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Researcher · University of KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa

Kirthee Pillay

Kirthee Pillay publishes mostly in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Plant Science, on topics such as Child Nutrition and Water Access, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet and Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling.

ORCID 0000-0003-3161-1050 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,043,377
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#13,131
of 29,826
Works
60
Citations
946
Citations per work
15.8
h-index
17
i10-index 25Top 26% in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Kirthee Pillay

What does Kirthee Pillay research?

Kirthee Pillay's work is mostly in Medicine (21%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Nursing (17%).

Health Sciences: 26 works · 43.1% of their workMedicine: 13 works · 20.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 works · 17.1% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 works · 3.8% of their workNursing: 10 works · 17.1% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 works · 17.1% of their workHealth Professions: 3 works · 5.1% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 3 works · 5.1% of their workEverything else: 23 works · 39.1% of their workLife Sciences: 11 works · 17.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 works · 17.8% of their workPlant Science: 8 works · 12.7% of their workFood Science: 3 works · 5.1% of their workTHEIR WORKKirthee Pillay60works
Life Sciences18%Health Sciences43%

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. Medicine1320.9%
    2. Nursing1017.1%
    3. Health Professions35.1%
  2. Everything else2339.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1117.8%
  1. 1Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health17% of their works
  2. 2Nutrition and Dietetics17% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science13% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions5% of their works
  5. 5Food Science5% of their works
  6. 6Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kirthee Pillay's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Obesity, Child Development, Maternal and Child Undernutrition, Functional Foods, Childhood, Overweight, Consumer Acceptance and Ultra-Processed Foods.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Obesity232 topics
  2. Child Development211 topic
  3. Maternal and Child Undernutrition211 topic
  4. Functional Foods152 topics
  5. Childhood121 topic
  6. Overweight121 topic
  7. Consumer Acceptance111 topic
  8. Ultra-Processed Foods111 topic
  9. Food Insecurity81 topic
  10. Health Outcomes81 topic
  11. Phytase61 topic
  12. Phytic Acid61 topic
  13. Antioxidants51 topic
  14. Diabetes51 topic
  15. Hypoglycemia51 topic
  16. Oxidative Stress51 topic
  17. Buckwheat41 topic
  18. Quinoa41 topic

Where does Kirthee Pillay work?

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

How many publications and citations does Kirthee Pillay have?

OpenAlex counts 60 works and 946 citations for Kirthee Pillay, an h-index of 17, ranking #3,043,377 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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