Daniel Erku

11.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
110 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Daniel Erku is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Geriatrics and Gerontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Erku has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in General Health Professions, 28 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 21 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology. Recurrent topics in Daniel Erku's work include Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes (21 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (15 papers) and Antibiotic Use and Resistance (15 papers). Daniel Erku is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes (21 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (15 papers) and Antibiotic Use and Resistance (15 papers). Daniel Erku collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, Australia and Nepal. Daniel Erku's co-authors include Abebe Basazn Mekuria, Sewunet Admasu Belachew, Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie, Kathryn J. Steadman, Henok Getachew Tegegn, Asnakew Achaw Ayele, Resham B. Khatri, Anteneh Zewdie, Aklilu Endalamaw and Eskinder Wolka and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Erku

105 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Global Disparities of Cancer and Its Projected Burden in 2050

2024 82 citations Kedir Y. Ahmed, Yibeltal Assefa et al. profile →
Digital Health Interventions to Improve Access to and Quality of Primary Health Care Services: A Scoping Review

2023 57 citations Daniel Erku, Resham B. Khatri et al. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Erku Ethiopia	27	425	381	310	300	265	110	2.0k
Syed Shahzad Hasan United Kingdom	32	400 0.9×	473 1.2×	206 0.7×	270 0.9×	348 1.3×	245	3.7k
Rana Abu Farha Jordan	23	257 0.6×	559 1.5×	219 0.7×	280 0.9×	193 0.7×	190	1.9k
Sayer Al‐Azzam Jordan	27	310 0.7×	407 1.1×	235 0.8×	535 1.8×	434 1.6×	182	3.1k
Pauline Norris New Zealand	26	644 1.5×	509 1.3×	378 1.2×	346 1.2×	219 0.8×	133	2.1k
Iman A. Basheti Jordan	26	282 0.7×	674 1.8×	238 0.8×	190 0.6×	129 0.5×	166	2.6k
Tareq L. Mukattash Jordan	22	345 0.8×	581 1.5×	315 1.0×	271 0.9×	225 0.8×	172	1.9k
Vibhu Paudyal United Kingdom	27	909 2.1×	596 1.6×	158 0.5×	133 0.4×	220 0.8×	142	2.2k
Yu Fang China	27	401 0.9×	480 1.3×	345 1.1×	855 2.9×	516 1.9×	171	2.4k
Fátima Roque Portugal	21	564 1.3×	444 1.2×	245 0.8×	740 2.5×	299 1.1×	102	1.9k
Asa Auta United Kingdom	25	331 0.8×	214 0.6×	485 1.6×	343 1.1×	370 1.4×	58	1.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Khatri, Resham B., Aklilu Endalamaw, Daniel Erku, et al.. (2025). Contribution of health system governance in delivering primary health care services for universal health coverage: A scoping review. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0318244–e0318244.

Endalamaw, Aklilu, Tesfaye Setegn Mengistu, Resham B. Khatri, et al.. (2025). Universal health coverage—Exploring the what, how, and why using realist review. PLOS Global Public Health. 5(3). e0003330–e0003330. 1 indexed citations

Gelaw, Yalemzewod Assefa, Digsu N. Koye, Kefyalew Addis Alene, et al.. (2023). Socio-demographic correlates of unhealthy lifestyle in Ethiopia: a secondary analysis of a national survey. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 1528–1528. 8 indexed citations

Puljević, Cheneal, Daniel Erku, Billie Bonevski, et al.. (2023). Tobacco endgame and priority populations: a scoping review. Tobacco Control. 33(e2). e231–e239. 7 indexed citations

Erku, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Stakeholders' Decisions and Preferences for the Provision and Use of Medicinal Cannabis: A Scoping Review. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. 8(6). 986–998. 1 indexed citations

Endalamaw, Aklilu, Resham B. Khatri, Daniel Erku, et al.. (2023). Successes and challenges towards improving quality of primary health care services: a scoping review. BMC Health Services Research. 23(1). 893–893. 17 indexed citations

Endalamaw, Aklilu, Daniel Erku, Resham B. Khatri, et al.. (2023). Successes, weaknesses, and recommendations to strengthen primary health care: a scoping review. Archives of Public Health. 81(1). 100–100. 10 indexed citations

Erku, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Framing, moral foundations and health taxes: interpretive analysis of Ethiopia’s tobacco excise tax policy passage. BMJ Global Health. 8(Suppl 8). e012058–e012058. 2 indexed citations

Koon, Adam D., Kumanan Rasanathan, Abdillah Ahsan, et al.. (2023). Framing health taxes: learning from low- and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health. 8(Suppl 8). e012955–e012955. 7 indexed citations

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Shrestha, Shakti, et al.. (2022). Impact of hospital pharmacist-delivered individualised pharmaceutical service intervention on clinical and patient-reported outcomes in patients with hypertension: a randomised controlled trial. European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. 30(6). 316–321. 1 indexed citations

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Erku, Daniel, Amanual Getnet Mersha, Eskinder Eshetu Ali, et al.. (2022). A systematic review of scope and quality of health economic evaluations conducted in Ethiopia. Health Policy and Planning. 37(4). 514–522. 4 indexed citations

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Shrestha, Shakti, et al.. (2022). Inhaler Competence in Nepalese Patients with Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmunory Disease: A Systematic Review. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council. 20(2). 279–288. 1 indexed citations

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Erku, Daniel, Paul Scuffham, Richard Norman, et al.. (2021). Stated Preference Research in Reproductive and Maternal Healthcare Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review. Patient. 15(3). 287–306. 3 indexed citations

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Tegegn, Henok Getachew, et al.. (2021). Deprescribing practice in a resource‐limited setting: Healthcare providers’ insights. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 75(9). e14356–e14356. 2 indexed citations

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Erku, Daniel, Linda Bauld, Lynne Dawkins, et al.. (2021). Does the content and source credibility of health and risk messages related to nicotine vaping products have an impact on harm perception and behavioural intentions? A systematic review. Addiction. 116(12). 3290–3303. 25 indexed citations

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Belachew, Sewunet Admasu, et al.. (2020). A cross sectional study on beliefs and roles of community pharmacy professionals in preventing and managing metabolic syndrome in an Ethiopian setting. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0244211–e0244211. 7 indexed citations

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Erku, Daniel, Kylie Morphett, Kathryn J. Steadman, & Coral Gartner. (2019). Policy Debates Regarding Nicotine Vaping Products in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis of Submissions to a Government Inquiry from Health and Medical Organisations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(22). 4555–4555. 15 indexed citations

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Gebresillassie, Begashaw Melaku, Sewunet Admasu Belachew, Yonas Getaye Tefera, et al.. (2018). Evaluating patients’, physicians’ and pharmacy professionals’ perception and concern regarding generic medicines in Gondar town, northwest Ethiopia: A multi-stakeholder, cross-sectional survey. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0204146–e0204146. 13 indexed citations

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Erku, Daniel, et al.. (2018). Electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes) as a smoking cessation aid: A survey among pharmacy staff in Queensland, Australia. Addictive Behaviors. 91. 227–233. 11 indexed citations

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Mekuria, Abebe Basazn, Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie, Daniel Erku, Kaleab Taye Haile, & Eshetie Melese Birru. (2016). Knowledge and Self-Reported Practice of Insulin Injection Device Disposal among Diabetes Patients in Gondar Town, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Diabetes Research. 2016. 1–7. 25 indexed citations

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