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Researcher · Stellenbosch University · South Africa

Umezuruike Linus Opara

Umezuruike Linus Opara publishes mostly in Plant Science, Food Science and Nutrition and Dietetics, on topics such as Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management, Pomegranate: compositions and health benefits and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-8056-7215 OpenAlex
World rank
#92,278
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#257
of 29,826
Works
513
Citations
21k
Citations per work
41.7
h-index
75
i10-index 267Top 0.2% in Plant Science
Umezuruike Linus Opara

What does Umezuruike Linus Opara research?

Umezuruike Linus Opara's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (49%), Nursing (11%), Medicine (6%).

Life Sciences: 250 works · 48.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 250 works · 48.7% of their workPlant Science: 191 works · 37.2% of their workFood Science: 59 works · 11.5% of their workEverything else: 129 works · 25.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 90 works · 17.5% of their workNursing: 58 works · 11.3% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 58 works · 11.3% of their workMedicine: 32 works · 6.2% of their workBiochemistry: 32 works · 6.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 44 works · 8.6% of their workChemistry: 24 works · 4.6% of their workAnalytical Chemistry: 24 works · 4.6% of their workMaterials Science: 21 works · 4.0% of their workBiomaterials: 21 works · 4.0% of their workTHEIR WORKUmezuruike LinusOpara513works
Life Sciences49%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences18%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25048.7%
  2. Everything else12925.2%
    1. Nursing5811.3%
    2. Medicine326.2%
    1. Chemistry244.6%
    2. Materials Science214.0%
  1. 1Plant Science37% of their works
  2. 2Food Science12% of their works
  3. 3Nutrition and Dietetics11% of their works
  4. 4Biochemistry6% of their works
  5. 5Analytical Chemistry5% of their works
  6. 6Biomaterials4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Umezuruike Linus Opara's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ethylene Biosynthesis, Fruit Ripening, Cancer Prevention, Phenolic Compounds, Antioxidant Activity, Pomegranate, Dormancy and Fruit Trees.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Ethylene Biosynthesis2321 topic
  2. Fruit Ripening2321 topic
  3. Cancer Prevention2162 topics
  4. Phenolic Compounds2162 topics
  5. Antioxidant Activity1351 topic
  6. Pomegranate1351 topic
  7. Dormancy961 topic
  8. Fruit Trees961 topic
  9. Antioxidants811 topic
  10. Free Radicals811 topic
  11. Multivariate Calibration631 topic
  12. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy631 topic
  13. Food Supply Chain591 topic
  14. Traceability591 topic
  15. Biosynthesis551 topic
  16. Cuticular Wax551 topic
  17. Chitin421 topic
  18. Chitosan421 topic

Where does Umezuruike Linus Opara work?

Umezuruike Linus Opara's main affiliation in the publication record is Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Umezuruike Linus Opara have?

OpenAlex counts 513 works and 21,372 citations for Umezuruike Linus Opara, an h-index of 75, ranking #92,278 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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