Dewald van Niekerk
Dewald van Niekerk publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Emergency Medical Services and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Disaster Management and Resilience, Disaster Response and Management and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.
- World rank
- #757,524 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in South Africa
- #2,466 of 5,570
- Works
- 26
- Citations
- 28
- Citations per work
- 1.1
What does Dewald van Niekerk research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Sociology and Political Science52% of their works
- 2Emergency Medical Services14% of their works
- 3Global and Planetary Change10% of their works
- 4Finance10% of their works
- 5Plant Science5% of their works
- 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Dewald van Niekerk's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Vulnerability, Disaster, Resilience, Climate Change, Disaster Response, Public Health, Sustainable Development and Adaptation.
- Soil Fertility
- Indigenous Knowledge
- Food Security
- Development Policies
- Social Impact Bonds
- Impact Investing
- Adaptation
- Public Health
- Climate Change
- Disaster
- Vulnerability
- Resilience
- Disaster Response
- Sustainable Development
- Flood Risk
- Remote Sensing
- Agriculture
- Environmental Refugees
- Foreign Aid
- Migration
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 20 words, with their numbers
- Vulnerability123 topics
- Disaster101 topic
- Resilience101 topic
- Climate Change43 topics
- Disaster Response31 topic
- Public Health31 topic
- Sustainable Development32 topics
- Adaptation22 topics
- Flood Risk21 topic
- Impact Investing21 topic
- Remote Sensing21 topic
- Social Impact Bonds21 topic
- Agriculture11 topic
- Development Policies11 topic
- Environmental Refugees11 topic
- Food Security11 topic
- Foreign Aid11 topic
- Indigenous Knowledge11 topic
- Migration11 topic
- Soil Fertility11 topic
Where does Dewald van Niekerk work?
Dewald van Niekerk's main affiliation in the publication record is North-West University, South Africa.
How many publications and citations does Dewald van Niekerk have?
Science Explorer counts 26 works and 28 citations for Dewald van Niekerk, ranking #757,524 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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