PerspectivePublished 29 September 2026Integrating oral health into planetary health governance: a framework for resilient and equitable oral healthcareArish Naresh · Roisin McGrath · Easter Joury · Silvana Bettiol · Sheilla Funubo · Anishma Ram · Zaeni Dahlan · Penioni Ravunawa · Peter Iroga · Frank Kade · Najib Baig · Leenu Maimanuku · Diane Pevreal · Lesley Naidoo · William Carlson-Jones · Tan Minh Nguyen · Zac MorseFrontiers in Dental Medicinedoi 10.3389/fdmed.2026.1962649
ReviewPublished 28 September 2026Enhancing reproduction efficiency in breeding boars using medicinal plantsLerato Deirdre Sehlabela · Thivhilaheli Richard Netshirovha · Pulane Mirriam Sebothoma · Onkabetswe Gogokgamatsamang Makgothi · Michael ChimonyoFrontiers in Animal Sciencedoi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1829327
ReviewPublished 25 September 2026Sustainable colloidal nanostructures for advanced PEMFC coolants: stability, environmental implications, and lifecycle challengesMaryam Taufiq Musa · Edy Herianto Majlan · Abhishek Agarwal · Michel Kalenga Wa Kalenga · Lim Bee Huah · Mohd Shahbudin Masdar · Irnie Azlin Zakaria · Md. Ahsanul HaqueFrontiers in Materialsdoi 10.3389/fmats.2026.1929773
Original ResearchPublished 24 September 2026Settlement morphology, inclusive densification, and Sol Plaatje's spatial justice: NDBI clustering pedagogy for equitable urban growth in South African arid geographiesTolulope Ayodeji Olatoye · Glynnis Elizabeth Daries · Raymond Nkwenti FruFrontiers in Sustainable Resource Managementdoi 10.3389/fsrma.2026.1921810
Original ResearchPublished 24 September 2026Exploring the knowledge gaps and reporting procedures for adverse events among professional nurses: evidence from Mopani district, Limpopo province, South AfricaManyoga Blantina Mathoto · Tebogo Maria Mothiba · Masenyani Oupa Mbombi · Mxolisi Welcome Ngwenya · Livhuwani MutheloFrontiers in Health Servicesdoi 10.3389/frhs.2026.1951525
Original ResearchPublished 24 September 2026Contrasting groundwater flow systems in comparable African Mountains-role of permeability structureSeifu Kebede · Sascha Roopa · Thapelo Mongala · Dereje AyalewFrontiers in Waterdoi 10.3389/frwa.2026.1925623
ReviewPublished 23 September 2026Discursive constructions of employee mental health in South African labour legislation and organizational policy: implications for psychosocial safety climateNthabeleng Innocentia MdhluliFrontiers in Health Servicesdoi 10.3389/frhs.2026.1879780
Systematic ReviewPublished 23 September 2026Climate change and vertically transmissible infections in maternal and neonatal populations: a systematic reviewKimberly Sarah Mc Alpine · Tim Groteclaes · Danielle Travill · Margaret Brennan · Natasha Lalloo · Ruvimbo Forget · Carla Devantier-Du Plessis · Lebohang Radebe · Nicholas Brian Brink · Ashraf Coovadia · Matthew Francis Chersich · Darshnika Pemi LakhooFrontiers in Global Women's Healthdoi 10.3389/fgwh.2026.1931882
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026Bioprospecting Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill cladode fractions for improved functionality in livestock feedSipho Tonisi · Tafadzwa Kaseke · Nqobile A. Masondo · Olaniyi A. FawoleFrontiers in Animal Sciencedoi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1893981
Systematic ReviewPublished 23 September 2026Interprofessional oral health promotion in rural primary healthcare systems: a scoping reviewHlulani Alloy Nghayo · Khabiso Jemima Ramphoma · Ronel Deidre MaartFrontiers in Oral Healthdoi 10.3389/froh.2026.1958420
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026Beyond “Chimerica”: U.S.–China strategic competition and African agency in a disordered worldIstván TarrósyFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1975659
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026Transboundary ecosystem governance and climate resilience in Southern Africa: integrating peacebuilding approaches in shared river basin managementDaniel ChiguduFrontiers in Waterdoi 10.3389/frwa.2026.1836005
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026“Wife, widow, or warrior?”: Media representation of women politicians in Southern AfricaTigere Paidamoyo MuringaFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1838215
ReviewPublished 23 September 2026Performance and social outcomes of biogas digesters: toward an integrated framework for sustainable rural developmentThilivhali Rasimphi · Sophie T. Mulaudzi · David TinarwoFrontiers in Energy Researchdoi 10.3389/fenrg.2026.1743179
Original ResearchPublished 22 September 2026Association of sperm DNA fragmentation with abstinence duration, seminal oxidative stress and age: a call to consider abstinence in andrological diagnosticsRalf Henkel · Mohamed Arafa · Ahmad Majzoub · Haitham El Bardisi · Mausumi DasFrontiers in Urologydoi 10.3389/fruro.2026.1926391
Original ResearchPublished 22 September 2026Replications, Revisions, and Reanalyses: Managing Empirical Evidence in Software EngineeringJulian Frattini · Jannik Fischbach · Davide Fucci · Michael Unterkalmsteiner · Daniel Mendez · Robert Feldt · Richard TorkarFrontiers in Computer Sciencedoi 10.3389/fcomp.2026.1937190
Original ResearchPublished 22 September 2026Advancing disaster and climate resilience through people-centred approaches in rural Zimbabwe: an Afrocentric perspectiveLouis NyahundaFrontiers in Climatedoi 10.3389/fclim.2026.1970380
Original ResearchPublished 22 September 2026Exploring operational barriers and enabling conditions for green financing in the South African construction industryLinda Malifete · Samuel Adekunle · Clinton AigbavboaFrontiers in Built Environmentdoi 10.3389/fbuil.2026.1869061
EditorialPublished 22 September 2026Editorial: Enhancing gait therapy with artificial intelligence: current trends and future prospectsAnkit Vijayvargiya · Rajesh Kumar · Pilani Nkomozepi · Kieran Moran · Chandra PrakashFrontiers in Robotics and AIdoi 10.3389/frobt.2026.1953216
Study ProtocolPublished 21 September 2026Quality of diabetes health education provided by healthcare professionals to patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus across different healthcare settings: a scoping review protocolNontsikelelo Qebengu · Mabina MogaleFrontiers in Health Servicesdoi 10.3389/frhs.2026.1917504
EditorialPublished 21 September 2026Editorial: Biomarkers and aging: new insights for precision medicineOluwafemi Gabriel Oluwole · Paulo Adriano SchwingelFrontiers in Agingdoi 10.3389/fragi.2026.1987600
ReviewPublished 21 September 2026Artificial Intelligence as a catalyst for poverty alleviation in Africa: challenges, opportunities, and pathways for inclusionEmmanuel Ndhlovu · David MhlangaFrontiers in Human Dynamicsdoi 10.3389/fhumd.2026.1927376
PerspectivePublished 18 September 2026Quantum biology and ultraweak photon emission: an overlooked intersection?Betony Adams · Adriana Marais · Tjaart P. J. Krüger · Francesco PetruccioneFrontiers in Photobiologydoi 10.3389/fphbi.2026.1911803
ReviewPublished 17 September 2026Towards safer and more effective hemotherapy: addressing critical unmet needs in restrictive and liberal blood transfusion strategiesEmmanuel Ifeanyi ObeaguFrontiers in Hematologydoi 10.3389/frhem.2026.1913853
EditorialPublished 17 September 2026Editorial: Exploring the dynamics of emerging and re-emerging diseases: from origins to impact, volume IIAmira A. T. A. AL-Hosary · Sammuel Shahzad · Saima Yaqub Shelly · Olalekan Chris Akinsulie · ThankGod E. OnyicheFrontiers in Tropical Diseasesdoi 10.3389/fitd.2026.1966210
Systematic ReviewPublished 17 September 2026Bioremediation of mining waste and tailings in Sub-Saharan Africa: a PRISMA-2020 evidence synthesis from bench to fieldDaniel Masumbuko Nhunda · Mohanadoss Ponraj · Charles Bwalya Chisanga · Subbaiya Ramasamy · Stephen SyampunganiFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1939826
ReviewPublished 16 September 2026Reproductive performance and predictive models for litter size in sows: a narrative reviewGladness Ntshehi · Khathutshelo Agree Nephawe · Peter Ayodeji Idowu · Takalani Judas MpofuFrontiers in Animal Sciencedoi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1896800
Original ResearchPublished 16 September 2026Land-water-energy nexus and long-term climatic trends in smallholder irrigation schemes: evidence from Vhembe District, South AfricaErnest Malatsi · Sue Walker · Jan W. SwanepoelFrontiers in Waterdoi 10.3389/frwa.2026.1920910
ReviewPublished 16 September 2026Blockchain-enabled energy markets in emerging economies: a conceptual framework for efficiency, inclusion, and sustainabilityDavid MhlangaFrontiers in Blockchaindoi 10.3389/fbloc.2026.1872161
Original ResearchPublished 16 September 2026Identification of natural TLR4 modulators through network pharmacology and molecular modeling in SARS-CoV-2 Acinetobacter baumannii co-infectionMebarka Ouassaf · Shafi Ullah Khan · Kannan R. R. Rengasamy · Nada S. Alhaggass · Bader Y. AlhatlaniFrontiers in Chemistrydoi 10.3389/fchem.2026.1916568
Original ResearchPublished 15 September 2026Governance thresholds, financial intermediation and the renewable energy transition: implications for sustainable development in Sub-Saharan AfricaJude Igyo Ali · Patricia Lindelwa MakoniFrontiers in Sustainable Energy Policydoi 10.3389/fsuep.2026.1946675
Original ResearchPublished 15 September 2026Household food waste behavior in informal communities: a secondary analysis through the COM-B frameworkPromise Ebuzeme Eze · Delia Oosthuizen · Julia MofokengFrontiers in Sustainable Resource Managementdoi 10.3389/fsrma.2026.1921659
Systematic ReviewPublished 15 September 2026Sorghum–legume intercropping for sustainable intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic reviewFarayi Dube · Paramu Mafongoya · Raymond MugandaniFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1949974
Study ProtocolPublished 15 September 2026Challenges associated with sexually transmitted infection partner notification approaches in Africa: a scoping review protocolNoluthando Mpobole · Raikane James Seretlo · Keatlegile Moses Eskia Mabena · Hanlie Smuts · Mathildah Mpata MokgatleFrontiers in Reproductive Healthdoi 10.3389/frph.2026.1951049
Original ResearchPublished 11 September 2026Probing the activity of BM212, an antimycobacterial, and its derivatives against multiple life cycle stages of Plasmodium falciparumBenedetta Salvucci · Mariëtte van der Watt · Chiara Tammaro · Michela Guida · Lucrezia Pantaleo · Janette Reader · Tayla Rabie · Sizwe Tshabalala · Mariska Naude · Natanya Venter · Tyrick Welcome · Erica Erlank · Lizette L. Koekemoer · Mariangela Biava · Lyn-Marié Birkholtz · Giovanna PoceFrontiers in Drug Discoverydoi 10.3389/fddsv.2026.1919483
EditorialPublished 11 September 2026Editorial: Cropping systems adaptation in the context of global change: current trends and future directionsGianni Bellocchi · Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi · Robert ManganiFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1945323
Original ResearchPublished 11 September 2026Data-driven adaptive hybrid models for exchange rate return forecastingOlumide Sunday Adesina · Lawrence Ogechukwu ObokohFrontiers in Big Datadoi 10.3389/fdata.2026.1917723
Original ResearchPublished 9 September 2026Predators in motion: fine-scale dyadic movements reveal interference competition and asymmetric coordination in African lions and spotted hyenasNancy A. Barker · Ludovica Luisa Vissat · Francois G. Joubert · Vincent Stowbunenko · Kathleen A. Alexander · Rob Slotow · Wayne M. GetzFrontiers in Ethologydoi 10.3389/fetho.2026.1901233
Systematic ReviewPublished 9 September 2026Tracking the evolution of tuberculosis research priorities in Africa: a longitudinal bibliometric analysis from 2003–2023Olusesan Adeyemi Adelabu · Peter Ayodeji Idowu · Jolly MusokeFrontiers in Research Metrics and Analyticsdoi 10.3389/frma.2026.1931249
Conceptual AnalysisPublished 9 September 2026Epistemic justice in educational assessment: decolonizing measurement through indigenous knowledge systems and Afrocentric paradigmsMoses Mhide Kpum · Velisiwe GasaFrontiers in Research Metrics and Analyticsdoi 10.3389/frma.2026.1903343
ReviewPublished 8 September 2026Engineering probiotic consortia to improve chemotherapy tolerance and reduce toxicity in breast cancer patients: a new frontier in supportive precision oncologyEmmanuel Ifeanyi ObeaguOncology Reviewsdoi 10.3389/or.2026.1909404
CorrectionPublished 8 September 2026Correction: Cranial anatomy of the baurioid therocephalian Choerosaurus dejageri with comments on secondary palate convergence in therocephalians and cynodontsAlessandro Gigliotti · Luisa C. Pusch · Christian F. Kammerer · Julien Benoit · Jörg FröbischFrontiers in Mammal Sciencedoi 10.3389/fmamm.2026.1979339
Systematic ReviewPublished 8 September 2026Mapping the fly: mechanistic and statistical models of tsetse spatial distribution and dispersal — a scoping reviewNada Abdelatif · Keshlan S. Govinder · John W. HargroveFrontiers in Tropical Diseasesdoi 10.3389/fitd.2026.1857935
MethodsPublished 8 September 2026Quantile normalisation enables interpretable spatial prioritisation of persistence-related mechanistic suitability under uncertainty for tomato red spider mite (Tetranychus evansi) in AfricaKomi Mensah Agboka · Luca Rossini · Quinto Juma Meltus · Bonoukpoè Mawuko Sokame · Abdulmutallab G. A. Azrag · Thomas Dubois · Elfatih M. Abdel-RahmanFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1840571
EditorialPublished 7 September 2026Editorial: Geochemistry and environmental overview of water quality, exposure, and linkages to livelihoods (GEO-WELL)Emmanuel Daanoba Sunkari · Mélida Gutiérrez · Mahamuda AbuFrontiers in Waterdoi 10.3389/frwa.2026.1972726
Original ResearchPublished 7 September 2026Stochastic invasion thresholds for transmission-blocking symbionts and malaria control under environmental noiseSteeven Belvinos Affognon · Philip Ngare · Henri E. Z. Tonnang · Benard Kipchumba Kiplangat · Shirley Abelman · Jeremy K. HerrenFrontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statisticsdoi 10.3389/fams.2026.1924647
CorrectionPublished 4 September 2026Correction: Effects of nutritional supplementation on honey bee Apis mellifera L. brood development, colony population growth, and honey yield in central EthiopiaW. A. Hailemariam · Mbajiorgu C.A · Baitsholetsi Gloria MokolopiFrontiers in Bee Sciencedoi 10.3389/frbee.2026.1983344
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026Valorisation of banana peel waste for copper (II) and chromium (VI) biosorption from aqueous solution: classical and fractal-like kinetics and isotherms model analysisSthembile Mzimela · Babatunde Femi Bakare · Paul Musonge · Siphesihle Mangena KhumaloFrontiers in Environmental Engineeringdoi 10.3389/fenve.2026.1945870