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Researcher · Makerere University · Uganda

Andrew Akampurira

Andrew Akampurira publishes mostly in Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Surgery, on topics such as Fungal Infections and Studies, Antifungal resistance and susceptibility and Nail Diseases and Treatments.

OpenAlex
World rank
#716,140
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Uganda
#326
of 3,724
Works
47
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
31.3
h-index
18
i10-index 26Top 27% in Epidemiology
Andrew Akampurira

What does Andrew Akampurira research?

Andrew Akampurira's work is mostly in Medicine (86%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (2%).

Health Sciences: 40 works · 86.1% of their workMedicine: 40 works · 86.1% of their workEpidemiology: 25 works · 53.7% of their workInfectious Diseases: 10 works · 20.6% of their workSurgery: 4 works · 8.1% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 works · 3.7% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 8.0% of their workLife Sciences: 3 works · 5.9% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 works · 4.4% of their workMicrobiology: 2 works · 4.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 1.5% of their workPlant Science: 1 works · 1.5% of their workTHEIR WORKAndrew Akampurira47works
Life Sciences6%Health Sciences86%

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. Medicine4086.1%
  2. Everything else48.0%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology24.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.5%
  1. 1Epidemiology54% of their works
  2. 2Infectious Diseases21% of their works
  3. 3Surgery8% of their works
  4. 4Microbiology4% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4% of their works
  6. 6Plant Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Andrew Akampurira's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antifungal Therapy, Epidemiology, Cryptococcal Disease, Histoplasmosis, Immunocompromised Patients, Candidiasis, Invasive Fungal Infections and Diagnosis.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Antifungal Therapy853 topics
  2. Epidemiology595 topics
  3. Cryptococcal Disease381 topic
  4. Histoplasmosis381 topic
  5. Immunocompromised Patients292 topics
  6. Candidiasis261 topic
  7. Invasive Fungal Infections261 topic
  8. Diagnosis242 topics
  9. Dermatophytes211 topic
  10. Onychomycosis211 topic
  11. Antiretroviral Therapy132 topics
  12. Spinal Epidural Abscess101 topic
  13. Tuberculous Meningitis101 topic
  14. Vaccine Development82 topics
  15. Bacterial Meningitis61 topic
  16. Neisseria meningitidis61 topic
  17. Cytomegalovirus51 topic
  18. Infection51 topic
  19. Human Metapneumovirus31 topic
  20. Pneumocystis31 topic
  21. Pneumonia31 topic
  22. Respiratory Syncytial Virus31 topic

Where does Andrew Akampurira work?

Andrew Akampurira's main affiliation in the publication record is Makerere University, Uganda.

How many publications and citations does Andrew Akampurira have?

OpenAlex counts 47 works and 1,473 citations for Andrew Akampurira, an h-index of 18, ranking #716,140 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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