Desmond Manatsa

1.4k total citations
45 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Desmond Manatsa is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Desmond Manatsa has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 16 papers in Atmospheric Science and 13 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Desmond Manatsa's work include Climate variability and models (26 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (14 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (13 papers). Desmond Manatsa is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (26 papers), Hydrology and Drought Analysis (14 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (13 papers). Desmond Manatsa collaborates with scholars based in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Italy. Desmond Manatsa's co-authors include Geoffrey Mukwada, C. H. Matarira, Swadhin K. Behera, Emmanuel Mavhura, Terence Darlington Mushore, Bernard Manyena, Andrew Collins, André Lenouo, Yushi Morioka and C. J. C. Reason and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Journal of Climate and Nature Geoscience.

In The Last Decade

Desmond Manatsa

44 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Desmond Manatsa Zimbabwe 19 787 358 261 155 118 45 1.1k
Roop Singh Netherlands 18 1.3k 1.6× 701 2.0× 210 0.8× 226 1.5× 98 0.8× 23 1.7k
Laban Ogallo Kenya 16 965 1.2× 466 1.3× 277 1.1× 86 0.6× 121 1.0× 33 1.4k
Julie Arrighi Netherlands 11 926 1.2× 540 1.5× 94 0.4× 189 1.2× 68 0.6× 18 1.3k
Diriba Korecha Ethiopia 17 902 1.1× 380 1.1× 419 1.6× 55 0.4× 87 0.7× 30 1.3k
Hector Chikoore South Africa 17 447 0.6× 253 0.7× 131 0.5× 48 0.3× 89 0.8× 50 787
Sarah Kew Netherlands 22 1.4k 1.8× 804 2.2× 198 0.8× 179 1.2× 72 0.6× 41 1.8k
Aglaé Jézéquel France 13 1.2k 1.5× 764 2.1× 153 0.6× 93 0.6× 94 0.8× 25 1.5k
Peter Ambenje Kenya 4 901 1.1× 582 1.6× 234 0.9× 80 0.5× 53 0.4× 4 1.3k
Mary Kilavi United Kingdom 10 542 0.7× 307 0.9× 175 0.7× 45 0.3× 70 0.6× 12 722
Muhammad Ismail Saudi Arabia 14 937 1.2× 602 1.7× 230 0.9× 48 0.3× 84 0.7× 23 1.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Desmond Manatsa

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Manatsa, Desmond, et al.. (2025). Intersectional vulnerabilities in disaster resilience: Gender, geography, and poverty in Zimbabwe's agrarian communities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 129. 105771–105771.
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Lenouo, André, et al.. (2020). African summer monsoon active and break spells cloud properties: Insight from CloudSat-CALIPSO. Atmospheric Research. 237. 104842–104842. 4 indexed citations
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Manatsa, Desmond & Geoffrey Mukwada. (2019). Spring Ozone's Connection to South Africa's Temperature and Rainfall. Frontiers in Earth Science. 7. 3 indexed citations
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Mukwada, Geoffrey, et al.. (2018). About surface temperature and their shifts in the Free State Province, South Africa (1960–2013). Applied Geography. 97. 142–151. 3 indexed citations
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Mukwada, Geoffrey, et al.. (2018). Spatiotemporal characteristics of severe dry and wet conditions in the Free State Province, South Africa. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 135(1-2). 693–706. 10 indexed citations
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Mukwada, Geoffrey & Desmond Manatsa. (2018). Spatiotemporal analysis of the effect of climate change on vegetation health in the Drakensberg Mountain Region of South Africa. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 190(6). 358–358. 15 indexed citations
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Manatsa, Desmond & Geoffrey Mukwada. (2017). A connection from stratospheric ozone to El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5558–5558. 20 indexed citations
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Manatsa, Desmond & C. J. C. Reason. (2016). ENSO–Kalahari Desert linkages on southern Africa summer surface air temperature variability. International Journal of Climatology. 37(4). 1728–1745. 17 indexed citations
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Manatsa, Desmond, C. H. Matarira, Terence Darlington Mushore, & Chipo Mudavanhu. (2015). Southern Africa winter temperature shifts and their link to the Southern Annular Mode. Climate Dynamics. 45(9-10). 2337–2350. 6 indexed citations
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Matarira, C. H., et al.. (2014). Food Insecurity in Mountain Communities of Lesotho. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 9(2). 280–296. 2 indexed citations
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Mukwada, Geoffrey & Desmond Manatsa. (2013). Geospatial and temporal analysis of drought years in Zimbabwe, 1940-1999. Geographia Polonica. 86(4). 313–326. 7 indexed citations
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Unganai, Leonard, et al.. (2013). Tailoring seasonal climate forecasts for climate risk management in rainfed farming systems of southeast Zimbabwe. Climate and Development. 5(2). 139–152. 13 indexed citations
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Manatsa, Desmond, et al.. (2013). Impact of Mascarene High variability on the East African ‘short rains’. Climate Dynamics. 42(5-6). 1259–1274. 65 indexed citations
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Mavhura, Emmanuel, Bernard Manyena, Andrew Collins, & Desmond Manatsa. (2013). Indigenous knowledge, coping strategies and resilience to floods in Muzarabani, Zimbabwe. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 5. 38–48. 119 indexed citations
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Manatsa, Desmond, et al.. (2013). Link between Antarctic ozone depletion and summer warming over southern Africa. Nature Geoscience. 6(11). 934–939. 42 indexed citations
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Manatsa, Desmond, et al.. (2012). An innovative tailored seasonal rainfall forecasting production in Zimbabwe. Natural Hazards. 64(2). 1187–1207. 23 indexed citations
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Manatsa, Desmond, et al.. (2010). Analysis of multidimensional aspects of agricultural droughts in Zimbabwe using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI). Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 102(3-4). 287–305. 74 indexed citations
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Manatsa, Desmond, et al.. (2007). The History of Natural Resource Management in Zimbabwe: A Chronicle of How Sustainable Resource Management Has Remained An Elusive Concept. Journal of sustainable development in Africa. 9(2). 102–115. 11 indexed citations
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Manatsa, Desmond, et al.. (2007). The superior influence of Darwin Sea level pressure anomalies over ENSO as a simple drought predictor for Southern Africa. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 92(1-2). 1–14. 44 indexed citations

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