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Philippe Dubois

Philippe Dubois

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Chemistry
Belgium
2026
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Materials Science
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
134
Citations
72938
World Ranking
287
National Ranking
1

Chemistry

D-Index
133
Citations
72602
World Ranking
278
National Ranking
2

Philippe Dubois publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Philippe Dubois sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,074 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Philippe Dubois D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 133 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2017 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Philippe Dubois is affiliated with the University of Mons in Belgium and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Polymers and Plastics, Biomaterials, Ecology, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics they focus on include biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, polymer composites and self-healing, microplastics and plastic pollution, flame retardant materials and properties, coral and marine ecosystems studies, ocean acidification effects and responses, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

They have contributed to several recent papers, notable among them are:

  • Flame retardant polymer materials: An update and the future for 3D printing developments, 2021, published in Materials Science and Engineering R Reports
  • Advances in intrinsic self-healing polyurethanes and related composites, 2020, published in RSC Advances
  • Transfer dynamics of macroplastics in estuaries - New insights from the Seine estuary: Part 2. Short-term dynamics based on GPS-trackers, 2020, published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • An engineered enzyme embedded into PLA to make self-biodegradable plastic, 2024, published in Nature
  • Curing Kinetics and Thermal Stability of Epoxy Composites Containing Newly Obtained Nano-Scale Aluminum Hypophosphite (AlPO2), 2020, published in Polymers

Philippe Dubois collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Fouad Laoutid
  • Jean-Marie Raquez
  • Mathilde Godefroid
  • Marius Murariu
  • Yoann Paint

Their work is often published in journals such as Materials, Polymers, The Science of The Total Environment, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

In recognition of their contributions to science, Philippe Dubois was named a Member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites: preparation, properties and uses of a new class of materials

    Michael Alexandre;Philippe Dubois

  • New prospects in flame retardant polymer materials: From fundamentals to nanocomposites

    Fouad Laoutid;Leïla Bonnaud;Michaël Alexandre;J.-M. Lopez-Cuesta

  • Polylactide (PLA)-based nanocomposites

    Jean-Marie Raquez;Youssef Habibi;Marius Murariu;Philippe Dubois

  • PLA composites: From production to properties

    Marius Murariu;Philippe Dubois

  • Controlled Radical Polymerization of Methacrylic Monomers in the Presence of a Bis(ortho-chelated) Arylnickel(II) Complex and Different Activated Alkyl Halides

    Claude Granel;Philippe Dubois;Robert Jérôme;Philippe Teyssié

  • Bionanocomposites based on poly(ε-caprolactone)-grafted cellulose nanocrystals by ring-opening polymerization

    Youssef Habibi;Anne-Lise Goffin;Nancy Schiltz;Emmanuel Duquesne

  • Bio-based flame retardants: When nature meets fire protection

    Lucie Costes;Fouad Laoutid;Sylvain Brohez;Philippe Dubois

  • Macromolecular engineering of polylactones and polylactides. 4. Mechanism and kinetics of lactide homopolymerization by aluminum isopropoxide

    P. Dubois;C. Jacobs;R. Jerome;P. Teyssie

  • New nanocomposite materials based on plasticized poly(l-lactide) and organo-modified montmorillonites: thermal and morphological study

    Marie-Amélie Paul;Michaël Alexandre;Philippe Degée;Catherine Henrist

  • Handbook of ring-opening polymerization

    Philippe Dubois;Olivier Coulembier;Jean-Marie Raquez

  • Poly(ε-caprolactone)/clay nanocomposites prepared by melt intercalation: mechanical, thermal and rheological properties

    Bénédicte Lepoittevin;Myriam Devalckenaere;Nadège Pantoustier;Michaël Alexandre

  • Mechanisms and Kinetics of Thermal Degradation of Poly(ε-caprolactone)

    Olivier Persenaire;Michaël Alexandre;Philippe Degée;Philippe Dubois

  • Polylactide/montmorillonite nanocomposites and microcomposites prepared by melt blending: Structure and some physical properties

    M. Pluta;A. Galeski;M. Alexandre;M.-A. Paul

  • From controlled ring-opening polymerization to biodegradable aliphatic polyester: Especially poly(β-malic acid) derivatives

    Olivier Coulembier;Philippe Degée;James L. Hedrick;Philippe Dubois

  • Vapor barrier properties of polycaprolactone montmorillonite nanocomposites: effect of clay dispersion

    Giuliana Gorrasi;Mariarosaria Tortora;Vittoria Vittoria;Eric Pollet

  • From interfacial ring-opening polymerization to melt processing of cellulose nanowhisker-filled polylactide-based nanocomposites.

    Anne-Lise Goffin;Jean-Marie Raquez;Emmanuel Duquesne;Gilberto Siqueira

  • Polylactide/montmorillonite nanocomposites: study of the hydrolytic degradation

    M.-A. Paul;C. Delcourt;M. Alexandre;Ph. Degée

  • Polyethylene-layered silicate nanocomposites prepared by the polymerization-filling technique: synthesis and mechanical properties

    Michaël Alexandre;Philippe Dubois;Tao Sun;Juan M Garces

  • Novel macromolecular architectures based on aliphatic polyesters : Relevance of the coordination-insertion ring-opening polymerization

    David Mecerreyes;Robert Jérôme;Philippe Dubois

  • Shape-memory polymers for multiple applications in the materials world

    Florence Pilate;Antoniya Toncheva;Antoniya Toncheva;Philippe Dubois;Jean Marie Raquez

  • Dendrimer-like star block and amphiphilic copolymers by combination of ring opening and atom transfer radical polymerization

    James L. Hedrick;Mikael Trollsas;Craig Jon Hawker;Björn Atthoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Marie Raquez
Jean-Marie Raquez University of Mons
Robert Jérôme
Robert Jérôme University of Liège
Philippe Degée
Philippe Degée University of Namur
Michel Jangoux
Michel Jangoux Université Libre de Bruxelles
Michaël Alexandre
Michaël Alexandre University of Liège
Roberto Lazzaroni
Roberto Lazzaroni University of Mons
Philippe Teyssie
Philippe Teyssie University of Liège
Alejandro J. Müller
Alejandro J. Müller University of the Basque Country
Youssef Habibi
Youssef Habibi Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Ramani Narayan
Ramani Narayan Michigan State University

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