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Researcher · University of the Witwatersrand · South Africa

Mershen Govender

Mershen Govender publishes mostly in Pharmaceutical Science, Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials, on topics such as Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery.

ORCID 0000-0003-4605-5405 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,225,464
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#18,351
of 29,826
Works
47
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
22.7
h-index
10
i10-index 11Top 67% in Pharmaceutical Science
Mershen Govender

What does Mershen Govender research?

Mershen Govender's work is mostly in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (18%), Engineering (10%), Materials Science (8%).

Everything else: 23 works · 48.0% of their workLife Sciences: 14 works · 29.3% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 works · 17.6% of their workPharmaceutical Science: 8 works · 17.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 works · 6.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 3 works · 6.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 5.0% of their workFood Science: 2 works · 5.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 8 works · 17.7% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 10.1% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 5 works · 10.1% of their workMaterials Science: 4 works · 7.6% of their workBiomaterials: 4 works · 7.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 2 works · 5.0% of their workMedicine: 2 works · 5.0% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 works · 5.0% of their workTHEIR WORKMershen Govender47works
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences5%

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 else2348.0%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics817.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology36.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25.0%
    1. Engineering510.1%
    2. Materials Science47.6%
    1. Medicine25.0%
  1. 1Pharmaceutical Science18% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering10% of their works
  3. 3Biomaterials8% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology7% of their works
  5. 5Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5% of their works
  6. 6Food Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Mershen Govender's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanoparticles, Drug Delivery, Chitosan, Mucosal, Cyclodextrins, Solid Dispersions, Cancer Therapy and Nanocarriers.

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. Nanoparticles193 topics
  2. Drug Delivery152 topics
  3. Chitosan101 topic
  4. Mucosal101 topic
  5. Cyclodextrins81 topic
  6. Solid Dispersions81 topic
  7. Cancer Therapy51 topic
  8. Nanocarriers51 topic
  9. Bioprinting41 topic
  10. Inhaler Devices41 topic
  11. Prebiotics41 topic
  12. Probiotics41 topic
  13. Pulmonary Drug Delivery41 topic
  14. Tissue Engineering41 topic
  15. Estrogen31 topic
  16. Microneedles31 topic
  17. Receptor31 topic
  18. Solid Lipid Nanoparticles31 topic

Where does Mershen Govender work?

Mershen Govender's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Mershen Govender have?

OpenAlex counts 47 works and 1,068 citations for Mershen Govender, an h-index of 10, ranking #4,225,464 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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