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Researcher · American Orchid Society · United States

Herbert S. Saffir

Herbert S. Saffir publishes mostly in Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Wind and Air Flow Studies, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research and Earthquake and Tsunami Effects.

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World rank
#6,384,216
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,511,500
of 1,627,098
Works
39
Citations
96
Citations per work
2.5
h-index
6
i10-index 5Top 71% in Civil and Structural Engineering
Herbert S. Saffir

What does Herbert S. Saffir research?

Herbert S. Saffir's work is mostly in Engineering (39%), Environmental Science (20%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (18%).

Physical Sciences: 30 works · 76.6% of their workEngineering: 15 works · 38.8% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 works · 31.1% of their workAerospace Engineering: 2 works · 4.4% of their workMechanical Engineering: 1 works · 3.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 8 works · 20.0% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 works · 20.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 works · 17.8% of their workAtmospheric Science: 4 works · 11.1% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 works · 6.7% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 23.4% of their workTHEIR WORKHerbert S. Saffir39works
Physical Sciences77%

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. Engineering1538.8%
    2. Environmental Science820.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences717.8%
  2. Everything else923.4%
  1. 1Civil and Structural Engineering31% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Engineering20% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science11% of their works
  4. 4Earth-Surface Processes7% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Herbert S. Saffir's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: CFD Simulation, Urban Microclimate, Climate Change, Hurricanes, Tropical Cyclones, Impact, Tsunami and Sediment Transport.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. CFD Simulation181 topic
  2. Urban Microclimate181 topic
  3. Climate Change122 topics
  4. Hurricanes101 topic
  5. Tropical Cyclones101 topic
  6. Impact81 topic
  7. Tsunami81 topic
  8. Sediment Transport62 topics
  9. Footbridges51 topic
  10. Vibration Serviceability51 topic
  11. Coastal Dynamics41 topic
  12. Diagrid Structures41 topic
  13. Sea-Level Rise41 topic
  14. Tall Buildings41 topic
  15. Masonry Strengthening31 topic
  16. Seismic Analysis31 topic
  17. Aeolian Processes21 topic
  18. Wind Erosion21 topic

Where does Herbert S. Saffir work?

Herbert S. Saffir's main affiliation in the publication record is American Orchid Society, United States.

How many publications and citations does Herbert S. Saffir have?

OpenAlex counts 39 works and 96 citations for Herbert S. Saffir, an h-index of 6, ranking #6,384,216 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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