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Researcher · Council for Scientific and Industrial Research · South Africa

S.M. Spottiswoode

S.M. Spottiswoode publishes mostly in Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Seismic Waves and Analysis and earthquake and tectonic studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,388,676
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#4,735
of 5,570
Works
16
Citations
34
Citations per work
2.1

What does S.M. Spottiswoode research?

Geophysics: 46.2%Mechanics of Materials: 19.2%Mechanical Engineering: 11.5%Ocean Engineering: 11.5%other fields: 11.6%46%top field
Geophysics46.2%Mechanics of Materials19.2%Mechanical Engineering11.5%Ocean Engineering11.5%other fields11.6%

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

  1. 1Geophysics46% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials19% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering12% of their works
  4. 4Ocean Engineering12% of their works
  5. 5Control and Systems Engineering8% of their works
  6. 6Earth-Surface Processes4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe S.M. Spottiswoode's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Full-Waveform Tomography, Rock Mechanics, Seismic Waveform Inversion, Seismic Noise, Tomography, Acoustic Emission, Earthquakes and Fracture.

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. Full-Waveform Tomography51 topic
  2. Rock Mechanics52 topics
  3. Seismic Waveform Inversion51 topic
  4. Seismic Noise41 topic
  5. Tomography41 topic
  6. Acoustic Emission31 topic
  7. Earthquakes31 topic
  8. Fracture31 topic
  9. Subduction31 topic
  10. Open Pit Mining21 topic
  11. Production Scheduling21 topic
  12. Seismicity21 topic
  13. Wave Propagation21 topic
  14. Fluvial Systems11 topic
  15. Hydraulic Fracturing11 topic
  16. Sedimentation11 topic
  17. Shale Gas Reservoirs11 topic

Where does S.M. Spottiswoode work?

S.M. Spottiswoode's main affiliation in the publication record is Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does S.M. Spottiswoode have?

Science Explorer counts 16 works and 34 citations for S.M. Spottiswoode, ranking #1,388,676 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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