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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

Richard N. van Zyl-Smit

Richard N. van Zyl-Smit publishes mostly in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, on topics such as Asthma and respiratory diseases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery.

ORCID 0000-0002-4115-5362 OpenAlex
World rank
#102,251
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#209
of 5,570
Works
38
Citations
121
Citations per work
3.2

What does Richard N. van Zyl-Smit research?

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 27.6%Physiology: 17.2%Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6.9%Sociology and Political Science: 6.9%other fields: 41.4%28%top field
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine27.6%Physiology17.2%Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis6.9%Sociology and Political Science6.9%other fields41.4%

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

  1. 1Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine28% of their works
  2. 2Physiology17% of their works
  3. 3Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis7% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science7% of their works
  5. 5Infectious Diseases7% of their works
  6. 6Rheumatology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard N. van Zyl-Smit's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Allergic Diseases, Asthma, COPD, Inhaler Devices, Pulmonary Drug Delivery, spirometry, Air Pollution and Consensus Building.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Allergic Diseases41 topic
  2. Asthma41 topic
  3. COPD31 topic
  4. Inhaler Devices31 topic
  5. Pulmonary Drug Delivery31 topic
  6. spirometry31 topic
  7. Air Pollution21 topic
  8. Consensus Building21 topic
  9. Delphi Method21 topic
  10. Particulate Matter21 topic
  11. Choosing Wisely11 topic
  12. Health Promoting Schools11 topic
  13. Low-Value Care11 topic
  14. Matrix Metalloproteinases11 topic
  15. School Health Promotion11 topic
  16. Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases11 topic

Where does Richard N. van Zyl-Smit work?

Richard N. van Zyl-Smit's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Richard N. van Zyl-Smit have?

Science Explorer counts 38 works and 121 citations for Richard N. van Zyl-Smit, ranking #102,251 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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