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Researcher · Ministry of Health · Malawi

Lester Chitsulo

Lester Chitsulo publishes mostly in Parasitology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, on topics such as Parasites and Host Interactions, Global Maternal and Child Health and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

ORCID 0000-0002-1903-3887 OpenAlex
World rank
#377,403
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Malawi
#23
of 736
Works
52
Citations
5.7k
Citations per work
108.9
h-index
33
i10-index 43Top 7.6% in Parasitology
Lester Chitsulo

What does Lester Chitsulo research?

Lester Chitsulo's work is mostly in Medicine (28%), Immunology and Microbiology (24%), Environmental Science (10%).

Health Sciences: 21 works · 41.1% of their workMedicine: 15 works · 28.2% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 works · 14.5% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 works · 13.7% of their workVeterinary: 4 works · 7.6% of their workSmall Animals: 4 works · 7.6% of their workNursing: 3 works · 5.3% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 works · 5.3% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 24.6% of their workLife Sciences: 13 works · 24.4% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 13 works · 24.4% of their workParasitology: 13 works · 24.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 5 works · 9.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 5 works · 9.9% of their workEcology: 5 works · 9.9% of their workTHEIR WORKLester Chitsulo52works
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences41%

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. Medicine1528.2%
    2. Veterinary47.6%
    3. Nursing35.3%
  2. Everything else1324.6%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology1324.4%
    1. Environmental Science59.9%
  1. 1Parasitology24% of their works
  2. 2Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health14% of their works
  3. 3Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health14% of their works
  4. 4Ecology10% of their works
  5. 5Small Animals8% of their works
  6. 6Nutrition and Dietetics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lester Chitsulo's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Helminth Infections, Schistosomiasis, Soil-Transmitted Helminths, Epidemiology, Child Mortality, Maternal Mortality, Ivermectin and Ecosystem.

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. Helminth Infections362 topics
  2. Schistosomiasis321 topic
  3. Soil-Transmitted Helminths321 topic
  4. Epidemiology263 topics
  5. Child Mortality171 topic
  6. Maternal Mortality171 topic
  7. Ivermectin142 topics
  8. Ecosystem121 topic
  9. Parasites121 topic
  10. Artemisinin Resistance111 topic
  11. Plasmodium falciparum111 topic
  12. Anthelmintic Resistance101 topic
  13. Nematodes101 topic
  14. Child Development71 topic
  15. Maternal and Child Undernutrition71 topic
  16. Sickle-cell Disease51 topic
  17. Thalassemia51 topic
  18. Lymphatic Filariasis41 topic
  19. Onchocerciasis41 topic

Where does Lester Chitsulo work?

Lester Chitsulo's main affiliation in the publication record is Ministry of Health, Malawi.

How many publications and citations does Lester Chitsulo have?

OpenAlex counts 52 works and 5,663 citations for Lester Chitsulo, an h-index of 33, ranking #377,403 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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