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Researcher · North-West University · South Africa

P. D. R. van Heerden

P. D. R. van Heerden publishes mostly in Plant Science, Molecular Biology and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, on topics such as Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development and Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement.

ORCID 0000-0002-0075-2793 OpenAlex
World rank
#540,951
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,639
of 5,570
Works
17
Citations
53
Citations per work
3.1

What does P. D. R. van Heerden research?

Plant Science: 42.9%Molecular Biology: 14.3%General Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 14.3%Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14.3%other fields: 14.2%43%top field
Plant Science42.9%Molecular Biology14.3%General Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.3%Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging14.3%other fields14.2%

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

  1. 1Plant Science43% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology14% of their works
  3. 3General Agricultural and Biological Sciences14% of their works
  4. 4Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging14% of their works
  5. 5Soil Science7% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe P. D. R. van Heerden's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Drought Tolerance, QTL Mapping, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainable Agriculture, Agricultural Innovation, Agroecology, Food Sovereignty and Genetic Diversity.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Drought Tolerance22 topics
  2. QTL Mapping22 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers22 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture22 topics
  5. Agricultural Innovation11 topic
  6. Agroecology11 topic
  7. Food Sovereignty11 topic
  8. Genetic Diversity11 topic
  9. Genomics11 topic
  10. Legumes11 topic
  11. Livelihood Diversification11 topic
  12. Nitrogen11 topic
  13. Phosphorus11 topic
  14. Phytase11 topic
  15. Phytic Acid11 topic
  16. Rice11 topic
  17. Soybean11 topic
  18. Sugarcane11 topic
  19. Symbiosis11 topic
  20. Water Management11 topic

Where does P. D. R. van Heerden work?

P. D. R. van Heerden's main affiliation in the publication record is North-West University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does P. D. R. van Heerden have?

Science Explorer counts 17 works and 53 citations for P. D. R. van Heerden, ranking #540,951 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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