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Researcher · University of Pretoria · South Africa

J. H. van der Merwe

J. H. van der Merwe publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Microstructure and mechanical properties, Surface and Thin Film Phenomena and Nuclear physics research studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#205,186
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#506
of 5,570
Works
24
Citations
273
Citations per work
11.4

What does J. H. van der Merwe research?

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 17.1%Materials Chemistry: 14.6%Mechanical Engineering: 12.2%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 7.3%other fields: 48.8%17%top field
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics17.1%Materials Chemistry14.6%Mechanical Engineering12.2%Electrical and Electronic Engineering7.3%other fields48.8%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics17% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry15% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering12% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Nuclear and High Energy Physics7% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe J. H. van der Merwe's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Thin Films, Nanocrystalline Materials, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Structure, Quantum Size Effects, Severe Plastic Deformation, Superconductivity and Coatings.

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. Thin Films52 topics
  2. Nanocrystalline Materials31 topic
  3. Nuclear Forces31 topic
  4. Nuclear Structure31 topic
  5. Quantum Size Effects31 topic
  6. Severe Plastic Deformation31 topic
  7. Superconductivity31 topic
  8. Coatings21 topic
  9. High-Temperature Alloys21 topic
  10. Ice Nucleation21 topic
  11. Melting21 topic
  12. Nanoindentation21 topic
  13. Superalloys21 topic
  14. Kelp Forests11 topic
  15. NMR Spectroscopy11 topic
  16. Seagrasses11 topic
  17. Solid-State NMR11 topic

Where does J. H. van der Merwe work?

J. H. van der Merwe's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Pretoria, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does J. H. van der Merwe have?

Science Explorer counts 24 works and 273 citations for J. H. van der Merwe, ranking #205,186 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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