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Peer-reviewed Publications

  1. Garrido-Bañuelos, G., Mafata, M., & Buica, A., 2024. Using Latent Semantic Analysis to Investigate Wine Sensory Profiles—Application in Swedish Solaris Wines. Beverages, 10(4), 120. https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages10040120
  2. Mpho Mafata, Ian van der Linde., 2024. South African patenting trends based on the European Patent Office (EPO)’s worldwide patent statistical database (PATSTAT), PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4780903/v1
  3. Mafata, M., Van Der Linde, I. D., Winnink, J. J., & Tijssen, R. J. W., 2024. Comparison of the coverage of the USPTO’s PatentsView and the EPO’s PATSTAT patent databases: a reproducibility case study of the USPTO General Patent Statistics Reports. PREPRINT available at Research Square, https://doi.org/10.21203/RS.3.RS-4235137/V1
  4. Brand, J., Mafata, M., and Buica, A., 2024. Strategies for Accurate Data Mining and Optimizing Information Generation. Chapter 5, In: in Sensory Evaluation and Consumer Acceptance of New Food Products, Principles and Applications, ed. A. I. D. A. Costa, M. J. P. Monteiro, and E. Lamy, Royal Society of Chemistry. vol. 43, pp. 112-133. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/9781839166655
  5. Mafata, M., Stander, M., Masike, K., Buica, A., 2023, Exploratory data fusion of untargeted multimodal LC-HRMS with annotation by LCMS-TOF-ion mobility: White wine case study. European Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 0(0). doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/14690667231164096
  6. Mafata, M., Williams, C., Kruger, M., Brand, J., Watson, B., & Buica, A., 2023. Unsupervised data fusion and interpretation through cluster analysis on biplot projections: craft beer and gin case studies. Mafata, M., Williams, C., Kruger, M., Brand, J., Watson, B., & Buica, A. (2023). Unsupervised data fusion and interpretation through cluster analysis on biplot projections: craft beer and gin case studies. European Food Research and Technology. 249, 1073–1087. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-022-04198-2
  7. Mafata, M., Brand, J., Kidd, M., Medvedovici, A., Buica, A., 2022. Exploration of Data Fusion Strategies Using Principal Component Analysis and Multiple Factor Analysis. Beverages. 8(4), 66. https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages8040066
  8. Mafata, M., Brand, J., and Buica, A., 2022. Data fusion using Multiple Factor Analysis coupled with non‑linear pattern recognition (fuzzy k-means): application to Chenin blanc. Oeno-One. 56(3), 413-425. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2022.56.3.5374
  9. Mafata, M., Brand, J., Medvedovici, A., and Buica, A., 2022. Chemometric and sensometric techniques in enological data analysis. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 1-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2022.2089624
  10. Mafata, M., Brand, J., Panzeri, V., and Buica, A., 2020. Investigating the Concept of South African Old Vine Chenin Blanc. South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture. 41(2), 168-183. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21548/41-2-4018
  11. Mafata, M., Brand, J., Panzeri, V., Kidd, M., and Buica, A., 2019. A multivariate approach to evaluating the chemical and sensorial evolution of South African Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc wines under different bottle storage conditions. Food research international, 125. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2019.108515
  12. Mafata, M., Stander, M. A., Thomachot, B., and Buica, A., 2018. Measuring Thiols in Single Cultivar South African Red Wines Using 4,4-Dithiodipyridine (DTDP) Derivatization and Ultraperformance Convergence Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Foods, 7(9), 138. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods7090138
  13. Mafata, M., Buica, A., Du Toit, W., Panzeri, V., and Van Jaarsveld, F., 2018. The Effect of Grape Temperature on the Sensory Perception of Méthode Cap Classique Wines. South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture. 39(1), 132-140. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21548/39-1-2620
  14. Mafata, M., Buica, A., Du Toit, W., and Van Jaarsveld, F., 2018. The effect of grape temperature at pressing on phenolic extraction and evolution in méthode cap classique wines throughout winemaking. South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture. 39(1), 141-148. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21548/39-1-2621
  15. Chidi, B.S., Mafata, M., Notshokovu, N.Z., and van Jaarsveld, F., 2018. Impact of grape temperature at pressing on organic acids and oenological characteristics of Méthode Cap Classique wines. South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture. 39(1), 106-115. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21548/39-1-2467
  16. Kuttel, M., Jackson, G. E., Mafata, M., and Ravenscroft, N., 2015. Capsular polysaccharide conformations in pneumococcal serotypes 19F and 19A. Carbohydrate Research. 406C, 27–33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2014.12.013