North-West University

26.5k papers and 423.7k indexed citations

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with North-West University have published 26.5k papers, which have received a total of 423.7k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 3.4k papers in Sociology and Political Science, 1.8k papers in Education and 1.8k papers in Plant Science on the topics of Legal Issues in South Africa (702 papers), Biblical Studies and Interpretation (648 papers) and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (550 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Materials Chemistry (38.7k citations), Sociology and Political Science (37.8k citations) and Plant Science (34.9k citations). Authors at North-West University collaborate with scholars in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet. Some of North-West University's most productive authors include Olubukola Oluranti Babalola, Wen‐Xiu Ma, Eno E. Ebenso, Amandeep Dhir, Sebastiaan Rothmann, Puneet Kaur, Chaudry Masood Khalique, Damian C. Onwudiwe, Fons J. R. van de Vijver and Hans De Witte.

In The Last Decade

North-West University

23.5k papers receiving 416.2k citations

Countries citing scholars working at North-West University

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This map shows the geographic impact of research produced by authors working at North-West University. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers produced at North-West University with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites North-West University more than expected).

Fields of papers published by authors at North-West University

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with North-West University at the time of their publication. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers affiliated with North-West University at the time of their publication.

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