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Researcher · iThemba Laboratory · South Africa

R. Pretoriüs

R. Pretoriüs publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Semiconductor materials and interfaces, Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties and Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,121,182
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#4,523
of 29,826
Works
105
Citations
2.5k
Citations per work
23.6
h-index
25
i10-index 48Top 15% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
R. Pretoriüs

What does R. Pretoriüs research?

R. Pretoriüs's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (33%), Engineering (33%), Materials Science (6%).

Physical Sciences: 76 works · 72.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 35 works · 33.2% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 26 works · 24.5% of their workRadiation: 9 works · 8.7% of their workEngineering: 35 works · 33.1% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 17 works · 16.2% of their workMechanical Engineering: 13 works · 12.6% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 5 works · 4.3% of their workMaterials Science: 7 works · 6.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 7 works · 6.5% of their workEverything else: 29 works · 27.2% of their workTHEIR WORKR. Pretoriüs105works
Physical Sciences73%

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. Physics and Astronomy3533.2%
    2. Engineering3533.1%
    3. Materials Science76.5%
  2. Everything else2927.2%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics24% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering16% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering13% of their works
  4. 4Radiation9% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. Pretoriüs's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar Cells, Metal-Semiconductor Contacts, Schottky Barrier, Intermetallic Alloys, TiAl Alloys, Efficiency, Silicon and Quantitative 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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Solar Cells752 topics
  2. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts461 topic
  3. Schottky Barrier461 topic
  4. Intermetallic Alloys301 topic
  5. TiAl Alloys301 topic
  6. Efficiency291 topic
  7. Silicon291 topic
  8. Quantitative Analysis192 topics
  9. Neutron Imaging121 topic
  10. Small-Angle Scattering121 topic
  11. Atom Probe Tomography101 topic
  12. Ion Beam101 topic
  13. Quantum Size Effects101 topic
  14. Superconductivity101 topic
  15. Surface Analysis101 topic
  16. Three-Dimensional Analysis101 topic
  17. Spectroscopy91 topic
  18. X-ray Absorption91 topic

Where does R. Pretoriüs work?

R. Pretoriüs's main affiliation in the publication record is iThemba Laboratory, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does R. Pretoriüs have?

OpenAlex counts 105 works and 2,476 citations for R. Pretoriüs, an h-index of 25, ranking #1,121,182 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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