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Researcher · Botswana International University of Science and Technology · Botswana

Honest Machekano

Honest Machekano publishes mostly in Insect Science, Plant Science and Ecology, on topics such as Insect Pest Control Strategies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Physiological and biochemical adaptations.

ORCID 0000-0001-9660-8587 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,211,019
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Botswana
#88
of 859
Works
63
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
17.0
h-index
21
i10-index 28Top 17% in Insect Science
Honest Machekano

What does Honest Machekano research?

Honest Machekano's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (46%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Environmental Science (8%).

Life Sciences: 37 works · 58.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 works · 46.1% of their workInsect Science: 13 works · 21.1% of their workPlant Science: 13 works · 20.0% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 works · 5.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 works · 12.8% of their workGenetics: 5 works · 7.8% of their workMolecular Biology: 3 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 21 works · 32.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 5 works · 8.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 5 works · 8.3% of their workEcology: 5 works · 8.3% of their workTHEIR WORKHonest Machekano63works
Life Sciences59%Physical Sciences8%

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 Sciences2946.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology812.8%
  2. Everything else2132.8%
    1. Environmental Science58.3%
  1. 1Insect Science21% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science20% of their works
  3. 3Ecology8% of their works
  4. 4Genetics8% of their works
  5. 5Agronomy and Crop Science5% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Honest Machekano's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Pest Management, Botanical Insecticides, Essential Oils, Biological Control, Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles, Jasmonate Signaling, Microbiota and Environmental Impact.

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. Pest Management342 topics
  2. Botanical Insecticides281 topic
  3. Essential Oils281 topic
  4. Biological Control242 topics
  5. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles181 topic
  6. Jasmonate Signaling181 topic
  7. Microbiota162 topics
  8. Environmental Impact142 topics
  9. Climate Change131 topic
  10. Metabolic Rate131 topic
  11. Genomics101 topic
  12. Social Insects101 topic
  13. Bacillus thuringiensis81 topic
  14. RNA Interference81 topic
  15. Edible Insects61 topic
  16. Food Security61 topic
  17. Fruit Fly61 topic
  18. Invasive Species61 topic
  19. Honey Bees51 topic
  20. Neonicotinoids51 topic

Where does Honest Machekano work?

Honest Machekano's main affiliation in the publication record is Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana.

How many publications and citations does Honest Machekano have?

OpenAlex counts 63 works and 1,071 citations for Honest Machekano, an h-index of 21, ranking #1,211,019 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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