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Researcher · Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology · Kenya

Douglas Shitanda

Douglas Shitanda publishes mostly in Food Science, Plant Science and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Meat and Animal Product Quality, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,066,438
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#438
of 810
Works
16
Citations
20
Citations per work
1.3

What does Douglas Shitanda research?

Food Science: 14.3%Plant Science: 14.3%Mechanics of Materials: 7.1%Water Science and Technology: 7.1%other fields: 57.2%14%top field
Food Science14.3%Plant Science14.3%Mechanics of Materials7.1%Water Science and Technology7.1%other fields57.2%

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

  1. 1Food Science14% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science14% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials7% of their works
  4. 4Water Science and Technology7% of their works
  5. 5Pollution7% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Douglas Shitanda's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antioxidant, Biological Activities, Medicinal Plants, Agroforestry, Antimicrobial Activity, Banana, Dehydration and Drying.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Antioxidant22 topics
  2. Biological Activities22 topics
  3. Medicinal Plants22 topics
  4. Agroforestry11 topic
  5. Antimicrobial Activity11 topic
  6. Banana11 topic
  7. Dehydration11 topic
  8. Drying11 topic
  9. Essential Oils11 topic
  10. Fish11 topic
  11. Genetics11 topic
  12. Iridoids11 topic
  13. Length-Weight Relationships11 topic
  14. Meat Quality11 topic
  15. Phytochemistry11 topic
  16. Protein Oxidation11 topic
  17. Saponins11 topic
  18. Tree Domestication11 topic
  19. Triterpenoids11 topic

Where does Douglas Shitanda work?

Douglas Shitanda's main affiliation in the publication record is Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does Douglas Shitanda have?

Science Explorer counts 16 works and 20 citations for Douglas Shitanda, ranking #1,066,438 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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