David Quéré

35.1k total citations · 19 hit papers
195 papers, 29.5k citations indexed

About

David Quéré is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Quéré has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 29.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Computational Mechanics, 121 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 35 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Quéré's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (121 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (117 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (35 papers). David Quéré is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (121 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (117 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (35 papers). David Quéré collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Japan. David Quéré's co-authors include Aurélie Lafuma, Christophe Clanet, Pascale Aussillous, José Bico, Françoise Brochard‐Wyart, Denis Richard, Pierre‐Gilles de Gennes, Mathilde Reyssat, Uwe Thiele and Christian Marzolin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Quéré

193 papers receiving 28.8k citations

Hit Papers

Superhydrophobic states 1999 2026 2008 2017 2003 2004 2008 2002 2005 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Superhydrophobic states
    2003 2.8k citations David Quéré et al. profile →
  2. Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena
    2004 2.4k citations Pierre‐Gilles de Gennes, Françoise Brochard‐Wyart et al. profile →
  3. Wetting and Roughness
    2008 2.2k citations David Quéré profile →
  4. Wetting of textured surfaces
    2002 1.1k citations David Quéré et al. profile →
  5. Non-sticking drops
    2005 1.1k citations David Quéré profile →
  6. Contact time of a bouncing drop
    2002 1.0k citations Christophe Clanet, David Quéré et al. Nature profile →
  7. Maximal deformation of an impacting drop
    2004 996 citations Christophe Clanet, David Quéré et al. Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →
  8. Liquid marbles
    2001 941 citations Pascale Aussillous, David Quéré Nature profile →
  9. Pearl drops
    1999 832 citations David Quéré et al. profile →
  10. On water repellency
    2005 669 citations David Quéré et al. Soft Matter profile →
  11. Quick deposition of a fluid on the wall of a tube
    2000 570 citations Pascale Aussillous, David Quéré profile →
  12. Rough wetting
    2001 550 citations David Quéré et al. profile →
  13. Rough ideas on wetting
    2002 460 citations David Quéré profile →
  14. Surface Tension Transport of Prey by Feeding Shorebirds: The Capillary Ratchet
    2008 459 citations Manu Prakash, David Quéré et al. Science profile →
  15. Leidenfrost Dynamics
    2012 430 citations David Quéré profile →
  16. Delayed Freezing on Water Repellent Materials
    2009 417 citations Marie Le Merrer, David Quéré et al. profile →
  17. Water impacting on superhydrophobic macrotextures
    2015 398 citations Anaïs Gauthier, Christophe Clanet et al. Nature Communications profile →
  18. Antifogging abilities of model nanotextures
    2017 329 citations Timothée Mouterde, Christophe Clanet et al. profile →
  19. Inhibiting the Leidenfrost effect above 1,000 °C for sustained thermal cooling
    2022 228 citations David Quéré, Zuankai Wang et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Quéré France 67 19.9k 13.9k 7.3k 7.0k 6.1k 195 29.5k
Zuankai Wang China 85 10.7k 0.5× 5.2k 0.4× 6.6k 0.9× 10.3k 1.5× 2.9k 0.5× 410 27.7k
Hans‐Jürgen Butt Germany 96 11.5k 0.6× 4.6k 0.3× 8.8k 1.2× 12.0k 1.7× 5.4k 0.9× 611 39.3k
Joanna Aizenberg United States 91 14.4k 0.7× 3.5k 0.3× 5.6k 0.8× 12.7k 1.8× 4.6k 0.8× 325 35.4k
Yanlin Song China 103 13.9k 0.7× 3.7k 0.3× 17.7k 2.4× 15.1k 2.2× 3.9k 0.6× 719 43.1k
Robert E. Cohen United States 87 14.0k 0.7× 3.1k 0.2× 4.8k 0.7× 7.9k 1.1× 5.1k 0.8× 326 29.6k
Yongmei Zheng China 53 10.7k 0.5× 3.2k 0.2× 3.3k 0.5× 4.6k 0.7× 2.7k 0.4× 171 14.0k
A. W. Neumann Canada 64 8.1k 0.4× 3.3k 0.2× 3.8k 0.5× 4.6k 0.6× 3.8k 0.6× 366 19.6k
Glen McHale United Kingdom 58 6.8k 0.3× 3.2k 0.2× 4.6k 0.6× 4.6k 0.7× 2.2k 0.4× 246 12.5k
Kripa K. Varanasi United States 49 8.1k 0.4× 3.9k 0.3× 2.8k 0.4× 2.4k 0.3× 2.4k 0.4× 135 11.5k
Alexander L. Yarin United States 74 4.9k 0.2× 5.8k 0.4× 8.2k 1.1× 12.5k 1.8× 854 0.1× 475 28.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Quéré

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Backholm, Matilda, Maja Vuckovac, Ville Jokinen, et al.. (2024). Toward vanishing droplet friction on repellent surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(17). e2315214121–e2315214121. 18 indexed citations
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Michalska, Martyna, et al.. (2021). Unique and universal dew-repellency of nanocones. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3458–3458. 57 indexed citations
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Clanet, Christophe, et al.. (2020). Friction properties of superhydrophobic ridges. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 890. 9 indexed citations
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Feng, Shile, et al.. (2020). Tip-induced flipping of droplets on Janus pillars: From local reconfiguration to global transport. Science Advances. 6(28). eabb4540–eabb4540. 213 indexed citations
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Kwon, Hoon, et al.. (2020). Droplets impaling on a cone. Physical Review Fluids. 5(11). 12 indexed citations
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Clanet, Christophe, et al.. (2020). Formation of vase-shaped drops. Physical Review Fluids. 5(3). 2 indexed citations
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Nath, Saurabh & David Quéré. (2020). Spreading of viscous drops on a liquid-infused solid. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Clanet, Christophe, et al.. (2017). Soft, elastic, water-repellent materials. Applied Physics Letters. 110(25). 17 indexed citations
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Mouterde, Timothée, et al.. (2017). Jumping force of coalescing droplets on a superhydrophobic surface. IEEE Conference Proceedings. 2017. 98. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yanshen, et al.. (2015). From coffee rings to coffee eyes. Soft Matter. 11(23). 4669–4673. 119 indexed citations
11.
Wang, Qianbin, Xi Yao, Huan Liu, David Quéré, & Lei Jiang. (2015). Self-removal of condensed water on the legs of water striders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(30). 9247–9252. 215 indexed citations
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Texier, Baptiste Darbois, et al.. (2013). Inertial collapse of liquid rings. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 717. 26 indexed citations
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Wu, Zi Liang, et al.. (2013). New thermal-sensitive superhydrophobic material. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Merrer, Marie Le, David Quéré, & Christophe Clanet. (2012). Buckling of Viscous Filaments of a Fluid under Compression Stresses. Physical Review Letters. 109(6). 64502–64502. 27 indexed citations
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Clanet, Christophe, et al.. (2012). Magnetic control of Leidenfrost drops. Physical Review E. 85(5). 56311–56311. 25 indexed citations
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Quéré, David. (2012). Water colliding with oil. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 702. 1–4. 3 indexed citations
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Cohen, C. M. S., Baptiste Darbois Texier, David Quéré, & Christophe Clanet. (2011). Physics of badminton shuttlecocks. Part 1 : aerodynamics. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 64. 1 indexed citations
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Prakash, Manu, David Quéré, & John W. M. Bush. (2008). Surface Tension Transport of Prey by Feeding Shorebirds: The Capillary Ratchet. Science. 320(5878). 931–934. 459 indexed citations breakdown →
19.
Gennes, Pierre‐Gilles de, Françoise Brochard‐Wyart, & David Quéré. (2005). Gouttes, bulles, perles et ondes. Belin eBooks. 173 indexed citations
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Aussillous, Pascale & David Quéré. (2001). Liquid marbles. Nature. 411(6840). 924–927. 941 indexed citations breakdown →

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