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Researcher · iThemba Laboratory · South Africa

Gideon Francois Steyn

Gideon Francois Steyn publishes mostly in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, on topics such as Nuclear Physics and Applications, Nuclear physics research studies and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications.

ORCID 0000-0003-0750-153X OpenAlex
World rank
#2,803,201
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#12,038
of 29,826
Works
154
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
11.8
h-index
24
i10-index 65Top 33% in Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Gideon Francois Steyn

What does Gideon Francois Steyn research?

Gideon Francois Steyn's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (58%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (10%).

Physical Sciences: 105 works · 68.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 90 works · 58.3% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 40 works · 25.8% of their workRadiation: 39 works · 25.4% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 works · 7.1% of their workEngineering: 15 works · 9.8% of their workAerospace Engineering: 15 works · 9.8% of their workEverything else: 26 works · 17.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 23 works · 14.9% of their workMedicine: 23 works · 14.9% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 works · 11.1% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKGideon FrancoisSteyn154works
Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences15%

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 Astronomy9058.3%
    2. Engineering159.8%
  2. Everything else2617.0%
    1. Medicine2314.9%
  1. 1Nuclear and High Energy Physics26% of their works
  2. 2Radiation25% of their works
  3. 3Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging11% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering10% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics7% of their works
  6. 6Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gideon Francois Steyn's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nucleosynthesis, Neutron Imaging, Small-Angle Scattering, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Structure, PET Imaging, Radiopharmaceuticals and Molten Salt.

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. Nucleosynthesis942 topics
  2. Neutron Imaging791 topic
  3. Small-Angle Scattering791 topic
  4. Nuclear Forces761 topic
  5. Nuclear Structure761 topic
  6. PET Imaging361 topic
  7. Radiopharmaceuticals361 topic
  8. Molten Salt231 topic
  9. Nuclear Reactor231 topic
  10. DNA Strand Breaks201 topic
  11. Low-Energy Electrons201 topic
  12. Mass Measurements181 topic
  13. Nuclear Masses181 topic
  14. Spectroscopy181 topic
  15. X-ray Absorption181 topic
  16. Negative Ion Sources171 topic
  17. Superconducting Cavities171 topic

Where does Gideon Francois Steyn work?

Gideon Francois Steyn's main affiliation in the publication record is iThemba Laboratory, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Gideon Francois Steyn have?

OpenAlex counts 154 works and 1,814 citations for Gideon Francois Steyn, an h-index of 24, ranking #2,803,201 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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