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Hussein Shimelis

Hussein Shimelis publishes mostly in Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Genetics, on topics such as Genetics and Plant Breeding, Agricultural pest management studies and Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies.

World rank
#381,432
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,063
of 5,570
Works
87
Citations
279
Citations per work
3.2

What does Hussein Shimelis research?

Plant Science: 62.1%Agronomy and Crop Science: 9.8%Genetics: 7.6%Food Science: 4.5%other fields: 16.0%62%top field
Plant Science62.1%Agronomy and Crop Science9.8%Genetics7.6%Food Science4.5%other fields16.0%

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

  1. 1Plant Science62% of their works
  2. 2Agronomy and Crop Science10% of their works
  3. 3Genetics8% of their works
  4. 4Food Science4% of their works
  5. 5Horticulture3% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Hussein Shimelis's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Drought Tolerance, Breeding, Genetic Diversity, Marker Development, Nutritional Quality, Genetic Improvement, Genetics and Cultivar Evaluation.

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 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Drought Tolerance343 topics
  2. Breeding263 topics
  3. Genetic Diversity213 topics
  4. Marker Development202 topics
  5. Nutritional Quality202 topics
  6. Genetic Improvement182 topics
  7. Genetics182 topics
  8. Cultivar Evaluation141 topic
  9. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction141 topic
  10. Genomics132 topics
  11. Agricultural Sustainability121 topic
  12. Cowpea121 topic
  13. QTL Mapping112 topics
  14. Disease Resistance102 topics
  15. Crop Wild Relatives81 topic
  16. Legume Crops81 topic
  17. Agricultural Productivity71 topic
  18. Intercropping71 topic
  19. Genomic Diversity61 topic
  20. Wheat61 topic
  21. Cucurbit Genetics51 topic
  22. Domestication51 topic
  23. Agroforestry41 topic
  24. Cacao41 topic
  25. Maize Yield41 topic
  26. Nitrogen Uptake41 topic

Where does Hussein Shimelis work?

Hussein Shimelis's main affiliation in the publication record is University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Hussein Shimelis have?

Science Explorer counts 87 works and 279 citations for Hussein Shimelis, ranking #381,432 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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