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Alvaro Viljoen

Alvaro Viljoen publishes mostly in Plant Science, Food Science and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies.

World rank
#226,104
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#570
of 5,570
Works
108
Citations
364
Citations per work
3.4

What does Alvaro Viljoen research?

Plant Science: 29.2%Food Science: 20.4%Molecular Biology: 11.7%Analytical Chemistry: 5.1%other fields: 33.6%29%top field
Plant Science29.2%Food Science20.4%Molecular Biology11.7%Analytical Chemistry5.1%other fields33.6%

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

  1. 1Plant Science29% of their works
  2. 2Food Science20% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology12% of their works
  4. 4Analytical Chemistry5% of their works
  5. 5Complementary and alternative medicine5% of their works
  6. 6Biomaterials5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alvaro Viljoen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Medicinal Plants, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Biological Activities, Antimicrobial Activity, Essential Oils, Flavonoids and Iridoids.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Medicinal Plants533 topics
  2. Anti-inflammatory364 topics
  3. Antioxidant364 topics
  4. Biological Activities252 topics
  5. Antimicrobial Activity231 topic
  6. Essential Oils231 topic
  7. Flavonoids202 topics
  8. Iridoids161 topic
  9. Phytochemistry161 topic
  10. Ethnobotanical Survey141 topic
  11. Traditional Ecological Knowledge141 topic
  12. Saponins91 topic
  13. Triterpenoids91 topic
  14. Calotropis procera71 topic
  15. Latex71 topic
  16. Multivariate Calibration61 topic
  17. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy61 topic
  18. Aloe Vera41 topic
  19. Antioxidants41 topic
  20. Emodin41 topic
  21. Free Radicals41 topic

Where does Alvaro Viljoen work?

Alvaro Viljoen's main affiliation in the publication record is Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Alvaro Viljoen have?

Science Explorer counts 108 works and 364 citations for Alvaro Viljoen, ranking #226,104 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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