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Researcher · Princeton University · United States

Alexander John Smits

Alexander John Smits publishes mostly in Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Environmental Engineering, on topics such as Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Wind and Air Flow Studies and Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows.

ORCID 0000-0002-3883-8648 OpenAlex
World rank
#99,468
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#38,062
of 1,627,098
Works
636
Citations
19k
Citations per work
30.5
h-index
76
i10-index 236Top 0.1% in Computational Mechanics
Alexander John Smits

What does Alexander John Smits research?

Alexander John Smits's work is mostly in Engineering (68%), Environmental Science (7%).

Physical Sciences: 478 works · 75.2% of their workEngineering: 435 works · 68.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 247 works · 38.9% of their workAerospace Engineering: 107 works · 16.8% of their workOcean Engineering: 39 works · 6.1% of their workMechanical Engineering: 27 works · 4.2% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 15 works · 2.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 43 works · 6.8% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 43 works · 6.8% of their workEverything else: 158 works · 24.8% of their workTHEIR WORKAlexander JohnSmits636works
Physical Sciences75%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering43568.4%
    2. Environmental Science436.8%
  2. Everything else15824.8%
  1. 1Computational Mechanics39% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering17% of their works
  3. 3Environmental Engineering7% of their works
  4. 4Ocean Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alexander John Smits's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Large-Eddy Simulation, Heat Transfer, Vortex Dynamics, Particle Image Velocimetry, Turbulent Flows, Turbulent Flow, Flow Control and CFD Simulation.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Large-Eddy Simulation6303 topics
  2. Heat Transfer5453 topics
  3. Vortex Dynamics4772 topics
  4. Particle Image Velocimetry4071 topic
  5. Turbulent Flows4071 topic
  6. Turbulent Flow3113 topics
  7. Flow Control1952 topics
  8. CFD Simulation1161 topic
  9. Urban Microclimate1161 topic
  10. Acoustic Sources1071 topic
  11. Jet Noise1071 topic
  12. High-Order Schemes921 topic
  13. Turbulence Modeling921 topic
  14. Cylinder Wake881 topic
  15. Vortex-Induced Vibrations881 topic
  16. Aerodynamics701 topic
  17. Flight Dynamics701 topic
  18. Particles701 topic
  19. Turbulence701 topic
  20. Friction Factor501 topic
  21. Solar Air Heater501 topic

Where does Alexander John Smits work?

Alexander John Smits's main affiliation in the publication record is Princeton University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alexander John Smits have?

OpenAlex counts 636 works and 19,419 citations for Alexander John Smits, an h-index of 76, ranking #99,468 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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