Jean‐François Molinari

8.9k total citations
183 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Jean‐François Molinari is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean‐François Molinari has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 62 papers in Materials Chemistry and 48 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jean‐François Molinari's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (64 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (38 papers) and High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (38 papers). Jean‐François Molinari is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (64 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (38 papers) and High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (38 papers). Jean‐François Molinari collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and France. Jean‐François Molinari's co-authors include Guillaume Anciaux, Fenghua Zhou, D.H. Warner, Ramin Aghababaei, Frédéric Sansoz, Mark O. Robbins, Sangil Hyun, Lei Pei, K.T. Ramesh and Vladislav A. Yastrebov and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jean‐François Molinari

168 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jean‐François Molinari Switzerland 47 4.4k 2.4k 2.3k 994 877 183 6.6k
Martin Ostoja‐Starzewski United States 44 5.0k 1.1× 1.5k 0.6× 2.9k 1.3× 962 1.0× 611 0.7× 262 8.7k
K. Ravi‐Chandar United States 44 4.0k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 2.1k 0.9× 1.6k 1.6× 609 0.7× 160 6.4k
Min Zhou United States 43 3.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 4.4k 2.0× 1.5k 1.5× 408 0.5× 235 7.7k
Michael Marder United States 36 2.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 466 0.5× 416 0.5× 116 4.9k
Ares J. Rosakis United States 53 5.5k 1.2× 2.5k 1.1× 3.3k 1.5× 1.8k 1.8× 684 0.8× 244 9.9k
Hussein M. Zbib United States 47 3.4k 0.8× 3.6k 1.5× 5.5k 2.5× 568 0.6× 457 0.5× 212 7.4k
Kōichi Tanaka Japan 32 5.8k 1.3× 2.4k 1.0× 2.6k 1.1× 1.5k 1.5× 368 0.4× 202 9.8k
Alexander M. Korsunsky United Kingdom 54 4.8k 1.1× 6.0k 2.5× 3.7k 1.7× 617 0.6× 437 0.5× 533 12.0k
D. M. Barnett United States 41 4.6k 1.0× 1.8k 0.8× 2.2k 1.0× 660 0.7× 233 0.3× 131 7.4k
A. Molinari France 49 4.0k 0.9× 5.4k 2.3× 4.5k 2.0× 976 1.0× 448 0.5× 188 8.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jean‐François Molinari

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Subhash, Ghatu, et al.. (2025). Machine learning for computational fracture and damage mechanics— Status and perspectives. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 332. 111778–111778.
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Anciaux, Guillaume, et al.. (2025). Numerical modeling of rough contact interfaces with trapped compressive liquid pockets. Tribology International. 214. 111142–111142.
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Pastewka, Lars, Antonis I. Vakis, Stefan J. Eder, et al.. (2025). Modeling in tribology: Recent advances, applications, and open questions. Tribology International. 218. 111326–111326.
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Kolinski, John M., et al.. (2024). Fluid-mediated impact of soft solids. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 997. 4 indexed citations
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Brink, Tobias, et al.. (2024). Roughness Evolution Induced by Third-Body Wear. Tribology Letters. 72(2). 37–37. 7 indexed citations
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Anciaux, Guillaume, Lucas Frérot, David S. Kammer, et al.. (2024). Akantu: an HPC finite-element library for contact anddynamic fracture simulations. The Journal of Open Source Software. 9(94). 5253–5253. 2 indexed citations
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Molinari, Jean‐François, et al.. (2023). Role of Minimum Adhesive Wear Particle Size in Third-Body Layer Properties. Tribology Letters. 71(3). 6 indexed citations
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Brink, Tobias, et al.. (2022). Effect of wear particles and roughness on nanoscale friction. Physical Review Materials. 6(1). 20 indexed citations
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Leemann, Andreas, Mahsa Bagheri, Barbara Lothenbach, et al.. (2022). Alkali-silica reaction – a multidisciplinary approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 169–187. 13 indexed citations
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Subhash, Ghatu, et al.. (2022). Stress wave propagation through a 180° bend junction in a square cross-sectional bar. International Journal of Engineering Science. 180. 103748–103748. 2 indexed citations
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Molinari, Jean‐François, et al.. (2022). Understanding the mechanisms of adhesive wear for heterogeneous materials through atomistic simulations. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 57. 101913–101913. 5 indexed citations
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Frérot, Lucas, et al.. (2020). Tamaas: a library for elastic-plastic contact of periodic rough surfaces. The Journal of Open Source Software. 5(51). 2121–2121. 21 indexed citations
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Brun, M., Roozbeh Rezakhani, & Jean‐François Molinari. (2020). Explicit dynamic approach for unbounded domains in frictional contact with Rate and State laws. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design. 174. 103402–103402. 3 indexed citations
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Yastrebov, Vladislav A., Guillaume Anciaux, & Jean‐François Molinari. (2017). The role of the roughness spectral breadth in elastic contact of rough surfaces. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 107. 469–493. 47 indexed citations
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Yastrebov, Vladislav A., Guillaume Anciaux, & Jean‐François Molinari. (2014). From infinitesimal to full contact between rough surfaces: Evolution of the contact area. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 52. 83–102. 203 indexed citations
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Radiguet, Mathilde, David S. Kammer, & Jean‐François Molinari. (2013). Role of visco-elastic rheologies in the persistence of heterogeneous stress distributions in dynamic rupture models.. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 2013(Pt 12). 2768–2774.
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Gatuingt, Fabrice, et al.. (2013). Numerical determination of the tensile response and the dissipated fracture energy of concrete: role of the mesostructure and influence of the loading rate. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 37(18). 3112–3130. 29 indexed citations
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Kammer, David S., Vladislav A. Yastrebov, & Jean‐François Molinari. (2012). Interfaces: How the Rupture Speed of Slip Fronts is Related to the Deformation Energy. Cell stem cell. 26(3). 301–302.
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Zhou, Fenghua, Jean‐François Molinari, & K.T. Ramesh. (2005). A cohesive model based fragmentation analysis: effects of strain rate and initial defects distribution. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 42(18-19). 5181–5207. 103 indexed citations
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Molinari, Jean‐François & Feicong Zhou. (2002). 3D finite element analysis of impact damage in metallic and ceramic targets. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 134. 317–327. 8 indexed citations

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