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Researcher · Makerere University · Uganda

Reuben Kiggundu

Reuben Kiggundu publishes mostly in Epidemiology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Infectious Diseases, on topics such as Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Fungal Infections and Studies and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria.

ORCID 0000-0001-6141-9436 OpenAlex
World rank
#604,851
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Uganda
#268
of 3,724
Works
79
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
21.7
h-index
22
i10-index 39Top 19% in Epidemiology
Reuben Kiggundu

What does Reuben Kiggundu research?

Reuben Kiggundu's work is mostly in Medicine (47%), Immunology and Microbiology (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%).

Health Sciences: 37 works · 46.9% of their workMedicine: 37 works · 46.9% of their workEpidemiology: 18 works · 22.6% of their workInfectious Diseases: 10 works · 13.0% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 works · 6.5% of their workSurgery: 4 works · 4.8% of their workEverything else: 24 works · 30.0% of their workLife Sciences: 18 works · 23.1% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 13 works · 16.1% of their workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 13 works · 16.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 works · 7.0% of their workMolecular Medicine: 6 works · 7.0% of their workTHEIR WORKReuben Kiggundu79works
Life Sciences23%Health Sciences47%

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. Medicine3746.9%
  2. Everything else2430.0%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology1316.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology67.0%
  1. 1Epidemiology23% of their works
  2. 2Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology16% of their works
  3. 3Infectious Diseases13% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Medicine7% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6% of their works
  6. 6Surgery5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Reuben Kiggundu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Antibiotic Resistance, Antifungal Therapy, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Global Health, Cryptococcal Disease, Histoplasmosis and ESKAPE Pathogens.

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. Epidemiology603 topics
  2. Antibiotic Resistance532 topics
  3. Antifungal Therapy443 topics
  4. Antimicrobial Stewardship371 topic
  5. Global Health371 topic
  6. Cryptococcal Disease211 topic
  7. Histoplasmosis211 topic
  8. ESKAPE Pathogens161 topic
  9. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria161 topic
  10. Dermatophytes141 topic
  11. Onychomycosis141 topic
  12. Candidiasis91 topic
  13. Invasive Fungal Infections91 topic
  14. Spinal Epidural Abscess91 topic
  15. Tuberculous Meningitis91 topic
  16. Child Mortality81 topic
  17. Maternal Mortality81 topic
  18. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry71 topic
  19. Microorganism Identification71 topic

Where does Reuben Kiggundu work?

Reuben Kiggundu's main affiliation in the publication record is Makerere University, Uganda.

How many publications and citations does Reuben Kiggundu have?

OpenAlex counts 79 works and 1,718 citations for Reuben Kiggundu, an h-index of 22, ranking #604,851 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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