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Toufiek Samaai

Toufiek Samaai publishes mostly in Oceanography, Biotechnology and Paleontology, on topics such as Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Marine Biology and Ecology Research and Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy.

World rank
#1,211,061
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#4,156
of 5,570
Works
67
Citations
35
Citations per work
0.5

What does Toufiek Samaai research?

Oceanography: 19.4%Biotechnology: 16.0%Paleontology: 14.9%Ecology: 12.6%other fields: 37.1%19%top field
Oceanography19.4%Biotechnology16.0%Paleontology14.9%Ecology12.6%other fields37.1%

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

  1. 1Oceanography19% of their works
  2. 2Biotechnology16% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology15% of their works
  4. 4Ecology13% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics9% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change9% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Toufiek Samaai's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Natural Products, Sponge-Associated Microorganisms, Deep-Sea Ecology and Estuarine Quality.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Biodiversity404 topics
  2. Ecosystem Functioning342 topics
  3. Benthic Communities332 topics
  4. Marine Biodiversity332 topics
  5. Marine Natural Products281 topic
  6. Sponge-Associated Microorganisms281 topic
  7. Deep-Sea Ecology241 topic
  8. Estuarine Quality241 topic
  9. Invasive Species182 topics
  10. Evolution141 topic
  11. Molecular Phylogeny142 topics
  12. Subterranean141 topic
  13. Marine Invasions101 topic
  14. Mediterranean Sea101 topic
  15. Kelp Forests91 topic
  16. Seagrasses91 topic
  17. Crayfish81 topic
  18. Ecosystem81 topic
  19. Invasion81 topic
  20. Parasites81 topic
  21. Camouflage61 topic
  22. Cephalopods61 topic

Where does Toufiek Samaai work?

Toufiek Samaai's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Toufiek Samaai have?

Science Explorer counts 67 works and 35 citations for Toufiek Samaai, ranking #1,211,061 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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