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Researcher · University of Johannesburg · South Africa

Axel Hofmann

Axel Hofmann publishes mostly in Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Paleontology, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics.

ORCID 0000-0002-8801-0443 OpenAlex
World rank
#324,307
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,201
of 29,826
Works
485
Citations
16k
Citations per work
32.4
h-index
58
i10-index 191Top 1.3% in Geophysics
Axel Hofmann

What does Axel Hofmann research?

Axel Hofmann's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (45%), Physics and Astronomy (16%), Computer Science (8%).

Physical Sciences: 331 works · 68.2% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 217 works · 44.7% of their workGeophysics: 114 works · 23.5% of their workPaleontology: 40 works · 8.2% of their workGeochemistry and Petrology: 34 works · 7.1% of their workAtmospheric Science: 29 works · 5.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 77 works · 15.8% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 77 works · 15.8% of their workComputer Science: 37 works · 7.7% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 37 works · 7.7% of their workEverything else: 154 works · 31.8% of their workTHEIR WORKAxel Hofmann485works
Physical Sciences68%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences21744.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy7715.8%
    3. Computer Science377.7%
  2. Everything else15431.8%
  1. 1Geophysics24% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics16% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology8% of their works
  4. 4Artificial Intelligence8% of their works
  5. 5Geochemistry and Petrology7% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Axel Hofmann's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Geochronology, Zircon, Paleoproductivity, Paleoredox, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Machine Learning and Mineral Prospectivity.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Geochronology2001 topic
  2. Zircon2001 topic
  3. Paleoproductivity1001 topic
  4. Paleoredox1001 topic
  5. Coronal Mass Ejections931 topic
  6. Solar Dynamics Observatory931 topic
  7. Machine Learning861 topic
  8. Mineral Prospectivity861 topic
  9. Manganese Oxides811 topic
  10. Rare Earth Elements811 topic
  11. Climate Change741 topic
  12. Paleoclimatology741 topic
  13. Earthquakes511 topic
  14. Subduction511 topic
  15. Geomagnetic Field471 topic
  16. Magnetosome Formation471 topic

Where does Axel Hofmann work?

Axel Hofmann's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Axel Hofmann have?

OpenAlex counts 485 works and 15,729 citations for Axel Hofmann, an h-index of 58, ranking #324,307 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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