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Researcher · University of the Free State · South Africa

Z. A. Pretorius

Z. A. Pretorius publishes mostly in Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Agronomy and Crop Science, on topics such as Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics.

ORCID 0000-0002-1053-188X OpenAlex
World rank
#840,752
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#2,791
of 5,570
Works
28
Citations
67
Citations per work
2.4

What does Z. A. Pretorius research?

Plant Science: 55.8%Molecular Biology: 27.9%Agronomy and Crop Science: 4.7%Genetics: 2.3%other fields: 9.3%56%top field
Plant Science55.8%Molecular Biology27.9%Agronomy and Crop Science4.7%Genetics2.3%other fields9.3%

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

  1. 1Plant Science56% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology28% of their works
  3. 3Agronomy and Crop Science5% of their works
  4. 4Genetics2% of their works
  5. 5Cell Biology2% of their works
  6. 6Endocrinology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Z. A. Pretorius's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Phylogenetic Analysis, Genome Sequencing, Breeding, Diversity, Yeast, Yield Potential, Genetics and Wheat.

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. Phylogenetic Analysis132 topics
  2. Genome Sequencing122 topics
  3. Breeding112 topics
  4. Diversity111 topic
  5. Yeast111 topic
  6. Yield Potential112 topics
  7. Genetics101 topic
  8. Wheat101 topic
  9. Quantitative Trait Loci72 topics
  10. Plasmodiophora brassicae61 topic
  11. Rhizoctonia solani61 topic
  12. Bioenergy Crops21 topic
  13. Drought Resistance22 topics
  14. Phytophthora21 topic
  15. Switchgrass21 topic
  16. late blight resistance21 topic
  17. Genomics11 topic
  18. Legume Crops11 topic
  19. Oxalic Acid11 topic
  20. Rice11 topic
  21. Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum11 topic
  22. Water Management11 topic

Where does Z. A. Pretorius work?

Z. A. Pretorius's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Free State, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Z. A. Pretorius have?

Science Explorer counts 28 works and 67 citations for Z. A. Pretorius, ranking #840,752 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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