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Researcher · Durban University of Technology · South Africa

Nokuthula Peace Mchunu

Nokuthula Peace Mchunu publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology, on topics such as Biofuel production and bioconversion, Enzyme Production and Characterization and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction.

ORCID 0000-0003-0107-6376 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,638,816
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#20,128
of 29,826
Works
52
Citations
756
Citations per work
14.5
h-index
15
i10-index 17Top 50% in Molecular Biology
Nokuthula Peace Mchunu

What does Nokuthula Peace Mchunu research?

Nokuthula Peace Mchunu's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (33%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (17%), Engineering (10%).

Life Sciences: 26 works · 49.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 works · 32.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 12 works · 22.2% of their workBiotechnology: 5 works · 10.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 works · 16.7% of their workPlant Science: 6 works · 11.1% of their workFood Science: 3 works · 5.6% of their workEverything else: 20 works · 37.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 5 works · 9.7% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 9.7% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 5 works · 9.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 2 works · 3.5% of their workNursing: 2 works · 3.5% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 works · 3.5% of their workTHEIR WORKNokuthula PeaceMchunu52works
Life Sciences49%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences4%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1732.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences916.7%
  2. Everything else2037.5%
    1. Engineering59.7%
    1. Nursing23.5%
  1. 1Molecular Biology22% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science11% of their works
  3. 3Biotechnology10% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering10% of their works
  5. 5Food Science6% of their works
  6. 6Nutrition and Dietetics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Nokuthula Peace Mchunu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Enzymatic Hydrolysis, Pretreatment, Biotechnological Applications, Microbial Enzymes, Genomics, Fungal Pathogens, Biocatalysis and Enzyme Immobilization.

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. Enzymatic Hydrolysis141 topic
  2. Pretreatment141 topic
  3. Biotechnological Applications111 topic
  4. Microbial Enzymes111 topic
  5. Genomics92 topics
  6. Fungal Pathogens82 topics
  7. Biocatalysis51 topic
  8. Enzyme Immobilization51 topic
  9. Gene Expression51 topic
  10. Genome-Scale Models51 topic
  11. Metabolic Engineering51 topic
  12. Yeast51 topic
  13. Bioinformatics41 topic
  14. Education41 topic
  15. Mycotoxins31 topic
  16. Prebiotics31 topic
  17. Probiotics31 topic
  18. Toxicology31 topic

Where does Nokuthula Peace Mchunu work?

Nokuthula Peace Mchunu's main affiliation in the publication record is Durban University of Technology, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Nokuthula Peace Mchunu have?

OpenAlex counts 52 works and 756 citations for Nokuthula Peace Mchunu, an h-index of 15, ranking #4,638,816 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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