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Researcher · Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology · Zimbabwe

Lesley Macheka

Lesley Macheka publishes mostly in Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics and Plant Science, on topics such as Child Nutrition and Water Access, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations and Insect Utilization and Effects.

ORCID 0000-0002-7878-6678 OpenAlex
World rank
#969,153
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Zimbabwe
#139
of 1,509
Works
58
Citations
824
Citations per work
14.2
h-index
17
i10-index 19Top 24% in Food Science
Lesley Macheka

What does Lesley Macheka research?

Lesley Macheka's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (32%), Nursing (12%), Health Professions (8%).

Everything else: 25 works · 42.4% of their workLife Sciences: 18 works · 31.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 works · 31.7% of their workFood Science: 9 works · 15.2% of their workPlant Science: 5 works · 8.9% of their workInsect Science: 4 works · 7.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 12 works · 20.2% of their workNursing: 7 works · 12.0% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 works · 12.0% of their workHealth Professions: 5 works · 8.2% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 5 works · 8.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 5.7% of their workPsychology: 3 works · 5.7% of their workSocial Psychology: 3 works · 5.7% of their workTHEIR WORKLesley Macheka58works
Life Sciences32%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences6%

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. Everything else2542.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1831.7%
    1. Nursing712.0%
    2. Health Professions58.2%
    1. Psychology35.7%
  1. 1Food Science15% of their works
  2. 2Nutrition and Dietetics12% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science9% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions8% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science8% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lesley Macheka's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Child Development, Maternal and Child Undernutrition, Food Insecurity, Health Outcomes, Edible Insects and Food Security.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Impact172 topics
  2. Sustainability172 topics
  3. Child Development141 topic
  4. Maternal and Child Undernutrition141 topic
  5. Food Insecurity131 topic
  6. Health Outcomes131 topic
  7. Edible Insects121 topic
  8. Food Security121 topic
  9. Attitudes91 topic
  10. Conservation91 topic
  11. Conditional Cash Transfers71 topic
  12. School Subsidies71 topic
  13. Food Safety61 topic
  14. Hygiene Practices61 topic
  15. Buckwheat51 topic
  16. Food Waste51 topic
  17. Quinoa51 topic
  18. Supply Chain51 topic

Where does Lesley Macheka work?

Lesley Macheka's main affiliation in the publication record is Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Zimbabwe.

How many publications and citations does Lesley Macheka have?

OpenAlex counts 58 works and 824 citations for Lesley Macheka, an h-index of 17, ranking #969,153 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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