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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 64 8136 7384 11 11 367 12905

Kelly Chibale publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kelly Chibale between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kelly Chibale published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 10.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2013. 12 of the 382 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2013. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 26 publications 2012: 23 publications 2013: 32 publications 2014: 25 publications 2015: 22 publications 2016: 21 publications 2017: 23 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 24 publications 2021: 28 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 4 publications
1991 2025

382 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kelly Chibale: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 2
1993 3
1994 2
1995 1
1996 2
1997 1
1998 1
1999 0
2000 3
2001 4
2002 4
2003 9
2004 6
2005 7
2006 11
2007 12
2008 9
2009 6
2010 15
2011 26
2012 23
2013 32
2014 25
2015 22
2016 21
2017 23
2018 19
2019 19
2020 24
2021 28
2022 4
2023 5
2024 8
2025 4
Total 382
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Kelly Chibale publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kelly Chibale sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 361–380 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 367 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522 367
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Kelly Chibale D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kelly Chibale sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 64–65 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731 64
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Kelly Chibale is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa and conducts research primarily in the field of medicine. Their work focuses extensively on infectious diseases and public health, with particular emphasis on malaria research and control as well as computational drug discovery methods.

The scientist has published numerous papers covering a range of topics related to infectious diseases, including malaria, leishmaniasis, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS drug development. Their research also extends to cancer therapeutics and mosquito-borne diseases. Key areas of study include:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Chibale's subfields of study highlight a multidisciplinary approach incorporating molecular biology, organic chemistry, computational theory and mathematics, and public health. The most frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Trends in Parasitology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kelly Chibale include Janette Reader, Mariëtte van der Watt, Lyn-Marié Birkholtz, Mathew Njoroge, and Dale Taylor.

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Kelly Chibale include:

  • Antiviral drug discovery: preparing for the next pandemic (2021, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • MalDA, Accelerating Malaria Drug Discovery (2021, Trends in Parasitology)
  • Multistage and transmission-blocking targeted antimalarials discovered from the open-source MMV Pandemic Response Box (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Inhibition of Resistance-Refractory P. falciparum Kinase PKG Delivers Prophylactic, Blood Stage, and Transmission-Blocking Antiplasmodial Activity (2020, Cell chemical biology)
  • Plasmodium Kinases as Potential Drug Targets for Malaria: Challenges and Opportunities (2021, ACS Infectious Diseases)

Kelly Chibale has received recognition in the form of an appointment as Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

  • Design, synthesis and in vitro antimalarial evaluation of triazole-linked chalcone and dienone hybrid compounds

    Eric M. Guantai;Kanyile Ncokazi;Timothy J. Egan;Jiri Gut

  • Exploring the potential of xanthene derivatives as trypanothione reductase inhibitors and chloroquine potentiating agents

    Kelly Chibale;Mark Visser;Donelly van Schalkwyk;Peter J Smith

  • Antiviral drug discovery: preparing for the next pandemic.

    Catherine S Adamson;Kelly Chibale;Rebecca J M Goss;Marcel Jaspars

  • Synthesis, antimalarial and antitubercular activity of acetylenic chalcones

    Renate H. Hans;Eric M. Guantai;Carmen Lategan;Peter J. Smith

  • Design, synthesis and anti-plasmodial evaluation in vitro of new 4-aminoquinoline isatin derivatives

    Idan Chiyanzu;Cailean Clarkson;Peter J. Smith;Julie Lehman

  • Strategies to Combat Multi-Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis.

    Vinayak Singh;Vinayak Singh;Kelly Chibale;Kelly Chibale

  • The state of the art in anti-malarial drug discovery and development.

    Jeremy N. Burrows;Kelly Chibale;Timothy N.C. Wells

  • Synthesis and evaluation of isatins and thiosemicarbazone derivatives against cruzain, falcipain-2 and rhodesain.

    Idan Chiyanzu;Elizabeth Hansell;Jiri Gut;Philip J. Rosenthal

  • Antimalarial drug discovery: progress and approaches

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  • 3,5-Diaryl-2-aminopyridines as a Novel Class of Orally Active Antimalarials Demonstrating Single Dose Cure in Mice and Clinical Candidate Potential

    Yassir Younis;Frederic Douelle;Tzu-Shean Feng;Diego Gonzalez Cabrera

  • Novel web-based tools combining chemistry informatics, biology and social networks for drug discovery.

    Moses Hohman;Kellan Gregory;Kelly Chibale;Peter J. Smith

  • Antiprotozoal and cytotoxicity evaluation of sulfonamide and urea analogues of quinacrine

    Kelly Chibale;Hayley Haupt;Howard Kendrick;Vanessa Yardley

  • Synthesis and antiplasmodial activity in vitro of new ferrocene–chloroquine analogues

    Paul Beagley;Margaret A. L. Blackie;Kelly Chibale;Cailean Clarkson

  • Recent approaches to chemical discovery and development against malaria and the neglected tropical diseases human African trypanosomiasis and schistosomiasis.

    Mathew Njoroge;Nicholas M. Njuguna;Peggoty Mutai;Dennis S. B. Ongarora

  • Antimalarial Pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazoles

    Albert J. Ndakala;Richard K. Gessner;Patricia W. Gitari;Natasha October

  • UCT943, a Next-Generation Plasmodium falciparum PI4K Inhibitor Preclinical Candidate for the Treatment of Malaria.

    Christel Brunschwig;Nina Lawrence;Dale Taylor;Efrem Abay

  • Quinoline-pyrimidine hybrids: synthesis, antiplasmodial activity, SAR, and mode of action studies.

    Kamaljit Singh;Hardeep Kaur;Peter Smith;Carmen de Kock

  • Cyclopalladated complexes containing tridentate thiosemicarbazone ligands of biological significance: Synthesis, structure and antimalarial activity

    Prinessa Chellan;Shereen Nasser;Livia Vivas;Kelly Chibale

  • Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of carbohydrate-based mimetics of cRGDFV

    K.C. Nicolaou;K.C. Nicolaou;John I. Trujillo;John I. Trujillo;Kelly Chibale;Kelly Chibale

  • Enone- and chalcone-chloroquinoline hybrid analogues: in silico guided design, synthesis, antiplasmodial activity, in vitro metabolism, and mechanistic studies.

    Eric M. Guantai;Kanyile Ncokazi;Timothy J. Egan;Jiri Gut

  • The synthesis and antiparasitic activity of aryl- and ferrocenyl-derived thiosemicarbazone ruthenium(II)-arene complexes.

    Muneebah Adams;Yiqun Li;Heena Khot;Carmen De Kock

  • New amine and urea analogs of ferrochloroquine: synthesis, antimalarial activity in vitro and electrochemical studies

    Kelly Chibale;John R Moss;Margaret Blackie;Donelly van Schalkwyk

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Sergio Wittlin
Sergio Wittlin Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Philip J. Rosenthal
Philip J. Rosenthal University of California, San Francisco
Jiri Gut
Jiri Gut University of California, San Francisco
Timothy J. Egan
Timothy J. Egan University of Cape Town
Susan A. Charman
Susan A. Charman Monash University
Vanessa Yardley
Vanessa Yardley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Norbert De Kimpe
Norbert De Kimpe Ghent University
K. C. Nicolaou
K. C. Nicolaou Rice University
Elizabeth A. Winzeler
Elizabeth A. Winzeler University of California, San Diego

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