Géraldine Villain

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
70 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Géraldine Villain is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Géraldine Villain has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Ocean Engineering, 35 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 20 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Géraldine Villain's work include Geophysical Methods and Applications (40 papers), Concrete and Cement Materials Research (20 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (15 papers). Géraldine Villain is often cited by papers focused on Geophysical Methods and Applications (40 papers), Concrete and Cement Materials Research (20 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (15 papers). Géraldine Villain collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and China. Géraldine Villain's co-authors include Mickaël Thiéry, Gérard Platret, Patrick Dangla, Xavier Dérobert, Sérgio Palma Lopes, Odile Abraham, P. Kalck, A. Gaset, Vincent Garnier and Bogdan Piwakowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Cement and Concrete Research, Construction and Building Materials and Cement and Concrete Composites.

In The Last Decade

Géraldine Villain

67 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Investigation of the carbonation front shape on cementitious materials: Effects of the chemical kinetics

2007 568 citations Mickaël Thiéry, Géraldine Villain et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →
Measurement methods of carbonation profiles in concrete: Thermogravimetry, chemical analysis and gammadensimetry

2007 526 citations Géraldine Villain, Mickaël Thiéry et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Géraldine Villain France	23	1.5k	599	399	343	337	70	2.3k
Catherine Davy France	23	1.2k 0.8×	322 0.5×	251 0.6×	501 1.5×	303 0.9×	74	1.6k
Paulo J.M. Monteiro United States	28	2.0k 1.3×	156 0.3×	635 1.6×	442 1.3×	149 0.4×	57	2.6k
Toyoharu NAWA Japan	27	1.8k 1.2×	214 0.4×	496 1.2×	220 0.6×	247 0.7×	121	2.2k
Josef Kaufmann Switzerland	25	1.7k 1.1×	199 0.3×	628 1.6×	316 0.9×	139 0.4×	51	2.4k
Mickaël Thiéry France	21	3.0k 2.0×	241 0.4×	828 2.1×	212 0.6×	659 2.0×	40	3.4k
Jeffrey W. Bullard United States	10	2.7k 1.8×	250 0.4×	1.0k 2.5×	232 0.7×	265 0.8×	13	3.0k
Farshad Rajabipour United States	33	3.9k 2.5×	168 0.3×	907 2.3×	192 0.6×	194 0.6×	85	4.3k
Leslie J. Struble United States	31	2.4k 1.6×	253 0.4×	726 1.8×	191 0.6×	152 0.5×	87	2.9k
Véronique Baroghel-Bouny France	29	3.2k 2.1×	182 0.3×	644 1.6×	200 0.6×	221 0.7×	77	3.5k
Konrad J. Krakowiak United States	18	1.2k 0.8×	179 0.3×	457 1.1×	203 0.6×	122 0.4×	27	1.6k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Baudrit, Cédric, et al.. (2025). Artificial Intelligence and Non-Destructive Testing Data to Assess Concrete Sustainability of Civil Engineering Infrastructures. Materials. 18(4). 826–826. 4 indexed citations

Dérobert, Xavier, et al.. (2024). Electromagnetical and ultrasonic characterizations of concretes subjected to internal swelling reactions. NDT & E International. 148. 103217–103217. 1 indexed citations

Rozière, Emmanuel, et al.. (2024). Effect of accelerated carbonation on electrical resistivity and microstructure of clinker-slag-limestone cement based concretes. Materials and Structures. 57(1). 4 indexed citations

Reuge, Nicolas, et al.. (2024). Monitoring of drying and imbibition of concrete using embedded resistivity sensors for the estimation of permeability. Cement and Concrete Composites. 157. 105900–105900. 2 indexed citations

Villain, Géraldine, et al.. (2024). Design and validation of a multi-electrode embedded capacitive sensor to monitor the electromagnetic properties in concrete structures. Measurement. 236. 115057–115057. 2 indexed citations

Villain, Géraldine, et al.. (2024). Surface calibration of electromagnetic properties to simultaneously consider water and chloride contents in concrete both with and without slag. Construction and Building Materials. 417. 135176–135176. 2 indexed citations

Bonnet, Stéphanie, et al.. (2023). Electrical resistivity tomography results analyzed with two inversion methods to determine chloride profiles on BFS concrete having very high electrical resistivity. Construction and Building Materials. 407. 133361–133361. 8 indexed citations

Villain, Géraldine, et al.. (2022). Temperature Effect on Electrical Resistivity Measurement Using an Embedded Sensor to Estimate Concrete Water Content. Applied Sciences. 12(19). 9420–9420. 8 indexed citations

Villain, Géraldine, et al.. (2020). Linking Degree of Saturation With the Complex Dielectric Permittivity of Limestone in a GPR Frequency Band Using SVR. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 70. 1–9. 8 indexed citations

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Fargier, Yannick, Sérgio Palma Lopes, Fabrice Deby, et al.. (2019). Design and validation of a multi-electrode embedded sensor to monitor resistivity profiles over depth in concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 223. 310–321. 22 indexed citations

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Villain, Géraldine, et al.. (2018). Determining chloride content profiles in concrete using an electrical resistivity tomography device. Cement and Concrete Composites. 94. 315–326. 34 indexed citations

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Dérobert, Xavier, Géraldine Villain, & Jean-Paul Balayssac. (2018). Influence of Concrete Carbonation On Electromagnetic Permittivity Measured By GPR and Capacitive Techniques. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 23(4). 443–456. 4 indexed citations

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Villain, Géraldine, et al.. (2018). Development of a calibration methodology to improve the on-site non-destructive evaluation of concrete durability indicators. Materials and Structures. 51(2). 27 indexed citations

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Villain, Géraldine, et al.. (2011). Determination of the bulk elastic moduli of various concretes by resonance frequency analysis of slabs submitted to impact echo. European Journal of Environmental and Civil engineering. 15(4). 601–617. 10 indexed citations

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Chahine, Khaled, et al.. (2011). On Variants of the Frequency Power Law for the Electromagnetic Characterization of Hydraulic Concrete. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 60(11). 3658–3668. 21 indexed citations

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Abraham, Odile, et al.. (2009). Analysis of coherent surface wave dispersion and attenuation for non-destructive testing of concrete. Ultrasonics. 49(8). 743–751. 41 indexed citations

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Villain, Géraldine, et al.. (2007). Vers un mode opératoire performant et discriminant de carbonatation accélérée des bétons pour ouvrages d`art. 63–78. 3 indexed citations

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Thiéry, Mickaël, Géraldine Villain, Patrick Dangla, & Gérard Platret. (2007). Investigation of the carbonation front shape on cementitious materials: Effects of the chemical kinetics. Cement and Concrete Research. 37(7). 1047–1058. 568 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thiéry, Mickaël, et al.. (2004). Modélisation de la carbonatation atmosphérique des matériaux cimentaires. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 153–187. 15 indexed citations

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Villain, Géraldine, Mickaël Thiéry, & Pierre Roussel. (2004). Determination par gammadensimetrie de profils de sechage et de carbonatation dans les betons. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 49–71.

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