ash and GGBFS Concrete. International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials. 18(1). 1 indexed citations

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Li, Peiran, Wengui Li, Kejin Wang, et al.. (2023). Hydration of Portland cement with seawater toward concrete sustainability: Phase evolution and thermodynamic modelling. Cement and Concrete Composites. 138. 105007–105007. 42 indexed citations

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Gomes, S., Quang Dieu Nguyen, Wengui Li, & Arnaud Castel. (2023). Carbonation resistance of calcined clay-ground granulated blast furnace slag alkali-activated mortar. Construction and Building Materials. 393. 131811–131811. 30 indexed citations

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Mukherjee, Abhijit, et al.. (2023). Ultrasonic guided waves for monitoring incipient corrosion in reinforced concrete with top-bar defect. Cement and Concrete Composites. 141. 105116–105116. 6 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Quang Dieu & Arnaud Castel. (2023). Long-term durability of underground reinforced concrete pipes in natural chloride and carbonation environments. Construction and Building Materials. 394. 132230–132230. 19 indexed citations

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Afroz, Sumaiya, Yingda Zhang, Quang Dieu Nguyen, Taehwan Kim, & Arnaud Castel. (2023). Shrinkage of blended cement concrete with fly ash or limestone calcined clay. Materials and Structures. 56(1). 28 indexed citations

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Joseph, Shiju, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Daniel A. Geddes, et al.. (2023). Mechanical properties of concrete made with calcined clay: a review by RILEM TC-282 CCL. Materials and Structures. 56(4). 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yingda, Taehwan Kim, Arnaud Castel, & Tengfei Xu. (2023). Thermal Cracking in High Volume of Fly Ash and GGBFS Concrete. International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials. 17(1). 7 indexed citations

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Dhandapani, Yuvaraj, Shiju Joseph, Daniel A. Geddes, et al.. (2022). Fresh properties of concrete containing calcined clays: a review by RILEM TC-282 CCL. Materials and Structures. 55(6). 10 indexed citations

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Noushini, Amin, Max Hastings, Arnaud Castel, & Farhad Aslani. (2018). Mechanical and flexural performance of synthetic fibre reinforced geopolymer concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 186. 454–475. 187 indexed citations

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Castel, Arnaud, et al.. (2018). New service limit state criteria for reinforced concrete in chloride environments. Corrosion Reviews. 37(1). 21–29. 2 indexed citations

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