North-West University

24.7k papers and 392.8k indexed citations

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with North-West University have published 24.7k papers, which have received a total of 392.8k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 3.1k papers in Sociology and Political Science, 1.7k papers in Plant Science and 1.6k papers in Education on the topics of Legal Issues in South Africa (600 papers), Biblical Studies and Interpretation (600 papers) and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (537 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Materials Chemistry (37.3k citations), Sociology and Political Science (34.3k citations) and Plant Science (33.0k 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, Chandrabhan Verma and Dmitri Bessarabov.

In The Last Decade

North-West University

21.9k papers receiving 388.1k citations

Fields of papers published by authors at North-West University

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing scholars working at North-West University

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