Igshaan Samuels

647 total citations
47 papers, 443 citations indexed

About

Igshaan Samuels is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Igshaan Samuels has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 443 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 16 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Igshaan Samuels's work include Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (28 papers), Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (12 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers). Igshaan Samuels is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (28 papers), Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (12 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers). Igshaan Samuels collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and Namibia. Igshaan Samuels's co-authors include Nicky Allsopp, Clement Cupido, Richard Knight, Catherine Laurent, M. Timm Hoffman, Francuois Müller, Anthony R. Palmer, J.S. Boatwright, Timm Hoffman and S.B.M. Chimphango and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment and Journal of Arid Environments.

In The Last Decade

Igshaan Samuels

42 papers receiving 417 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Igshaan Samuels South Africa 12 244 135 112 80 77 47 443
E. Abule Ethiopia 10 248 1.0× 119 0.9× 68 0.6× 45 0.6× 43 0.6× 13 394
Alexandre Ickowicz France 14 249 1.0× 118 0.9× 109 1.0× 47 0.6× 220 2.9× 64 544
Fred Provenza United States 9 177 0.7× 251 1.9× 139 1.2× 59 0.7× 66 0.9× 15 525
R.M.T. Baars Ethiopia 9 211 0.9× 122 0.9× 113 1.0× 60 0.8× 61 0.8× 24 423
Magali Jouven France 12 100 0.4× 200 1.5× 155 1.4× 72 0.9× 195 2.5× 22 617
Yayneshet Tesfay Ethiopia 10 187 0.8× 70 0.5× 107 1.0× 39 0.5× 59 0.8× 18 358
Nashon K. R. Musimba Kenya 11 127 0.5× 65 0.5× 84 0.8× 56 0.7× 54 0.7× 37 300
A. Schiborra Germany 13 196 0.8× 117 0.9× 187 1.7× 56 0.7× 50 0.6× 21 446
Tamirat Solomon Ethiopia 7 129 0.5× 63 0.5× 34 0.3× 42 0.5× 47 0.6× 22 252
Robinson K. Ngugi Kenya 9 117 0.5× 55 0.4× 61 0.5× 36 0.5× 178 2.3× 19 388

Countries citing papers authored by Igshaan Samuels

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Fields of papers citing papers by Igshaan Samuels

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Igshaan Samuels

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Igshaan Samuels. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Igshaan Samuels based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Igshaan Samuels. Igshaan Samuels is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Samuels, Igshaan, et al.. (2025). Larger trees facilitate understory herbaceous biomass but not diversity in a South African savanna. South African Journal of Botany. 178. 178–186.
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Holdt, Johanna von, Helga van der Merwe, Igshaan Samuels, et al.. (2025). Land cover, drought, and dust emission in arid Succulent Karoo shrublands. Aeolian Research. 74. 101006–101006.
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Samuels, Igshaan, et al.. (2025). Rangeland Conditions and Grazing Capacities on Livestock Farms During and After Drought in Three Biomes in South Africa. Land. 14(9). 1836–1836. 1 indexed citations
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Shi, Fuyu, Jiandui Mi, Xiaoping Jing, et al.. (2025). Methane emissions from indigenous nitrogen-efficient bovidae are overestimated. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).
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Angula, Margaret, et al.. (2024). Pastoral coping and adaptive management strategies to climate change in communal areas in Namibia and South Africa. Pastoralism Research Policy and Practice. 14. 1 indexed citations
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Samuels, Igshaan, et al.. (2023). Transhumance pastoralism in West Africa – its importance, policies and challenges. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 40(1). 114–128. 11 indexed citations
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Slinger, Jill H., et al.. (2023). Implications of the breakdown in the indigenous knowledge system for rangeland management and policy: a case study from the Eastern Cape in South Africa. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 40(1). 47–61. 9 indexed citations
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Müller, Francuois, et al.. (2023). A Phytogeographical Classification and Survey of the Indigenous Browse Flora of South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini. Diversity. 15(7). 876–876. 2 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Shayne M., et al.. (2022). Does the landscape functionality approach provide insight into rangeland conditions in the Tanqua Karoo region, South Africa?. PeerJ. 10. e13305–e13305. 5 indexed citations
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Ellis, William, Clement Cupido, & Igshaan Samuels. (2021). Walking with herders: following into the multispecies classroom. Anthropology Southern Africa. 44(2). 50–63. 3 indexed citations
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Müller, Francuois, Lincoln Raitt, S.B.M. Chimphango, et al.. (2021). Morphological and physiological responses of Calobota sericea plants subjected to water limitation and subsequent rewatering. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 40(2). 141–158. 2 indexed citations
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Chimphango, S.B.M., Igshaan Samuels, A. Muthama Muasya, et al.. (2021). Forage legumes from the Mediterranean Fynbos biome of South Africa with potential for domestication: slope aspect affects tissue fibre and mineral composition. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 39(3). 264–271. 1 indexed citations
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Müller, Francuois, Igshaan Samuels, Clement Cupido, et al.. (2019). The impacts of season and livestock management strategy on the quality of diets selected by goats and sheep in the semi-arid rangelands of Namaqualand, South Africa. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 36(2). 105–114. 14 indexed citations
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Samuels, Igshaan, et al.. (2018). Through the lens of a herder: insights into landscape ethno-ecological knowledge on rangelands in Namaqualand. Anthropology Southern Africa. 41(2). 136–152. 10 indexed citations
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Müller, Francuois, Lincoln Raitt, S.B.M. Chimphango, et al.. (2017). Prioritisation of native legume species for further evaluation as potential forage crops in water-limited agricultural systems in South Africa. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 189(10). 512–512. 14 indexed citations
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Palmer, Anthony R., Igshaan Samuels, Clement Cupido, et al.. (2015). Aboveground biomass production of a semi-arid southern African savanna: towards a new model. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 33(1). 43–51. 8 indexed citations
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Cupido, Clement, et al.. (2013). The good shepherd: remedying the fencing syndrome. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 30(1-2). 71–75. 17 indexed citations
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Samuels, Igshaan, Nicky Allsopp, & Timm Hoffman. (2008). Mobility Patterns of Livestock Keepers in Semi-Arid Communal Rangelands of Namaqualand, South Africa. Nomadic Peoples. 12(1). 123–148. 23 indexed citations

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