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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

Oluchi Nneka Mbamalu

Oluchi Nneka Mbamalu publishes mostly in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Infectious Diseases and General Health Professions, on topics such as Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Infection Control in Healthcare and Surgical site infection prevention.

ORCID 0000-0001-9121-0465 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,375,729
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#5,643
of 29,826
Works
61
Citations
830
Citations per work
13.6
h-index
15
i10-index 18Top 24% in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Oluchi Nneka Mbamalu

What does Oluchi Nneka Mbamalu research?

Oluchi Nneka Mbamalu's work is mostly in Medicine (21%), Immunology and Microbiology (16%), Health Professions (8%).

Everything else: 31 works · 50.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 17 works · 28.5% of their workMedicine: 13 works · 20.9% of their workInfectious Diseases: 5 works · 8.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 works · 6.3% of their workSurgery: 3 works · 5.7% of their workHealth Professions: 5 works · 7.6% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 5 works · 7.6% of their workLife Sciences: 13 works · 20.9% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 works · 15.8% of their workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 10 works · 15.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 works · 5.1% of their workPlant Science: 3 works · 5.1% of their workTHEIR WORKOluchi NnekaMbamalu61works
Life Sciences21%Health Sciences28%

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. Everything else3150.6%
    1. Medicine1320.9%
    2. Health Professions57.6%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology1015.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences35.1%
  1. 1Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology16% of their works
  2. 2Infectious Diseases9% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions8% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6% of their works
  5. 5Surgery6% of their works
  6. 6Plant Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Oluchi Nneka Mbamalu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Global Health, Antibiotic Resistance, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hand Hygiene, Infection Control, Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Surgical Site Infection.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Global Health322 topics
  2. Antibiotic Resistance251 topic
  3. Antimicrobial Stewardship251 topic
  4. Healthcare-Associated Infections182 topics
  5. Hand Hygiene101 topic
  6. Infection Control101 topic
  7. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis81 topic
  8. Surgical Site Infection81 topic
  9. Global Surgery71 topic
  10. Health Development71 topic
  11. Medicinal Plants71 topic
  12. Traditional Ecological Knowledge71 topic
  13. Drug Development Costs61 topic
  14. Generic Drugs61 topic
  15. Child Mortality51 topic
  16. Inappropriate Medication Use51 topic
  17. Maternal Mortality51 topic
  18. Polypharmacy51 topic

Where does Oluchi Nneka Mbamalu work?

Oluchi Nneka Mbamalu's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Oluchi Nneka Mbamalu have?

OpenAlex counts 61 works and 830 citations for Oluchi Nneka Mbamalu, an h-index of 15, ranking #1,375,729 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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