Dawin Sichimba

572 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 312 citations indexed

About

Dawin Sichimba is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Dawin Sichimba has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 312 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4 papers in Epidemiology and 3 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Dawin Sichimba's work include Global Health and Surgery (10 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (3 papers). Dawin Sichimba is often cited by papers focused on Global Health and Surgery (10 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (3 papers). Dawin Sichimba collaborates with scholars based in Zambia, Cameroon and United Kingdom. Dawin Sichimba's co-authors include Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye, Setthasorn Zhi Yang Ooi, Abdullah Egiz, David Ulrich Dalle, Nourou Dine Adeniran Bankolé, George Higginbotham, Jay Kotecha, Soham Bandyopadhyay, Rosaline de Koning and Mehdi Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, British journal of surgery and European Journal of Surgical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Dawin Sichimba

17 papers receiving 307 citations

Hit Papers

Survey Fatigue During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis ... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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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.

  1. Survey Fatigue During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Neurosurgery Survey Response Rates
    2021 195 citations Rosaline de Koning, Abdullah Egiz et al. Frontiers in Surgery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dawin Sichimba Zambia 9 109 64 49 41 36 18 312
Nourou Dine Adeniran Bankolé Morocco 8 101 0.9× 58 0.9× 73 1.5× 38 0.9× 19 0.5× 45 348
Setthasorn Zhi Yang Ooi United Kingdom 9 157 1.4× 69 1.1× 69 1.4× 67 1.6× 40 1.1× 38 433
George Higginbotham United Kingdom 6 83 0.8× 60 0.9× 25 0.5× 45 1.1× 14 0.4× 14 276
Abdullah Egiz United Kingdom 7 75 0.7× 63 1.0× 29 0.6× 40 1.0× 10 0.3× 18 283
Joanna Ashby United States 8 137 1.3× 45 0.7× 58 1.2× 27 0.7× 26 0.7× 12 388
David Ulrich Dalle Morocco 6 69 0.6× 57 0.9× 41 0.8× 24 0.6× 10 0.3× 17 277
Rosaline de Koning United Kingdom 6 85 0.8× 56 0.9× 19 0.4× 25 0.6× 12 0.3× 12 261
Ché L. Reddy United States 10 181 1.7× 77 1.2× 24 0.5× 48 1.2× 38 1.1× 18 470
Paul Truché United States 10 201 1.8× 81 1.3× 22 0.4× 41 1.0× 59 1.6× 34 479
Emily Lau United States 10 54 0.5× 41 0.6× 17 0.3× 31 0.8× 59 1.6× 27 415

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dawin Sichimba

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Sichimba, Dawin, et al.. (2024). Assessing the presence of sustainability education in the curriculum of medical students and surgical trainees in Africa: A cross‐sectional study. Health Science Reports. 7(7). e2246–e2246. 2 indexed citations
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Dada, Olaoluwa Ezekiel, Setthasorn Zhi Yang Ooi, Chi Le, et al.. (2022). Evaluating the Impact of Neurosurgical Rotation Experience in Africa on the Interest and Perception of Medical Students Towards a Career in Neurosurgery: A Continental, Multi-Centre, Cross-Sectional Study. Frontiers in Surgery. 9. 766325–766325. 23 indexed citations
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Ooi, Setthasorn Zhi Yang, Rosaline de Koning, Abdullah Egiz, et al.. (2022). Management and Outcomes of Low-Grade Gliomas in Africa: A Scoping Review Protocol. PubMed. 26(1). 1–6. 4 indexed citations
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Dada, Olaoluwa Ezekiel, Dawin Sichimba, Hazem S. Ghaith, et al.. (2022). Profiling African Health Journals: A Bibliometric Study. International Journal of Public Health. 67. 2 indexed citations
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Sichimba, Dawin, Soham Bandyopadhyay, Joshua Erhabor, et al.. (2022). Neurosurgical Equipment Donations: A Qualitative Study. Frontiers in Surgery. 8. 690910–690910. 8 indexed citations
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Ooi, Setthasorn Zhi Yang, Rosaline de Koning, Abdullah Egiz, et al.. (2022). Management and outcomes of low-grade gliomas in Africa: A scoping review. Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 74. 103246–103246. 4 indexed citations
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Dada, Olaoluwa Ezekiel, Setthasorn Zhi Yang Ooi, Chi Hieu Le, et al.. (2022). 814 Evaluating the Impact of Neurosurgical Rotation Experience in Africa on the Interest and Perception of Medical Students Towards a Career in Neurosurgery: A Continental, Multi-Centre, Cross-Sectional Study. British journal of surgery. 109(Supplement_6). 2 indexed citations
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Ooi, Setthasorn Zhi Yang, Rosaline de Koning, Abdullah Egiz, et al.. (2022). Management and outcomes of low-grade gliomas in Africa: a scoping review. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 48(1). e13–e13.
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Sichimba, Dawin, et al.. (2021). Misconceptions About Traumatic Brain Injuries in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries. Cureus. 13(9). e18369–e18369. 4 indexed citations
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Bandyopadhyay, Soham, Joshua Erhabor, Setthasorn Zhi Yang Ooi, et al.. (2021). Continental Survey of Access to Diagnostic Tools and Endovascular Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Africa. Frontiers in Surgery. 8. 690714–690714. 9 indexed citations
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Kanmounye, Ulrick Sidney, et al.. (2021). Bibliometric Analysis of the 200 Most Cited Articles in WORLD NEUROSURGERY. World Neurosurgery. 149. 226–231.e3. 15 indexed citations
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Ooi, Setthasorn Zhi Yang, Dawin Sichimba, David Ulrich Dalle, et al.. (2021). Management and Outcomes of Paediatric Intracranial Suppurations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review. Frontiers in Surgery. 8. 690895–690895. 8 indexed citations
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Koning, Rosaline de, Abdullah Egiz, Jay Kotecha, et al.. (2021). Survey Fatigue During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Neurosurgery Survey Response Rates. Frontiers in Surgery. 8. 690680–690680. 195 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kanmounye, Ulrick Sidney, et al.. (2021). Training the Next Generation of Academic Global Neurosurgeons: Experience of the Association of Future African Neurosurgeons. Frontiers in Surgery. 8. 631912–631912. 13 indexed citations
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Kanmounye, Ulrick Sidney, Dawin Sichimba, Nourou Dine Adeniran Bankolé, et al.. (2021). Hierarchy of Scientific Evidence and Thematic Analysis of African Neurosurgery Research – a Scoping Review. Research Square. 1 indexed citations

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