Michel Cathonnet

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Michel Cathonnet is a scholar working on Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel Cathonnet has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, 55 papers in Materials Chemistry and 43 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Michel Cathonnet's work include Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (61 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (52 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (43 papers). Michel Cathonnet is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (61 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (52 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (43 papers). Michel Cathonnet collaborates with scholars based in France, Ireland and Italy. Michel Cathonnet's co-authors include Philippe Dagaut, Jean‐Claude Boettner, JC Boettner, Marcelline Reuillon, Françoise Gaillard, John M. Simmie, Jocelyn Luche, Alain Ristori, Henri James and Franck Lecomte and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science and Fuel.

In The Last Decade

Michel Cathonnet

87 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

The ignition, oxidation, and combustion of kerosene: A re... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. The ignition, oxidation, and combustion of kerosene: A review of experimental and kinetic modeling
    2006 503 citations Philippe Dagaut, Michel Cathonnet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michel Cathonnet France 44 4.2k 3.3k 1.8k 1.1k 1.0k 89 5.1k
Wayne K. Metcalfe Ireland 32 4.8k 1.1× 3.8k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 1.8k 1.6× 1.4k 1.4× 46 5.7k
Irvin Glassman United States 40 2.7k 0.6× 2.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 773 0.8× 112 5.0k
R.P. Lindstedt United Kingdom 38 3.4k 0.8× 3.9k 1.2× 779 0.4× 1.0k 0.9× 874 0.9× 110 5.3k
Guillaume Dayma France 39 2.9k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 706 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 122 3.6k
Matthew A. Oehlschlaeger United States 40 4.3k 1.0× 3.5k 1.1× 958 0.5× 1.3k 1.2× 1.7k 1.7× 103 5.4k
Casimir Togbé France 36 3.0k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 989 0.6× 470 0.4× 1.6k 1.6× 54 3.7k
Karl Alexander Heufer Germany 28 3.3k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 911 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 968 1.0× 109 4.0k
Fabian Mauß Germany 36 4.3k 1.0× 3.3k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 888 0.8× 815 0.8× 160 4.9k
Olivier Mathieu United States 31 3.5k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1.5k 1.4× 507 0.5× 110 4.3k
Jürgen Warnatz Germany 29 1.6k 0.4× 1.7k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 639 0.6× 362 0.4× 45 3.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ristori, Alain, Philippe Dagaut, Abderrahman El Bakali, Gaëlle Pengloan, & Michel Cathonnet. (2001). Benzene Oxidation: Experimental Results in a JDR and Comprehensive Kinetic Modeling in JSR, Shock-Tube and Flame. Combustion Science and Technology. 167(1). 223–256. 55 indexed citations
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Lecomte, Franck, et al.. (2000). NO-Reduction by Ethane in a JSR at Atmospheric Pressure: Experimental and Kinetic Modeling. Combustion Science and Technology. 150(1-6). 181–203. 21 indexed citations
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Bakali, Abderrahman El, Marina Braun‐Unkhoff, Philippe Dagaut, Peter Frank, & Michel Cathonnet. (2000). Detailed kinetic reaction mechanism for cyclohexane oxidation at pressure up to ten atmospheres. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 28(2). 1631–1638. 87 indexed citations
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Dagaut, Philippe, Jocelyn Luche, & Michel Cathonnet. (2000). Experimental and kinetic modeling of the reduction of NO by propene at 1 atm. Combustion and Flame. 121(4). 651–661. 36 indexed citations
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Dagaut, Philippe, et al.. (1999). Mutual Sensitization of the Oxidation of Nitric Oxide and Simple Fuels Over an Extended Temperature Range: Experimental and Detailed Kinetic Modeling. Combustion Science and Technology. 148(1-6). 27–57. 45 indexed citations
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Goldaniga, A., Tiziano Faravelli, E. Ranzi, Philippe Dagaut, & Michel Cathonnet. (1998). Oxidation of oxygenated octane improvers: MTBE, ETBE, DIPE, and TAME. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 27(1). 353–360. 41 indexed citations
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Dagaut, Philippe, et al.. (1998). The Ignition and Oxidation of Tetrahydrofuran: Experiments and Kinetic Modeling. Combustion Science and Technology. 135(1-6). 3–29. 42 indexed citations
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Curran, Henry J., William J. Pitz, Charles K. Westbrook, et al.. (1998). A wide range modeling study of dimethyl ether oxidation. International Journal of Chemical Kinetics. 30(3). 229–241. 302 indexed citations
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Dagaut, Philippe, et al.. (1997). The Ignition and Oxidation of Tetrahydropyran: Experiments and Kinetic Modeling. Combustion Science and Technology. 129(1-6). 1–16. 17 indexed citations
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Cathonnet, Michel, et al.. (1997). The Oxidation of N-Heptane in the Presence of Oxygenated Octane Improvers: MTBE and ETBE. Combustion Science and Technology. 122(1-6). 345–361. 34 indexed citations
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Dagaut, Philippe, et al.. (1996). The oxidation of ethylene oxide in a jet-stirred reactor and its ignition in shock waves. Combustion and Flame. 106(1-2). 62–68. 30 indexed citations
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Dagaut, Philippe, et al.. (1995). Acetaldehyde Oxidation in a JSR and Ignition in Shock Waves: Experimental and Comprehensive Kinetic Modeling. Combustion Science and Technology. 107(4-6). 301–316. 46 indexed citations
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Dagaut, Philippe, et al.. (1995). High pressure oxidation of normal decane and kerosene in dilute conditions from low to high temperature. Journal de Chimie Physique. 92. 47–76. 50 indexed citations
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Tan, Yewen, Philippe Dagaut, Michel Cathonnet, & JC Boettner. (1995). Pyrolysis, oxidation and ignition of C1 and C2 hydrocarbons: experiments and modeling. Journal de Chimie Physique. 92. 726–746. 25 indexed citations
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Dagaut, Philippe, et al.. (1995). Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry identification of cyclic ethers formed from reference fuels combustion. Chromatographia. 40(3-4). 147–154. 13 indexed citations
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Dagaut, Philippe, Marcelline Reuillon, & Michel Cathonnet. (1994). SHORT COMMUNICATION High Pressure Oxidation of Liquid Fuels from Low to High Temperature. 3.n-Decane. Combustion Science and Technology. 103(1-6). 349–359. 54 indexed citations
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Tan, Yewen, Philippe Dagaut, Michel Cathonnet, & JC Boettner. (1994). Oxidation and Ignition of Methane-Propane and Methane-Ethane-Propane Mixtures: Experiments and Modeling. Combustion Science and Technology. 103(1-6). 133–151. 52 indexed citations
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Dagaut, Philippe & Michel Cathonnet. (1990). Kinetics of ethane oxidation in a high pressure jet-stirred reactor : experimental results. Journal de Chimie Physique. 87. 1173–1185. 3 indexed citations
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Dagaut, Philippe, et al.. (1990). Allene oxidation in jet-stirred reactor : a kinetic modeling study. Journal de Chimie Physique. 87. 1159–1172. 13 indexed citations
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Dagaut, Philippe, et al.. (1987). Kinetic Modeling of Propane Oxidation. Combustion Science and Technology. 56(1-3). 23–63. 79 indexed citations

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