Benoît Fournier

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
162 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Benoît Fournier is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Benoît Fournier has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 46 papers in Building and Construction and 14 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Benoît Fournier's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (122 papers), Concrete Corrosion and Durability (60 papers) and Concrete Properties and Behavior (45 papers). Benoît Fournier is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (122 papers), Concrete Corrosion and Durability (60 papers) and Concrete Properties and Behavior (45 papers). Benoît Fournier collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Benoît Fournier's co-authors include Gholamreza Fathifazl, A. Ghani Razaqpur, O. Burkan Isgor, A. Abbas, Marc-André Bérubé, Josée Duchesne, M D Thomas, Leandro Sanchez, Simon Foo and Kevin J. Folliard and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cement and Concrete Research and Construction and Building Materials.

In The Last Decade

Benoît Fournier

155 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Determination of the pH and the free alkali metal content in the pore solution of concrete: Review and experimental comparison

2017 254 citations Jan Lindgård, Josée Duchesne 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
Benoît Fournier Canada	35	4.5k	2.3k	554	308	284	162	5.0k
Kai Wu China	36	3.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 2.1×	288 0.9×	257 0.9×	155	4.2k
Luc Courard Belgium	35	3.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	474 0.9×	176 0.6×	364 1.3×	202	3.8k
Marios Soutsos United Kingdom	32	3.8k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 2.1×	197 0.6×	126 0.4×	111	4.4k
S. Tsivilis Greece	38	4.6k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.6k 2.9×	130 0.4×	549 1.9×	79	5.4k
Arezki Tagnit‐Hamou Canada	38	3.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	933 1.7×	116 0.4×	252 0.9×	122	4.5k
María Isabel Sánchez de Rojas Spain	41	4.5k 1.0×	3.8k 1.6×	766 1.4×	113 0.4×	351 1.2×	159	5.3k
Caijun Shi China	29	4.3k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	1.7k 3.1×	113 0.4×	266 0.9×	52	4.8k
Peiyu Yan China	40	4.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 3.3×	203 0.7×	144 0.5×	138	5.0k
Martin Cyr France	44	5.2k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	1.9k 3.5×	144 0.5×	550 1.9×	140	6.2k
Daniel Jansen Germany	30	3.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 2.1×	241 0.8×	236 0.8×	81	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Benoît Fournier

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benoît Fournier

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Péralès, Frédéric, et al.. (2025). Numerical investigation of mechanisms affecting alkali-silica reaction advancement by reactive transport simulations. Cement and Concrete Research. 190. 107791–107791. 3 indexed citations

Lindgård, Jan, et al.. (2025). Field and laboratory investigations on condition assessment of ASR-affected structures. 2(3). 100094–100094.

Duchesne, Josée, et al.. (2025). Microstructural and chemical characterization of glass powder and silica fume ternary concrete after seven years of alkali-silica reaction expansion exposure. Construction and Building Materials. 476. 141279–141279. 1 indexed citations

Fournier, Benoît, et al.. (2025). Effect of polishing time, mechanisms and mineralogy on the microtexture evolution and polishing resistance of pavement surface aggregates. Construction and Building Materials. 476. 141105–141105. 4 indexed citations

Fournier, Benoît, et al.. (2025). Assessment of additional ASR damage resulting from residual expansion tests using the DRI and SDT test methods. Construction and Building Materials. 489. 142325–142325.

Duchesne, Josée, et al.. (2024). Concrete deterioration due to sulfide-bearing aggregates: Mineralogical and chemical characteristics of pyrrhotite in concrete aggregates from Trois-Rivières, Canada. Construction and Building Materials. 458. 139670–139670.

Fournier, Benoît, et al.. (2024). A new accelerated testing scheme to evaluate the potential oxidation reaction of sulfide-bearing aggregates in concrete specimens. Cement and Concrete Research. 180. 107507–107507. 7 indexed citations

Fournier, Benoît, et al.. (2023). Electrochemical activation of oxidation of sulfide-bearing aggregates in concrete specimens. Cement and Concrete Research. 170. 107186–107186. 8 indexed citations

Fernandes, Isabel, et al.. (2022). Alkali-silica reaction in volcanic rocks: a worldwide comparative approach. Materiales de Construcción. 72(346). e278–e278. 4 indexed citations

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Menéndez, Esperanza, António Santos Silva, Isabel Fernandes, et al.. (2022). RILEM TC 258-AAA Round Robin Test: Alkali release from aggregates and petrographic analysis. Critical review of the test method AAR-8. Materiales de Construcción. 72(346). e279–e279. 2 indexed citations

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Duchesne, Josée, et al.. (2021). Concrete damage due to oxidation of pyrrhotite-bearing aggregate: a review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 82–92. 25 indexed citations

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Fernandes, Isabel, et al.. (2016). Assessment of the potential reactivity of granitic rocks — Petrography and expansion tests. Cement and Concrete Research. 86. 63–77. 28 indexed citations

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Noël, Martin, et al.. (2016). Structural implications of internal swelling reactions in concrete: A review. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2 indexed citations

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Fournier, Benoît, et al.. (2015). Development of a quick screening staining test for detecting the oxidation potential of iron sulfide-bearing aggregates for use in concrete. Cement and Concrete Research. 81. 49–58. 10 indexed citations

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Thomas, M D, R.D. Hooton, Chris Rogers, & Benoît Fournier. (2012). 50 Years Old and Still Going Strong. ACI Concrete International. 34(1). 16 indexed citations

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Fathifazl, Gholamreza, A. Ghani Razaqpur, O. Burkan Isgor, et al.. (2010). Proportioning Concrete Mixtures With Recycled Concrete Aggregate. ACI Concrete International. 32(3). 37–43. 4 indexed citations

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Folliard, Kevin J., M D Thomas, Benoît Fournier, Kimberly E. Kurtis, & Jason H. Ideker. (2006). Interim Recommendations for the Use of Lithium to Mitigate or Prevent Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR). Spine Deformity. 11(5). 1093–1100. 25 indexed citations

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Fournier, Benoît & V. M. Malhotra. (1996). Reducing Expansion Due to Alkali-Silica Reactivity. ACI Concrete International. 18(3). 55–59. 6 indexed citations

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Fournier, Benoît, et al.. (1987). CONDITION SURVEY OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES BUILT WITH POTENTIALLY ALKALI-REACTIVE LIMESTONE AGGREGATES FROM THE QUEBEC CITY AREA (QUEBEC, CANADA). CONCRETE DURABILITY. KATHERINE AND BRYANT MATHER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, HELD AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA, 27 APRIL-MAY 1987. 2 indexed citations

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Bérubé, Marc-André & Benoît Fournier. (1986). Les produits de la reaction alcalis-silice dans le beton; etude de cas de la region de Quebec. The Canadian Mineralogist. 24(2). 271–288. 27 indexed citations

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