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Researcher · Durban University of Technology · South Africa

Darren Lortan

Darren Lortan publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Education and General Health Professions, on topics such as Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics and Early Childhood Education and Development.

ORCID 0000-0002-6199-4606 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,899,287
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#25,056
of 29,826
Works
24
Citations
81
Citations per work
3.4
h-index
4
i10-index 2Top 90% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Darren Lortan

What does Darren Lortan research?

Darren Lortan's work is mostly in Social Sciences (40%), Physics and Astronomy (35%), Health Professions (9%).

Social Sciences: 10 works · 39.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 10 works · 39.7% of their workEducation: 6 works · 25.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 2 works · 8.6% of their workSafety Research: 1 works · 5.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 8 works · 34.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 works · 34.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 works · 25.9% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 works · 8.6% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 17.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 2 works · 8.6% of their workHealth Professions: 2 works · 8.6% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 2 works · 8.6% of their workTHEIR WORKDarren Lortan24works
Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences40%

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. Social Sciences1039.7%
    1. Physics and Astronomy834.5%
  3. Everything else417.2%
    1. Health Professions28.6%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics26% of their works
  2. 2Education26% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions9% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  5. 5Nuclear and High Energy Physics9% of their works
  6. 6Safety Research5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Darren Lortan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Black Holes, Cosmological Parameters, Dark Energy, Field Theories, Holographic, School Engagement, Student-Teacher Relationships 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. Black Holes72 topics
  2. Cosmological Parameters71 topic
  3. Dark Energy71 topic
  4. Field Theories51 topic
  5. Holographic51 topic
  6. School Engagement41 topic
  7. Student-Teacher Relationships41 topic
  8. Binary Black Hole31 topic
  9. Collaborative Partnerships31 topic
  10. Community Empowerment31 topic
  11. Conditional Cash Transfers31 topic
  12. Gravitational Waves31 topic
  13. School Subsidies31 topic
  14. Accretion Disks21 topic
  15. Health21 topic
  16. Homelessness21 topic
  17. X-Ray Astronomy21 topic

Where does Darren Lortan work?

Darren Lortan's main affiliation in the publication record is Durban University of Technology, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Darren Lortan have?

OpenAlex counts 24 works and 81 citations for Darren Lortan, an h-index of 4, ranking #5,899,287 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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