David Gathara

2.8k total citations
77 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

David Gathara is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Gathara has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 33 papers in General Health Professions and 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in David Gathara's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (41 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (15 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (15 papers). David Gathara is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (41 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (15 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (15 papers). David Gathara collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United Kingdom and United States. David Gathara's co-authors include Mike English, Grace Irimu, Jalemba Aluvaala, Georgina Murphy, Fred Were, Morris Ogero, Rose J. Kosgei, Lucas Malla, Chris Paton and George Mbevi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

David Gathara

73 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Gathara Kenya 20 638 451 218 167 155 77 1.1k
Grace Irimu Kenya 26 759 1.2× 636 1.4× 274 1.3× 264 1.6× 170 1.1× 64 1.5k
Aggrey Wasunna Kenya 11 578 0.9× 267 0.6× 189 0.9× 182 1.1× 138 0.9× 17 841
Annah Wamae Kenya 15 586 0.9× 376 0.8× 218 1.0× 220 1.3× 135 0.9× 17 920
Nancy L. Sloan United States 21 1000 1.6× 451 1.0× 130 0.6× 337 2.0× 247 1.6× 50 1.5k
Philip Ayieko United Kingdom 23 558 0.9× 470 1.0× 275 1.3× 215 1.3× 195 1.3× 66 1.3k
Patricia Bailey United States 25 1.4k 2.1× 484 1.1× 283 1.3× 242 1.4× 190 1.2× 73 1.8k
Julia Hussein United Kingdom 24 1.6k 2.5× 663 1.5× 218 1.0× 401 2.4× 221 1.4× 59 2.1k
Anne‐Marie Bergh South Africa 19 824 1.3× 371 0.8× 85 0.4× 169 1.0× 130 0.8× 67 1.2k
Elysia Larson United States 19 558 0.9× 467 1.0× 59 0.3× 80 0.5× 135 0.9× 55 1.3k
Tarek Meguid Netherlands 18 719 1.1× 300 0.7× 106 0.5× 73 0.4× 120 0.8× 53 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Gathara

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Gathara. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Gathara 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 David Gathara. David Gathara is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Brownie, Sharon, et al.. (2023). Exploring the complex realities of nursing work in Kenya and how this shapes role enactment and practice—A qualitative study. Nursing Open. 10(8). 5670–5681. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yingxi, Phung Khanh Lam, Richard F. Summers, et al.. (2023). Development and validation of a new measurement instrument to assess internship experience of medical doctors in low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health. 8(11). e013399–e013399. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yingxi, et al.. (2023). Examining the absorption of post-internship medical officers into the public sector at county-level in devolved Kenya: a qualitative case study. BMC Health Services Research. 23(1). 875–875. 2 indexed citations
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Imam, Abdulazeez, et al.. (2022). Missed nursing care in acute care hospital settings in low-middle income countries: a systematic review protocol. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 359–359. 4 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yingxi, Fred Were, Helen Kiarie, et al.. (2022). Characterising Kenyan hospitals’ suitability for medical officer internship training: a secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 12(5). e056426–e056426. 8 indexed citations
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Imam, Abdulazeez, et al.. (2022). Identifying gaps in global evidence for nurse staffing and patient care outcomes research in low/middle-income countries: an umbrella review. BMJ Open. 12(10). e064050–e064050. 14 indexed citations
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Karumbi, Jamlick, Sarah L. Gorst, David Gathara, et al.. (2021). Inclusion of participants from low-income and middle-income countries in core outcome sets development: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 11(10). e049981–e049981. 15 indexed citations
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English, Mike, David Gathara, Jacinta Nzinga, et al.. (2020). Lessons from a Health Policy and Systems Research programme exploring the quality and coverage of newborn care in Kenya. BMJ Global Health. 5(1). e001937–e001937. 15 indexed citations
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Gathara, David, et al.. (2019). Missed nursing care in newborn units: A cross- sectional direct observational study \n. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 67 indexed citations
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Keene, Claire, et al.. (2019). Developing recommendations for neonatal inpatient care service categories: reflections from the research, policy and practice interface in Kenya. BMJ Global Health. 4(2). e001195–e001195. 15 indexed citations
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Murphy, Georgina, et al.. (2018). Nursing knowledge of essential maternal and newborn care in a high‐mortality urban African setting: A cross‐sectional study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 28(5-6). 882–893. 19 indexed citations
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Murphy, Georgina, et al.. (2018). Expectations for nursing care in newborn units in Kenya: moving from implicit to explicit standards. BMJ Global Health. 3(2). e000645–e000645. 22 indexed citations
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English, Mike, Paul Mwaniki, Thomas Julius, et al.. (2018). Hospital Mortality – a neglected but rich source of information supporting the transition to higher quality health systems in low and middle income countries. BMC Medicine. 16(1). 32–32. 29 indexed citations
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Kihara, Anne‐Beatrice, et al.. (2017). The Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative (SORT IT), second workshop using the national tuberculosis routinely collected program data. East African Medical Journal. 94(10). 1 indexed citations
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Murphy, Georgina, Donald Waters, Paul Ouma, et al.. (2017). Estimating the need for inpatient neonatal services: an iterative approach employing evidence and expert consensus to guide local policy in Kenya. BMJ Global Health. 2(4). e000472–e000472. 15 indexed citations
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Kosgei, Rose J., et al.. (2017). Evaluation of treatment outcomes and associated factors among patients managed for tuberculosis in Vihiga County, 2012‐ 2015. East African Medical Journal. 94(10). 1 indexed citations
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Murphy, Georgina, David Gathara, Jalemba Aluvaala, et al.. (2016). Nairobi Newborn Study: a protocol for an observational study to estimate the gaps in provision and quality of inpatient newborn care in Nairobi City County, Kenya. BMJ Open. 6(12). e012448–e012448. 13 indexed citations

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