Charles Clair

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Charles Clair is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Computational Mechanics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Clair has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Mathematical Physics, 3 papers in Computational Mechanics and 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Charles Clair's work include Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (3 papers), Numerical methods in inverse problems (3 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (2 papers). Charles Clair is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (3 papers), Numerical methods in inverse problems (3 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (2 papers). Charles Clair collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Russia. Charles Clair's co-authors include James V. Beck, Ben Blackwell, Dimitri A. Ivanov, Andrew N. Keith, Sergei S. Sheiko, Andrey V. Dobrynin, Michael Sztucki, Mohammad Vatankhah‐Varnosfaderani, Heyi Liang and Yidan Cong and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Macromolecules and ACS Central Science.

In The Last Decade

Charles Clair

10 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Inverse Heat Conduction: Ill-Posed Problems 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Inverse Heat Conduction: Ill-Posed Problems
    1985 1.5k citations James V. Beck, Ben Blackwell et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  2. Chameleon-like elastomers with molecularly encoded strain-adaptive stiffening and coloration
    2018 436 citations Mohammad Vatankhah‐Varnosfaderani, Andrew N. Keith et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles Clair France 8 780 751 579 539 391 10 2.3k
Z. C. Feng United States 25 153 0.2× 374 0.5× 302 0.5× 452 0.8× 475 1.2× 114 1.9k
Gilbert De Mey Belgium 25 49 0.1× 496 0.7× 376 0.6× 176 0.3× 645 1.6× 245 2.4k
J. R. M. Radok United States 15 90 0.1× 442 0.6× 1.3k 2.3× 214 0.4× 421 1.1× 39 2.4k
Jean‐Christophe Batsale France 22 106 0.1× 306 0.4× 812 1.4× 211 0.4× 320 0.8× 141 1.7k
Jean‐Luc Battaglia France 24 146 0.2× 555 0.7× 544 0.9× 192 0.4× 384 1.0× 114 2.0k
M. Okoniewski Canada 32 97 0.1× 212 0.3× 910 1.6× 109 0.2× 3.7k 9.4× 212 6.5k
Xiaoqiao He Hong Kong 51 104 0.1× 1.2k 1.6× 5.0k 8.6× 584 1.1× 1.3k 3.2× 232 9.1k
Andrej Cherkaev United States 24 183 0.2× 344 0.5× 1.4k 2.4× 192 0.4× 417 1.1× 63 2.2k
Yajun Yin China 19 26 0.0× 236 0.3× 288 0.5× 191 0.4× 393 1.0× 117 1.4k
Norio Kikuchi Japan 14 52 0.1× 241 0.3× 961 1.7× 388 0.7× 244 0.6× 34 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles Clair

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Clair

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Charles Clair. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Charles Clair based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Charles Clair. Charles Clair is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Keith, Andrew N., Mohammad Vatankhah‐Varnosfaderani, Charles Clair, et al.. (2020). Bottlebrush Bridge between Soft Gels and Firm Tissues. ACS Central Science. 6(3). 413–419. 81 indexed citations
2.
Litvinov, V. M., R. Deblieck, Charles Clair, et al.. (2020). Molecular Structure, Phase Composition, Melting Behavior, and Chain Entanglements in the Amorphous Phase of High-Density Polyethylenes. Macromolecules. 53(13). 5418–5433. 49 indexed citations
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Keith, Andrew N., Charles Clair, Abdelaziz Lallam, et al.. (2020). Independently Tuning Elastomer Softness and Firmness by Incorporating Side Chain Mixtures into Bottlebrush Network Strands. Macromolecules. 53(21). 9306–9312. 22 indexed citations
4.
Clair, Charles, Abdelaziz Lallam, Martin Rosenthal, et al.. (2019). Strained Bottlebrushes in Super-Soft Physical Networks. ACS Macro Letters. 8(5). 530–534. 36 indexed citations
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Vatankhah‐Varnosfaderani, Mohammad, Andrew N. Keith, Yidan Cong, et al.. (2018). Chameleon-like elastomers with molecularly encoded strain-adaptive stiffening and coloration. Science. 359(6383). 1509–1513. 436 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beck, James V., Ben Blackwell, & Charles Clair. (1985). Inverse Heat Conduction: Ill-Posed Problems. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1513 indexed citations breakdown →
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Clair, Charles, et al.. (1982). Efficient Sequential Solution of the Nonlinear Inverse Heat Conduction Problem. Numerical Heat Transfer Part B Fundamentals. 5(3). 275–286. 17 indexed citations
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Beck, James V., B. Litkouhi, & Charles Clair. (1982). EFFICIENT SEQUENTIAL SOLUTION OF THE NONLINEAR INVERSE HEAT CONDUCTION PROBLEM. Numerical Heat Transfer. 5(3). 275–286. 101 indexed citations
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Clair, Charles, et al.. (1956). The Thermal Conductivity of Organic Liquids. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 78(6). 1169–1172. 1 indexed citations
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Clair, Charles, et al.. (1953). Physical properties of concentrated nitric acid. 4 indexed citations

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