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Engineering and Technology
South Africa
2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 49 4196 4033 10 10 165 50752

Nicola Mulder publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nicola Mulder between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nicola Mulder published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 11.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2019. 30 of the 304 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2019. 1999: 3 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 24 publications 2020: 22 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 24 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 19 publications
1999 2025

304 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nicola Mulder: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 3
2000 2
2001 6
2002 4
2003 5
2004 4
2005 6
2006 3
2007 7
2008 3
2009 2
2010 2
2011 12
2012 7
2013 16
2014 14
2015 12
2016 18
2017 19
2018 19
2019 24
2020 22
2021 23
2022 24
2023 17
2024 11
2025 19
Total 304
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Nicola Mulder publications per year - data summary

  • Nicola Mulder, a Engineering and Technology scholar from University of Cape Town, has 304 publications recorded across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1999 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive years are 2019 and 2022, with 24 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2000, 2009 and 2010, with 2 publications each.
  • The rate of publication averages 11.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 11.3 per year counting only the 27 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 94 publications, 31% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1999-2007: 40 publications (4.4 per year); 2008-2016: 86 publications (9.6 per year); 2017-2025: 178 publications (19.8 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Nicola Mulder publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicola Mulder sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 158–167 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 165 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415 165
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Nicola Mulder publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 38–47 to 804+ publications.
  • Nicola Mulder, a Engineering and Technology scholar from University of Cape Town, records 165 publications - the 33rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 33% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Nicola Mulder, and about 67% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 198–207 publications range, and Nicola Mulder ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 148–157 publications, holding 457 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 61% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 228–237 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 804 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Nicola Mulder D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicola Mulder sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 49 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246 49
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Nicola Mulder D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 30 to 107+ D-Index.
  • Nicola Mulder, a Engineering and Technology scholar from University of Cape Town, records 49 D-Index - the 57th percentile of the discipline.
  • 57% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Nicola Mulder, and about 43% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 47 D-Index range, and Nicola Mulder ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 426 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more, 99 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Nicola Mulder is a researcher affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with 132 publications. They also contribute substantially to Medical research, with 92 publications.

Their subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Microbiology. These areas reflect a broad engagement with biological sciences and health-related research.

Mulder's research interests address topics such as Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Gut Microbiota and Health, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Biomedical and Engineering Education, and Ethics in Clinical Research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mulder include:

  • Emile R. Chimusa
  • Mamana Mbiyavanga
  • Imane Allali
  • Lyndon Zass
  • Judit Kumuthini

Mulder's recent scholarly contributions feature peer-reviewed papers published between 2020 and 2022. Some examples include:

  • High-depth African genomes inform human migration and health (2020) - Nature
  • Machine Learning and Network Analyses Reveal Disease Subtypes of Pancreatic Cancer and their Molecular Characteristics (2020) - Scientific Reports
  • Lactic acid from vaginal microbiota enhances cervicovaginal epithelial barrier integrity by promoting tight junction protein expression (2022) - Microbiome
  • Integrated molecular characterisation of the MAPK pathways in human cancers reveals pharmacologically vulnerable mutations and gene dependencies (2021) - Communications Biology
  • Africa: sequence 100,000 species to safeguard biodiversity (2022) - Nature

The venues where Nicola Mulder frequently publishes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Microbiome
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

Best Publications

  • Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

    Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

  • InterProScan: protein domains identifier.

    Emmanuel Quevillon;Ville Silventoinen;Sharmila Pillai;Nicola Harte

  • InterPro: the integrative protein signature database

    Sarah Hunter;Rolf Apweiler;Teresa K. Attwood;Amos Bairoch

  • The InterPro Database, 2003 brings increased coverage and new features

    Nicola J Mulder;Rolf Apweiler;Teresa K Attwood;Amos Marc Bairoch

  • The InterPro database, an integrated documentation resource for protein families, domains and functional sites

    Rolf Apweiler;Terri K. Attwood;Amos Bairoch;Alex Bateman

  • InterPro in 2011: new developments in the family and domain prediction database

    Sarah Hunter;Philip Jones;Alex Mitchell;Rolf Apweiler

  • InterPro, progress and status in 2005

    Nicola J. Mulder;Rolf Apweiler;Teresa K. Attwood;Amos Bairoch

  • The Gene Ontology project in 2008

    Midori A Harris;Jennifer I. Deegan;Amelia Ireland;Jane Lomax

  • New developments in the InterPro database

    Nicola J. Mulder;Rolf Apweiler;Teresa K. Attwood;Amos Bairoch

  • InterPro and InterProScan: tools for protein sequence classification and comparison.

    Nicola Mulder;Rolf Apweiler

  • The Gene Ontology Annotation (GOA) project: implementation of GO in SWISS-PROT, TrEMBL, and InterPro.

    Evelyn Camon;Michele Magrane;Daniel Barrell;David Binns

  • Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones

    Tadashi Imanishi;Takeshi Itoh;Yutaka Suzuki;Claire O'Donovan

  • InterPro--an integrated documentation resource for protein families, domains and functional sites

    Rolf Apweiler;Terri K. Attwood;Amos Bairoch;Alex Bateman

  • The minimum information required for reporting a molecular interaction experiment (MIMIx)

    Sandra Orchard;Lukasz Salwinski;Samuel Kerrien;Luisa Montecchi-Palazzi

  • InterPro: An integrated documentation resource for protein families, domains and functional sites

    Nicola J. Mulder;Rolf Apweiler;Terri K. Attwood;Amos Bairoch

  • A federated ecosystem for sharing genomic, clinical data

    A Page;D Baker;M Bobrow;K Boycott

  • H3ABioNet, a sustainable pan-African bioinformatics network for human heredity and health in Africa.

    Nicola J. Mulder;Ezekiel Adebiyi;Raouf Alami;Alia Benkahla

  • Four simple recommendations to encourage best practices in research software

    Rafael C. Jiménez;Mateusz Kuzak;Monther Alhamdoosh;Michelle Barker

  • Manual GO annotation of predictive protein signatures: the InterPro approach to GO curation

    Sarah Burge;Elizabeth Kelly;David Lonsdale;Prudence Mutowo-Muellenet

  • Erratum: Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome: International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium (Nature (2001) 409 (860-921))

    Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

  • Function Prediction and Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Hypothetical Proteins

    Gaston K. Mazandu;Nicola J. Mulder

  • The development and application of bioinformatics core competencies to improve bioinformatics training and education.

    Nicola J. Mulder;Russell Schwartz;Michelle D. Brazas;Cath Brooksbank

  • Bioinformatics Education—Perspectives and Challenges out of Africa

    Özlem Tastan Bishop;Ezekiel F. Adebiyi;Ahmed M. Alzohairy;Dean Everett

  • From sets to graphs

    Ludwig Geistlinger;Gergely Csaba;Robert Küffner;Nicola Mulder

  • Gene Ontology semantic similarity tools: survey on features and challenges for biological knowledge discovery

    Gaston K. Mazandu;Gaston K. Mazandu;Emile R. Chimusa;Nicola J. Mulder

  • The H3Africa policy framework: negotiating fairness in genomics

    Jantina de Vries;Paulina Tindana;Katherine Littler;Michèle Ramsay

  • Machine Learning and Network Analyses Reveal Disease Subtypes of Pancreatic Cancer and their Molecular Characteristics.

    Musalula Sinkala;Nicola Mulder;Darren Martin

  • In silico characterization of proteins: UniProt, InterPro and Integr8.

    Nicola Jane Mulder;Paul Kersey;Manuela Pruess;Rolf Apweiler

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf Apweiler
Rolf Apweiler European Bioinformatics Institute
Teresa K. Attwood
Teresa K. Attwood University of Manchester
Michèle Ramsay
Michèle Ramsay University of the Witwatersrand
Alex Bateman
Alex Bateman European Bioinformatics Institute
Rodrigo Lopez
Rodrigo Lopez European Bioinformatics Institute
Henning Hermjakob
Henning Hermjakob European Bioinformatics Institute
Daniel Kahn
Daniel Kahn Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Paul Kersey
Paul Kersey European Bioinformatics Institute
Winston Hide
Winston Hide Harvard Medical School
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin University of Cambridge

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