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Researcher · University of Malawi · Malawi

Ephraim Vunain

Ephraim Vunain publishes mostly in Water Science and Technology, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics, on topics such as Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, Heavy metals in environment and Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis.

ORCID 0000-0002-9119-7210 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,280,706
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Malawi
#274
of 736
Works
46
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
25.6
h-index
15
i10-index 22Top 29% in Water Science and Technology
Ephraim Vunain

What does Ephraim Vunain research?

Ephraim Vunain's work is mostly in Environmental Science (24%), Materials Science (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (5%).

Everything else: 23 works · 49.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 21 works · 45.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 11 works · 23.5% of their workWater Science and Technology: 8 works · 16.5% of their workPollution: 3 works · 7.0% of their workMaterials Science: 8 works · 16.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 4 works · 9.6% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 3 works · 7.0% of their workChemistry: 2 works · 5.2% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 2 works · 5.2% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 5.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 5.2% of their workPlant Science: 2 works · 5.2% of their workTHEIR WORKEphraim Vunain46works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences45%

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. Everything else2349.5%
    1. Environmental Science1123.5%
    2. Materials Science816.6%
    3. Chemistry25.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25.2%
  1. 1Water Science and Technology16% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  3. 3Polymers and Plastics7% of their works
  4. 4Pollution7% of their works
  5. 5Organic Chemistry5% of their works
  6. 6Plant Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ephraim Vunain's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Heavy Metals, Nanomaterials, Adsorption, Contaminant Removal, Catalysis, Functionalization, Contamination and Soil.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Heavy Metals172 topics
  2. Nanomaterials152 topics
  3. Adsorption121 topic
  4. Contaminant Removal121 topic
  5. Catalysis72 topics
  6. Functionalization72 topics
  7. Contamination51 topic
  8. Soil51 topic
  9. Mesoporous Materials41 topic
  10. Nanocomposite Materials41 topic
  11. Coagulation31 topic
  12. Flocculation31 topic
  13. Hybrid Materials31 topic
  14. Metal Toxicity31 topic
  15. Multivariate Statistical Techniques31 topic
  16. Oxidative Stress31 topic
  17. Self-Assembly31 topic
  18. Water Quality Index31 topic
  19. Antioxidant Properties21 topic
  20. Moringa oleifera21 topic

Where does Ephraim Vunain work?

Ephraim Vunain's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Malawi, Malawi.

How many publications and citations does Ephraim Vunain have?

OpenAlex counts 46 works and 1,179 citations for Ephraim Vunain, an h-index of 15, ranking #2,280,706 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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