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Researcher · Makerere University · Uganda

Lillian Tugume

Lillian Tugume publishes mostly in Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Surgery, on topics such as Fungal Infections and Studies, Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility.

ORCID 0000-0002-1293-1545 OpenAlex
World rank
#799,726
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Uganda
#373
of 3,724
Works
88
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
24.6
h-index
25
i10-index 43Top 15% in Epidemiology

What does Lillian Tugume research?

Lillian Tugume's work is mostly in Medicine (85%), Immunology and Microbiology (6%).

Life Sciences6%Health Sciences85%

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. Medicine7584.8%
  1. Everything else88.8%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology66.4%
  1. 1Epidemiology42% of their works
  2. 2Infectious Diseases19% of their works
  3. 3Surgery18% of their works
  4. 4Microbiology6% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works
  6. 6Physiology1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lillian Tugume's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antifungal Therapy, Epidemiology, Cryptococcal Disease, Histoplasmosis, Diagnosis, Antiretroviral Therapy, Diagnostic Imaging and Surgical Management.

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 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Antifungal Therapy1123 topics
  2. Epidemiology965 topics
  3. Cryptococcal Disease581 topic
  4. Histoplasmosis581 topic
  5. Diagnosis523 topics
  6. Antiretroviral Therapy502 topics
  7. Diagnostic Imaging432 topics
  8. Surgical Management432 topics
  9. Immunocompromised Patients422 topics
  10. Spinal Epidural Abscess361 topic
  11. Tuberculous Meningitis361 topic
  12. Candidiasis281 topic
  13. Invasive Fungal Infections281 topic
  14. Vaccine282 topics
  15. Dermatophytes261 topic
  16. Onychomycosis261 topic
  17. Treatment262 topics
  18. Bacterial Meningitis161 topic
  19. Neisseria meningitidis161 topic
  20. Pneumocystis141 topic
  21. Pneumonia141 topic
  22. Mycobacterium tuberculosis121 topic
  23. Tuberculosis121 topic
  24. Periprosthetic Joint Infection71 topic
  25. Prosthetic Joint Infections71 topic

Where does Lillian Tugume work?

Lillian Tugume's main affiliation in the publication record is Makerere University, Uganda.

How many publications and citations does Lillian Tugume have?

OpenAlex counts 88 works and 2,168 citations for Lillian Tugume, an h-index of 25, ranking #799,726 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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