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Researcher · Rhodes University · South Africa

Benjamin Vorster Hugo

Benjamin Vorster Hugo publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

ORCID 0000-0002-2933-9134 OpenAlex
World rank
#361,517
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,360
of 29,826
Works
65
Citations
2.9k
Citations per work
44.3
h-index
19
i10-index 27Top 30% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Benjamin Vorster Hugo

What does Benjamin Vorster Hugo research?

Benjamin Vorster Hugo's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (76%), Engineering (6%), Environmental Science (4%).

Physical Sciences: 58 works · 89.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 50 works · 76.4% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 38 works · 58.4% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 9 works · 13.5% of their workInstrumentation: 3 works · 4.5% of their workEngineering: 4 works · 5.6% of their workAerospace Engineering: 4 works · 5.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 3 works · 3.9% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 works · 3.9% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 works · 3.4% of their workOceanography: 2 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 10.7% of their workTHEIR WORKBenjamin VorsterHugo65works
Physical Sciences89%

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 Astronomy5076.4%
    2. Engineering45.6%
    3. Environmental Science33.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.4%
  2. Everything else710.7%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics58% of their works
  2. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics14% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering6% of their works
  4. 4Instrumentation4% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Benjamin Vorster Hugo's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epoch of Reionization, Radio Astronomy, Black Holes, High-Energy Astrophysics, Particle Acceleration, Cosmology, Galaxies and Binary Black Hole.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Epoch of Reionization431 topic
  2. Radio Astronomy431 topic
  3. Black Holes282 topics
  4. High-Energy Astrophysics241 topic
  5. Particle Acceleration241 topic
  6. Cosmology211 topic
  7. Galaxies211 topic
  8. Binary Black Hole131 topic
  9. Gravitational Waves131 topic
  10. Exoplanets91 topic
  11. Stellar Astrophysics91 topic
  12. Astronomical Instrumentation81 topic
  13. Spectrograph81 topic
  14. Accretion Disks71 topic
  15. X-Ray Astronomy71 topic
  16. GRACE61 topic
  17. Sea Level Rise61 topic

Where does Benjamin Vorster Hugo work?

Benjamin Vorster Hugo's main affiliation in the publication record is Rhodes University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Benjamin Vorster Hugo have?

OpenAlex counts 65 works and 2,881 citations for Benjamin Vorster Hugo, an h-index of 19, ranking #361,517 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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