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Researcher · University of Pretoria · South Africa

Thulani Peter Makhalanyane

Thulani Peter Makhalanyane publishes mostly in Ecology, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Polar Research and Ecology and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-8173-1678 OpenAlex
World rank
#108,211
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#326
of 29,826
Works
184
Citations
6.7k
Citations per work
36.4
h-index
46
i10-index 78Top 3.3% in Ecology
Thulani Peter Makhalanyane

What does Thulani Peter Makhalanyane research?

Thulani Peter Makhalanyane's work is mostly in Environmental Science (40%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%).

Physical Sciences: 74 works · 40.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 74 works · 40.0% of their workEcology: 67 works · 36.2% of their workPollution: 7 works · 3.8% of their workEverything else: 62 works · 33.9% of their workLife Sciences: 48 works · 26.1% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 works · 13.9% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 works · 4.9% of their workPlant Science: 8 works · 4.5% of their workSoil Science: 8 works · 4.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 works · 12.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 22 works · 12.2% of their workTHEIR WORKThulani PeterMakhalanyane184works
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences40%

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. Environmental Science7440.0%
  2. Everything else6233.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2613.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2212.2%
  1. 1Ecology36% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology12% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works
  4. 4Soil Science4% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science4% of their works
  6. 6Pollution4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thulani Peter Makhalanyane's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Marine Microbes, Microbial Biogeography, Climate Change, Ecology, Antarctic, Microorganisms, Ecosystem Functioning and Microbial Communities.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Marine Microbes931 topic
  2. Microbial Biogeography931 topic
  3. Climate Change843 topics
  4. Ecology652 topics
  5. Antarctic491 topic
  6. Microorganisms491 topic
  7. Ecosystem Functioning402 topics
  8. Microbial Communities372 topics
  9. RNA-Seq251 topic
  10. sequence alignment251 topic
  11. Nitrogen Cycle211 topic
  12. Soil Carbon Sequestration211 topic
  13. Biological Soil Crusts191 topic
  14. Cyanobacteria191 topic
  15. Bacteriophage161 topic
  16. Gut Microbiota161 topic
  17. Short-Chain Fatty Acids161 topic
  18. Virus161 topic
  19. EROI141 topic
  20. Fossil Fuels141 topic

Where does Thulani Peter Makhalanyane work?

Thulani Peter Makhalanyane's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Pretoria, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Thulani Peter Makhalanyane have?

OpenAlex counts 184 works and 6,694 citations for Thulani Peter Makhalanyane, an h-index of 46, ranking #108,211 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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