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Researcher · Makerere University · Uganda

Irene Ayakaka

Irene Ayakaka publishes mostly in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and General Health Professions, on topics such as Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment.

ORCID 0000-0003-1051-5684 OpenAlex
World rank
#219,098
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Uganda
#63
of 3,724
Works
135
Citations
3.2k
Citations per work
23.6
h-index
26
i10-index 50Top 14% in Infectious Diseases
Irene Ayakaka

What does Irene Ayakaka research?

Irene Ayakaka's work is mostly in Medicine (62%), Health Professions (9%).

Health Sciences: 96 works · 71.1% of their workMedicine: 84 works · 62.2% of their workInfectious Diseases: 41 works · 30.4% of their workEpidemiology: 21 works · 15.9% of their workSurgery: 11 works · 8.1% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 works · 4.2% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 works · 3.6% of their workHealth Professions: 12 works · 8.9% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 12 works · 8.9% of their workEverything else: 39 works · 28.9% of their workTHEIR WORKIrene Ayakaka135works
Health Sciences71%

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. Medicine8462.2%
    2. Health Professions128.9%
  2. Everything else3928.9%
  1. 1Infectious Diseases30% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology16% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions9% of their works
  4. 4Surgery8% of their works
  5. 5Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4% of their works
  6. 6Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Irene Ayakaka's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Diagnosis, Treatment, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, Preexposure Prophylaxis and Pneumocystis.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Diagnosis832 topics
  2. Treatment832 topics
  3. Mycobacterium tuberculosis631 topic
  4. Tuberculosis631 topic
  5. Antiretroviral Therapy623 topics
  6. HIV Transmission301 topic
  7. Preexposure Prophylaxis301 topic
  8. Pneumocystis201 topic
  9. Pneumonia201 topic
  10. Abdominal Tuberculosis171 topic
  11. Diagnostic Challenges171 topic
  12. Child Mortality151 topic
  13. Maternal Mortality151 topic
  14. Mobile Health141 topic
  15. mHealth141 topic
  16. Spinal Epidural Abscess121 topic
  17. Tuberculous Meningitis121 topic
  18. Diabetes101 topic
  19. Self-Management101 topic

Where does Irene Ayakaka work?

Irene Ayakaka's main affiliation in the publication record is Makerere University, Uganda.

How many publications and citations does Irene Ayakaka have?

OpenAlex counts 135 works and 3,183 citations for Irene Ayakaka, an h-index of 26, ranking #219,098 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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