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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

Van Zyl

Van Zyl publishes mostly in Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Water Systems and Optimization, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Urban Stormwater Management Solutions.

ORCID 0000-0001-8853-3538 OpenAlex
World rank
#547,990
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,667
of 5,570
Works
42
Citations
100
Citations per work
2.4

What does Van Zyl research?

Civil and Structural Engineering: 33.3%Environmental Engineering: 5.3%Sociology and Political Science: 5.3%Language and Linguistics: 5.3%other fields: 50.8%33%top field
Civil and Structural Engineering33.3%Environmental Engineering5.3%Sociology and Political Science5.3%Language and Linguistics5.3%other fields50.8%

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

  1. 1Civil and Structural Engineering33% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Engineering5% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science5% of their works
  4. 4Language and Linguistics5% of their works
  5. 5Mechanics of Materials5% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Van Zyl's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Leak Detection, Water Distribution Networks, Seismic, Tunnel, Sustainable Drainage Systems, Urban Stormwater Management, Constitutionalism and Developmental Local Government.

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. Leak Detection91 topic
  2. Water Distribution Networks91 topic
  3. Seismic51 topic
  4. Tunnel51 topic
  5. Sustainable Drainage Systems31 topic
  6. Urban Stormwater Management31 topic
  7. Constitutionalism21 topic
  8. Developmental Local Government21 topic
  9. Dictionaries21 topic
  10. Lexicography21 topic
  11. Morphing Aircraft21 topic
  12. Smart Structures21 topic
  13. GRACE11 topic
  14. SAR Interferometry11 topic
  15. Sea Level Rise11 topic
  16. Surface Deformation Monitoring11 topic

Where does Van Zyl work?

Van Zyl's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Van Zyl have?

Science Explorer counts 42 works and 100 citations for Van Zyl, ranking #547,990 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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