Representative PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (# Equal contribution; * Corresponding author)

• Maulana, M., Setiawan, D.*, & Dlamini, W. N. (2026). Water quality assessment of the Banong River receiving effluent from Sleman Public Hospital. International Journal of Public Health Science, 15(2), 565–572. [Scopus indexed; Scopus Q3; CiteScore: 1.1; rank 260/398 in Medicine (miscellaneous), 65.33%; SINTA 2.] https://doi.org/10.11591/ijphs.v15i2.26854

• Getnet, M. E.#, Dlamini, W. N.#, et al. (2025). Improving hospital air quality with a nano-Ag/chitosan-TiO₂ filter system and cloud-based monitoring. Indoor Air, 2025(1), Article 8243815. [SCIE; 2025 JIF: 2.7; JCR Q2; JCR percentile: 63.9%, top 36.1%; Rank Q1 in Environmental Engineering, Public Health, & Environmental Sciences.] https://doi.org/10.1155/ina/8243815

• Dlamini, W. N., Yu, K.-P., Chen, W.-C., & Shen, F.-T.* (2025). Exploring the interaction dynamics of growth-promoting bacterial endophytes and fertilizer on Oryza sativa L. under heat stress. Rice, 18, Article 33. [SCIE; 2025 JIF: 5.8; five-year JIF: 6.3; JCR Q1 in Agronomy; JCR percentile: 90.2%, top 9.8%.] https://doi.org/10.1186/s12284-025-00781-9

• Dlamini, W. N.*, Lai, W.-A., Chen, W.-C., & Shen, F.-T.* (2025). Unveiling the thermotolerance and growth-promoting attributes of endophytic bacteria derived from Oryza sativa: Implications for sustainable agriculture. Microorganisms, 13(4), Article 766. [SCIE; 2025 JIF: 4.7; five-year JIF: 5.1; JCR Q2 in Microbiology; rank 50/167, top 29.94%; CiteScore: 8.2; Scopus Q1 in Virology, Medical Microbiology, and Microbiology.] https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13040766

• Dlamini, W. N., Yao, T.-C., Lee, H.-J., et al. (2024). Enhanced removal of viral aerosols using nanosilver/TiO₂-chitosan filters combined with a negative air ionizer. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12(3), Article 112973. [SCIE; Impact Factor: 7.2; CiteScore: 12.5; JCR Q1; JCR percentile: 81.4%, top 18.6%.] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112973

• Neumann, M., Dlamini, W. N., et al. (2024). Assessment of air pollution emitted during cooking using biomass and cleaner fuels in the Shiselweni region of Eswatini (Swaziland). Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 26(9), 3003–3020. [SCIE; 2025 JIF: 5.1; five-year JIF: 4.9; JCR quartile: Q1; JCR percentile: 69.9%, top 30.1%.] https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-024-02786-2

• Olaniyi, D., Dlamini, W. N., Yu, K.-P., & Liao, C.-H. (2024). Evaluating data loss prevention effectiveness for electronic health records in cloud-based hospitals. Health Education and Public Health.

• Huang, W.-W., Sallah-Ud-Din, R., Dlamini, W. N., et al. (2023). Effectiveness of a covered oil-free cooking process on the abatement of air pollutants from cooking meats. Heliyon, 9(9), Article e19531. [Scopus indexed; Impact Factor: 3.6; CiteScore: 4.1; Rank Q1 Multidisciplinary journal] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19531

Solo Book Publications

• Dlamini, W. N. (2027). Antimicrobial Nanomaterials. ISBN (not yet available). (not yet available).

• Dlamini, W. N. (2026). Heat-Tolerant Rice Endophytes. ISBN 979-8-1719-0761-7 . https://a.co/d/00ix6L6w

• Dlamini, W. N. (2026). The Small Voice Inside Milo. ISBN 9798252161105. https://a.co/d/09w2MEXq    

• Dlamini, W. N. (2025). How Humanity Outgrew the World and Forgot Itself. ISBN 9798271679308. https://a.co/d/8wZq78U

• Dlamini, W. N. (2024). Rise Above: Transforming Toxicity into Triumph. ISBN 9798338985731. https://a.co/d/bhBegza

• Dlamini, W. N. (2023). The Journey to Gratification and Self-Discovery. ISBN 9798391896838. https://a.co/d/7ptn8SN   

• Dlamini, W. N. (2022). A Step to Be Taken, 2nd ed. ISBN 9798368355252. https://a.co/d/fwfR3V8