Lungile Sitole

519 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 349 citations indexed

About

Lungile Sitole is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Lungile Sitole has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 349 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Oncology and 8 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Lungile Sitole's work include Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (8 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (8 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (8 papers). Lungile Sitole is often cited by papers focused on Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (8 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (8 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (8 papers). Lungile Sitole collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Ghana. Lungile Sitole's co-authors include Debra Meyer, Francois Steffens, Aurelia A. Williams, Vuyo Mavumengwana, Tjaart P. J. Krüger, Fidele Tugizimana, E. Valente, Frank R. Fronczek, Dražen Raucher and Ashton T. Hamme and has published in prestigious journals such as Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Frontiers in Plant Science and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Lungile Sitole

23 papers receiving 340 citations

Hit Papers

Exploring the intricacies of plant growth promoting rhizo... 2025 2026 2025 5 10 15
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Exploring the intricacies of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria interactions: an omics review
    2025 16 citations Lungile Sitole, Msizi I. Mhlongo et al. Annals of Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lungile Sitole South Africa 11 109 59 57 52 44 25 349
Patra Volarath United States 3 220 2.0× 68 1.2× 28 0.5× 238 4.6× 17 0.4× 4 795
Vasil Atanasov Bulgaria 13 136 1.2× 24 0.4× 6 0.1× 30 0.6× 4 0.1× 43 417
Rajasri Bhattacharyya India 12 238 2.2× 28 0.5× 42 0.7× 4 0.1× 4 0.1× 37 533
Ewan D. Booth United Kingdom 12 358 3.3× 27 0.5× 12 0.2× 7 0.1× 5 0.1× 25 649
Wan-Jung Tsai Taiwan 13 152 1.4× 34 0.6× 15 0.3× 13 0.3× 2 0.0× 21 579
Matthew Allan United States 14 57 0.5× 137 2.3× 3 0.1× 32 0.6× 4 0.1× 26 531
Ruth Pendlington United Kingdom 16 67 0.6× 29 0.5× 5 0.1× 2 0.0× 23 0.5× 25 473
Naoki Imaizumi Japan 11 136 1.2× 66 1.1× 6 0.1× 7 0.1× 2 0.0× 20 391

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lungile Sitole

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sitole, Lungile, et al.. (2025). Exploring the intricacies of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria interactions: an omics review. Annals of Microbiology. 75(1). 16 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meijboom, Reinout, et al.. (2025). Synthesis, crystal structure and antimelanoma activity of a novel copper (I) thiocyanate tris (4-methoxyphenyl) phosphine complex. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1352. 144526–144526.
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Terefe, T., et al.. (2025). Next-generation biostimulants: molecular insights, digital integration, and regulatory frameworks for sustainable agriculture. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16. 1710899–1710899. 1 indexed citations
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Sitole, Lungile, et al.. (2024). Cytotoxic activity of Ocimum tenuiflorum crude extracts against an A375 malignant melanoma cell line. South African Journal of Botany. 175. 514–522. 1 indexed citations
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Meyer, Debra, et al.. (2023). Investigating the antitumor effects of a novel ruthenium (II) complex on malignant melanoma cells: An NMR-based metabolomic approach. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 686. 149169–149169. 4 indexed citations
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Tugizimana, Fidele, et al.. (2022). Metabolomics assessment of vitamin D impact in Pam3CSK4 stimulation. Molecular Omics. 18(5). 397–407. 1 indexed citations
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Sitole, Lungile, et al.. (2022). Metabolic profiling of HIV infected individuals on an AZT-based antiretroviral treatment regimen reveals persistent oxidative stress. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 220. 114986–114986. 5 indexed citations
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Sitole, Lungile, et al.. (2021). Genomic and Physiological Investigation of Heavy Metal Resistance from Plant Endophytic Methylobacterium radiotolerans MAMP 4754, Isolated from Combretum erythrophyllum. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(3). 997–997. 22 indexed citations
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Sitole, Lungile, et al.. (2020). Raman-based metabonomics unravels metabolic changes related to a first-line tenofovir-based treatment in a small cohort of South African HIV-infected patients. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 248. 119256–119256. 4 indexed citations
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Darkwa, James, et al.. (2020). Synthesis and anti-cancer activity of bis-amino-phosphine ligand and its ruthenium(II) complexes. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 30(20). 127492–127492. 14 indexed citations
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Sitole, Lungile, Fidele Tugizimana, & Debra Meyer. (2019). Multi-platform metabonomics unravel amino acids as markers of HIV/combination antiretroviral therapy-induced oxidative stress. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 176. 112796–112796. 23 indexed citations
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Williams, Aurelia A., Lungile Sitole, & Debra Meyer. (2017). HIV/HAART-associated oxidative stress is detectable by metabonomics. Molecular BioSystems. 13(11). 2202–2217. 32 indexed citations
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Sitole, Lungile, et al.. (2015). Synthesis and investigation of novel spiro-isoxazolines as anti-cancer agents. Tetrahedron Letters. 56(14). 1794–1797. 31 indexed citations
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McKnight, Tracy R., Hikari A. I. Yoshihara, Lungile Sitole, et al.. (2014). A combined chemometric and quantitative NMR analysis of HIV/AIDS serum discloses metabolic alterations associated with disease status. Molecular BioSystems. 10(11). 2889–2897. 18 indexed citations
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Sitole, Lungile, Francois Steffens, Tjaart P. J. Krüger, & Debra Meyer. (2014). Mid-ATR-FTIR Spectroscopic Profiling of HIV/AIDS Sera for Novel Systems Diagnostics in Global Health. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 18(8). 513–523. 63 indexed citations
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Sitole, Lungile, Aurelia A. Williams, & Debra Meyer. (2012). Metabonomic analysis of HIV-infected biofluids. Molecular BioSystems. 9(1). 18–28. 32 indexed citations
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Sitole, Lungile, et al.. (2009). Chlorido(1-cyclopentylidene-4-ethylthiosemicarbazidato-κ2N1,S)diphenyltin(IV). Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 65(12). m1653–m1654. 2 indexed citations
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Sitole, Lungile, et al.. (2009). Structures of Eight Thio(semi)carbazones Derived from 2-Acetylpyrazine, 2-Acetythiazole and Acetophenone. Journal of Chemical Crystallography. 39(10). 711–718. 14 indexed citations
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Sitole, Lungile, et al.. (2007). A diorganotin(IV) complex with pyrazine-2-carbaldehyde 4-ethylthiosemicarbazone. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 63(8). m2212–m2213. 1 indexed citations

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