R. Zvauya

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

R. Zvauya is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Zvauya has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 13 papers in Biotechnology and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in R. Zvauya's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (11 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (9 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (4 papers). R. Zvauya is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (11 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (9 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (4 papers). R. Zvauya collaborates with scholars based in Zimbabwe, United Kingdom and Sweden. R. Zvauya's co-authors include Wilson Parawira, John S. Read, Bo Mattìasson, J.N. Lester, Maud Muchuweti, Jason Birkett, Mark D. Scrimshaw, Marika Murto, Memory Tekere and Rajni Hatti‐Kaul and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Research, Bioresource Technology and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

R. Zvauya

39 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Heavy metal content of vegetables irrigated with mixtures of wastewater and sewage sludge in Zimbabwe: Implications for human health

2005 600 citations Maud Muchuweti, Jason Birkett et al. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Zvauya Zimbabwe	19	640	559	528	500	360	41	2.2k
Abhay Raj India	31	628 1.0×	1.1k 1.9×	955 1.8×	589 1.2×	99 0.3×	64	2.9k
J. van Leeuwen United States	23	530 0.8×	166 0.3×	530 1.0×	155 0.3×	185 0.5×	48	2.0k
Byung‐Taek Oh South Korea	29	555 0.9×	756 1.4×	347 0.7×	229 0.5×	77 0.2×	90	2.4k
Pankaj Chowdhary India	21	595 0.9×	425 0.8×	401 0.8×	184 0.4×	77 0.2×	36	2.3k
Aman Khan China	28	657 1.0×	315 0.6×	498 0.9×	109 0.2×	370 1.0×	71	2.3k
José R. Lerma Valero Canada	32	449 0.7×	1.2k 2.1×	703 1.3×	314 0.6×	108 0.3×	110	4.0k
Güven Özdemir Türkiye	25	508 0.8×	258 0.5×	277 0.5×	134 0.3×	147 0.4×	73	2.3k
M.J. López Spain	37	804 1.3×	1.4k 2.4×	553 1.0×	264 0.5×	129 0.4×	127	4.0k
Manikant Tripathi India	22	385 0.6×	447 0.8×	416 0.8×	170 0.3×	64 0.2×	76	1.8k
Zeba Usmani India	27	264 0.4×	542 1.0×	796 1.5×	177 0.4×	149 0.4×	55	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by R. Zvauya

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Zvauya

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Orsmond, Paul, et al.. (2022). It’s how we practice that matters: professional identity formation and legitimate peripheral participation in medical students: a qualitative study. BMC Medical Education. 22(1). 91–91. 14 indexed citations

Zvauya, R., Femi Oyebode, Ed Day, Cathi A. Thomas, & Lisa Jones. (2017). A comparison of stress levels, coping styles and psychological morbidity between graduate-entry and traditional undergraduate medical students during the first 2 years at a UK medical school. BMC Research Notes. 10(1). 93–93. 63 indexed citations

Orsmond, Paul & R. Zvauya. (2014). Community of learners: charting learning in first year graduate entry medical students during problem-based learning (PBL) study. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 20(2). 479–497. 13 indexed citations

Zvauya, R.. (2012). Isolation and characterization of a protease-producing thermophilic bacterium from an African hot spring. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 11(62). 4 indexed citations

Sithole‐Niang, Idah, et al.. (2005). Cloning, sequencing and expression of an endo-β-1,4-glucanase gene of a <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> CHZ1. 8(2). 1 indexed citations

Muchuweti, Maud, et al.. (2005). Heavy metal content of vegetables irrigated with mixtures of wastewater and sewage sludge in Zimbabwe: Implications for human health. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 112(1). 41–48. 600 indexed citations breakdown →

Parawira, Wilson, Marika Murto, R. Zvauya, & Bo Mattìasson. (2004). Anaerobic batch digestion of solid potato waste alone and in combination with sugar beet leaves. Renewable Energy. 29(11). 1811–1823. 206 indexed citations

Nyanhongo, Gibson S., James Gomes, Georg Gübitz, et al.. (2002). Decolorization of textile dyes by laccases from a newly isolated strain of Trametes modesta. Water Research. 36(6). 1449–1456. 229 indexed citations

Tekere, Memory, Allen Y. Mswaka, R. Zvauya, & John S. Read. (2001). Growth, dye degradation and ligninolytic activity studies on Zimbabwean white rot fungi. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 28(4-5). 420–426. 105 indexed citations

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Tekere, Memory, R. Zvauya, & John S. Read. (2001). Ligninolytic enzyme production in selected sub-tropical white rot fungi under different culture conditions. Journal of Basic Microbiology. 41(2). 115–129. 59 indexed citations

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Chivero, Ernest T., Anthony N. Mutukumira, & R. Zvauya. (2001). Partial purification and characterisation of a xylanase enzyme produced by a micro-organism isolated from selected indigenous fruits of Zimbabwe. Food Chemistry. 72(2). 179–185. 49 indexed citations

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Hatti‐Kaul, Rajni, et al.. (2000). Purification and characterization of cellulases produced by two Bacillus strains. Journal of Biotechnology. 83(3). 177–187. 207 indexed citations

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Parawira, Wilson, et al.. (1999). Survival of some species of Salmonella and Shigella in mukumbi, a traditional Zimbabwean wine. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 50(6). 451–455. 12 indexed citations

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Reed, Jess D., et al.. (1999). Effect of fermentation processes on proanthocyanidins in sorghum during preparation of Mahewu, a non-alcoholic beverage. Process Biochemistry. 35(1-2). 21–25. 42 indexed citations

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Zvauya, R., et al.. (1997). Microbial and Biochemical Changes Occurring During Production of masvusvu and mangisi, traditional Zimbabwean beverages. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 51(1). 43–51. 48 indexed citations

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Zvauya, R., et al.. (1996). Ethanol production by fermentation of sweet-stem sorghum juice using various yeast strains. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 12(4). 357–360. 35 indexed citations

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Zvauya, R., et al.. (1996). Some factors affecting endo‐β‐1,4‐glucanase production by two Bacillus strains isolated from Zimbabwean hot springs. Journal of Basic Microbiology. 36(3). 177–185. 5 indexed citations

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Boogerd, Fred C., et al.. (1996). Influence of environmental factors on endo-β-1,4-glucanase production by Bacillus HR68, isolated from a Zimbabwean hot spring. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 69(4). 363–369. 8 indexed citations

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Zvauya, R., et al.. (1995). Constitutive production of endoglucanase by a Bacillus sp. isolated from a Zimbabwean hot spring. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 11(6). 658–660. 10 indexed citations

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Zvauya, R., et al.. (1995). Reduction of cyanide levels in cassava during sequential sundrying and solid state fermentation. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 46(1). 13–16. 6 indexed citations

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