Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Researcher · Stellenbosch University · South Africa

Anton du Plessis

Anton du Plessis publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies and Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging.

ORCID 0000-0002-4370-8661 OpenAlex
World rank
#175,943
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#587
of 29,826
Works
349
Citations
15k
Citations per work
42.0
h-index
52
i10-index 144Top 0.8% in Mechanical Engineering
Anton du Plessis

What does Anton du Plessis research?

Anton du Plessis's work is mostly in Engineering (43%), Materials Science (4%), Physics and Astronomy (3%).

Everything else: 177 works · 50.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 172 works · 49.4% of their workEngineering: 149 works · 42.6% of their workMechanical Engineering: 67 works · 19.3% of their workAutomotive Engineering: 39 works · 11.2% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 32 works · 9.2% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 works · 2.9% of their workMaterials Science: 13 works · 3.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 13 works · 3.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 works · 3.2% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 works · 3.2% of their workTHEIR WORKAnton du Plessis349works
Physical Sciences49%

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. Everything else17750.6%
    1. Engineering14942.6%
    2. Materials Science133.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy113.2%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering19% of their works
  2. 2Automotive Engineering11% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry4% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works
  6. 6Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Anton du Plessis's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Additive Manufacturing, Mechanical Properties, Metallic Components, Selective Laser Melting, 3D Printing, Materials, Dual-Energy CT and Material Differentiation.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Additive Manufacturing2172 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties1322 topics
  3. Metallic Components1121 topic
  4. Selective Laser Melting1121 topic
  5. 3D Printing1051 topic
  6. Materials1051 topic
  7. Dual-Energy CT401 topic
  8. Material Differentiation401 topic
  9. Biomaterials291 topic
  10. Scaffolds291 topic
  11. Residual Stress261 topic
  12. Welding261 topic
  13. Biomedical Applications201 topic
  14. Titanium Alloys201 topic
  15. Femtosecond Laser191 topic
  16. Micromachining191 topic
  17. Assembly Planning171 topic
  18. Design for Manufacture171 topic

Where does Anton du Plessis work?

Anton du Plessis's main affiliation in the publication record is Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Anton du Plessis have?

OpenAlex counts 349 works and 14,665 citations for Anton du Plessis, an h-index of 52, ranking #175,943 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.

Papers, co-authors, who cited this work and researchers on the nearest topics have tabs of their own, above. Is this your page? Claim it with your ORCID iD, or request a correction or removal.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Anton du Plessis. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.