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Pieter S. Steyn

Pieter S. Steyn publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Plant Science, on topics such as Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis.

World rank
#168,178
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#412
of 5,570
Works
44
Citations
172
Citations per work
3.9

What does Pieter S. Steyn research?

Molecular Biology: 20.8%Pharmacology: 18.8%Plant Science: 12.5%Organic Chemistry: 10.4%other fields: 37.5%21%top field
Molecular Biology20.8%Pharmacology18.8%Plant Science12.5%Organic Chemistry10.4%other fields37.5%

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

  1. 1Molecular Biology21% of their works
  2. 2Pharmacology19% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science12% of their works
  4. 4Organic Chemistry10% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics8% of their works
  6. 6Oncology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Pieter S. Steyn's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Secondary Metabolites, Drug Discovery, Natural Products, Antioxidant Activity, Mycotoxins, Toxicology, Isoprenoid Pathway and Terpenoid Biosynthesis.

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. Secondary Metabolites82 topics
  2. Drug Discovery61 topic
  3. Natural Products61 topic
  4. Antioxidant Activity42 topics
  5. Mycotoxins41 topic
  6. Toxicology41 topic
  7. Isoprenoid Pathway31 topic
  8. Terpenoid Biosynthesis31 topic
  9. Alkaloids21 topic
  10. Amaryllidaceae21 topic
  11. Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy21 topic
  12. Flavonoid Biosynthesis21 topic
  13. Lupin Seeds21 topic
  14. Medicinal Mushrooms21 topic
  15. Nutritional Evaluation21 topic
  16. Polysaccharides21 topic
  17. Taxanes21 topic
  18. Transcription Factors21 topic

Where does Pieter S. Steyn work?

Pieter S. Steyn's main affiliation in the publication record is Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Pieter S. Steyn have?

Science Explorer counts 44 works and 172 citations for Pieter S. Steyn, ranking #168,178 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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