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Researcher · Vaal University of Technology · South Africa

Michael Pillay

Michael Pillay publishes mostly in Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Food Science, on topics such as Banana Cultivation and Research, Plant tissue culture and regeneration and Pineapple and bromelain studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-1508-801X OpenAlex
World rank
#563,557
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,726
of 5,570
Works
24
Citations
62
Citations per work
2.6

What does Michael Pillay research?

Plant Science: 40.6%Molecular Biology: 21.9%Food Science: 6.3%Animal Science and Zoology: 6.3%other fields: 24.9%41%top field
Plant Science40.6%Molecular Biology21.9%Food Science6.3%Animal Science and Zoology6.3%other fields24.9%

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

  1. 1Plant Science41% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology22% of their works
  3. 3Food Science6% of their works
  4. 4Animal Science and Zoology6% of their works
  5. 5Biotechnology6% of their works
  6. 6Forestry3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael Pillay's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Banana, Genetics, Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation, Bromelain, Pineapple, Plant Secondary Metabolites, Food Security and Genomics.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Banana41 topic
  2. Genetics41 topic
  3. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation31 topic
  4. Bromelain31 topic
  5. Pineapple31 topic
  6. Plant Secondary Metabolites31 topic
  7. Food Security22 topics
  8. Genomics21 topic
  9. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria21 topic
  10. Amino Acids11 topic
  11. Antioxidant Activity11 topic
  12. Chicken Domestication11 topic
  13. Genetic Diversity11 topic
  14. Gut Microbiota11 topic
  15. Integrated Farming Systems11 topic
  16. Quality Characteristics11 topic
  17. Rice-Fish Farming11 topic

Where does Michael Pillay work?

Michael Pillay's main affiliation in the publication record is Vaal University of Technology, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Michael Pillay have?

Science Explorer counts 24 works and 62 citations for Michael Pillay, ranking #563,557 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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