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Researcher · Makerere University · Uganda

Ponsiano Ocama

Ponsiano Ocama publishes mostly in Epidemiology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, on topics such as Hepatitis B Virus Studies, Hepatitis C virus research and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

ORCID 0000-0002-6120-1055 OpenAlex
World rank
#424,913
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Uganda
#165
of 3,724
Works
194
Citations
5.6k
Citations per work
28.9
h-index
34
i10-index 91Top 7.9% in Epidemiology
Ponsiano Ocama

What does Ponsiano Ocama research?

Ponsiano Ocama's work is mostly in Medicine (74%).

Health Sciences: 144 works · 74.2% of their workMedicine: 144 works · 74.2% of their workEpidemiology: 62 works · 32.0% of their workHepatology: 44 works · 22.9% of their workInfectious Diseases: 14 works · 7.2% of their workSurgery: 11 works · 5.8% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 works · 3.9% of their workOncology: 5 works · 2.4% of their workEverything else: 50 works · 25.8% of their workTHEIR WORKPonsiano Ocama194works
Health Sciences74%

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. Medicine14474.2%
  2. Everything else5025.8%
  1. 1Epidemiology32% of their works
  2. 2Hepatology23% of their works
  3. 3Infectious Diseases7% of their works
  4. 4Surgery6% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4% of their works
  6. 6Oncology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ponsiano Ocama's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antiviral Therapy, Liver Disease, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Epidemiology, Chronic Hepatitis B, Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus and Treatment.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Antiviral Therapy1782 topics
  2. Liver Disease1782 topics
  3. Hepatocellular Carcinoma1492 topics
  4. Epidemiology1113 topics
  5. Chronic Hepatitis B961 topic
  6. Hepatitis B Virus961 topic
  7. Hepatitis C Virus821 topic
  8. Treatment821 topic
  9. NAFLD531 topic
  10. NASH531 topic
  11. Hepatitis E Virus171 topic
  12. Zoonotic Transmission171 topic
  13. Hepatic Encephalopathy151 topic
  14. Liver Cirrhosis151 topic
  15. Antiretroviral Therapy141 topic
  16. HIV Transmission141 topic
  17. HIV121 topic
  18. drug use121 topic
  19. Helminth Infections101 topic
  20. Schistosomiasis101 topic

Where does Ponsiano Ocama work?

Ponsiano Ocama's main affiliation in the publication record is Makerere University, Uganda.

How many publications and citations does Ponsiano Ocama have?

OpenAlex counts 194 works and 5,615 citations for Ponsiano Ocama, an h-index of 34, ranking #424,913 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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