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Researcher · North-West University · South Africa

G. van Urk

G. van Urk publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Radiation, on topics such as Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,819,855
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#20,853
of 29,826
Works
24
Citations
223
Citations per work
9.3
h-index
8
i10-index 7Top 67% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
G. van Urk

What does G. van Urk research?

G. van Urk's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (83%), Engineering (4%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (3%).

Physical Sciences: 22 works · 90.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 works · 83.1% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 9 works · 39.4% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 7 works · 31.0% of their workRadiation: 3 works · 12.7% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 4.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 works · 4.2% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 works · 2.8% of their workOceanography: 1 works · 2.8% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 7.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 2.8% of their workMedicine: 1 works · 2.8% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 works · 2.8% of their workTHEIR WORKG. van Urk24works
Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences3%

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 Astronomy2083.1%
    2. Engineering14.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.8%
  2. Everything else27.1%
    1. Medicine12.8%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics39% of their works
  2. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics31% of their works
  3. 3Radiation13% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography3% of their works
  6. 6Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe G. van Urk's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gravitational Waves, High-Energy Astrophysics, Particle Acceleration, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Supernovae, Binary Black Hole, Neutron Star and Black Holes.

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. Gravitational Waves182 topics
  2. High-Energy Astrophysics131 topic
  3. Particle Acceleration131 topic
  4. Gamma-Ray Bursts101 topic
  5. Supernovae101 topic
  6. Binary Black Hole81 topic
  7. Neutron Star81 topic
  8. Black Holes61 topic
  9. Particle Detectors61 topic
  10. Silicon Detectors61 topic
  11. X-Ray Astronomy61 topic
  12. Neutron Imaging51 topic
  13. Small-Angle Scattering51 topic
  14. Free-Electron Lasers31 topic
  15. Inorganic Scintillators31 topic
  16. Scintillation Detectors31 topic
  17. X-Ray31 topic

Where does G. van Urk work?

G. van Urk's main affiliation in the publication record is North-West University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does G. van Urk have?

OpenAlex counts 24 works and 223 citations for G. van Urk, an h-index of 8, ranking #4,819,855 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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