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Researcher · iThemba Laboratory · South Africa

K.A. Springhorn

K.A. Springhorn publishes mostly in Radiation, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Geophysics, on topics such as X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis, Nuclear Physics and Applications and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,429,027
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#14,902
of 29,826
Works
17
Citations
322
Citations per work
18.9
h-index
9
i10-index 8Top 54% in Radiation
K.A. Springhorn

What does K.A. Springhorn research?

K.A. Springhorn's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (44%), Materials Science (16%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%).

Physical Sciences: 15 works · 88.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 works · 44.0% of their workRadiation: 7 works · 44.0% of their workMaterials Science: 3 works · 16.0% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 works · 16.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 works · 14.0% of their workGeophysics: 2 works · 14.0% of their workEngineering: 2 works · 12.0% of their workComputational Mechanics: 1 works · 8.0% of their workAerospace Engineering: 1 works · 4.0% of their workComputer Science: 0 works · 2.0% of their workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 works · 2.0% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 12.0% of their workTHEIR WORKK.A. Springhorn17works
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. Physics and Astronomy744.0%
    2. Materials Science316.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences214.0%
    4. Engineering212.0%
    5. Computer Science02.0%
  2. Everything else212.0%
  1. 1Radiation44% of their works
  2. 2Surfaces, Coatings and Films16% of their works
  3. 3Geophysics14% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics8% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Computer Networks and Communications2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe K.A. Springhorn's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Spectroscopy, Tomography, X-ray Absorption, Neutron Imaging, Small-Angle Scattering, Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Plate Tectonics.

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. Spectroscopy121 topic
  2. Tomography122 topics
  3. X-ray Absorption121 topic
  4. Neutron Imaging91 topic
  5. Small-Angle Scattering91 topic
  6. Scanning Electron Microscopy81 topic
  7. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy81 topic
  8. Plate Tectonics62 topics
  9. Ion Beam41 topic
  10. Surface Analysis41 topic
  11. Crystal Structure Prediction31 topic
  12. Geochronology31 topic
  13. Mantle Dynamics31 topic
  14. Zircon31 topic
  15. Negative Ion Sources21 topic
  16. Superconducting Cavities21 topic
  17. Biochemical Genetics11 topic
  18. Metabolic Disorders11 topic

Where does K.A. Springhorn work?

K.A. Springhorn's main affiliation in the publication record is iThemba Laboratory, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does K.A. Springhorn have?

OpenAlex counts 17 works and 322 citations for K.A. Springhorn, an h-index of 9, ranking #3,429,027 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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