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Researcher · Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville · Gabon

Boris Kevin Makanga

Boris Kevin Makanga publishes mostly in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology and Ecology, on topics such as Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Malaria Research and Control and Vector-borne infectious diseases.

ORCID 0000-0003-1172-6109 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,054,505
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Gabon
#44
of 295
Works
71
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
16.3
h-index
19
i10-index 28Top 21% in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Boris Kevin Makanga

What does Boris Kevin Makanga research?

Boris Kevin Makanga's work is mostly in Medicine (35%), Immunology and Microbiology (12%), Environmental Science (10%).

Health Sciences: 25 works · 34.9% of their workMedicine: 25 works · 34.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 works · 26.4% of their workInfectious Diseases: 6 works · 8.5% of their workEverything else: 20 works · 28.7% of their workLife Sciences: 19 works · 26.4% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 works · 12.4% of their workParasitology: 9 works · 12.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 works · 7.0% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 works · 7.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 works · 7.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 5 works · 7.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 10.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 7 works · 10.0% of their workEcology: 7 works · 10.0% of their workTHEIR WORKBoris KevinMakanga71works
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences35%

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. Medicine2534.9%
  2. Everything else2028.7%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology912.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences57.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology57.0%
    1. Environmental Science710.0%
  1. 1Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health26% of their works
  2. 2Parasitology12% of their works
  3. 3Ecology10% of their works
  4. 4Infectious Diseases8% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology7% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Boris Kevin Makanga's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Vector Control, Arboviral Diseases, Zika Virus, Public Health, Artemisinin Resistance and Plasmodium falciparum.

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. Epidemiology765 topics
  2. Vaccine Development452 topics
  3. Vector Control312 topics
  4. Arboviral Diseases251 topic
  5. Zika Virus251 topic
  6. Public Health232 topics
  7. Artemisinin Resistance201 topic
  8. Plasmodium falciparum201 topic
  9. Host-Pathogen Interactions192 topics
  10. Pathogenesis182 topics
  11. Lyme Disease131 topic
  12. Tick-Borne Diseases131 topic
  13. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers101 topic
  14. Zoonotic Infections101 topic
  15. Avian Malaria81 topic
  16. Bluetongue Virus81 topic
  17. Culicoides Biting Midges81 topic
  18. Haemosporidian Parasites81 topic
  19. Botanical Insecticides61 topic
  20. Essential Oils61 topic
  21. Symbiont61 topic
  22. Wolbachia61 topic

Where does Boris Kevin Makanga work?

Boris Kevin Makanga's main affiliation in the publication record is Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Gabon.

How many publications and citations does Boris Kevin Makanga have?

OpenAlex counts 71 works and 1,154 citations for Boris Kevin Makanga, an h-index of 19, ranking #2,054,505 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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