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Researcher · Ifakara Health Institute · Tanzania

Donat Shamba

Donat Shamba publishes mostly in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Obstetrics and Gynecology, on topics such as Global Maternal and Child Health, Mental Health and Patient Involvement and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions.

ORCID 0000-0001-7431-7199 OpenAlex
World rank
#113,028
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Tanzania
#24
of 3,522
Works
107
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
16.8
h-index
22
i10-index 37Top 13% in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Donat Shamba

What does Donat Shamba research?

Donat Shamba's work is mostly in Medicine (39%), Health Professions (22%), Nursing (4%).

Health Sciences: 70 works · 65.1% of their workMedicine: 42 works · 38.9% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 27 works · 25.3% of their workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 works · 8.6% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 works · 5.0% of their workHealth Professions: 23 works · 21.7% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 23 works · 21.7% of their workNursing: 5 works · 4.5% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 works · 4.5% of their workEverything else: 33 works · 30.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 5 works · 4.5% of their workPsychology: 5 works · 4.5% of their workClinical Psychology: 5 works · 4.5% of their workTHEIR WORKDonat Shamba107works
Health Sciences65%Social Sciences4%

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. Medicine4238.9%
    2. Health Professions2321.7%
    3. Nursing54.5%
  2. Everything else3330.4%
    1. Psychology54.5%
  1. 1Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health25% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions22% of their works
  3. 3Obstetrics and Gynecology9% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works
  5. 5Clinical Psychology4% of their works
  6. 6Nutrition and Dietetics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donat Shamba's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Health Inequalities, Child Mortality, Maternal Mortality, Maternal Health, Child Development, Patient Engagement, Public Involvement and Cesarean Section.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Health Inequalities552 topics
  2. Child Mortality451 topic
  3. Maternal Mortality451 topic
  4. Maternal Health172 topics
  5. Child Development162 topics
  6. Patient Engagement141 topic
  7. Public Involvement141 topic
  8. Cesarean Section111 topic
  9. Vaginal Birth111 topic
  10. Child Health101 topic
  11. Prenatal Care101 topic
  12. Caregiver Burden91 topic
  13. Family Caregivers91 topic
  14. Maternal and Child Undernutrition91 topic
  15. Water Sanitation Hygiene91 topic
  16. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes81 topic
  17. Preterm Birth81 topic
  18. Breastfeeding71 topic
  19. Infant Health71 topic

Where does Donat Shamba work?

Donat Shamba's main affiliation in the publication record is Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania.

How many publications and citations does Donat Shamba have?

OpenAlex counts 107 works and 1,796 citations for Donat Shamba, an h-index of 22, ranking #113,028 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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