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Researcher · Human Sciences Research Council · South Africa

Sibusiso Sifunda

Sibusiso Sifunda publishes mostly in General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, on topics such as Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Global Maternal and Child Health.

ORCID 0000-0002-8766-7240 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,006,899
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#4,053
of 29,826
Works
90
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
18.6
h-index
24
i10-index 42Top 9.3% in General Health Professions
Sibusiso Sifunda

What does Sibusiso Sifunda research?

Sibusiso Sifunda's work is mostly in Medicine (27%), Health Professions (26%), Psychology (6%).

Health Sciences: 48 works · 53.1% of their workMedicine: 25 works · 27.3% of their workInfectious Diseases: 14 works · 15.6% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 works · 6.6% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 works · 5.1% of their workHealth Professions: 23 works · 25.8% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 23 works · 25.8% of their workEverything else: 31 works · 34.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 11 works · 12.6% of their workPsychology: 6 works · 6.3% of their workClinical Psychology: 6 works · 6.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 6 works · 6.3% of their workSociology and Political Science: 6 works · 6.3% of their workTHEIR WORKSibusiso Sifunda90works
Health Sciences53%Social Sciences13%

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. Medicine2527.3%
    2. Health Professions2325.8%
  2. Everything else3134.3%
    1. Psychology66.3%
    2. Social Sciences66.3%
  1. 1General Health Professions26% of their works
  2. 2Infectious Diseases16% of their works
  3. 3Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health7% of their works
  4. 4Sociology and Political Science6% of their works
  5. 5Clinical Psychology6% of their works
  6. 6Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sibusiso Sifunda's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adolescent Health, Sexual Behavior, Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, Mental Health, COVID-19, HIV/AIDS and Child Mortality.

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. Adolescent Health471 topic
  2. Sexual Behavior471 topic
  3. Antiretroviral Therapy401 topic
  4. HIV Transmission401 topic
  5. Mental Health192 topics
  6. COVID-19152 topics
  7. HIV/AIDS152 topics
  8. Child Mortality121 topic
  9. Maternal Mortality121 topic
  10. Anxiety101 topic
  11. Depression101 topic
  12. Sex Work91 topic
  13. Trafficking91 topic
  14. COVID-19 Vaccine61 topic
  15. Economic Growth61 topic
  16. Sub-Saharan Africa61 topic
  17. Vaccine Hesitancy61 topic
  18. Modeling51 topic
  19. transmission dynamics51 topic

Where does Sibusiso Sifunda work?

Sibusiso Sifunda's main affiliation in the publication record is Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Sibusiso Sifunda have?

OpenAlex counts 90 works and 1,678 citations for Sibusiso Sifunda, an h-index of 24, ranking #1,006,899 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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