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Researcher · iThemba Laboratory · South Africa

Pieter van Schalkwyk

Pieter van Schalkwyk publishes mostly in Radiation, Aerospace Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, on topics such as Particle accelerators and beam dynamics, Nuclear Physics and Applications and Digital Transformation in Industry.

ORCID 0009-0009-3982-9346 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,463,262
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#15,083
of 29,826
Works
16
Citations
213
Citations per work
13.3
h-index
5
i10-index 4Top 86% in Radiation
Pieter van Schalkwyk

What does Pieter van Schalkwyk research?

Pieter van Schalkwyk's work is mostly in Engineering (30%), Physics and Astronomy (16%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%).

Physical Sciences: 7 works · 45.4% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 29.5% of their workAerospace Engineering: 2 works · 13.6% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 works · 11.4% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 1 works · 4.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 works · 15.9% of their workRadiation: 3 works · 15.9% of their workEverything else: 6 works · 38.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 9.1% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 works · 9.1% of their workManagement Information Systems: 1 works · 9.1% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 6.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 6.8% of their workPlant Science: 1 works · 6.8% of their workTHEIR WORKPieter vanSchalkwyk16works
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences45%Social Sciences9%

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. Engineering529.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy315.9%
  2. Everything else638.7%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting19.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences16.8%
  1. 1Radiation16% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering14% of their works
  3. 3Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering11% of their works
  4. 4Management Information Systems9% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science7% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Pieter van Schalkwyk's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Internet of Things, Negative Ion Sources, Neutron Imaging, Small-Angle Scattering, Superconducting Cavities, Supply Chain Management, Digital Twin and Smart Manufacturing.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Internet of Things52 topics
  2. Negative Ion Sources51 topic
  3. Neutron Imaging51 topic
  4. Small-Angle Scattering51 topic
  5. Superconducting Cavities51 topic
  6. Supply Chain Management52 topics
  7. Digital Twin41 topic
  8. Smart Manufacturing41 topic
  9. Deep Learning21 topic
  10. Plant Disease Detection21 topic
  11. Biological Control11 topic
  12. Blockchain11 topic
  13. Entomopathogenic Fungi11 topic
  14. Genetics11 topic
  15. Grapevine11 topic
  16. Molten Salt11 topic
  17. Nuclear Reactor11 topic
  18. Smart Contracts11 topic

Where does Pieter van Schalkwyk work?

Pieter van Schalkwyk's main affiliation in the publication record is iThemba Laboratory, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Pieter van Schalkwyk have?

OpenAlex counts 16 works and 213 citations for Pieter van Schalkwyk, an h-index of 5, ranking #3,463,262 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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