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Researcher · Mount Kenya University · Kenya

Francis Kobia

Francis Kobia publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology, on topics such as Malaria Research and Control, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies and Global Maternal and Child Health.

ORCID 0000-0001-6595-628X OpenAlex
World rank
#5,259,405
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#4,969
of 7,520
Works
25
Citations
339
Citations per work
13.6
h-index
7
i10-index 6Top 91% in Molecular Biology
Francis Kobia

What does Francis Kobia research?

Francis Kobia's work is mostly in Medicine (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Immunology and Microbiology (9%).

Health Sciences: 11 works · 42.6% of their workMedicine: 11 works · 42.6% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 works · 14.7% of their workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 works · 13.2% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 works · 8.8% of their workEpidemiology: 1 works · 5.9% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 32.4% of their workLife Sciences: 6 works · 25.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 16.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 16.2% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 works · 8.8% of their workImmunology: 2 works · 8.8% of their workTHEIR WORKFrancis Kobia25works
Life Sciences25%Health Sciences43%

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. Medicine1142.6%
  2. Everything else832.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology416.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology28.8%
  1. 1Molecular Biology16% of their works
  2. 2Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health15% of their works
  3. 3Obstetrics and Gynecology13% of their works
  4. 4Immunology9% of their works
  5. 5Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health9% of their works
  6. 6Epidemiology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Francis Kobia's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Maternal Mortality, Artemisinin Resistance, Plasmodium falciparum, Placental Development, Preeclampsia, Immune Regulation, Child Mortality and Health Systems.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Maternal Mortality122 topics
  2. Artemisinin Resistance81 topic
  3. Plasmodium falciparum81 topic
  4. Placental Development71 topic
  5. Preeclampsia71 topic
  6. Immune Regulation62 topics
  7. Child Mortality51 topic
  8. Health Systems51 topic
  9. Helminth Infections41 topic
  10. Schistosomiasis41 topic
  11. ATP Synthase21 topic
  12. Decidual NK Cells21 topic
  13. Development21 topic
  14. Gene Therapy21 topic
  15. Notch Signaling21 topic
  16. Regulatory T Cells21 topic
  17. Retinitis Pigmentosa21 topic
  18. Vacuolar ATPases21 topic

Where does Francis Kobia work?

Francis Kobia's main affiliation in the publication record is Mount Kenya University, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does Francis Kobia have?

OpenAlex counts 25 works and 339 citations for Francis Kobia, an h-index of 7, ranking #5,259,405 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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