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Researcher · Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital · Malawi

Shaffi Mdala

Shaffi Mdala publishes mostly in Ophthalmology, Epidemiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, on topics such as Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies, Older Adults Driving Studies and Intraocular Surgery and Lenses.

ORCID 0000-0002-3581-523X OpenAlex
World rank
#3,180,365
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Malawi
#405
of 736
Works
20
Citations
188
Citations per work
9.4
h-index
7
i10-index 5Top 72% in Ophthalmology
Shaffi Mdala

What does Shaffi Mdala research?

Shaffi Mdala's work is mostly in Medicine (65%), Health Professions (8%), Engineering (6%).

Health Sciences: 15 works · 73.0% of their workMedicine: 13 works · 65.3% of their workOphthalmology: 6 works · 28.8% of their workEpidemiology: 4 works · 19.2% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 works · 11.5% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 works · 5.8% of their workHealth Professions: 2 works · 7.7% of their workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 works · 7.7% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 21.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 5.8% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 5.8% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 works · 5.8% of their workTHEIR WORKShaffi Mdala20works
Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences73%

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. Medicine1365.3%
    2. Health Professions27.7%
  2. Everything else421.2%
    1. Engineering15.8%
  1. 1Ophthalmology29% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology19% of their works
  3. 3Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging12% of their works
  4. 4Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation8% of their works
  5. 5Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality6% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Shaffi Mdala's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Visual Impairment, Epidemiology, Myopia, Intravitreal Injection, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Degeneration and Driving Cessation.

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. Visual Impairment132 topics
  2. Epidemiology91 topic
  3. Myopia91 topic
  4. Intravitreal Injection72 topics
  5. Glaucoma62 topics
  6. Diabetic Retinopathy52 topics
  7. Macular Degeneration52 topics
  8. Driving Cessation41 topic
  9. Endophthalmitis41 topic
  10. Femtosecond Laser41 topic
  11. Intraocular Lens Implantation41 topic
  12. Keratitis41 topic
  13. Mobility41 topic
  14. Driver Behavior31 topic
  15. Oxidative Stress31 topic
  16. Retinal Pigment Epithelium31 topic
  17. Traffic Accidents31 topic
  18. Deep Learning21 topic
  19. Retinal Disease21 topic
  20. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry11 topic
  21. Microorganism Identification11 topic

Where does Shaffi Mdala work?

Shaffi Mdala's main affiliation in the publication record is Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi.

How many publications and citations does Shaffi Mdala have?

OpenAlex counts 20 works and 188 citations for Shaffi Mdala, an h-index of 7, ranking #3,180,365 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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