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Researcher · University of the Witwatersrand · South Africa

Pierre Durand

Pierre Durand publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Sociology and Political Science and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Algal biology and biofuel production, History and Developments in Astronomy and French Urban and Social Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-9614-1371 OpenAlex
World rank
#403,087
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,145
of 5,570
Works
32
Citations
79
Citations per work
2.5

What does Pierre Durand research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 9.1%Sociology and Political Science: 6.8%Molecular Biology: 6.8%History: 4.5%other fields: 72.8%9%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics9.1%Sociology and Political Science6.8%Molecular Biology6.8%History4.5%other fields72.8%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics9% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology7% of their works
  4. 4History4% of their works
  5. 5Anthropology4% of their works
  6. 6Surgery4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Pierre Durand's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biodiesel, Environmental Participation, Microalgae, Microbial Diversity, Radio Astronomy, Territorial Governance, Transits of Venus and Adaptation.

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. Biodiesel21 topic
  2. Environmental Participation21 topic
  3. Microalgae21 topic
  4. Microbial Diversity22 topics
  5. Radio Astronomy21 topic
  6. Territorial Governance21 topic
  7. Transits of Venus21 topic
  8. Adaptation11 topic
  9. Biological Soil Crusts11 topic
  10. Cyanobacteria11 topic
  11. Enzyme Regulation11 topic
  12. Eukaryotic Microbes11 topic
  13. Evolution11 topic
  14. Evolutionary Origins11 topic
  15. Genomics11 topic
  16. Nucleotide Metabolism11 topic
  17. Social Insects11 topic

Where does Pierre Durand work?

Pierre Durand's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Pierre Durand have?

Science Explorer counts 32 works and 79 citations for Pierre Durand, ranking #403,087 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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