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Petrus le Roux

Petrus le Roux publishes mostly in Geophysics, Paleontology and Artificial Intelligence, on topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

World rank
#870,002
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#2,882
of 5,570
Works
40
Citations
157
Citations per work
3.9

What does Petrus le Roux research?

Geophysics: 49.2%Paleontology: 9.2%Artificial Intelligence: 7.7%Atmospheric Science: 4.6%other fields: 29.3%49%top field
Geophysics49.2%Paleontology9.2%Artificial Intelligence7.7%Atmospheric Science4.6%other fields29.3%

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

  1. 1Geophysics49% of their works
  2. 2Paleontology9% of their works
  3. 3Artificial Intelligence8% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science5% of their works
  5. 5Anthropology5% of their works
  6. 6Geography, Planning and Development3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Petrus le Roux's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Earthquakes, Subduction, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating and Crystal Structure Prediction.

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. Plate Tectonics202 topics
  2. Geochronology161 topic
  3. Zircon161 topic
  4. Earthquakes91 topic
  5. Subduction91 topic
  6. Agricultural Origins51 topic
  7. Radiocarbon Dating51 topic
  8. Crystal Structure Prediction41 topic
  9. Machine Learning41 topic
  10. Mantle Dynamics41 topic
  11. Mineral Prospectivity41 topic
  12. Climate Change31 topic
  13. Paleoclimatology31 topic
  14. Ancient DNA21 topic
  15. Genomic Analysis21 topic
  16. Manganese Oxides21 topic
  17. Rare Earth Elements21 topic

Where does Petrus le Roux work?

Petrus le Roux's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Petrus le Roux have?

Science Explorer counts 40 works and 157 citations for Petrus le Roux, ranking #870,002 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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