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Researcher · University of Nairobi · Kenya

G.K. Gitau

G.K. Gitau publishes mostly in Agronomy and Crop Science, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, on topics such as Viral Infections and Vectors, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology.

ORCID 0000-0002-3985-560X OpenAlex
World rank
#800,052
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#307
of 810
Works
35
Citations
39
Citations per work
1.1

What does G.K. Gitau research?

Agronomy and Crop Science: 25.0%Infectious Diseases: 16.7%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11.1%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8.3%other fields: 38.9%25%top field
Agronomy and Crop Science25.0%Infectious Diseases16.7%Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health11.1%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics8.3%other fields38.9%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Agronomy and Crop Science25% of their works
  2. 2Infectious Diseases17% of their works
  3. 3Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health11% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics8% of their works
  5. 5Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law8% of their works
  6. 6Genetics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe G.K. Gitau's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Public Health, Genetic Characterization, Climate Change, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, Zoonotic Infections and African Swine Fever.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology93 topics
  2. Pathogenesis72 topics
  3. Public Health72 topics
  4. Genetic Characterization62 topics
  5. Climate Change52 topics
  6. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers51 topic
  7. Zoonotic Infections51 topic
  8. African Swine Fever41 topic
  9. Foot-and-Mouth Disease41 topic
  10. Globalization42 topics
  11. Pathogen Transmission42 topics
  12. Pastoralists31 topic
  13. Rangeland Degradation31 topic
  14. Bluetongue Virus21 topic
  15. Bovine Mastitis21 topic
  16. Culicoides Biting Midges21 topic
  17. Livestock Farming21 topic
  18. Lyme Disease21 topic
  19. Milk Quality21 topic
  20. One Health21 topic
  21. Rural Development21 topic
  22. Tick-Borne Diseases21 topic
  23. Zoonotic Diseases21 topic

Where does G.K. Gitau work?

G.K. Gitau's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Nairobi, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does G.K. Gitau have?

Science Explorer counts 35 works and 39 citations for G.K. Gitau, ranking #800,052 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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