Denis Richard

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Denis Richard is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Denis Richard has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 9 papers in Computational Mechanics and 7 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Denis Richard's work include Astro and Planetary Science (8 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (7 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (7 papers). Denis Richard is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (8 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (7 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (7 papers). Denis Richard collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Denis Richard's co-authors include David Quéré, Christophe Clanet, Cédric Béguin, Jean-Paul Zahn, Ko Okumura, Frédéric Chevy, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, B. Scarnato, William A. Foster and L. Mahadevan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Denis Richard

24 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Contact time of a bouncing drop

2002 1.0k citations Denis Richard, Christophe Clanet et al. Nature profile →
Maximal deformation of an impacting drop

2004 996 citations Christophe Clanet, Denis Richard et al. Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Denis Richard United States	16	2.7k	2.6k	679	427	427	25	3.7k
Ilia V. Roisman Germany	41	5.3k 2.0×	3.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.9×	455 1.1×	1.2k 2.7×	174	6.6k
C. Thomas Avedisian United States	33	2.7k 1.0×	751 0.3×	578 0.9×	189 0.4×	319 0.7×	129	3.8k
Jonathan B. Boreyko United States	31	2.2k 0.8×	3.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.8×	672 1.6×	106 0.2×	84	4.9k
Martin Rein Germany	15	1.5k 0.5×	657 0.3×	258 0.4×	64 0.1×	307 0.7×	46	1.8k
Jeremy Marston United States	24	1.4k 0.5×	770 0.3×	322 0.5×	176 0.4×	64 0.1×	76	2.1k
Hasan N. Oğuz United States	22	1.3k 0.5×	299 0.1×	384 0.6×	129 0.3×	79 0.2×	49	2.1k
Miguel A. Herrada Spain	26	1.7k 0.6×	231 0.1×	1.3k 2.0×	70 0.2×	109 0.3×	133	2.6k
Laurent Limat France	29	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	678 1.0×	448 1.0×	34 0.1×	87	2.7k
Gene Whyman Israel	28	1.2k 0.4×	2.4k 0.9×	915 1.3×	907 2.1×	105 0.2×	68	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Denis Richard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Denis Richard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Denis Richard 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 Denis Richard. Denis Richard is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Scarnato, B., et al.. (2013). Effects of internal mixing and aggregate morphology on optical properties of black carbon using a discrete dipole approximation model. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(10). 5089–5101. 136 indexed citations

Davis, Sanford S., et al.. (2013). Scattering properties of lunar dust analogs. Planetary and Space Science. 90. 28–36. 5 indexed citations

Richard, Denis, et al.. (2013). Validation of an Impulse Measurement Technique with High Temporal and Spatial Resolutions. Procedia Engineering. 58. 384–391. 1 indexed citations

Collier, M. R., T. J. Stubbs, J. W. Keller, et al.. (2011). A Fractal Model for the Capacitance of Lunar Dust and Lunar Dust Aggregates. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2011. 1 indexed citations

Richard, Denis, et al.. (2011). Light scattering by complex particles in the Moon's exosphere: Toward a taxonomy of models for the realistic simulation of the scattering behavior of lunar dust. Planetary and Space Science. 59(14). 1804–1814. 15 indexed citations

Stubbs, T. J., D. A. Glenar, A. Colaprete, & Denis Richard. (2010). Optical scattering processes observed at the Moon: Predictions for the LADEE Ultraviolet Spectrometer. Planetary and Space Science. 58(5). 830–837. 21 indexed citations

Richard, Denis, et al.. (2008). Lunar dust characterization by polarimetric signature. I. Negative polarization branch of sphere aggregates of various porosities. ArXiv.org. 3 indexed citations

Richard, Denis, et al.. (2008). Lunar dust characterization by polarimetric signature. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 483(2). 643–649. 3 indexed citations

Dubrulle, B., Olivier Dauchot, F. Daviaud, et al.. (2005). Stability and turbulent transport in Taylor–Couette flow from analysis of experimental data. Physics of Fluids. 17(9). 116 indexed citations

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Dubrulle, B., et al.. (2004). A hydrodynamic shear instability in stratified disks. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 429(1). 1–13. 82 indexed citations

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Richard, Denis, et al.. (2004). A note on transition, turbulent length scales and transport in differentially rotating flows. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 416(3). 825–827. 5 indexed citations

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Richard, Denis. (2003). On non-linear hydrodynamic instability and enhanced transport in differentially rotating flows. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 15 indexed citations

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Renardy, Yuriko, Stéphane Popinet, Laurent Duchemin, et al.. (2003). Pyramidal and toroidal water drops after impact on a solid surface. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 484. 69–83. 191 indexed citations

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Okumura, Ko, Frédéric Chevy, Denis Richard, David Quéré, & Christophe Clanet. (2003). Water spring: A model for bouncing drops. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 62(2). 237–243. 246 indexed citations

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Richard, Denis, Christophe Clanet, & David Quéré. (2002). Contact time of a bouncing drop. Nature. 417(6891). 811–811. 1034 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pike, Nathan, Denis Richard, William A. Foster, & L. Mahadevan. (2002). How aphids lose their marbles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 269(1497). 1211–1215. 126 indexed citations

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Huré, J.-M., Denis Richard, & Jean-Paul Zahn. (2001). Accretion discs models with theβ-viscosity prescription derived from laboratory experiments. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 367(3). 1087–1094. 25 indexed citations

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Richard, Denis & David Quéré. (2000). Bouncing water drops. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 50(6). 769–775. 408 indexed citations

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Richard, Denis & David Quéré. (1999). Viscous drops rolling on a tilted non-wettable solid. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 48(3). 286–291. 190 indexed citations

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Richard, Denis & Jean-Paul Zahn. (1999). Turbulence in differentially rotating flows What can be learned from the Couette-Taylor experiment. arXiv (Cornell University). 347(2). 734–738. 38 indexed citations

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