Xavier Maldague

15.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
505 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Xavier Maldague is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Aerospace Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xavier Maldague has authored 505 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 376 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 155 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 76 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xavier Maldague's work include Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (362 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (102 papers) and Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (90 papers). Xavier Maldague is often cited by papers focused on Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (362 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (102 papers) and Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (90 papers). Xavier Maldague collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Italy and China. Xavier Maldague's co-authors include Clemente Ibarra‐Castanedo, Sergio Marinetti, Стефано Сфарра, Nicolas P. Avdelidis, Hai Zhang, Abdelhakim Bendada, M. Klein, F. Galmiche, Adel Ziadi and Marc Genest and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Xavier Maldague

483 papers receiving 11.3k 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.

Theory and Practice of Infrared Technology for Nondestructive Testing

2001 1.3k citations Xavier Maldague profile →
Pulse phase infrared thermography

1996 803 citations Xavier Maldague et al. profile →
Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials by Infrared Thermography

1993 329 citations Xavier Maldague profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A comprehensive evaluation of the low-velocity impact behaviour of intraply hybrid flax/basalt composites using infrared thermography and terahertz time-domain spectroscopy techniques 2025 ·NDT & E International ·Pengfei Zhu, Hai Zhang, Стефано Сфарра, Fabrizio Sarasini, Rubén Usamentiaga, Gunther Steenackers, Clemente Ibarra‐Castanedo, Xavier Maldague	4
2	Multi-scale signal-to-noise driven fusion of post-processing sequences for enhanced defect detectability in active infrared thermography 2025 ·Array ·Rubén Usamentiaga, Стефано Сфарра, (unknown), Hai Zhang, Xavier Maldague	0
3	Interference Factors and Compensation Methods When Using Infrared Thermography for Temperature Measurement: A Review 2025 ·IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement ·Dong Pan, Ting‐Shan Mo, Zhaohui Jiang, Yu-Xia Duan, Zhongmei Li, Xavier Maldague, Weihua Gui	3
4	Passive infrared thermography for subsurface delamination detection in concrete infrastructure: Capabilities 2024 ·Construction and Building Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), Ahmed El Refai, Fernando López, Clemente Ibarra‐Castanedo, Xavier Maldague	21
5	Non-invasive inspection for a hand-bound book of the 19th century: Numerical simulations and experimental analysis of infrared, terahertz, and ultrasonic methods 2024 ·Infrared Physics & Technology ·(unknown), Pengfei Zhu, (unknown), (unknown), Dazhi Yang, Стефано Сфарра, (unknown), Ahmad Osman, Henrique Fernandes, Nicolas P. Avdelidis, Xavier Maldague, Hai Zhang	3
6	Enhancing resistance to low-velocity impact of electrospun-manufactured interlayer-strengthened CFRP by using infrared thermography 2024 ·NDT & E International ·Pengfei Zhu, Hai Zhang, Стефано Сфарра, Fabrizio Sarasini, Rubén Usamentiaga, V. P. Vavilov, Clemente Ibarra‐Castanedo, Xavier Maldague	13
7	Contactless and nondestructive evaluation of residual stress distribution in modified and pure HDPE materials using a novel terahertz method and line-scan thermographic technique 2024 ·Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing ·Pengfei Zhu, Hai Zhang, Carlo Santulli, Стефано Сфарра, Rubén Usamentiaga, В. П. Вавилов, Xavier Maldague	8
8	Swin transformer network leveraging multi-dimensional features for defect depth prediction 2024 ·Infrared Physics & Technology ·(unknown), (unknown), Ning Tao, Стефано Сфарра, Hai Zhang, Xavier Maldague, Cunlin Zhang, Jian-Qiao Meng, Yu-Xia Duan	2
9	SafeRespirator: Comprehensive Database for N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator Leakage Detection Including Infrared, RGB Videos, and Quantitative Fit Testing 2024 ·IEEE Access ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ali Bahloul, Xavier Maldague	0
10	Passive infrared thermography for subsurface delamination detection in concrete infrastructure: Inference on minimum requirements 2024 ·Computers & Structures ·(unknown), Ahmed El Refai, Fernando López, Clemente Ibarra‐Castanedo, Xavier Maldague	8
11	Fusion of infrared and terahertz imaging for non-invasive inspection of marqueteries coupled with finite element analyses 2024 ·Infrared Physics & Technology ·(unknown), Jue Hu, Стефано Сфарра, Elena Pivarčiová, V. P. Vavilov, Xavier Maldague, Hai Zhang	2
12	Deep Learning-Based Superpixel Texture Analysis for Crack Detection in Multi-Modal Infrastructure Images 2024 ·(unknown), Clemente Ibarra‐Castanedo, Fernando López, Xavier Maldague	2
13	Defect detection: An improved YOLOX network applied to a replica of “The Birth of Venus” by Botticelli 2023 ·Journal of Cultural Heritage ·Zhiyang Zhang, Hai Zhang, Jue Hu, Стефано Сфарра, (unknown), (unknown), Dazhi Yang, Xavier Maldague, (unknown), Yu-Xia Duan	10
14	Characterization of water content and inspection of delamination in spruce, oak and meranti woods after pyrolysis processing using a new terahertz time-domain spectroscopy method 2023 ·NDT & E International ·Pengfei Zhu, Hai Zhang, Elena Pivarčiová, Стефано Сфарра, Xavier Maldague	9
15	Evaluation of Residual Stress in Modified and Pure HDPE Materials Based on Thermal Diffusivity and Terahertz Phase Spectroscopy 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Pengfei Zhu, Hai Zhang, Carlo Santulli, Стефано Сфарра, Xavier Maldague	0
16	Numerical and experimental study for the identification of defects in wind turbine blades by infrared thermography 2023 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Humberto Loaiza Correa, (unknown), Xavier Maldague	1
17	Thermal stresses applied on helicopter blades useful to retrieve defects by means of infrared thermography and speckle patterns 2020 ·Thermal Science and Engineering Progress ·Fernando López, Стефано Сфарра, A. O. Chulkov, Clemente Ibarra‐Castanedo, (unknown), Mohammed Omar, V. P. Vavilov, Xavier Maldague	8
18	Enhanced contrast detection of subsurface defects by pulsed infrared thermography based on the fourth order statistic moment, kurtosis 2009 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Francisco Javier Madruga Saavedra, Clemente Ibarra‐Castanedo, Olga M. Conde, Xavier Maldague, José Miguel López Higuera	30
19	Defect depth retrieval from pulsed phase thermographic data on Plexiglas and aluminum samples 2004 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Clemente Ibarra‐Castanedo, Xavier Maldague	53
20	NDT applications of laser-generated focused acoustic waves 1985 ·NPARC ·Xavier Maldague, P. Cielo, (unknown)	5

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