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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

Andy Buffler

Andy Buffler publishes mostly in Radiation, Aerospace Engineering and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Nuclear Physics and Applications, Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies and Nuclear reactor physics and engineering.

ORCID 0000-0001-5456-2349 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,821,704
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#7,674
of 29,826
Works
127
Citations
2k
Citations per work
15.4
h-index
27
i10-index 41Top 6.3% in Radiation
Andy Buffler

What does Andy Buffler research?

Andy Buffler's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (35%), Medicine (11%), Engineering (7%).

Physical Sciences: 54 works · 42.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 44 works · 34.8% of their workRadiation: 36 works · 28.2% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 8 works · 6.6% of their workEngineering: 9 works · 7.4% of their workAerospace Engineering: 9 works · 7.4% of their workEverything else: 52 works · 40.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 13 works · 10.6% of their workMedicine: 13 works · 10.6% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 works · 6.6% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 works · 4.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 8 works · 6.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 8 works · 6.3% of their workEducation: 8 works · 6.3% of their workTHEIR WORKAndy Buffler127works
Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences6%

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. Physics and Astronomy4434.8%
    2. Engineering97.4%
  2. Everything else5240.9%
    1. Medicine1310.6%
    1. Social Sciences86.3%
  1. 1Radiation28% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering7% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics7% of their works
  4. 4Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine7% of their works
  5. 5Education6% of their works
  6. 6Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Andy Buffler's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neutron Imaging, Small-Angle Scattering, Inorganic Scintillators, Scintillation Detectors, Molten Salt, Nuclear Reactor, Particle Therapy and Proton Therapy.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Neutron Imaging601 topic
  2. Small-Angle Scattering601 topic
  3. Inorganic Scintillators331 topic
  4. Scintillation Detectors331 topic
  5. Molten Salt241 topic
  6. Nuclear Reactor241 topic
  7. Particle Therapy221 topic
  8. Proton Therapy221 topic
  9. STEM Education212 topics
  10. Inquiry-Based Teaching131 topic
  11. Scientific Literacy131 topic
  12. Atomic Magnetometer121 topic
  13. Magnetic Resonance Imaging121 topic
  14. Engineering Education81 topic
  15. Remote Laboratories81 topic
  16. Experimental Tools71 topic
  17. Smartphones71 topic

Where does Andy Buffler work?

Andy Buffler's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Andy Buffler have?

OpenAlex counts 127 works and 1,951 citations for Andy Buffler, an h-index of 27, ranking #1,821,704 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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