University of the Free State

18.8k papers and 266.9k indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with University of the Free State have published 18.8k papers, which have received a total of 266.9k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 1.8k papers in Sociology and Political Science, 1.7k papers in Plant Science and 1.5k papers in Materials Chemistry on the topics of Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (665 papers), Fractional Differential Equations Solutions (399 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (394 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Plant Science (32.5k citations), Materials Chemistry (31.2k citations) and Molecular Biology (27.2k citations). Authors at University of the Free State collaborate with scholars in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Some of University of the Free State's most productive authors include Abdon Atangana, H.C. Swart, Jeanet Conradie, A. S. Luyt, Dumitru Băleanu, Louis Scott, Maxim Finkelstein, Johan U. Grobbelaar, Karl Peltzer and O.M. Ntwaeaborwa.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at University of the Free State

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing scholars working at University of the Free State

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