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Researcher · Stellenbosch University · South Africa

Nico de Koker

Nico de Koker publishes mostly in Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering and Building and Construction, on topics such as High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design.

ORCID 0000-0002-5011-1935 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,009,759
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#4,068
of 29,826
Works
81
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
26.8
h-index
19
i10-index 29Top 24% in Geophysics
Nico de Koker

What does Nico de Koker research?

Nico de Koker's work is mostly in Engineering (30%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (24%), Materials Science (5%).

Physical Sciences: 48 works · 59.3% of their workEngineering: 24 works · 30.1% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 14 works · 17.7% of their workBuilding and Construction: 6 works · 7.5% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 works · 4.9% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 works · 23.9% of their workGeophysics: 19 works · 23.9% of their workMaterials Science: 4 works · 5.3% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 4 works · 5.3% of their workEverything else: 29 works · 35.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 4.9% of their workDecision Sciences: 4 works · 4.9% of their workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 works · 4.9% of their workTHEIR WORKNico de Koker81works
Physical Sciences59%Social Sciences5%

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. Engineering2430.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1923.9%
    3. Materials Science45.3%
  2. Everything else2935.8%
    1. Decision Sciences44.9%
  1. 1Geophysics24% of their works
  2. 2Civil and Structural Engineering18% of their works
  3. 3Building and Construction8% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry5% of their works
  5. 5Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality5% of their works
  6. 6Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Nico de Koker's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Crystal Structure Prediction, Mantle Dynamics, Geochronology, Zircon, Reliability Analysis, Finite Element Analysis and Sensitivity Analysis.

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. Plate Tectonics462 topics
  2. Crystal Structure Prediction281 topic
  3. Mantle Dynamics281 topic
  4. Geochronology181 topic
  5. Zircon181 topic
  6. Reliability Analysis172 topics
  7. Finite Element Analysis162 topics
  8. Sensitivity Analysis111 topic
  9. Uncertainty Quantification111 topic
  10. Construction101 topic
  11. Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites101 topic
  12. Earthquakes61 topic
  13. Slope Stability Analysis61 topic
  14. Spatial Variability61 topic
  15. Subduction61 topic
  16. Concrete51 topic
  17. Deep Learning51 topic
  18. High-Temperature51 topic
  19. Pavement51 topic

Where does Nico de Koker work?

Nico de Koker's main affiliation in the publication record is Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Nico de Koker have?

OpenAlex counts 81 works and 2,170 citations for Nico de Koker, an h-index of 19, ranking #1,009,759 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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