Lerato Nephali

766 total citations
11 papers, 432 citations indexed

About

Lerato Nephali is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lerato Nephali has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 432 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Plant Science, 2 papers in Pharmacology and 1 paper in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lerato Nephali's work include Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques (7 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (6 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (3 papers). Lerato Nephali is often cited by papers focused on Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques (7 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (6 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (3 papers). Lerato Nephali collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Lerato Nephali's co-authors include Fidele Tugizimana, Johan Huyser, Ian A. Dubery, Lizelle A. Piater, Karl Burgess, Paul A. Steenkamp, Justin J. J. van der Hooft, Daniel Petras, Kyo Bin Kang and Willem Jonker and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Plant Science and Plant Cell Reports.

In The Last Decade

Lerato Nephali

9 papers receiving 423 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lerato Nephali South Africa	7	380	76	47	21	21	11	432
Nasr Ullah Pakistan	5	482 1.3×	124 1.6×	32 0.7×	10 0.5×	27 1.3×	5	541
Jai Singh Patel India	13	626 1.6×	124 1.6×	49 1.0×	73 3.5×	23 1.1×	19	697
Salma Toubali Morocco	7	300 0.8×	48 0.6×	74 1.6×	6 0.3×	41 2.0×	11	341
Afeez Adesina Adedayo South Africa	11	306 0.8×	73 1.0×	48 1.0×	6 0.3×	9 0.4×	23	416
Naijie Feng China	13	517 1.4×	147 1.9×	20 0.4×	6 0.3×	29 1.4×	56	604
Svjetlana Zeljković Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	381 1.0×	41 0.5×	71 1.5×	41 2.0×	14 0.7×	30	419
Arti Sharma India	3	360 0.9×	50 0.7×	40 0.9×	4 0.2×	53 2.5×	9	428
Lydia Ugena Czechia	9	392 1.0×	112 1.5×	14 0.3×	10 0.5×	6 0.3×	10	443
Xiaoyan Quan China	12	415 1.1×	99 1.3×	46 1.0×	6 0.3×	75 3.6×	22	496
Aneta Grabowska Poland	14	448 1.2×	71 0.9×	66 1.4×	30 1.4×	21 1.0×	35	508

Countries citing papers authored by Lerato Nephali

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lerato Nephali

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11 of 11 papers shown

Adetunji, Ademola Emmanuel, et al.. (2025). Mitigating salt stress in maize using Ecklonia maxima seaweed extracts. Plant Stress. 16. 100828–100828.

Nephali, Lerato, et al.. (2025). AI-integrated metabolomics maps functional divergence of microbial consortia in field-grown maize. Plant Cell Reports. 44(10). 211–211. 1 indexed citations

Nephali, Lerato, et al.. (2025). Seed Metabolomic Landscape Reflecting Key Differential Metabolic Profiles Among Different Wheat Cultivars. Metabolites. 15(9). 603–603.

Dubery, Ian A., Lerato Nephali, Fidele Tugizimana, & Paul A. Steenkamp. (2024). Data-Driven Characterization of Metabolome Reprogramming during Early Development of Sorghum Seedlings. Metabolites. 14(2). 112–112. 4 indexed citations

Nephali, Lerato, et al.. (2022). Molecular mechanisms associated with microbial biostimulant-mediated growth enhancement, priming and drought stress tolerance in maize plants. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 10450–10450. 59 indexed citations

Nephali, Lerato, Paul A. Steenkamp, Karl Burgess, et al.. (2022). Mass Spectral Molecular Networking to Profile the Metabolome of Biostimulant Bacillus Strains. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 920963–920963. 16 indexed citations

Nephali, Lerato, et al.. (2022). Bacillus for Plant Growth Promotion and Stress Resilience: What Have We Learned?. Plants. 11(19). 2482–2482. 101 indexed citations

Nephali, Lerato, et al.. (2022). Metabolic Circuits in Sap Extracts Reflect the Effects of a Microbial Biostimulant on Maize Metabolism under Drought Conditions. Plants. 11(4). 510–510. 9 indexed citations

Nephali, Lerato, Lizelle A. Piater, Paul A. Steenkamp, et al.. (2021). A Metabolomic Landscape of Maize Plants Treated With a Microbial Biostimulant Under Well-Watered and Drought Conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 676632–676632. 56 indexed citations

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Nephali, Lerato, Paul A. Steenkamp, Daniel Petras, et al.. (2021). A Metabolic Choreography of Maize Plants Treated with a Humic Substance-Based Biostimulant under Normal and Starved Conditions. Metabolites. 11(6). 403–403. 22 indexed citations

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Nephali, Lerato, Lizelle A. Piater, Ian A. Dubery, et al.. (2020). Biostimulants for Plant Growth and Mitigation of Abiotic Stresses: A Metabolomics Perspective. Metabolites. 10(12). 505–505. 164 indexed citations

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