Nicolas Roussel

23.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
238 papers, 17.6k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Roussel is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Roussel has authored 238 papers receiving a total of 17.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Building and Construction, 81 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 43 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Roussel's work include Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (103 papers), Concrete and Cement Materials Research (56 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (29 papers). Nicolas Roussel is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (103 papers), Concrete and Cement Materials Research (56 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (29 papers). Nicolas Roussel collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Switzerland. Nicolas Roussel's co-authors include Guillaume Habert, Robert J. Flatt, Jean-Baptiste d’Espinose de Lacaillerie, Guillaume Ovarlez, Mukul M. Sharma, Coralie Brumaud, Philippe Coussot, Philippe Coussot, Hela Bessaies-Bey and Timothy Wangler and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Roussel

229 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

An environmental evaluation of geopolymer based concrete ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2011 2018 2011 2006 2016 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. An environmental evaluation of geopolymer based concrete production: reviewing current research trends
    2011 1.1k citations Jean-Baptiste d’Espinose de Lacaillerie, Nicolas Roussel et al. profile →
  2. Rheological requirements for printable concretes
    2018 827 citations Nicolas Roussel Cement and Concrete Research profile →
  3. The origins of thixotropy of fresh cement pastes
    2011 715 citations Nicolas Roussel, Coralie Brumaud et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →
  4. A thixotropy model for fresh fluid concretes: Theory, validation and applications
    2006 681 citations Nicolas Roussel Cement and Concrete Research profile →
  5. Digital Concrete: Opportunities and Challenges
    2016 448 citations Timothy Wangler, Nicolas Roussel et al. profile →
  6. Steady state flow of cement suspensions: A micromechanical state of the art
    2009 435 citations Nicolas Roussel et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →
  7. Digital Concrete: A Review
    2019 416 citations Timothy Wangler, Nicolas Roussel et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →
  8. Extrusion-based additive manufacturing with cement-based materials – Production steps, processes, and their underlying physics: A review
    2020 404 citations Viktor Mechtcherine, Freek Bos et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →
  9. Understanding the rheology of concrete
    2012 367 citations Nicolas Roussel Woodhead Publishing Limited eBooks profile →
  10. The role of early age structural build-up in digital fabrication with concrete
    2018 316 citations Timothy Wangler, Nicolas Roussel et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicolas Roussel France 69 12.0k 11.0k 4.0k 1.8k 1.6k 238 17.6k
Guowei Ma China 75 6.8k 0.6× 10.9k 1.0× 3.4k 0.8× 2.3k 1.3× 2.8k 1.8× 503 20.1k
Surendra P. Shah United States 104 12.2k 1.0× 27.9k 2.5× 517 0.1× 5.9k 3.3× 1.6k 1.0× 583 33.0k
Wang Li China 49 4.6k 0.4× 3.6k 0.3× 3.1k 0.8× 974 0.5× 2.0k 1.3× 865 10.9k
Guoqiang Li United States 70 2.9k 0.2× 5.9k 0.5× 596 0.1× 3.5k 1.9× 4.5k 2.9× 570 17.0k
Xianghui Xiao United States 49 882 0.1× 2.1k 0.2× 1.6k 0.4× 2.0k 1.1× 2.8k 1.8× 247 10.0k
Kejin Wang United States 59 3.4k 0.3× 8.9k 0.8× 321 0.1× 2.0k 1.1× 511 0.3× 264 10.6k
Jiaping Liu China 62 5.7k 0.5× 7.5k 0.7× 270 0.1× 2.4k 1.3× 2.1k 1.3× 569 15.4k
J.F. Chen China 54 8.2k 0.7× 9.3k 0.8× 319 0.1× 657 0.4× 979 0.6× 321 12.7k
Zhishen Wu China 67 8.3k 0.7× 10.7k 1.0× 232 0.1× 1.6k 0.9× 3.3k 2.1× 585 17.5k
Jun Li China 51 2.5k 0.2× 6.5k 0.6× 169 0.0× 2.8k 1.6× 885 0.6× 386 8.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Roussel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bos, Freek, Costantino Menna, Rob Wolfs, et al.. (2025). Mechanical properties of 3D printed concrete: a RILEM TC 304-ADC interlaboratory study — approach and main results. Materials and Structures. 58(5). 2 indexed citations
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Lesage, Karel, et al.. (2025). Concrete printing through lace pressing: Head, shoulders, knees and toes. Cement and Concrete Research. 197. 107968–107968. 1 indexed citations
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Bessaies-Bey, Hela, et al.. (2024). Packing properties assessment of cement and alternative powders: Artefacts and protocols. Cement and Concrete Research. 186. 107685–107685. 4 indexed citations
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Tittelboom, Kim Van, Manu K. Mohan, Branko Šavija, et al.. (2024). On the micro- and meso-structure and durability of 3D printed concrete elements. Cement and Concrete Research. 185. 107649–107649. 11 indexed citations
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Perrot, Arnaud, Jean‐François Caron, Romain Mesnil, et al.. (2024). Snapshot on 3D printing with alternative binders and materials: Earth, geopolymers, gypsum and low carbon concrete. Cement and Concrete Research. 185. 107651–107651. 17 indexed citations
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Bessaies-Bey, Hela, et al.. (2024). Effect of maximum packing fraction of powders on the rheology of metakaolin-based geopolymer pastes. Cement and Concrete Research. 179. 107482–107482. 11 indexed citations
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Zuo, Wenqiang, et al.. (2024). Drying-induced damages in exposed fresh cement-based materials at very early ages: From standard casting to 3D printing. Cement and Concrete Research. 185. 107614–107614. 2 indexed citations
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Lerner, A B, et al.. (2023). An intrinsic sensitivity calibration scheme for high temperature measurements using femtosecond point-by-point written fiber Bragg gratings. Optics & Laser Technology. 170. 110278–110278. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Sibo, et al.. (2018). Deriving surface soil moisture from reflected GNSS signal observations from a grassland site in southwestern France. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 22(3). 1931–1946. 21 indexed citations
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Zhang, Sibo, Nicolas Roussel, Minh Cường Hà, et al.. (2017). Use of reflected GNSS SNR data to retrieve either soil moisture or vegetation height from a wheat crop. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 21(9). 4767–4784. 43 indexed citations
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Zhang, Sibo, Nicolas Roussel, Minh Cường Hà, et al.. (2017). Use of GNSS SNR data to retrieve soil moisture and vegetationvariables over a wheat crop. 3 indexed citations
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Roussel, Nicolas, Frédéric Frappart, Guillaume Ramillien, et al.. (2014). Simulations of direct and reflected waves trajectories for in situ GNSS-R experiments. 8 indexed citations
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Roussel, Nicolas, Frédéric Frappart, Guillaume Ramillien, et al.. (2014). Simulations of direct and reflected wave trajectories for ground-based GNSS-R experiments. Geoscientific model development. 7(5). 2261–2279. 40 indexed citations
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Roussel, Nicolas, Sofiane Amziane, John N. Gardner, et al.. (2014). Field validation of models for predicting lateral form pressure exerted by SCC. Cement and Concrete Composites. 54. 70–79. 51 indexed citations
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Hot, Julie, et al.. (2014). Adsorbing polymers and viscosity of cement pastes. Cement and Concrete Research. 63. 12–19. 139 indexed citations
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Martinie, Laëtitia, Jean-François Lataste, & Nicolas Roussel. (2013). Fiber orientation during casting of UHPFRC: electrical resistivity measurements, image analysis and numerical simulations. Materials and Structures. 48(4). 947–957. 22 indexed citations
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Roussel, Nicolas. (2012). Understanding the rheology of concrete. Woodhead Publishing Limited eBooks. 367 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roussel, Nicolas & Mukul M. Sharma. (2010). Quantifying Transient Effects in Altered-Stress Refracturing of Vertical Wells. SPE Journal. 15(3). 770–782. 39 indexed citations
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Feys, Dimitri, Nicolas Roussel, Ronny Verhoeven, & Geert De Schutter. (2009). Influence of air bubbles size and volume fraction on rheological properties of fresh self-compacting concrete. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 7 indexed citations
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Roussel, Nicolas. (2009). From Rheology of Fresh Concrete to Casting Processes. ACI Concrete International. 31(3). 48–52. 1 indexed citations

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