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Researcher · South African Medical Research Council · South Africa

Walter F. O. Marasas

Walter F. O. Marasas publishes mostly in Plant Science, Cell Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions and Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food.

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World rank
#40,039
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#59
of 5,570
Works
33
Citations
536
Citations per work
16.2

What does Walter F. O. Marasas research?

Plant Science: 43.9%Cell Biology: 29.3%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4.9%Food Science: 4.9%other fields: 17.0%44%top field
Plant Science43.9%Cell Biology29.3%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4.9%Food Science4.9%other fields17.0%

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

  1. 1Plant Science44% of their works
  2. 2Cell Biology29% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works
  4. 4Food Science5% of their works
  5. 5Pharmacology5% of their works
  6. 6Small Animals5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter F. O. Marasas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Fungal Pathogens, Endophytic Fungi, Phylogenetic Analysis, Fungal Diversity, Mycorrhizal Fungi, Mycotoxins, Toxicology and Antioxidant Activity.

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. Fungal Pathogens192 topics
  2. Endophytic Fungi121 topic
  3. Phylogenetic Analysis121 topic
  4. Fungal Diversity71 topic
  5. Mycorrhizal Fungi71 topic
  6. Mycotoxins71 topic
  7. Toxicology71 topic
  8. Antioxidant Activity32 topics
  9. Endophyte Symbiosis21 topic
  10. Grass-Fungal Interaction21 topic
  11. Medicinal Mushrooms21 topic
  12. Oomycetes21 topic
  13. Polysaccharides21 topic
  14. Retroviruses21 topic
  15. Antioxidant11 topic
  16. Betalains11 topic
  17. Korean Traditional Food11 topic
  18. Quality Characteristics11 topic

Where does Walter F. O. Marasas work?

Walter F. O. Marasas's main affiliation in the publication record is South African Medical Research Council, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Walter F. O. Marasas have?

Science Explorer counts 33 works and 536 citations for Walter F. O. Marasas, ranking #40,039 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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