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Researcher · North-West University · South Africa

M. S. Potgieter

M. S. Potgieter publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate.

ORCID 0000-0003-0793-7333 OpenAlex
World rank
#381,420
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,062
of 5,570
Works
105
Citations
356
Citations per work
3.4

What does M. S. Potgieter research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 60.6%Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 15.5%Atmospheric Science: 9.2%Artificial Intelligence: 4.9%other fields: 9.8%61%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics60.6%Nuclear and High Energy Physics15.5%Atmospheric Science9.2%Artificial Intelligence4.9%other fields9.8%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics61% of their works
  2. 2Nuclear and High Energy Physics16% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science9% of their works
  4. 4Artificial Intelligence5% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics1% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe M. S. Potgieter's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar Wind, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Cosmic Rays, Neutrinos and Ozone Depletion.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Solar Wind702 topics
  2. Coronal Mass Ejections401 topic
  3. Solar Dynamics Observatory401 topic
  4. Ionosphere301 topic
  5. Magnetosphere301 topic
  6. Cosmic Rays182 topics
  7. Neutrinos182 topics
  8. Ozone Depletion131 topic
  9. Stratospheric Water Vapor131 topic
  10. High-Energy Astrophysics101 topic
  11. Particle Acceleration101 topic
  12. Axions81 topic
  13. Dark Matter81 topic
  14. Forecasting71 topic
  15. Solar Radiation71 topic
  16. Solar System Abundances71 topic
  17. Terrestrial Planets71 topic
  18. Exoplanets41 topic
  19. Stellar Astrophysics41 topic

Where does M. S. Potgieter work?

M. S. Potgieter's main affiliation in the publication record is North-West University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does M. S. Potgieter have?

Science Explorer counts 105 works and 356 citations for M. S. Potgieter, ranking #381,420 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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