Nicolas Brodu

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Brodu is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Cognitive Neuroscience and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Brodu has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Computational Mechanics, 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 5 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Brodu's work include Granular flow and fluidized beds (7 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (5 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (5 papers). Nicolas Brodu is often cited by papers focused on Granular flow and fluidized beds (7 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (5 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (5 papers). Nicolas Brodu collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Netherlands. Nicolas Brodu's co-authors include Dimitri Lague, Jérôme Leroux, Joshua A. Dijksman, Robert Behringer, Anatole Lécuyer, Fabien Lotte, James P. Crutchfield, Rodrigo Pombosa, Frédéric Frappart and Luc Bourrel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Brodu

26 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Accurate 3D comparison of complex topography with terrestrial laser scanner: Application to the Rangitikei canyon (N-Z)

2013 1.0k citations Dimitri Lague, Nicolas Brodu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolas Brodu France	11	691	690	258	256	163	28	1.5k
Falko Kuester United States	20	651 0.9×	430 0.6×	85 0.3×	67 0.3×	39 0.2×	148	1.7k
Devrim Akça Switzerland	18	632 0.9×	554 0.8×	100 0.4×	127 0.5×	76 0.5×	50	1.1k
Wuming Zhang China	27	1.0k 1.5×	2.4k 3.4×	1.3k 5.0×	61 0.2×	228 1.4×	114	3.8k
Samuel T. Thiele Germany	17	516 0.7×	416 0.6×	52 0.2×	156 0.6×	120 0.7×	44	1.3k
Dong Chen China	23	755 1.1×	930 1.3×	140 0.5×	20 0.1×	92 0.6×	130	1.8k
Rongjun Qin United States	28	643 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	588 2.3×	70 0.3×	381 2.3×	122	2.8k
Henrique Lorenzo Spain	27	850 1.2×	627 0.9×	92 0.4×	72 0.3×	38 0.2×	107	2.1k
Craig Glennie United States	33	1.4k 2.0×	2.0k 3.0×	712 2.8×	190 0.7×	277 1.7×	117	3.4k
Olaf Hellwich Germany	30	176 0.3×	421 0.6×	182 0.7×	92 0.4×	246 1.5×	181	2.4k
Pierre Grussenmeyer France	30	2.7k 3.9×	1.9k 2.8×	218 0.8×	124 0.5×	122 0.7×	198	3.8k

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Brodu, Nicolas, et al.. (2025). Inferring kernel ϵ-machines: Discovering structure in complex systems. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 35(3).

Pernet, Fabrice, et al.. (2025). Long‐Term Exposure of Bivalves to Ocean Acidification and Warming Under Ecologically‐Realistic Conditions Reveals Risks for Aquaculture by 2050 in the Mediterranean. Earth s Future. 13(12).

Gazeau, Frédéric, et al.. (2024). Toward an ecologically realistic experimental system to investigate the multigenerational effects of ocean warming and acidification on benthic invertebrates. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 22(10). 738–751. 4 indexed citations

Brodu, Nicolas & James P. Crutchfield. (2022). Discovering causal structure with reproducing-kernel Hilbert space ε -machines. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 32(2). 23103–23103. 9 indexed citations

Barés, Jonathan, Nicolas Brodu, Hu Zheng, & Joshua A. Dijksman. (2019). Transparent experiments: releasing data from mechanical tests on three dimensional hydrogel sphere packings. Granular Matter. 22(1). 21–21. 4 indexed citations

Dijksman, Joshua A., Nicolas Brodu, & Robert Behringer. (2017). Refractive index matched scanning and detection of soft particles. Review of Scientific Instruments. 88(5). 51807–51807. 29 indexed citations

Valance, Alexandre, et al.. (2017). High speed confined granular flows down inclined: numerical simulations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 140. 3081–3081. 4 indexed citations

Walker, David M., Antoinette Tordesillas, Nicolas Brodu, et al.. (2015). Self-assembly in a near-frictionless granular material: conformational structures and transitions in uniaxial cyclic compression of hydrogel spheres. Soft Matter. 11(11). 2157–2173. 17 indexed citations

Brodu, Nicolas, Joshua A. Dijksman, & Robert Behringer. (2015). Spanning the scales of granular materials through microscopic force imaging. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6361–6361. 85 indexed citations

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Brodu, Nicolas, Joshua A. Dijksman, & Robert Behringer. (2015). Multiple-contact discrete-element model for simulating dense granular media. Physical Review E. 91(3). 32201–32201. 33 indexed citations

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Deffuant, Guillaume, Arnaud Banos, David Chavalarias, et al.. (2015). Visions de la complexité. Le démon de Laplace dans tous ses états. Natures Sciences Sociétés. 23(1). 42–53. 11 indexed citations

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Lague, Dimitri, Stéphane Bonnet, Nicolas Brodu, Timothy R. H. Davies, & Jérôme Leroux. (2012). High precision terrestrial laser scanning : measuring the individual impact of floods and landslides on meandering bedrock river dynamics (Rangitikei river, New-Zealand). HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 14. 13456. 2 indexed citations

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Brodu, Nicolas & Dimitri Lague. (2012). 3D point cloud classification of complex natural scenes using a multi-scale dimensionality criterion: applications in geomorphology. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 14. 4368. 3 indexed citations

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Brodu, Nicolas, Renaud Delannay, Alexandre Valance, & Patrick Richard. (2012). Evidence for new regimes in channeled granular flows. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Brodu, Nicolas, Fabien Lotte, & Anatole Lécuyer. (2011). Exploring two novel features for EEG-based brain–computer interfaces: Multifractal cumulants and predictive complexity. Neurocomputing. 79. 87–94. 48 indexed citations

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Brodu, Nicolas, Fabien Lotte, & Anatole Lécuyer. (2011). Comparative study of band-power extraction techniques for Motor Imagery classification. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1–6. 67 indexed citations

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Brodu, Nicolas. (2011). RECONSTRUCTION OF EPSILON-MACHINES IN PREDICTIVE FRAMEWORKS AND DECISIONAL STATES. Advances in Complex Systems. 14(5). 761–794. 9 indexed citations

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Brodu, Nicolas. (2008). A synthesis and a practical approach to complex systems. Complexity. 15(1). 36–60. 12 indexed citations

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Brodu, Nicolas. (2007). Quantifying the Effect of Learning on Recurrent Spikin Neurons. IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks. 3. 512–517. 6 indexed citations

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Brodu, Nicolas. (2006). Learning using Dynamical Regime Identification and Synchronization. The 2006 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Network Proceedings. 67. 270–276. 1 indexed citations

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