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Researcher · South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (South Africa) · South Africa

R. van der Merwe

R. van der Merwe publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Plant Science, on topics such as Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Metal Extraction and Bioleaching and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties.

ORCID 0000-0001-5295-1455 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,198,485
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#22,416
of 29,826
Works
15
Citations
95
Citations per work
6.3
h-index
4
i10-index 1Top 88% in Mechanical Engineering
R. van der Merwe

What does R. van der Merwe research?

R. van der Merwe's work is mostly in Engineering (55%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%), Materials Science (10%).

Physical Sciences: 10 works · 65.0% of their workEngineering: 8 works · 55.0% of their workMechanical Engineering: 5 works · 35.0% of their workAutomotive Engineering: 1 works · 7.5% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 1 works · 7.5% of their workMechanics of Materials: 1 works · 5.0% of their workMaterials Science: 2 works · 10.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 2 works · 10.0% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 25.0% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 10.0% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 10.0% of their workPlant Science: 2 works · 10.0% of their workTHEIR WORKR. van der Merwe15works
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences65%

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. Engineering855.0%
    2. Materials Science210.0%
  2. Everything else425.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences210.0%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering35% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science10% of their works
  4. 4Automotive Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering8% of their works
  6. 6Mechanics of Materials5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. van der Merwe's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Materials, Bioleaching, Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics and Cemented Carbides.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties63 topics
  2. Microstructure63 topics
  3. Additive Manufacturing52 topics
  4. 3D Printing31 topic
  5. Materials31 topic
  6. Bioleaching21 topic
  7. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics21 topic
  8. Cemented Carbides21 topic
  9. Metal Matrix Composites21 topic
  10. Metallic Components21 topic
  11. Microbial Communities21 topic
  12. Nanobubbles21 topic
  13. Polymer Composite Materials21 topic
  14. Reinforcement21 topic
  15. Selective Laser Melting21 topic
  16. Sintering21 topic
  17. Water Treatment21 topic
  18. Genetics11 topic
  19. Grapevine11 topic

Where does R. van der Merwe work?

R. van der Merwe's main affiliation in the publication record is South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (South Africa), South Africa.

How many publications and citations does R. van der Merwe have?

OpenAlex counts 15 works and 95 citations for R. van der Merwe, an h-index of 4, ranking #5,198,485 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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