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Researcher · University of Pretoria · South Africa

Philip Nel

Philip Nel publishes mostly in Literature and Literary Theory, Plant Science and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Themes in Literature Analysis, Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies and Weed Control and Herbicide Applications.

ORCID 0000-0002-7209-0776 OpenAlex
World rank
#862,846
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#2,864
of 5,570
Works
49
Citations
27
Citations per work
0.6

What does Philip Nel research?

Literature and Literary Theory: 31.4%Plant Science: 11.8%Sociology and Political Science: 7.8%Soil Science: 5.9%other fields: 43.1%31%top field
Literature and Literary Theory31.4%Plant Science11.8%Sociology and Political Science7.8%Soil Science5.9%other fields43.1%

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

  1. 1Literature and Literary Theory31% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science12% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science8% of their works
  4. 4Soil Science6% of their works
  5. 5Education6% of their works
  6. 6Communication4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Philip Nel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Children's Literature, Cultural Studies, Fantasy, Young Adult, Fairy Tales, Folklore, Biblical Monotheism and Communication.

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. Children's Literature152 topics
  2. Cultural Studies132 topics
  3. Fantasy111 topic
  4. Young Adult111 topic
  5. Fairy Tales41 topic
  6. Folklore41 topic
  7. Biblical Monotheism21 topic
  8. Communication21 topic
  9. Digital Technology21 topic
  10. Herbicide Resistance21 topic
  11. Jewish Society21 topic
  12. Media Ecology21 topic
  13. Nitrogen Cycle21 topic
  14. Parental Mediation21 topic
  15. Pesticides21 topic
  16. Pollution21 topic
  17. Soil Carbon Sequestration21 topic
  18. Weed Control21 topic

Where does Philip Nel work?

Philip Nel's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Pretoria, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Philip Nel have?

Science Explorer counts 49 works and 27 citations for Philip Nel, ranking #862,846 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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