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Researcher · Human Sciences Research Council · South Africa

Wilfred Lunga

Wilfred Lunga publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Disaster Management and Resilience, African studies and sociopolitical issues and Climate change impacts on agriculture.

ORCID 0000-0002-4673-2907 OpenAlex
World rank
#970,538
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#3,892
of 29,826
Works
46
Citations
179
Citations per work
3.9
h-index
8
i10-index 6Top 32% in Sociology and Political Science
Wilfred Lunga

What does Wilfred Lunga research?

Wilfred Lunga's work is mostly in Social Sciences (32%), Environmental Science (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (6%).

Everything else: 21 works · 45.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 15 works · 31.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 15 works · 31.8% of their workSociology and Political Science: 12 works · 27.1% of their workEducation: 2 works · 4.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 6 works · 14.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 6 works · 14.0% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 works · 10.3% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 works · 3.7% of their workLife Sciences: 3 works · 5.6% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 works · 5.6% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 works · 5.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 2.8% of their workHealth Professions: 1 works · 2.8% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 1 works · 2.8% of their workTHEIR WORKWilfred Lunga46works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences32%

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. Everything else2145.8%
    1. Social Sciences1531.8%
    1. Environmental Science614.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences35.6%
    1. Health Professions12.8%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science27% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change10% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6% of their works
  4. 4Education5% of their works
  5. 5Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law4% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wilfred Lunga's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Vulnerability, Climate Change, Adaptation, Disaster, Resilience, Agriculture, Global Warming and History.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Vulnerability244 topics
  2. Climate Change194 topics
  3. Adaptation112 topics
  4. Disaster101 topic
  5. Resilience101 topic
  6. Agriculture92 topics
  7. Global Warming92 topics
  8. History81 topic
  9. Remote Sensing82 topics
  10. Zimbabwe81 topic
  11. Crop Production61 topic
  12. Sustainability61 topic
  13. Environmental Refugees51 topic
  14. Flood Risk51 topic
  15. Migration51 topic
  16. Surface Water Mapping51 topic
  17. Drought31 topic
  18. Indigenous Knowledge31 topic
  19. Insurance31 topic
  20. Monitoring31 topic
  21. Risk Management31 topic
  22. Soil Fertility31 topic

Where does Wilfred Lunga work?

Wilfred Lunga's main affiliation in the publication record is Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Wilfred Lunga have?

OpenAlex counts 46 works and 179 citations for Wilfred Lunga, an h-index of 8, ranking #970,538 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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