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Researcher · University of Nairobi · Kenya

K. Waithaka

K. Waithaka publishes mostly in Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, on topics such as Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation, Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases.

OpenAlex
World rank
#954,889
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#377
of 810
Works
17
Citations
17
Citations per work
1.0

What does K. Waithaka research?

Plant Science: 63.2%Molecular Biology: 10.5%Cell Biology: 10.5%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5.3%other fields: 10.5%63%top field
Plant Science63.2%Molecular Biology10.5%Cell Biology10.5%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5.3%other fields10.5%

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

  1. 1Plant Science63% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology10% of their works
  3. 3Cell Biology10% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works
  5. 5Food Science5% of their works
  6. 6Soil Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe K. Waithaka's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nutrient Uptake, Plant Growth Regulators, Temperature Control, Dormancy, Fruit Trees, Endophytic Fungi, Fungal Pathogens and Acrylamide.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Nutrient Uptake42 topics
  2. Plant Growth Regulators41 topic
  3. Temperature Control41 topic
  4. Dormancy31 topic
  5. Fruit Trees31 topic
  6. Endophytic Fungi21 topic
  7. Fungal Pathogens21 topic
  8. Acrylamide11 topic
  9. Banana11 topic
  10. Blueberry11 topic
  11. Ethylene Biosynthesis11 topic
  12. Fruit Ripening11 topic
  13. Genetics11 topic
  14. Huanglongbing11 topic
  15. Maillard Reaction11 topic
  16. Phytoplasmas11 topic
  17. Strawberry11 topic

Where does K. Waithaka work?

K. Waithaka's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Nairobi, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does K. Waithaka have?

Science Explorer counts 17 works and 17 citations for K. Waithaka, ranking #954,889 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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