Francesca Chillà

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Francesca Chillà is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Global and Planetary Change and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Chillà has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Computational Mechanics, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Francesca Chillà's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (33 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (11 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (10 papers). Francesca Chillà is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (33 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (11 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (10 papers). Francesca Chillà collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and Germany. Francesca Chillà's co-authors include Jörg Schumacher, B. Castaing, B. Chabaud, B. Hébral, Xavier Chavanne, Mathieu Gibert, J. Chaussy, Julien Salort, J.-F. Pinton and S. Ciliberto and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Physics of Fluids.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Chillà

38 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

New perspectives in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400 500
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. New perspectives in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection
    2012 520 citations Francesca Chillà, Jörg Schumacher The European Physical Journal E profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesca Chillà France 17 1.3k 660 409 361 267 38 1.6k
Heng-Dong Xi China 21 1.3k 1.0× 557 0.8× 315 0.8× 387 1.1× 202 0.8× 58 1.5k
Genta KAWAHARA Japan 18 1.3k 1.0× 428 0.6× 272 0.7× 128 0.4× 242 0.9× 60 1.5k
Olga Shishkina Germany 34 2.3k 1.7× 1.1k 1.7× 604 1.5× 746 2.1× 414 1.6× 86 2.6k
Bernard Castaing France 9 742 0.6× 304 0.5× 263 0.6× 140 0.4× 88 0.3× 15 1.1k
B. Chabaud France 14 697 0.5× 349 0.5× 220 0.5× 223 0.6× 144 0.5× 27 958
Yoshiyuki Tsuji Japan 22 970 0.7× 252 0.4× 403 1.0× 124 0.3× 251 0.9× 119 1.4k
Ashley P. Willis United Kingdom 20 864 0.6× 368 0.6× 158 0.4× 90 0.2× 104 0.4× 45 1.2k
Francisco Marqués Spain 28 1.5k 1.1× 223 0.3× 173 0.4× 255 0.7× 107 0.4× 91 1.9k
Janet D. Scheel United States 16 633 0.5× 318 0.5× 160 0.4× 155 0.4× 84 0.3× 22 775
Yohann Duguet France 18 909 0.7× 544 0.8× 155 0.4× 77 0.2× 126 0.5× 48 989

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Chillà

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Chillà

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Salort, Julien, Francesca Chillà, P.-E. Roche, et al.. (2021). Experimental signature of quantum turbulence in velocity spectra?. New Journal of Physics. 23(6). 63005–63005. 4 indexed citations
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Chillà, Francesca, et al.. (2021). Turbulent transition in Rayleigh-Bénard convection with fluorocarbon (a) . Europhysics Letters (EPL). 136(1). 10003–10003. 7 indexed citations
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Sergent, Anne, et al.. (2020). Experimental and numerical shadowgraph in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection with a rough boundary: investigation of plumes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 895. 14 indexed citations
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Castaing, B., et al.. (2017). Turbulent heat transport regimes in a channel. Physical Review Fluids. 2(6). 4 indexed citations
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Zonta, Francesco, Sergio Chibbaro, Yoann Gasteuil, et al.. (2016). Simultaneous temperature and velocity Lagrangian measurements in turbulent thermal convection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 794. 655–675. 15 indexed citations
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Salort, Julien, et al.. (2015). Natural Cross-ventilation of Buildings, An Experimental Study. Energy Procedia. 78. 2911–2916. 8 indexed citations
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Salort, Julien, et al.. (2015). Boundary layer structure in a rough Rayleigh–Bénard cell filled with air. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 786. 275–293. 16 indexed citations
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Salort, Julien, et al.. (2014). Laminar and Intermittent flow in a tilted heat pipe. The European Physical Journal E. 37(1). 4–4. 3 indexed citations
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Salort, Julien, et al.. (2013). Turbulent velocity profiles in a tilted heat pipe. Physics of Fluids. 25(10). 4 indexed citations
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Castaing, B., et al.. (2013). Heat transport regimes in an inclined channel. Physics of Fluids. 25(1). 18 indexed citations
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Chillà, Francesca & Jörg Schumacher. (2012). New perspectives in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection. The European Physical Journal E. 35(7). 58–58. 520 indexed citations breakdown →
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Creyssels, M., et al.. (2011). Comparison between rough and smooth plates within the same Rayleigh–Bénard cell. Physics of Fluids. 23(1). 54 indexed citations
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Gasteuil, Yoann, Woodrow L. Shew, Mathieu Gibert, et al.. (2007). Lagrangian Temperature, Velocity, and Local Heat Flux Measurement in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection. Physical Review Letters. 99(23). 234302–234302. 62 indexed citations
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Gibert, Mathieu, et al.. (2006). High-Rayleigh-Number Convection in a Vertical Channel. Physical Review Letters. 96(8). 84501–84501. 43 indexed citations
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Chavanne, Xavier, B. Castaing, B. Chabaud, Francesca Chillà, & B. Hébral. (1998). Rayleigh–Bénard convection at very high Rayleigh numbers close to the 4He critical point. Cryogenics. 38(12). 1191–1198. 4 indexed citations
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Chavanne, Xavier, Francesca Chillà, B. Castaing, et al.. (1997). Observation of the Ultimate Regime in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection. Physical Review Letters. 79(19). 3648–3651. 187 indexed citations
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Chavanne, Xavier, Francesca Chillà, B. Chabaud, et al.. (1996). Thermal convection with gaseous helium at low temperature. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics. 46(S1). 91–92. 2 indexed citations
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Chabaud, B., Antoine Naert, Joachim Peinke, et al.. (1994). Transition Toward Developed Turbulence. Physical Review Letters. 73(24). 3227–3230. 69 indexed citations
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Chillà, Francesca, S. Ciliberto, & Claudia Innocenti. (1993). Thermal Boundary Layer in Turbulent Thermal Convection. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 22(9). 681–687. 11 indexed citations
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Chillà, Francesca, S. Ciliberto, & Claudia Innocenti. (1993). Thermal Boundary Layer in Turbulent Thermal Convection. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 23(5). 379–379. 1 indexed citations

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