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Researcher · University of Fort Hare · South Africa

Sibusiso Alven

Sibusiso Alven publishes mostly in Biomaterials, Rehabilitation and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Wound Healing and Treatments, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery.

ORCID 0000-0001-7100-4007 OpenAlex
World rank
#195,696
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#661
of 29,826
Works
45
Citations
2.5k
Citations per work
55.8
h-index
21
i10-index 25Top 25% in Biomaterials
Sibusiso Alven

What does Sibusiso Alven research?

Sibusiso Alven's work is mostly in Medicine (28%), Materials Science (28%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%).

Physical Sciences: 14 works · 31.7% of their workMaterials Science: 12 works · 27.6% of their workBiomaterials: 12 works · 27.6% of their workChemistry: 2 works · 4.1% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 2 works · 4.1% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 31.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 12 works · 27.7% of their workMedicine: 12 works · 27.7% of their workRehabilitation: 8 works · 17.9% of their workSurgery: 3 works · 5.7% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 works · 4.1% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 8.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 8.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 8.9% of their workTHEIR WORKSibusiso Alven45works
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences28%

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. Materials Science1227.6%
    2. Chemistry24.1%
  2. Everything else1431.7%
    1. Medicine1227.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology48.9%
  1. 1Biomaterials28% of their works
  2. 2Rehabilitation18% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology9% of their works
  4. 4Surgery6% of their works
  5. 5Organic Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sibusiso Alven's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Drug Delivery, Biomedical Applications, Tissue Engineering, Regeneration, Wound Healing, Electrospinning, Nanofibers and Nanocarriers.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Drug Delivery323 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications252 topics
  3. Tissue Engineering232 topics
  4. Regeneration221 topic
  5. Wound Healing221 topic
  6. Electrospinning161 topic
  7. Nanofibers161 topic
  8. Nanocarriers91 topic
  9. Nanoparticles91 topic
  10. Biomaterials71 topic
  11. Silk Fibroin71 topic
  12. RNA Interference61 topic
  13. siRNA Delivery61 topic
  14. Surgical Sutures51 topic
  15. Tissue Adhesives51 topic
  16. Antimicrobial Polymers41 topic
  17. Artemisinin Resistance41 topic
  18. Plasmodium falciparum41 topic
  19. Quaternary Ammonium Compounds41 topic

Where does Sibusiso Alven work?

Sibusiso Alven's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Fort Hare, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Sibusiso Alven have?

OpenAlex counts 45 works and 2,509 citations for Sibusiso Alven, an h-index of 21, ranking #195,696 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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