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Researcher · Council for Scientific and Industrial Research · South Africa

Melusi Thwala

Melusi Thwala publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Pollution and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution and Heavy metals in environment.

ORCID 0000-0001-9770-2110 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,595,295
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#19,942
of 29,826
Works
61
Citations
2.5k
Citations per work
40.5
h-index
16
i10-index 21Top 40% in Materials Chemistry
Melusi Thwala

What does Melusi Thwala research?

Melusi Thwala's work is mostly in Environmental Science (25%), Materials Science (24%), Engineering (9%).

Physical Sciences: 36 works · 58.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 15 works · 25.0% of their workPollution: 7 works · 10.7% of their workEcology: 3 works · 5.0% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 works · 5.0% of their workWater Science and Technology: 3 works · 4.3% of their workMaterials Science: 15 works · 24.3% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 15 works · 24.3% of their workEngineering: 6 works · 9.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 6 works · 9.3% of their workEverything else: 25 works · 41.4% of their workTHEIR WORKMelusi Thwala61works
Physical Sciences59%

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. Environmental Science1525.0%
    2. Materials Science1524.3%
    3. Engineering69.3%
  2. Everything else2541.4%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry24% of their works
  2. 2Pollution11% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Ecology5% of their works
  5. 5Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Water Science and Technology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Melusi Thwala's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Environmental Impact, Toxicity, Antimicrobial, Nanoparticles, Pollution, Marine Environment, Microplastics and Contamination.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Impact382 topics
  2. Toxicity362 topics
  3. Antimicrobial301 topic
  4. Nanoparticles301 topic
  5. Pollution142 topics
  6. Marine Environment81 topic
  7. Microplastics81 topic
  8. Contamination61 topic
  9. Heavy Metals61 topic
  10. Ecosystem51 topic
  11. Helminth Infections51 topic
  12. Nanoscale Science51 topic
  13. Nanotechnology51 topic
  14. Parasites51 topic
  15. Schistosomiasis51 topic
  16. Antioxidants41 topic
  17. Groundwater Remediation41 topic
  18. Reactive Oxygen Species41 topic
  19. Wastewater Treatment41 topic

Where does Melusi Thwala work?

Melusi Thwala's main affiliation in the publication record is Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Melusi Thwala have?

OpenAlex counts 61 works and 2,469 citations for Melusi Thwala, an h-index of 16, ranking #4,595,295 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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