Raphaël Blumenfeld

2.5k total citations
103 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Raphaël Blumenfeld is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Computational Mechanics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Raphaël Blumenfeld has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 42 papers in Computational Mechanics and 36 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Raphaël Blumenfeld's work include Granular flow and fluidized beds (41 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (39 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (25 papers). Raphaël Blumenfeld is often cited by papers focused on Granular flow and fluidized beds (41 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (39 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (25 papers). Raphaël Blumenfeld collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Israel. Raphaël Blumenfeld's co-authors include Amnon Aharony, R. C. Ball, S. F. Edwards, David J. Bergman, Yigal Meir, A. B. Harris, N. A. Stelmashenko, Victor Milman, Caishan Liu and Takashi Matsushima and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Raphaël Blumenfeld

102 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Raphaël Blumenfeld United Kingdom 25 622 602 580 317 251 103 1.9k
H. J. Herrmann Switzerland 21 421 0.7× 523 0.9× 277 0.5× 235 0.7× 102 0.4× 57 1.5k
Daniel C. Hong United States 22 725 1.2× 810 1.3× 759 1.3× 138 0.4× 154 0.6× 68 2.0k
Anita Mehta India 22 751 1.2× 375 0.6× 1.1k 1.9× 158 0.5× 280 1.1× 77 1.9k
Alberto Petri Italy 18 380 0.6× 344 0.6× 307 0.5× 174 0.5× 130 0.5× 82 1.3k
Hiizu Nakanishi Japan 23 317 0.5× 713 1.2× 442 0.8× 159 0.5× 165 0.7× 71 1.7k
Stéphane Santucci France 23 449 0.7× 570 0.9× 218 0.4× 511 1.6× 183 0.7× 57 1.6k
Jordi Ortı́n Spain 28 1.4k 2.3× 851 1.4× 468 0.8× 223 0.7× 65 0.3× 100 2.5k
Pik-Yin Lai Taiwan 21 505 0.8× 298 0.5× 410 0.7× 205 0.6× 93 0.4× 66 1.9k
Eirik G. Flekkøy Norway 29 592 1.0× 299 0.5× 1.3k 2.2× 382 1.2× 159 0.6× 120 2.8k
Renaud Delannay France 26 677 1.1× 176 0.3× 1.2k 2.1× 185 0.6× 693 2.8× 71 2.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jiang, Haoran, et al.. (2025). Effects of particle angularity on granular self-organization. Physical review. E. 112(5). 55407–55407. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yujie, et al.. (2025). Experimental evidence of detailed balance in granular systems. Granular Matter. 27(4). 1 indexed citations
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Blumenfeld, Raphaël. (2024). Granular solids transmit stress as two-phase composites. Physical review. E. 109(1). 14901–14901. 2 indexed citations
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Blumenfeld, Raphaël, et al.. (2023). Steady states of two-dimensional granular systems are unique, stable, and sometimes satisfy detailed balance. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 56(34). 345001–345001. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoling, Raphaël Blumenfeld, Xi‐Qiao Feng, & David A. Weitz. (2022). ‘Phase transitions’ in bacteria – From structural transitions in free living bacteria to phenotypic transitions in bacteria within biofilms. Physics of Life Reviews. 43. 98–138. 6 indexed citations
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Yanagida, Ayaka, Giuliano Giuseppe Stirparo, Irene M. Aspalter, et al.. (2022). Cell surface fluctuations regulate early embryonic lineage sorting. Cell. 185(5). 777–793.e20. 58 indexed citations
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Liu, Ping, et al.. (2021). Locomotion of Self-Excited Vibrating and Rotating Objects in Granular Environments. Applied Sciences. 11(5). 2054–2054. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Caishan, et al.. (2018). Archimedes’ law explains penetration of solids into granular media. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1101–1101. 80 indexed citations
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Matsushima, Takashi & Raphaël Blumenfeld. (2017). Fundamental structural characteristics of planar granular assemblies: Self-organization and scaling away friction and initial state. Physical review. E. 95(3). 32905–32905. 20 indexed citations
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Blumenfeld, Raphaël, et al.. (2017). Affine and topogical structural entropies in granular statistical mechanics: Explicit calculations and equation of state. Physical review. E. 95(5). 52905–52905. 2 indexed citations
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Bertei, Antonio, et al.. (2017). Theory-based design of sintered granular composites triples three-phase boundary in fuel cells. Physical review. E. 96(5). 52903–52903. 2 indexed citations
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Blumenfeld, Raphaël, et al.. (2016). Failure of the Volume Function in Granular Statistical Mechanics and an Alternative Formulation. Physical Review Letters. 116(14). 148001–148001. 12 indexed citations
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Blumenfeld, Raphaël, et al.. (2016). Vertical dynamics of a horizontally oscillating active object in a two-dimensional granular medium. Physical review. E. 94(6). 62906–62906. 12 indexed citations
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Blumenfeld, Raphaël, S. F. Edwards, & Moshe Schwartz. (2010). da Vinci fluids, catch-up dynamics and dense granular flow. The European Physical Journal E. 32(4). 333–338. 11 indexed citations
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Blumenfeld, Raphaël, et al.. (2008). Structural characterization and statistical properties of two-dimensional granular systems. Physical Review E. 77(4). 41304–41304. 18 indexed citations
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Gerritsen, Margot, Gunilla Kreiss, & Raphaël Blumenfeld. (2008). Stress Chain Solutions in Two-Dimensional Isostatic Granular Systems: Fabric-Dependent Paths, Leakage, and Branching. Physical Review Letters. 101(9). 98001–98001. 9 indexed citations
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Blumenfeld, Raphaël. (2006). Isostaticity and Controlled Force Transmission in the Cytoskeleton: A Model Awaiting Experimental Evidence. Biophysical Journal. 91(5). 1970–1983. 24 indexed citations
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Blumenfeld, Raphaël & S. F. Edwards. (2003). Granular Entropy: Explicit Calculations for Planar Assemblies. Physical Review Letters. 90(11). 114303–114303. 72 indexed citations
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Ball, R. C. & Raphaël Blumenfeld. (2002). Stress Field in Granular Systems: Loop Forces and Potential Formulation. Physical Review Letters. 88(11). 115505–115505. 120 indexed citations
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Blumenfeld, Raphaël & Salvatore Torquato. (1993). Coarse-graining procedure to generate and analyze heterogeneous materials: Theory. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 48(6). 4492–4500. 16 indexed citations

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