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Sandy van Vuuren

Sandy van Vuuren publishes mostly in Plant Science, Food Science and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies and Phytochemistry and Biological Activities.

World rank
#184,293
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#455
of 5,570
Works
47
Citations
188
Citations per work
4.0

What does Sandy van Vuuren research?

Plant Science: 29.3%Food Science: 19.0%Molecular Biology: 12.1%Pharmacology: 6.9%other fields: 32.7%29%top field
Plant Science29.3%Food Science19.0%Molecular Biology12.1%Pharmacology6.9%other fields32.7%

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

  1. 1Plant Science29% of their works
  2. 2Food Science19% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology12% of their works
  4. 4Pharmacology7% of their works
  5. 5Biomaterials5% of their works
  6. 6Infectious Diseases3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sandy van Vuuren's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Medicinal Plants, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial Activity, Anti-inflammatory, Essential Oils, Food Preservation, Biological Activities and Ethnobotanical Survey.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Medicinal Plants233 topics
  2. Antioxidant144 topics
  3. Antimicrobial Activity132 topics
  4. Anti-inflammatory123 topics
  5. Essential Oils111 topic
  6. Food Preservation111 topic
  7. Biological Activities92 topics
  8. Ethnobotanical Survey71 topic
  9. Flavonoids72 topics
  10. Phytochemistry72 topics
  11. Traditional Ecological Knowledge71 topic
  12. Iridoids51 topic
  13. Phenylethanoids51 topic
  14. Saponins41 topic
  15. Triterpenoids41 topic
  16. Calotropis procera31 topic
  17. Latex31 topic
  18. Antioxidant Properties21 topic
  19. Bacteria21 topic
  20. Biofilms21 topic
  21. Honey21 topic
  22. Moringa oleifera21 topic
  23. Propolis21 topic

Where does Sandy van Vuuren work?

Sandy van Vuuren's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Sandy van Vuuren have?

Science Explorer counts 47 works and 188 citations for Sandy van Vuuren, ranking #184,293 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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