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Researcher · Egerton University · Kenya

Benard Muinde Kimatu

Benard Muinde Kimatu publishes mostly in Plant Science, Pharmacology and Food Science, on topics such as Fungal Biology and Applications, Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls and Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging.

ORCID 0000-0002-0185-9648 OpenAlex
World rank
#575,260
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#461
of 7,520
Works
42
Citations
2k
Citations per work
47.0
h-index
23
i10-index 30Top 13% in Plant Science
Benard Muinde Kimatu

What does Benard Muinde Kimatu research?

Benard Muinde Kimatu's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (30%), Medicine (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%).

Life Sciences: 17 works · 40.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 works · 29.9% of their workPlant Science: 7 works · 16.7% of their workFood Science: 6 works · 13.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 10.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 10.5% of their workEverything else: 11 works · 27.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 10 works · 24.6% of their workMedicine: 7 works · 16.7% of their workPharmacology: 7 works · 16.7% of their workNursing: 3 works · 7.9% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 works · 7.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 3 works · 7.9% of their workMaterials Science: 3 works · 7.9% of their workBiomaterials: 3 works · 7.9% of their workTHEIR WORKBenard MuindeKimatu42works
Life Sciences40%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences25%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1329.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology410.5%
  2. Everything else1127.1%
    1. Medicine716.7%
    2. Nursing37.9%
    1. Materials Science37.9%
  1. 1Plant Science17% of their works
  2. 2Pharmacology17% of their works
  3. 3Food Science13% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology10% of their works
  5. 5Biomaterials8% of their works
  6. 6Nutrition and Dietetics8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Benard Muinde Kimatu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Polysaccharides, Antioxidant Activity, Cancer Therapy, Medicinal Mushrooms, Biomedical Applications, Hemicelluloses, Nutritional Significance and Pectin.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Polysaccharides292 topics
  2. Antioxidant Activity283 topics
  3. Cancer Therapy191 topic
  4. Medicinal Mushrooms191 topic
  5. Biomedical Applications162 topics
  6. Hemicelluloses101 topic
  7. Nutritional Significance102 topics
  8. Pectin101 topic
  9. Antioxidants92 topics
  10. Modified Atmosphere Packaging92 topics
  11. Chitin61 topic
  12. Chitosan61 topic
  13. Bioactive Peptides51 topic
  14. Ethylene Biosynthesis51 topic
  15. Free Radicals51 topic
  16. Fruit Ripening51 topic
  17. Polyphenols51 topic
  18. Protein Hydrolysates51 topic
  19. Korean Traditional Food41 topic
  20. Meat Quality41 topic
  21. Protein Oxidation41 topic
  22. Quality Characteristics41 topic

Where does Benard Muinde Kimatu work?

Benard Muinde Kimatu's main affiliation in the publication record is Egerton University, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does Benard Muinde Kimatu have?

OpenAlex counts 42 works and 1,973 citations for Benard Muinde Kimatu, an h-index of 23, ranking #575,260 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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