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Researcher · Mintek · South Africa

Geoffrey Sommer

Geoffrey Sommer publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Water Science and Technology, on topics such as Mineral Processing and Grinding, Technology Assessment and Management and Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,456,483
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#10,507
of 29,826
Works
19
Citations
109
Citations per work
5.7
h-index
4
i10-index 1Top 71% in Aerospace Engineering
Geoffrey Sommer

What does Geoffrey Sommer research?

Geoffrey Sommer's work is mostly in Engineering (68%), Environmental Science (8%), Chemical Engineering (2%).

Physical Sciences: 15 works · 77.5% of their workEngineering: 13 works · 67.5% of their workAerospace Engineering: 6 works · 30.0% of their workMechanical Engineering: 5 works · 25.0% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 works · 7.5% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 works · 5.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 1 works · 7.5% of their workWater Science and Technology: 1 works · 7.5% of their workChemical Engineering: 0 works · 2.5% of their workBioengineering: 0 works · 2.5% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 22.5% of their workTHEIR WORKGeoffrey Sommer19works
Physical Sciences78%

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. Engineering1367.5%
    2. Environmental Science17.5%
    3. Chemical Engineering02.5%
  2. Everything else422.5%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering30% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering25% of their works
  3. 3Water Science and Technology8% of their works
  4. 4Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality8% of their works
  5. 5Control and Systems Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Bioengineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Geoffrey Sommer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Comminution, Mineral Liberation Analysis, Risk Assessment, Optimal Control, Nanobubbles, System Maturity, Technology Readiness Levels and Water Treatment.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Comminution61 topic
  2. Mineral Liberation Analysis61 topic
  3. Risk Assessment52 topics
  4. Optimal Control42 topics
  5. Nanobubbles31 topic
  6. System Maturity31 topic
  7. Technology Readiness Levels31 topic
  8. Water Treatment31 topic
  9. Airborne Wind Energy21 topic
  10. Control21 topic
  11. CubeSat21 topic
  12. Extravehicular Activity21 topic
  13. High Altitude Wind Power21 topic
  14. Missile Guidance21 topic
  15. Space Suit21 topic
  16. Spacecraft Formation Flying21 topic
  17. Trajectory Optimization21 topic
  18. small satellite21 topic

Where does Geoffrey Sommer work?

Geoffrey Sommer's main affiliation in the publication record is Mintek, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Geoffrey Sommer have?

OpenAlex counts 19 works and 109 citations for Geoffrey Sommer, an h-index of 4, ranking #2,456,483 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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