Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Researcher · iThemba Laboratory · South Africa

Peter du Plessis

Peter du Plessis publishes mostly in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and General Health Professions, on topics such as Effects of Radiation Exposure, DNA Repair Mechanisms and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry.

ORCID 0000-0003-2818-5257 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,306,851
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#22,830
of 29,826
Works
20
Citations
154
Citations per work
7.7
h-index
6
i10-index 5Top 78% in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Peter du Plessis

What does Peter du Plessis research?

Peter du Plessis's work is mostly in Medicine (31%), Health Professions (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%).

Everything else: 9 works · 45.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 8 works · 41.2% of their workMedicine: 6 works · 31.4% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 works · 11.8% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 works · 11.8% of their workOncology: 2 works · 7.8% of their workHealth Professions: 2 works · 9.8% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 2 works · 9.8% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 7.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 7.8% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 7.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 5.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 works · 5.9% of their workRadiation: 1 works · 5.9% of their workTHEIR WORKPeter du Plessis20works
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences41%

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. Everything else945.1%
    1. Medicine631.4%
    2. Health Professions29.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27.8%
    1. Physics and Astronomy15.9%
  1. 1Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine12% of their works
  2. 2Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging12% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions10% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology8% of their works
  5. 5Oncology8% of their works
  6. 6Radiation6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter du Plessis's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genomic Instability, Homologous Recombination, DNA Damage, Bystander Effects, Radiation, ATM and ATR Kinases, Particle Therapy and Proton Therapy.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Genomic Instability92 topics
  2. Homologous Recombination72 topics
  3. DNA Damage62 topics
  4. Bystander Effects51 topic
  5. Radiation51 topic
  6. ATM and ATR Kinases41 topic
  7. Particle Therapy41 topic
  8. Proton Therapy41 topic
  9. Repair41 topic
  10. BRCA Mutation31 topic
  11. Dosimetry31 topic
  12. Hepatocellular Carcinoma31 topic
  13. Liver Cancer31 topic
  14. PARP Inhibitors31 topic
  15. Radiotherapy Physics31 topic
  16. Comet Assay21 topic
  17. Genotoxicity Testing21 topic
  18. Health21 topic
  19. Homelessness21 topic

Where does Peter du Plessis work?

Peter du Plessis's main affiliation in the publication record is iThemba Laboratory, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Peter du Plessis have?

OpenAlex counts 20 works and 154 citations for Peter du Plessis, an h-index of 6, ranking #5,306,851 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.

Papers, co-authors, who cited this work and researchers on the nearest topics have tabs of their own, above. Is this your page? Claim it with your ORCID iD, or request a correction or removal.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Peter du Plessis. Posts are plain text and can be reported.