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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

Duncan McKenzie Fraser

Duncan McKenzie Fraser publishes mostly in Control and Systems Engineering, Education and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Process Optimization and Integration, Advanced Control Systems Optimization and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

OpenAlex
World rank
#361,883
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,364
of 29,826
Works
55
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
27.6
h-index
26
i10-index 32Top 6.8% in Control and Systems Engineering
Duncan McKenzie Fraser

What does Duncan McKenzie Fraser research?

Duncan McKenzie Fraser's work is mostly in Engineering (60%), Social Sciences (10%), Environmental Science (4%).

Physical Sciences: 36 works · 64.7% of their workEngineering: 33 works · 60.3% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 22 works · 40.9% of their workMechanical Engineering: 4 works · 7.5% of their workMedia Technology: 4 works · 7.5% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 2 works · 4.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 2 works · 4.4% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 works · 4.4% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 25.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 6 works · 10.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 6 works · 10.1% of their workEducation: 6 works · 10.1% of their workTHEIR WORKDuncan McKenzieFraser55works
Physical Sciences65%Social Sciences10%

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. Engineering3360.3%
    2. Environmental Science24.4%
  2. Everything else1425.2%
    1. Social Sciences610.1%
  1. 1Control and Systems Engineering41% of their works
  2. 2Education10% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering8% of their works
  4. 4Media Technology8% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Duncan McKenzie Fraser's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Optimization, Process Intensification, Scheduling, Model Predictive Control, Nonlinear Systems, Circular Economy, Environmental Impact and Engineering Education.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Optimization632 topics
  2. Process Intensification331 topic
  3. Scheduling331 topic
  4. Model Predictive Control301 topic
  5. Nonlinear Systems301 topic
  6. Circular Economy132 topics
  7. Environmental Impact132 topics
  8. Engineering Education122 topics
  9. Solvent Selection71 topic
  10. Sustainable Chemistry71 topic
  11. Battery Recycling61 topic
  12. Curriculum Development61 topic
  13. Fluctuation Theorems61 topic
  14. Lithium-ion Batteries61 topic
  15. Outcome-Based Education61 topic
  16. Remote Laboratories61 topic
  17. Stochastic Thermodynamics61 topic
  18. Virtual Labs61 topic
  19. Evolutionary Algorithms41 topic
  20. Multiobjective Optimization41 topic

Where does Duncan McKenzie Fraser work?

Duncan McKenzie Fraser's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Duncan McKenzie Fraser have?

OpenAlex counts 55 works and 1,516 citations for Duncan McKenzie Fraser, an h-index of 26, ranking #361,883 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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