L.G. Leal

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
2 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

L.G. Leal is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Atmospheric Science and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, L.G. Leal has authored 2 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Computational Mechanics, 1 paper in Atmospheric Science and 1 paper in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in L.G. Leal's work include Combustion and flame dynamics (1 paper), Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (1 paper) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (1 paper). L.G. Leal is often cited by papers focused on Combustion and flame dynamics (1 paper), Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (1 paper) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (1 paper). L.G. Leal collaborates with scholars based in France and United States. L.G. Leal's co-authors include Frédéric Topin, Marc Miscevic, Pascal Lavieille and Lounès Tadrist and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Multiphase Flow and Interfacial phenomena and heat transfer.

In The Last Decade

L.G. Leal

2 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Bubbles, drops and particles

1979 4.5k citations L.G. Leal International Journal of Multiphase Flow profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
L.G. Leal France	2	2.6k	1.8k	1.4k	839	598	2	4.5k
David G. Sloan United States	5	2.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	818 1.0×	567 0.9×	10	4.6k
H.E.A. van den Akker Netherlands	38	3.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	871 1.0×	586 1.0×	144	4.9k
Donald A. Drew United States	35	3.2k 1.2×	2.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.6×	471 0.8×	119	5.4k
Jianzhong Lin China	33	2.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	610 0.7×	688 1.2×	422	5.0k
Richard M. Lueptow United States	43	3.5k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	675 0.8×	821 1.4×	210	6.0k
Jacques Magnaudet France	45	5.1k 2.0×	3.4k 1.9×	2.3k 1.7×	766 0.9×	565 0.9×	120	6.7k
Dominique Legendre France	35	2.8k 1.1×	2.4k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	789 0.9×	622 1.0×	125	4.1k
J. O. Hinze Netherlands	10	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	712 0.5×	514 0.6×	402 0.7×	18	2.9k
John B. McLaughlin United States	36	3.0k 1.2×	896 0.5×	2.3k 1.6×	466 0.6×	207 0.3×	84	4.5k
Şule Ergün Türkiye	6	3.8k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	2.0k 2.3×	151 0.3×	10	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by L.G. Leal

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Fields of papers citing papers by L.G. Leal

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L.G. Leal

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

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Leal, L.G., et al.. (2014). DYNAMIC ACTIVATION OF SINGLE VAPOR EMBRYO GROWTH: ANALYSES OF THERMAL AND MOMENTUM INERTIA EFFECTS. Interfacial phenomena and heat transfer. 2(2). 139–154. 1 indexed citations

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Leal, L.G.. (1979). Bubbles, drops and particles. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 5(3). 229–230. 4484 indexed citations breakdown →

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