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Researcher · University of Zimbabwe · Zimbabwe

Paul Mapfumo

Paul Mapfumo publishes mostly in Plant Science, Soil Science and Agronomy and Crop Science, on topics such as Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

ORCID 0000-0001-5580-4135 OpenAlex
World rank
#230,129
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Zimbabwe
#16
of 1,509
Works
142
Citations
4.9k
Citations per work
34.5
h-index
38
i10-index 73Top 3.5% in Plant Science
Paul Mapfumo

What does Paul Mapfumo research?

Paul Mapfumo's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (67%), Environmental Science (5%).

Life Sciences: 95 works · 67.1% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 95 works · 67.1% of their workPlant Science: 25 works · 17.6% of their workSoil Science: 23 works · 16.2% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 19 works · 13.2% of their workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 works · 11.0% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 13 works · 9.1% of their workEverything else: 39 works · 27.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 5.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 7 works · 5.2% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 works · 5.2% of their workTHEIR WORKPaul Mapfumo142works
Life Sciences67%Physical 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9567.1%
  2. Everything else3927.7%
    1. Environmental Science75.2%
  1. 1Plant Science18% of their works
  2. 2Soil Science16% of their works
  3. 3Agronomy and Crop Science13% of their works
  4. 4General Agricultural and Biological Sciences11% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics9% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul Mapfumo's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change, Nitrogen Fixation, Smallholder Farmers, Agricultural Innovation, Livelihood Diversification, Agricultural Productivity and Intercropping.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainable Agriculture692 topics
  2. Climate Change613 topics
  3. Nitrogen Fixation592 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers462 topics
  5. Agricultural Innovation361 topic
  6. Livelihood Diversification361 topic
  7. Agricultural Productivity331 topic
  8. Intercropping331 topic
  9. Adaptation322 topics
  10. Sustainability322 topics
  11. Nitrogen Cycle291 topic
  12. Soil Carbon Sequestration291 topic
  13. Legumes261 topic
  14. Symbiosis261 topic
  15. Agriculture221 topic
  16. Food Security221 topic
  17. Maize Yield131 topic
  18. Nitrogen Uptake131 topic
  19. Agricultural Development101 topic
  20. Cowpea101 topic
  21. Genetics101 topic
  22. Livestock Farming101 topic

Where does Paul Mapfumo work?

Paul Mapfumo's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.

How many publications and citations does Paul Mapfumo have?

OpenAlex counts 142 works and 4,906 citations for Paul Mapfumo, an h-index of 38, ranking #230,129 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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