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Researcher · Kamuzu Central Hospital · Malawi

Ellen Mbweza Chirwa

Ellen Mbweza Chirwa publishes mostly in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, on topics such as Global Maternal and Child Health, Infant Development and Preterm Care and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

OpenAlex
World rank
#817,212
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Malawi
#72
of 736
Works
109
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
16.8
h-index
21
i10-index 38Top 14% in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Ellen Mbweza Chirwa

What does Ellen Mbweza Chirwa research?

Ellen Mbweza Chirwa's work is mostly in Medicine (47%), Health Professions (15%), Nursing (5%).

Health Sciences: 73 works · 66.9% of their workMedicine: 51 works · 47.0% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 31 works · 28.0% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 works · 7.7% of their workEpidemiology: 6 works · 5.8% of their workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 works · 5.5% of their workHealth Professions: 16 works · 14.8% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 16 works · 14.8% of their workNursing: 6 works · 5.1% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 works · 5.1% of their workEverything else: 36 works · 33.1% of their workTHEIR WORKEllen MbwezaChirwa109works
Health Sciences67%

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. Medicine5147.0%
    2. Health Professions1614.8%
    3. Nursing65.1%
  2. Everything else3633.1%
  1. 1Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health28% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions15% of their works
  3. 3Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health8% of their works
  4. 4Epidemiology6% of their works
  5. 5Obstetrics and Gynecology6% of their works
  6. 6Nutrition and Dietetics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ellen Mbweza Chirwa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Child Mortality, Maternal Mortality, Child Development, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Preterm Birth, Maternal and Child Undernutrition, Water Sanitation Hygiene 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. 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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Child Mortality571 topic
  2. Maternal Mortality571 topic
  3. Child Development433 topics
  4. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes181 topic
  5. Preterm Birth181 topic
  6. Maternal and Child Undernutrition161 topic
  7. Water Sanitation Hygiene161 topic
  8. Cesarean Section151 topic
  9. Vaginal Birth151 topic
  10. Adolescent Health141 topic
  11. Breastfeeding141 topic
  12. Infant Health141 topic
  13. Sexual Behavior141 topic
  14. Maternal Mental Health131 topic
  15. Perinatal Depression131 topic
  16. Antiretroviral Therapy121 topic
  17. HIV Transmission121 topic

Where does Ellen Mbweza Chirwa work?

Ellen Mbweza Chirwa's main affiliation in the publication record is Kamuzu Central Hospital, Malawi.

How many publications and citations does Ellen Mbweza Chirwa have?

OpenAlex counts 109 works and 1,829 citations for Ellen Mbweza Chirwa, an h-index of 21, ranking #817,212 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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