Sidney Mindess

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Sidney Mindess is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sidney Mindess has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 34 papers in Building and Construction and 11 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sidney Mindess's work include Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (34 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (22 papers) and Concrete and Cement Materials Research (15 papers). Sidney Mindess is often cited by papers focused on Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (34 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (22 papers) and Concrete and Cement Materials Research (15 papers). Sidney Mindess collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Thailand. Sidney Mindess's co-authors include A. Bentur, Jan Skalny, Nemkumar Banthia, Sidney Diamond, Pierre-Claude Aı̈tcin, Mark Alexander, J. Francis Young, David Darwin, Moncef Nehdi and Cheng Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Cement and Concrete Research, Journal of the American Ceramic Society and Materials and Structures.

In The Last Decade

Sidney Mindess

69 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites

2006 960 citations A. Bentur, Sidney Mindess profile →
Materials science of concrete

1989 393 citations Jan Skalny, Sidney Mindess et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sidney Mindess Canada	26	2.8k	1.5k	430	419	174	69	3.1k
Piet Stroeven Netherlands	29	2.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	476 1.1×	385 0.9×	133 0.8×	141	3.0k
Pierre-Claude Aı̈tcin Canada	30	3.1k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	153 0.4×	459 1.1×	129 0.7×	82	3.4k
Ravindra Gettu India	31	3.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.4×	463 1.1×	540 1.3×	127 0.7×	123	3.8k
Will Hansen United States	26	3.0k 1.1×	914 0.6×	305 0.7×	501 1.2×	246 1.4×	98	3.2k
Vivek Bindiganavile Canada	26	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	184 0.4×	396 0.9×	108 0.6×	90	2.3k
Jin‐Keun Kim South Korea	40	4.9k 1.7×	2.5k 1.7×	695 1.6×	438 1.0×	270 1.6×	100	5.4k
Yunping Xi United States	31	3.3k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	560 1.3×	643 1.5×	332 1.9×	112	3.8k
David A. Lange United States	32	3.7k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	560 1.3×	474 1.1×	148 0.9×	146	4.5k
Mehmet Ali Taşdemi̇r Türkiye	24	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	286 0.7×	288 0.7×	70 0.4×	42	2.3k
Qiang Fu China	35	2.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	253 0.6×	624 1.5×	179 1.0×	101	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sidney Mindess

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sidney Mindess

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sidney Mindess

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sidney Mindess. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sidney Mindess based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sidney Mindess. Sidney Mindess is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Aı̈tcin, Pierre-Claude, William Wilson, & Sidney Mindess. (2016). Increasing the Strength of Concretes Made with Blended Cements. ACI Concrete International. 38(8). 49–52. 1 indexed citations

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Mindess, Sidney. (2008). Developments in the formulation and reinforcement of concrete. Woodhead Publishing Limited eBooks. 29 indexed citations

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Hooton, R.D., et al.. (2006). Proportioning and Testing Concrete for Durability: Better Durability Test Methods Are Needed for Performance Specifications. ACI Concrete International. 28(8). 38–41. 13 indexed citations

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Alexander, Mark, et al.. (2005). Aggregates in Concrete. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 122 indexed citations

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Mindess, Sidney, Piti Sukontasukkul, & Frank Lam. (2004). Fracture of air-dried and fully saturated parallel strand lumber (PSL) under impact loading. Wood Science and Technology. 38(3). 227–235. 3 indexed citations

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Jolin, Marc, Denis Beaupré, & Sidney Mindess. (2002). QUALITY CONTROL OF DRY-MIX SHOTCRETE DURING CONSTRUCTION. ACI Concrete International. 24(10). 69–74. 1 indexed citations

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Mindess, Sidney, J. Francis Young, & David Darwin. (2002). Concrete : 2nd ed.. Prentice Hall eBooks. 173 indexed citations

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Boyd, Andrew J., et al.. (2002). Cement and concrete : trends and challenges. 2 indexed citations

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Mindess, Sidney, et al.. (1999). Testing of Fiber-Reinforced Structural Concrete Elements. 1 indexed citations

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Jolin, Marc, Denis Beaupré, & Sidney Mindess. (1999). Tests to characterise properties of fresh dry-mix shotcrete. Cement and Concrete Research. 29(5). 753–760. 21 indexed citations

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Armelin, Hugo A., et al.. (1999). Kinematics of Dry-Mix Shotcrete. ACI Materials Journal. 96(3). 7 indexed citations

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Yan, Cheng & Sidney Mindess. (1994). Bond between epoxy-coated reinforcing bars and concrete under impact loading. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 21(1). 89–100. 4 indexed citations

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Mindess, Sidney. (1991). Advances in cementitious materials. 59 indexed citations

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Skalny, Jan, et al.. (1989). Materials science of concrete. 393 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mindess, Sidney. (1987). Bonding in Cementitious Composites: How Important is it?. MRS Proceedings. 114. 30 indexed citations

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Madsen, Borg & Sidney Mindess. (1986). The influence of the energy stored in the test apparatus on the strength of lumber. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 13(1). 8–11. 2 indexed citations

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Bentur, A., Sidney Diamond, & Sidney Mindess. (1985). Cracking processes in steel fiber reinforced cement paste. Cement and Concrete Research. 15(2). 331–342. 45 indexed citations

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Bentur, A., Sidney Mindess, & Nemkumar Banthia. (1985). The Fracture of Reinforced Concrete under Impact Loading. MRS Proceedings. 64. 7 indexed citations

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Mindess, Sidney. (1983). Application of Fracture Mechanics to Concrete. 794–797. 1 indexed citations

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Mindess, Sidney, et al.. (1982). The effects of fibre reinforcement on crack propagation in concrete. International Journal of Cement Composites and Lightweight Concrete. 4(2). 83–93. 10 indexed citations

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