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Researcher · Mintek · South Africa

Kgabo Phillemon Matabola

Kgabo Phillemon Matabola publishes mostly in Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics, on topics such as Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal.

ORCID 0000-0002-6313-5434 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,643,881
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#6,890
of 29,826
Works
36
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
32.6
h-index
15
i10-index 18Top 42% in Biomaterials
Kgabo Phillemon Matabola

What does Kgabo Phillemon Matabola research?

Kgabo Phillemon Matabola's work is mostly in Materials Science (42%), Engineering (19%), Environmental Science (10%).

Physical Sciences: 27 works · 75.1% of their workMaterials Science: 15 works · 41.7% of their workBiomaterials: 7 works · 20.8% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 4 works · 11.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 3 works · 9.4% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 18.8% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 7 works · 18.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 4 works · 10.4% of their workWater Science and Technology: 4 works · 10.4% of their workChemistry: 2 works · 4.2% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 2 works · 4.2% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 24.9% of their workTHEIR WORKKgabo PhillemonMatabola36works
Physical Sciences75%

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. Materials Science1541.7%
    2. Engineering718.8%
    3. Environmental Science410.4%
    4. Chemistry24.2%
  2. Everything else924.9%
  1. 1Biomaterials21% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering19% of their works
  3. 3Polymers and Plastics12% of their works
  4. 4Water Science and Technology10% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry9% of their works
  6. 6Inorganic Chemistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kgabo Phillemon Matabola's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biomedical Applications, Nanocomposites, Nanofibers, Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery, Electrospinning, Polymer Nanofibers and Nanogenerators.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Biomedical Applications233 topics
  2. Nanocomposites233 topics
  3. Nanofibers202 topics
  4. Tissue Engineering202 topics
  5. Drug Delivery182 topics
  6. Electrospinning151 topic
  7. Polymer Nanofibers151 topic
  8. Nanogenerators111 topic
  9. Wearable111 topic
  10. Nanomaterials82 topics
  11. Adsorption51 topic
  12. Conducting Polymers51 topic
  13. Contaminant Removal51 topic
  14. Desalination51 topic
  15. Membrane Technology51 topic
  16. Polyaniline51 topic
  17. Biodegradable Polymers31 topic
  18. Metal-Organic Frameworks31 topic
  19. Photocatalyst31 topic
  20. Polylactic Acid31 topic
  21. Porous Materials31 topic
  22. Semiconductor31 topic

Where does Kgabo Phillemon Matabola work?

Kgabo Phillemon Matabola's main affiliation in the publication record is Mintek, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Kgabo Phillemon Matabola have?

OpenAlex counts 36 works and 1,172 citations for Kgabo Phillemon Matabola, an h-index of 15, ranking #1,643,881 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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