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Researcher · University of South Africa · South Africa

D. P. Smits

D. P. Smits publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations.

ORCID 0000-0003-3593-9707 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,462,816
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#19,364
of 29,826
Works
73
Citations
1.4k
Citations per work
19.8
h-index
19
i10-index 23Top 30% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
D. P. Smits

What does D. P. Smits research?

D. P. Smits's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (70%), Chemistry (5%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%).

Physical Sciences: 57 works · 78.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 51 works · 69.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 40 works · 54.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 works · 6.1% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 works · 5.6% of their workInstrumentation: 2 works · 3.3% of their workChemistry: 3 works · 4.7% of their workSpectroscopy: 3 works · 4.7% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 works · 3.8% of their workAtmospheric Science: 3 works · 3.8% of their workEverything else: 16 works · 22.0% of their workTHEIR WORKD. P. Smits73works
Physical Sciences78%

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 Astronomy5169.5%
    2. Chemistry34.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences33.8%
  2. Everything else1622.0%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics55% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics6% of their works
  4. 4Spectroscopy5% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science4% of their works
  6. 6Instrumentation3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe D. P. Smits's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Molecular Clouds, Star Formation, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Black Holes and X-Ray Astronomy.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Accretion Disks372 topics
  2. Magnetic Fields372 topics
  3. Molecular Clouds211 topic
  4. Star Formation211 topic
  5. Exoplanets191 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics191 topic
  7. Black Holes161 topic
  8. X-Ray Astronomy161 topic
  9. Solar System Abundances121 topic
  10. Terrestrial Planets121 topic
  11. Gamma-Ray Bursts111 topic
  12. Ionosphere111 topic
  13. Magnetosphere111 topic
  14. Supernovae111 topic
  15. High-Energy Astrophysics91 topic
  16. Particle Acceleration91 topic
  17. Ozone Depletion81 topic
  18. Stratospheric Water Vapor81 topic

Where does D. P. Smits work?

D. P. Smits's main affiliation in the publication record is University of South Africa, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does D. P. Smits have?

OpenAlex counts 73 works and 1,448 citations for D. P. Smits, an h-index of 19, ranking #4,462,816 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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