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Researcher · Mintek · South Africa

Nikiwe Mhlanga

Nikiwe Mhlanga publishes mostly in Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Biosensors and Analytical Detection, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications and Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-0307-0675 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,249,744
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#18,457
of 29,826
Works
26
Citations
267
Citations per work
10.3
h-index
8
i10-index 6Top 76% in Biomedical Engineering
Nikiwe Mhlanga

What does Nikiwe Mhlanga research?

Nikiwe Mhlanga's work is mostly in Materials Science (29%), Engineering (24%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%).

Physical Sciences: 14 works · 52.9% of their workMaterials Science: 8 works · 29.4% of their workBiomaterials: 3 works · 11.8% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 works · 8.8% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 2 works · 8.8% of their workEngineering: 6 works · 23.5% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 6 works · 23.5% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 32.3% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 14.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 14.8% of their workBiophysics: 2 works · 7.4% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 7.4% of their workTHEIR WORKNikiwe Mhlanga26works
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences53%

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. Materials Science829.4%
    2. Engineering623.5%
  2. Everything else832.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology414.8%
  1. 1Biomedical Engineering24% of their works
  2. 2Biomaterials12% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry9% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials9% of their works
  5. 5Biophysics7% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Nikiwe Mhlanga's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biomedical Applications, Biosensors, Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification, Paper-Based Microfluidics, Drug Delivery, Nanoparticles, Gold Nanoparticles and Plasmonic Nanoparticles.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Biomedical Applications174 topics
  2. Biosensors122 topics
  3. Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification91 topic
  4. Paper-Based Microfluidics91 topic
  5. Drug Delivery82 topics
  6. Nanoparticles82 topics
  7. Gold Nanoparticles61 topic
  8. Plasmonic Nanoparticles61 topic
  9. Infrared Spectroscopy51 topic
  10. Nanocarriers51 topic
  11. Raman Spectroscopy51 topic
  12. Surface Engineering51 topic
  13. Biodegradable Polymers31 topic
  14. DNA nanotechnology31 topic
  15. Graphene31 topic
  16. Nanocrystals31 topic
  17. Nanomaterials31 topic
  18. Polylactic Acid31 topic
  19. Quantum Dots31 topic
  20. Self-Assembly31 topic

Where does Nikiwe Mhlanga work?

Nikiwe Mhlanga's main affiliation in the publication record is Mintek, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Nikiwe Mhlanga have?

OpenAlex counts 26 works and 267 citations for Nikiwe Mhlanga, an h-index of 8, ranking #4,249,744 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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