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Melanie Lourens

Melanie Lourens publishes mostly in Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Networks and Communications, on topics such as Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Internet of Things and AI and Organizational and Employee Performance.

World rank
#1,256,130
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#4,301
of 5,570
Works
42
Citations
28
Citations per work
0.7

What does Melanie Lourens research?

Information Systems: 20.0%Artificial Intelligence: 16.4%Computer Networks and Communications: 10.9%Management Science and Operations Research: 7.3%other fields: 45.4%20%top field
Information Systems20.0%Artificial Intelligence16.4%Computer Networks and Communications10.9%Management Science and Operations Research7.3%other fields45.4%

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

  1. 1Information Systems20% of their works
  2. 2Artificial Intelligence16% of their works
  3. 3Computer Networks and Communications11% of their works
  4. 4Management Science and Operations Research7% of their works
  5. 5Management of Technology and Innovation7% of their works
  6. 6Management Information Systems4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Melanie Lourens's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Healthcare, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Security, Smart Cities, IoT, Supply Chain Management and Wireless Sensor Networks.

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 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Healthcare144 topics
  2. Internet of Things134 topics
  3. Machine Learning124 topics
  4. Security113 topics
  5. Smart Cities93 topics
  6. IoT83 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management82 topics
  8. Wireless Sensor Networks72 topics
  9. Digital Transformation62 topics
  10. Blockchain51 topic
  11. Smart Contracts51 topic
  12. Artificial Intelligence41 topic
  13. Cloud Computing41 topic
  14. Deep Learning42 topics
  15. Cognitive Radio Networks31 topic
  16. Customer Satisfaction31 topic
  17. Innovation Management31 topic
  18. Organizational Performance31 topic
  19. Quality Management31 topic
  20. Spectrum Handovers31 topic
  21. Edge Computing21 topic
  22. Fog Computing21 topic
  23. Home Automation21 topic
  24. Opinion Mining21 topic
  25. Sentiment Analysis21 topic
  26. Wireless21 topic

Where does Melanie Lourens work?

Melanie Lourens's main affiliation in the publication record is Durban University of Technology, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Melanie Lourens have?

Science Explorer counts 42 works and 28 citations for Melanie Lourens, ranking #1,256,130 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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