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Researcher · University of KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa

Sifiso S. Makhathini

Sifiso S. Makhathini publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry, on topics such as Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior.

ORCID 0000-0002-8060-6269 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,250,296
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#18,460
of 29,826
Works
17
Citations
337
Citations per work
19.8
h-index
7
i10-index 7Top 91% in Molecular Biology
Sifiso S. Makhathini

What does Sifiso S. Makhathini research?

Sifiso S. Makhathini's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (22%), Chemistry (18%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (13%).

Life Sciences: 6 works · 35.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 22.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 22.2% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 works · 13.3% of their workPharmaceutical Science: 2 works · 13.3% of their workEverything else: 6 works · 33.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 5 works · 31.2% of their workChemistry: 3 works · 17.8% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 2 works · 8.9% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 2 works · 8.9% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 6.7% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 1 works · 6.7% of their workMaterials Science: 1 works · 6.7% of their workBiomaterials: 1 works · 6.7% of their workTHEIR WORKSifiso S.Makhathini17works
Life Sciences36%Physical Sciences31%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology422.2%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics213.3%
  2. Everything else633.3%
    1. Chemistry317.8%
    2. Engineering16.7%
    3. Materials Science16.7%
  1. 1Molecular Biology22% of their works
  2. 2Pharmaceutical Science13% of their works
  3. 3Inorganic Chemistry9% of their works
  4. 4Organic Chemistry9% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering7% of their works
  6. 6Biomaterials7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sifiso S. Makhathini's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Drug Delivery, Nanoparticles, Chitosan, Mucosal, Cancer Therapy, Drug Discovery, Lipid Rafts and Membrane Lipids.

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. Drug Delivery82 topics
  2. Nanoparticles82 topics
  3. Chitosan51 topic
  4. Mucosal51 topic
  5. Cancer Therapy31 topic
  6. Drug Discovery31 topic
  7. Lipid Rafts31 topic
  8. Membrane Lipids31 topic
  9. Nanocarriers31 topic
  10. Peptide Synthesis31 topic
  11. RNA Interference31 topic
  12. siRNA Delivery31 topic
  13. Antimicrobial Peptides21 topic
  14. Crystal Structure Refinement21 topic
  15. Heterocyclic Compounds21 topic
  16. Hirshfeld Surface Analysis21 topic
  17. Host Defense21 topic
  18. Medicinal Chemistry21 topic

Where does Sifiso S. Makhathini work?

Sifiso S. Makhathini's main affiliation in the publication record is University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Sifiso S. Makhathini have?

OpenAlex counts 17 works and 337 citations for Sifiso S. Makhathini, an h-index of 7, ranking #4,250,296 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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