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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

G.N. Nurick

G.N. Nurick publishes mostly in Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Structural Response to Dynamic Loads, High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior and Mechanical Behavior of Composites.

OpenAlex
World rank
#56,079
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#130
of 29,826
Works
107
Citations
6.1k
Citations per work
56.6
h-index
43
i10-index 77Top 1.5% in Civil and Structural Engineering
G.N. Nurick

What does G.N. Nurick research?

G.N. Nurick's work is mostly in Engineering (72%), Materials Science (16%).

Physical Sciences: 94 works · 87.5% of their workEngineering: 77 works · 71.5% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 35 works · 32.4% of their workMechanics of Materials: 19 works · 17.3% of their workMechanical Engineering: 18 works · 17.0% of their workComputational Mechanics: 3 works · 2.6% of their workAerospace Engineering: 2 works · 2.2% of their workMaterials Science: 17 works · 16.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 17 works · 16.0% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 12.5% of their workTHEIR WORKG.N. Nurick107works
Physical Sciences88%

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. Engineering7771.5%
    2. Materials Science1716.0%
  2. Everything else1312.5%
  1. 1Civil and Structural Engineering32% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials17% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering17% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry16% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics3% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe G.N. Nurick's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ballistic Impact, Blast Loading, Progressive Collapse, Reinforced Concrete, Dynamic Deformation, High Strain Rate, Fracture Mechanics and Cohesive Zone Models.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Ballistic Impact842 topics
  2. Blast Loading782 topics
  3. Progressive Collapse671 topic
  4. Reinforced Concrete671 topic
  5. Dynamic Deformation491 topic
  6. High Strain Rate491 topic
  7. Fracture Mechanics462 topics
  8. Cohesive Zone Models351 topic
  9. Delamination351 topic
  10. Cellular Metals301 topic
  11. Metal Foams301 topic
  12. Crash Tests151 topic
  13. Finite Element Simulation151 topic
  14. Energetic Salts111 topic
  15. Laminated Glass111 topic
  16. ReaxFF111 topic
  17. Structural Adhesives111 topic
  18. Electromagnetic Launch61 topic
  19. Railgun61 topic

Where does G.N. Nurick work?

G.N. Nurick's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does G.N. Nurick have?

OpenAlex counts 107 works and 6,052 citations for G.N. Nurick, an h-index of 43, ranking #56,079 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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