Benta Abuya

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 992 citations indexed

About

Benta Abuya is a scholar working on Safety Research, Education and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Benta Abuya has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 992 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Safety Research, 21 papers in Education and 14 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Benta Abuya's work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (31 papers), School Choice and Performance (13 papers) and Parental Involvement in Education (9 papers). Benta Abuya is often cited by papers focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (31 papers), School Choice and Performance (13 papers) and Parental Involvement in Education (9 papers). Benta Abuya collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United States and United Kingdom. Benta Abuya's co-authors include Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage, James Ciera, Elijah O. Onsomu, DaKysha Moore, James Kimani, Moses Oketch, Caroline W. Kabiru, Moses Ngware, Karen Austrian and Maurice Mutisya and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Benta Abuya

44 papers receiving 933 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Effect of mother’s education on child’s nutritional status in the slums of Nairobi

2012 339 citations Benta Abuya, James Ciera et al. BMC Pediatrics profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benta Abuya Kenya	16	433	386	338	314	151	49	992
Monica J. Grant United States	18	123 0.3×	463 1.2×	356 1.1×	279 0.9×	153 1.0×	31	1.1k
James Ciera Kenya	9	344 0.8×	232 0.6×	222 0.7×	215 0.7×	61 0.4×	12	631
Martha Ainsworth United States	15	246 0.6×	490 1.3×	278 0.8×	237 0.8×	52 0.3×	27	1.0k
Barthélémy Kuate Defo Canada	19	347 0.8×	182 0.5×	429 1.3×	324 1.0×	22 0.1×	38	1.0k
George Bicego United States	16	510 1.2×	447 1.2×	375 1.1×	561 1.8×	32 0.2×	29	1.2k
Fernanda Ewerling Brazil	15	213 0.5×	230 0.6×	522 1.5×	657 2.1×	44 0.3×	30	1.1k
Haile Mekonnen Fenta Ethiopia	15	209 0.5×	74 0.2×	282 0.8×	194 0.6×	65 0.4×	54	882
Leyla Ismayilova United States	21	151 0.3×	538 1.4×	469 1.4×	138 0.4×	51 0.3×	40	1.2k
Patricia Elungata Kenya	9	214 0.5×	137 0.4×	186 0.6×	285 0.9×	23 0.2×	12	616
Arianna Zanolini United States	12	253 0.6×	211 0.5×	152 0.4×	239 0.8×	214 1.4×	18	805

Countries citing papers authored by Benta Abuya

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benta Abuya

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benta Abuya. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benta Abuya based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Benta Abuya. Benta Abuya is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Austrian, Karen, John A. Maluccio, Erica Soler‐Hampejsek, et al.. (2024). Long-term impacts of a cash plus program on marriage, fertility, and education after six years in pastoralist Kenya: A cluster randomized trial. SSM - Population Health. 26. 101663–101663.

Abuya, Benta, et al.. (2024). Equality in Programming for Girls and Boys: Adolescents' Shared Experiences from an After-school Support Program in Urban Nairobi. ScholarWorks (Walden University). 14(1). 1 indexed citations

Austrian, Karen, Erica Soler‐Hampejsek, Beth Kangwana, et al.. (2022). Impacts of Multisectoral Cash Plus Programs on Marriage and Fertility After 4 Years in Pastoralist Kenya: A Randomized Trial. Journal of Adolescent Health. 70(6). 885–894. 17 indexed citations

Kangwana, Beth, Karen Austrian, Erica Soler‐Hampejsek, et al.. (2022). Impacts of multisectoral cash plus programs after four years in an urban informal settlement: Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya (AGI-K) randomized trial. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0262858–e0262858. 17 indexed citations

Wado, Yohannes Dibaba, et al.. (2022). Exposure to violence, adverse life events and the mental health of adolescent girls in Nairobi slums. BMC Women s Health. 22(1). 156–156. 8 indexed citations

Austrian, Karen, Erica Soler‐Hampejsek, Beth Kangwana, et al.. (2021). Impacts of two-year multisectoral cash plus programs on young adolescent girls’ education, health and economic outcomes: Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya (AGI-K) randomized trial. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 2159–2159. 17 indexed citations

Abuya, Benta, Maurice Mutisya, Elijah O. Onsomu, Moses Ngware, & Moses Oketch. (2019). Family Structure and Child Educational Attainment in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya. SAGE Open. 9(2). 9 indexed citations

Abuya, Benta, Joyce Mumah, Karen Austrian, Maurice Mutisya, & Caroline W. Kabiru. (2018). Mothers’ Education and Girls’ Achievement in Kibera: The Link With Self-Efficacy. SAGE Open. 8(1). 12 indexed citations

Maluccio, John A., Mohamed E. Hussein, Benta Abuya, et al.. (2018). Adolescent girls’ primary school mobility and educational outcomes in urban Kenya. International Journal of Educational Development. 62. 75–87. 7 indexed citations

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Austrian, Karen, Eunice Muthengi, Joyce Mumah, et al.. (2016). The Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya (AGI-K): study protocol. BMC Public Health. 16(1). 210–210. 34 indexed citations

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Abuya, Benta, et al.. (2016). Girls’ primary education and transition to secondary school in Nairobi: perceptions of community members at the onset of an education intervention. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. 22(3). 349–363. 3 indexed citations

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Oketch, Moses, et al.. (2014). When to Randomize: Lessons From Independent Impact Evaluation of Reading to Learn (RtL) Programme to Improve Literacy and Numeracy in Kenya and Uganda. Peabody Journal of Education. 89(1). 17–42. 2 indexed citations

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Onsomu, Elijah O., et al.. (2014). Association Between Domestic Violence and HIV Serostatus Among Married and Formerly Married Women in Kenya. Health Care For Women International. 36(2). 205–228. 15 indexed citations

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Hungi, Njora, Moses Ngware, & Benta Abuya. (2014). Examining the impact of age on literacy achievement among grade 6 primary school pupils in Kenya. International Journal of Educational Development. 39. 237–249. 13 indexed citations

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Onsomu, Elijah O., et al.. (2013). Importance of the Media in Scaling-Up HIV Testing in Kenya. SAGE Open. 3(3). 19 indexed citations

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Abuya, Benta, et al.. (2013). Community participation and after-school support improve learning outcomes and transition to secondary school among disadvantaged girls:. 7 indexed citations

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Abuya, Benta, et al.. (2012). A Phenomenological Study of Sexual Harassment and Violence Among Girls Attending High Schools in Urban Slums, Nairobi, Kenya. Journal of School Violence. 11(4). 323–344. 21 indexed citations

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Abuya, Benta, James Ciera, & Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage. (2012). Effect of mother’s education on child’s nutritional status in the slums of Nairobi. BMC Pediatrics. 12(1). 80–80. 339 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abuya, Benta, et al.. (2012). Association Between Education and Domestic Violence Among Women Being Offered an HIV Test in Urban and Rural Areas in Kenya. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 27(10). 2022–2038. 15 indexed citations

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Moore, DaKysha, et al.. (2010). Communicating HIV/AIDS Through African American Churches in North Carolina: Implications and Recommendations for HIV/AIDS Faith-Based Programs. Journal of Religion and Health. 51(3). 865–878. 23 indexed citations

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