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Researcher · University of KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa

Thumbi Ndung’u

Thumbi Ndung’u publishes mostly in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology, on topics such as HIV Research and Treatment, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Immune Cell Function and Interaction.

ORCID 0000-0003-2962-3992 OpenAlex
World rank
#395,519
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,118
of 5,570
Works
56
Citations
157
Citations per work
2.8

What does Thumbi Ndung’u research?

Infectious Diseases: 24.1%Epidemiology: 17.7%Virology: 13.9%Immunology: 12.7%other fields: 31.6%24%top field
Infectious Diseases24.1%Epidemiology17.7%Virology13.9%Immunology12.7%other fields31.6%

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

  1. 1Infectious Diseases24% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology18% of their works
  3. 3Virology14% of their works
  4. 4Immunology13% of their works
  5. 5Surgery5% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thumbi Ndung’u's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antiretroviral Therapy, Immune Response, Vaccine, AIDS, HIV, HIV Transmission, Preexposure Prophylaxis and Drug Resistance.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Antiretroviral Therapy264 topics
  2. Immune Response152 topics
  3. Vaccine152 topics
  4. AIDS111 topic
  5. HIV111 topic
  6. HIV Transmission91 topic
  7. Preexposure Prophylaxis91 topic
  8. Drug Resistance82 topics
  9. HIV Infection62 topics
  10. NK Cell Recognition51 topic
  11. Natural Killer Cells51 topic
  12. Integrase Inhibitors41 topic
  13. Mycobacterium tuberculosis41 topic
  14. Nucleoside Analogues41 topic
  15. Tuberculosis41 topic
  16. Foxp331 topic
  17. TGF-ß31 topic
  18. Adolescent Health21 topic
  19. Cardiovascular Disease21 topic
  20. Inflammation21 topic
  21. Sexual Behavior21 topic

Where does Thumbi Ndung’u work?

Thumbi Ndung’u's main affiliation in the publication record is University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Thumbi Ndung’u have?

Science Explorer counts 56 works and 157 citations for Thumbi Ndung’u, ranking #395,519 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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