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Johan du Plessis

Johan du Plessis publishes mostly in Parasitology, Dermatology and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Skin Protection and Aging, melanin and skin pigmentation and Vector-borne infectious diseases.

World rank
#470,734
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,376
of 5,570
Works
62
Citations
158
Citations per work
2.5

What does Johan du Plessis research?

Parasitology: 9.7%Dermatology: 9.7%Materials Chemistry: 6.9%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 4.2%other fields: 69.5%10%top field
Parasitology9.7%Dermatology9.7%Materials Chemistry6.9%Electrical and Electronic Engineering4.2%other fields69.5%

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

  1. 1Parasitology10% of their works
  2. 2Dermatology10% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry7% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Cell Biology4% of their works
  6. 6Mechanics of Materials4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Johan du Plessis's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanostructures, Semiconductors, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, UV Radiation, Ferromagnetism, Gas Sensors and Lyme Disease.

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. Nanostructures62 topics
  2. Semiconductors62 topics
  3. Epidemiology52 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress41 topic
  5. UV Radiation41 topic
  6. Ferromagnetism31 topic
  7. Gas Sensors31 topic
  8. Lyme Disease31 topic
  9. Melanin31 topic
  10. Metal Oxide31 topic
  11. Pigmentation31 topic
  12. Tick-Borne Diseases31 topic
  13. Zinc Oxide31 topic
  14. Bluetongue Virus21 topic
  15. Culicoides Biting Midges21 topic
  16. Helminth Infections21 topic
  17. Microneedles21 topic
  18. Schistosomiasis21 topic
  19. Solid Lipid Nanoparticles21 topic

Where does Johan du Plessis work?

Johan du Plessis's main affiliation in the publication record is North-West University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Johan du Plessis have?

Science Explorer counts 62 works and 158 citations for Johan du Plessis, ranking #470,734 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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