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Researcher · Makerere University · Uganda

Alphonse Okwera

Alphonse Okwera publishes mostly in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery, on topics such as Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis.

OpenAlex
World rank
#206,517
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Uganda
#59
of 3,724
Works
100
Citations
6.2k
Citations per work
61.7
h-index
46
i10-index 84Top 3.3% in Infectious Diseases
Alphonse Okwera

What does Alphonse Okwera research?

Alphonse Okwera's work is mostly in Medicine (84%), Immunology and Microbiology (3%).

Health Sciences: 84 works · 83.7% of their workMedicine: 84 works · 83.7% of their workInfectious Diseases: 34 works · 33.9% of their workEpidemiology: 26 works · 26.3% of their workSurgery: 17 works · 17.3% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 works · 3.8% of their workPhysiology: 2 works · 2.4% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 13.5% of their workLife Sciences: 3 works · 2.8% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 works · 2.8% of their workVirology: 3 works · 2.8% of their workTHEIR WORKAlphonse Okwera100works
Life Sciences3%Health Sciences84%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8483.7%
  2. Everything else1413.5%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology32.8%
  1. 1Infectious Diseases34% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology26% of their works
  3. 3Surgery17% of their works
  4. 4Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4% of their works
  5. 5Virology3% of their works
  6. 6Physiology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alphonse Okwera's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Immune Response, Vaccine, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Tuberculosis and Antiretroviral Therapy.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology1604 topics
  2. Diagnosis1513 topics
  3. Treatment1513 topics
  4. Immune Response952 topics
  5. Vaccine952 topics
  6. Mycobacterium tuberculosis871 topic
  7. Tuberculosis871 topic
  8. Antiretroviral Therapy773 topics
  9. HIV482 topics
  10. Pneumocystis401 topic
  11. Pneumonia401 topic
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines382 topics
  13. Spinal Epidural Abscess291 topic
  14. Tuberculous Meningitis291 topic
  15. Mycobacterium avium241 topic
  16. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria241 topic
  17. Abdominal Tuberculosis211 topic
  18. Diagnostic Challenges211 topic
  19. Community-Acquired Pneumonia91 topic
  20. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine91 topic
  21. AIDS81 topic
  22. Antibodies81 topic
  23. Empyema41 topic
  24. Pleural Effusion41 topic

Where does Alphonse Okwera work?

Alphonse Okwera's main affiliation in the publication record is Makerere University, Uganda.

How many publications and citations does Alphonse Okwera have?

OpenAlex counts 100 works and 6,173 citations for Alphonse Okwera, an h-index of 46, ranking #206,517 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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