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Researcher · University of Pretoria · South Africa

Philippus Stephan Heyns

Philippus Stephan Heyns publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering, on topics such as Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques and Fault Detection and Control Systems.

ORCID 0000-0002-6164-9490 OpenAlex
World rank
#318,013
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,174
of 29,826
Works
209
Citations
4.7k
Citations per work
22.5
h-index
40
i10-index 106Top 2.2% in Mechanical Engineering
Philippus Stephan Heyns

What does Philippus Stephan Heyns research?

Philippus Stephan Heyns's work is mostly in Engineering (74%).

Physical Sciences: 154 works · 73.7% of their workEngineering: 154 works · 73.7% of their workMechanical Engineering: 49 works · 23.3% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 44 works · 20.9% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 33 works · 15.8% of their workMechanics of Materials: 16 works · 7.5% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 works · 3.4% of their workAerospace Engineering: 6 works · 2.8% of their workEverything else: 55 works · 26.3% of their workTHEIR WORKPhilippus StephanHeyns209works
Physical Sciences74%

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. Engineering15473.7%
  2. Everything else5526.3%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering23% of their works
  2. 2Control and Systems Engineering21% of their works
  3. 3Civil and Structural Engineering16% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials8% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Philippus Stephan Heyns's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Machine Learning, Vibration Analysis, Nonlinear Dynamics, Empirical Mode Decomposition, Fault Diagnosis, Vibration-based Damage Identification, Wireless Sensors and Fault Detection.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning1012 topics
  2. Vibration Analysis992 topics
  3. Nonlinear Dynamics802 topics
  4. Empirical Mode Decomposition671 topic
  5. Fault Diagnosis671 topic
  6. Vibration-based Damage Identification481 topic
  7. Wireless Sensors481 topic
  8. Fault Detection341 topic
  9. Process Monitoring341 topic
  10. Gear Dynamics321 topic
  11. Mesh Stiffness321 topic
  12. Machining201 topic
  13. Surface Integrity201 topic
  14. Friction Modeling161 topic
  15. Nonlinear Normal Modes161 topic
  16. Sensitivity Analysis141 topic
  17. Uncertainty Quantification141 topic
  18. Corrosion121 topic
  19. Steel121 topic

Where does Philippus Stephan Heyns work?

Philippus Stephan Heyns's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Pretoria, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Philippus Stephan Heyns have?

OpenAlex counts 209 works and 4,693 citations for Philippus Stephan Heyns, an h-index of 40, ranking #318,013 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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