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Named after the University of Sankore in Timbuktu — one of the world’s oldest centres of learning. Every figure here is computed from work-level records in our own graph, never copied from a source’s summary count.

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Sifiso Xulu · Sankore

University of South Africa

Sifiso Xulu

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0003-0849-0967

This profile carries an ORCID the researcher published on their own record — the strongest evidence available short of a human confirming it.

Publications

30

Citations

199

h-index

6

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

5

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Every institution this scholar has appeared with on a work, by how many.

University of KwaZulu-Natal1 works
University of South Africa1 works

Publications

1 works in the graph, newest first.

Evaluating the efficacy of hybrid deep learning models in assessing temporal night-time light trends for the cities of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg in South Africa
2026Frontiers in Remote SensingJournalOpen access0 citations10.3389/frsen.2026.1723667