François Lekien

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

François Lekien is a scholar working on Oceanography, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, François Lekien has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Oceanography, 10 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 7 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in François Lekien's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (11 papers), Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (9 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (8 papers). François Lekien is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (11 papers), Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (9 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (8 papers). François Lekien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and France. François Lekien's co-authors include Jerrold E. Marsden, Shawn C. Shadden, Naomi Ehrich Leonard, Derek A. Paley, Russ E. Davis, David M. Fratantoni, J. Marsden, Rodolphe Sepulchre, C. Coulliette and Shane D. Ross and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and Proceedings of the IEEE.

In The Last Decade

François Lekien

26 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Definition and properties of Lagrangian coherent structur... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2007 250 500 750

Peers

François Lekien
Comparison fields: 5 of 114
  • Oceanography 839
  • Computer Networks and Communications 829
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 782
  • Computational Mechanics 635
  • Ocean Engineering 539
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Countries citing papers authored by François Lekien

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Lekien

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Lekien

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 6
2 90
3 9
4 17
5 51
6 48
7 96
8 4
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Collective Motion, Sensor Networks, and Ocean Sampling The goal is design and control of optimum trajectories for mobile sensor networks, like a fleet of self-directed underwater gliders that move with ocean currents and sample dynamic ocean variables.
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11 138
12 74
13 75
14 26
15 111
16 71
17 205
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Coordination of an underwater glider fleet for adaptive sampling
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19 45
20 28

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