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Researcher · Egerton University · Kenya

Samwel Mbugua

Samwel Mbugua publishes mostly in Nutrition and Dietetics, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Infant Nutrition and Health, Breastfeeding Practices and Influences and Gut microbiota and health.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,051,217
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#860
of 7,520
Works
20
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
63.1
h-index
13
i10-index 15Top 44% in Nutrition and Dietetics
Samwel Mbugua

What does Samwel Mbugua research?

Samwel Mbugua's work is mostly in Medicine (29%), Nursing (25%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%).

Health Sciences: 12 works · 60.1% of their workMedicine: 6 works · 29.1% of their workEpidemiology: 3 works · 14.5% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 works · 7.3% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 works · 7.3% of their workNursing: 5 works · 25.5% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 works · 25.5% of their workHealth Professions: 1 works · 5.5% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 1 works · 5.5% of their workEverything else: 6 works · 29.0% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 10.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 10.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 10.9% of their workTHEIR WORKSamwel Mbugua20works
Life Sciences11%Health Sciences60%

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. Medicine629.1%
    2. Nursing525.5%
    3. Health Professions15.5%
  2. Everything else629.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology210.9%
  1. 1Nutrition and Dietetics26% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology14% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology11% of their works
  4. 4Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine7% of their works
  5. 5Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health7% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Samwel Mbugua's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Child Development, Preterm Infants, Human Milk Composition, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Breastfeeding, Infant Health, Gut Microbiota and Maternal and Child Undernutrition.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Child Development132 topics
  2. Preterm Infants132 topics
  3. Human Milk Composition91 topic
  4. Necrotizing Enterocolitis91 topic
  5. Breastfeeding81 topic
  6. Infant Health81 topic
  7. Gut Microbiota51 topic
  8. Maternal and Child Undernutrition51 topic
  9. Microbial Communities51 topic
  10. Water Sanitation Hygiene51 topic
  11. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia41 topic
  12. Child Mortality41 topic
  13. Lung Stem Cells41 topic
  14. Maternal Mortality41 topic
  15. Food Insecurity31 topic
  16. Health Outcomes31 topic
  17. Conditional Cash Transfers21 topic
  18. School Subsidies21 topic

Where does Samwel Mbugua work?

Samwel Mbugua's main affiliation in the publication record is Egerton University, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does Samwel Mbugua have?

OpenAlex counts 20 works and 1,261 citations for Samwel Mbugua, an h-index of 13, ranking #1,051,217 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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