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Materials Science
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2022

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 70 4449 4305 103 100 209 17006

Brahim Lounis publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Brahim Lounis between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Brahim Lounis published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 7.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2014. 10 of the 262 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2014. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 5 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 5 publications
1991 2025

262 publications in total across all disciplines

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Brahim Lounis: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 5
1993 4
1994 4
1995 2
1996 5
1997 4
1998 7
1999 5
2000 4
2001 4
2002 4
2003 8
2004 6
2005 10
2006 11
2007 6
2008 12
2009 8
2010 9
2011 6
2012 14
2013 16
2014 21
2015 15
2016 6
2017 11
2018 10
2019 7
2020 6
2021 6
2022 6
2023 9
2024 5
2025 5
Total 262
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Brahim Lounis publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brahim Lounis sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 190–209 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 209 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891 209
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Brahim Lounis D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brahim Lounis sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 70–71 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378 70
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in France Leader Award

Overview

Brahim Lounis is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and has contributed extensively to research in physics and engineering fields. Their work focuses primarily on atomic and molecular physics, optics, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, condensed matter physics, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering

Subfields where Brahim Lounis has substantial contributions include:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Artificial Intelligence

Their research covers topics such as:

  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Brahim Lounis has published multiple papers in well-known scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Physical Review B
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Physical Review Letters

Notable recent papers by Brahim Lounis consist of:

  • The dark exciton ground state promotes photon-pair emission in individual perovskite nanocrystals, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Universal scaling laws for charge-carrier interactions with quantum confinement in lead-halide perovskites, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Tailoring the superradiant and subradiant nature of two coherently coupled quantum emitters, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Inverse Faraday Effect for Superconducting Condensates, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Unraveling the Emission Pathways in Copper Indium Sulfide Quantum Dots, 2021, ACS Nano

The scientist collaborates frequently with colleagues including Philippe Tamarat, Jean-Baptiste Trebbia, Lei Hou, Jacky Even, and Quentin Deplano.

Best Publications

  • Photothermal imaging of nanometer-sized metal particles among scatterers.

    David Boyer;Philippe Tamarat;Abdelhamid Maali;Brahim Lounis

  • Single-photon sources

    Brahim Lounis;Michel Orrit

  • Triggered Source of Single Photons based on Controlled Single Molecule Fluorescence

    Christian Brunel;Brahim Lounis;Philippe Tamarat;Michel Orrit

  • Observation of intrinsic size effects in the optical response of individual gold nanoparticles.

    Stéphane Berciaud;Laurent Cognet;Philippe Tamarat;Brahim Lounis

  • Quantized motion of cold cesium atoms in two- and three-dimensional optical potentials.

    G. Grynberg;G. Grynberg;B. Lounis;B. Lounis;P. Verkerk;P. Verkerk;J.-Y. Courtois;J.-Y. Courtois

  • Photon antibunching in single CdSe/ZnS quantum dot fluorescence

    B. Lounis;B. Lounis;H.A. Bechtel;D. Gerion;P. Alivisatos

  • Single metallic nanoparticle imaging for protein detection in cells

    Laurent Cognet;Catherine Tardin;David Boyer;Daniel Choquet

  • Integrins β1 and β3 exhibit distinct dynamic nanoscale organizations inside focal adhesions.

    Olivier Rossier;Vivien Octeau;Vivien Octeau;Jean-Baptiste Sibarita;Jean-Baptiste Sibarita;Cécile Leduc;Cécile Leduc

  • Dynamics and spatial order of cold cesium atoms in a periodic optical potential.

    P. Verkerk;B. Lounis;C. Salomon;C. Cohen-Tannoudji

  • Photothermal Heterodyne Imaging of Individual Nonfluorescent Nanoclusters and Nanocrystals

    Stéphane Berciaud;Laurent Cognet;Gerhard A. Blab;Brahim Lounis

  • Temperature dependence of the luminescence lifetime of single CdSe/ZnS quantum dots.

    Olivier Labeau;Philippe Tamarat;Brahim Lounis

  • Absorption and scattering microscopy of single metal nanoparticles

    M. A. van Dijk;A. L. Tchebotareva;M. Orrit;M. Lippitz

  • Photothermal heterodyne imaging of individual metallic nanoparticles: Theory versus experiment

    Stéphane Berciaud;David Lasne;Gerhard A. Blab;Laurent Cognet

  • The 2015 super-resolution microscopy roadmap

    Stefan W. Hell;Stefan W. Hell;Steffen J. Sahl;Mark Bates;Xiaowei Zhuang

  • The 2015 super-resolution microscopy roadmap

    Stefan Hell;Steffen Sahl;Mark Bates;Xiaowei Zhuang

  • Single Nanoparticle Photothermal Tracking (SNaPT) of 5-nm Gold Beads in Live Cells

    David Lasne;Gerhard A. Blab;Stéphane Berciaud;Martin Heine

  • Super-resolution Microscopy Approaches for Live Cell Imaging

    Antoine G. Godin;Antoine G. Godin;Brahim Lounis;Brahim Lounis;Laurent Cognet;Laurent Cognet

  • Single-nanotube tracking reveals the nanoscale organization of the extracellular space in the live brain

    Antoine G. Godin;Juan A. Varela;Zhenghong Gao;Noémie Danné

  • Neutral and Charged Exciton Fine Structure in Single Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Revealed by Magneto-optical Spectroscopy

    Ming Fu;Ming Fu;Philippe Tamarat;Philippe Tamarat;He Huang;Jacky Even

  • Luminescence decay and the absorption cross section of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes.

    Stéphane Berciaud;Laurent Cognet;Brahim Lounis

  • The ground exciton state of formamidinium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals is a singlet dark state

    Philippe Tamarat;Philippe Tamarat;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk;Jean-Baptiste Trebbia;Jean-Baptiste Trebbia;Rolf Erni

  • Photothermal heterodyne imaging of individual non-fluorescent nano-objects

    Stephane Berciaud;Laurent Cognet;Gerhard Blab;Brahim Lounis

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Cognet
Laurent Cognet University of Bordeaux
Michel Orrit
Michel Orrit Leiden University
Daniel Choquet
Daniel Choquet University of Bordeaux
Stéphane Berciaud
Stéphane Berciaud University of Strasbourg
Laurent Groc
Laurent Groc University of Bordeaux
Stephen K. Doorn
Stephen K. Doorn Los Alamos National Laboratory
Christophe Salomon
Christophe Salomon École Normale Supérieure
Jacky Even
Jacky Even University of Rennes
W. E. Moerner
W. E. Moerner Stanford University

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