M. Kléman

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

M. Kléman is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Kléman has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 46 papers in Materials Chemistry and 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in M. Kléman's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (46 papers), Quasicrystal Structures and Properties (23 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (17 papers). M. Kléman is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (46 papers), Quasicrystal Structures and Properties (23 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (17 papers). M. Kléman collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Switzerland. M. Kléman's co-authors include Oleg D. Lavrentovich, J. Friedel, N. David Mermin, Christophe Blanc, Claudine E. Williams, Louis Michel, P. Oswald, J. Miltat, Roger G. Horn and Oliver Parodi and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

M. Kléman

101 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Kléman France	31	2.2k	1.3k	975	822	666	102	3.5k
M. Kléman France	25	1.5k 0.7×	749 0.6×	622 0.6×	472 0.6×	517 0.8×	73	2.2k
Charles Rosenblatt United States	33	3.0k 1.4×	868 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	526 0.6×	753 1.1×	219	3.9k
F. Brochard France	32	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	440 0.5×	858 1.3×	61	5.4k
Epifanio G. Virga Italy	28	2.0k 0.9×	681 0.5×	542 0.6×	776 0.9×	290 0.4×	157	2.9k
P. E. Cladis United States	39	3.8k 1.7×	1.2k 0.9×	778 0.8×	754 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	124	4.5k
Harald Pleiner Germany	33	2.1k 1.0×	668 0.5×	603 0.6×	768 0.9×	564 0.8×	205	3.6k
R. Alben United States	31	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	750 0.9×	365 0.5×	79	3.8k
Ágnes Buka Hungary	29	2.2k 1.0×	714 0.6×	573 0.6×	431 0.5×	334 0.5×	135	2.7k
F. M. Leslie United Kingdom	22	2.1k 0.9×	595 0.5×	330 0.3×	543 0.7×	400 0.6×	57	3.0k
Rolfe G. Petschek United States	29	1.3k 0.6×	964 0.8×	742 0.8×	205 0.2×	523 0.8×	127	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Kléman

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kléman, M. & J. M. Robbins. (2013). Tubes of Magnetic Flux and Electric Current in Space Physics. Solar Physics. 289(4). 1173–1192. 4 indexed citations

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Kléman, M. & J. Friedel. (2008). Disclinations, dislocations, and continuous defects: A reappraisal. Reviews of Modern Physics. 80(1). 61–115. 181 indexed citations

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Blanc, Christophe, et al.. (2004). Defect dynamics in a smectic Grandjean-Cano wedge. Physical Review E. 69(1). 11705–11705. 18 indexed citations

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Дмитриенко, В. Е., et al.. (2001). Growth of different facets in icosahedral quasicrystals: Monte Carlo studies. Ferroelectrics. 250(1). 321–325. 1 indexed citations

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Дмитриенко, В. Е. & M. Kléman. (1999). Icosahedral order and disorder in semiconductors. Philosophical Magazine Letters. 79(6). 359–367. 13 indexed citations

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Baluc, N., et al.. (1995). Phase transformation from quasicrystal to crystal. Philosophical Magazine Letters. 72(1). 61–69. 4 indexed citations

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Yu, Dapeng, et al.. (1993). Transmission electron microscopy study of small-angle grain boundaries, dislocations and modulated phases in Al-Li-Cu quasicrystals. Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties. 67(4). 991–1005. 3 indexed citations

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Kléman, M., et al.. (1992). Defect morphology in a biaxial thermotropic polymer. Journal de Physique II. 2(2). 187–207. 20 indexed citations

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Kléman, M., et al.. (1991). Dislocations in a penrose lattice. Acta Metallurgica et Materialia. 39(3). 287–293. 20 indexed citations

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Kléman, M.. (1989). Les cristaux considérés comme des graphes ou des 2-complexes ; le cas des cristaux apériodiques. Journal de physique. 50(18). 2475–2488. 1 indexed citations

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Gefen, Yuval, et al.. (1988). Inflationary character of Penrose tilings. Journal de physique. 49(7). 1111–1118. 4 indexed citations

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Kléman, M.. (1985). Defects and their relationship to molecular configurations in nematic polymers. Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society. 79(0). 215–224. 13 indexed citations

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Kléman, M., L. Liébert, & L. Strzelecki. (1983). Preliminary observations of defects in a polymeric nematic phase. Polymer. 24(3). 295–299. 25 indexed citations

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Kléman, M.. (1981). Liquid crystals: the fourth state of matter. Acta Crystallographica Section A. 37(4). 607–608. 1 indexed citations

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Kléman, M. & I. B. Puchalska. (1980). Charged walls in implanted layers. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 15-18. 1473–1476. 2 indexed citations

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Kléman, M., et al.. (1978). Spontaneous Breaking of Euclidean Invariance and Classification of Topologically Stable Defects and Configurations of Crystals and Liquid Crystals. French digital mathematics library (Numdam). 26. 45–48. 2 indexed citations

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Kléman, M.. (1977). Points, lignes, parois dans les fluides anisotropes et les solides cristallins. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 29 indexed citations

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Kléman, M., Louis Michel, & G. Toulouse. (1977). Classification of topologically stable defects in ordered media. Journal de Physique Lettres. 38(10). 195–197. 69 indexed citations

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Kléman, M.. (1976). Bloch and Néel disclination lines in a small-anisotropy ferromagnet. Physical review. B, Solid state. 13(7). 3091–3108. 14 indexed citations

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Bourret, A. & M. Kléman. (1967). Rubans d' aimantation dans les lames minces de fer pur. physica status solidi (b). 23(1). 207–221. 6 indexed citations

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