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Researcher · Kenya Medical Research Institute · Kenya

Samuel Kariuki

Samuel Kariuki publishes mostly in Endocrinology, Food Science and Molecular Medicine, on topics such as Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria and Vibrio bacteria research studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-3209-9503 OpenAlex
World rank
#197,895
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#162
of 7,520
Works
451
Citations
22k
Citations per work
48.9
h-index
65
i10-index 207Top 1.3% in Endocrinology
Samuel Kariuki

What does Samuel Kariuki research?

Samuel Kariuki's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (23%), Medicine (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%).

Everything else: 216 works · 47.9% of their workLife Sciences: 176 works · 39.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 103 works · 22.9% of their workEndocrinology: 62 works · 13.7% of their workMolecular Medicine: 41 works · 9.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 55 works · 12.1% of their workFood Science: 55 works · 12.1% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 18 works · 4.0% of their workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 18 works · 4.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 59 works · 13.1% of their workMedicine: 59 works · 13.1% of their workInfectious Diseases: 41 works · 9.0% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 works · 4.1% of their workTHEIR WORKSamuel Kariuki451works
Life Sciences39%Health Sciences13%

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 else21647.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10322.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5512.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology184.0%
    1. Medicine5913.1%
  1. 1Endocrinology14% of their works
  2. 2Food Science12% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Medicine9% of their works
  4. 4Infectious Diseases9% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4% of their works
  6. 6Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Samuel Kariuki's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Pathogenicity, Public Health, Infection, Antibiotic Resistance, Campylobacter, Salmonella 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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2794 topics
  2. Pathogenicity1722 topics
  3. Public Health1572 topics
  4. Infection1522 topics
  5. Antibiotic Resistance1472 topics
  6. Campylobacter1121 topic
  7. Salmonella1121 topic
  8. ESKAPE Pathogens1021 topic
  9. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria1021 topic
  10. Cholera821 topic
  11. Vibrio cholerae821 topic
  12. Escherichia coli601 topic
  13. Virulence601 topic
  14. Antimicrobial Stewardship451 topic
  15. Global Health451 topic
  16. Norovirus401 topic
  17. Rotavirus401 topic
  18. Child Development301 topic
  19. Maternal and Child Undernutrition301 topic
  20. Antibiotics271 topic
  21. Resistance Genes271 topic

Where does Samuel Kariuki work?

Samuel Kariuki's main affiliation in the publication record is Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does Samuel Kariuki have?

OpenAlex counts 451 works and 22,057 citations for Samuel Kariuki, an h-index of 65, ranking #197,895 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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