Francis Ngure

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Francis Ngure is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Plant Science and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis Ngure has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 7 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Francis Ngure's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (12 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (6 papers) and Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food (6 papers). Francis Ngure is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (12 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (6 papers) and Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food (6 papers). Francis Ngure collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tanzania and United Kingdom. Francis Ngure's co-authors include Gretel H. Pelto, Sera L. Young, Andrew D. Jones, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya, Jean H. Humphrey, Symon M. Mahungu, Valérie Curtis, Andrew J. Prendergast and Bernard Chasekwa and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Francis Ngure

23 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

What Are We Assessing When We Measure Food Security? A Compendium and Review of Current Metrics

2013 578 citations Andrew D. Jones, Francis Ngure et al. Advances in Nutrition profile →
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), environmental enteropathy, nutrition, and early child development: making the links

2014 340 citations Francis Ngure, Jean H. Humphrey et al. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Modeling maize aflatoxins and fumonisins in a Tanzanian smallholder system: Accounting for diverse risk factors improves mycotoxin models 2025 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Francis Ngure, (unknown), (unknown), Rebecca Nelson, (unknown)	1
2	Nutrient Intake and Dietary Adequacy Among Rural Tanzanian Infants Enrolled in the Mycotoxin Mitigation Trial 2024 ·Nutrients ·(unknown), Neema Kassim, Francis Ngure, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Erica Phillips	1
3	Processing complementary foods to reduce mycotoxins in a medium scale Tanzanian mill: A hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) approach 2024 ·Food Control ·Francis Ngure, Edna Makule, (unknown), Erica Phillips, Neema Kassim, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Rebecca Nelson	6
4	The effect of an intervention to reduce aflatoxin consumption from 6 to 18 mo of age on length-for-age z-scores in rural Tanzania: a cluster-randomized trial 2024 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Erica Phillips, Francis Ngure, Neema Kassim, Paul C. Turner, Edna Makule, Laura E. Smith, (unknown), Benedikt Cramer, Hans‐Ulrich Humpf, Rebecca Nelson, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus	4
5	Dietary Exposure of Infants and Young Children to Aflatoxins and Fumonisins in the East African Region: A Review 2024 ·Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal ·(unknown), Francis Ngure, Neema Kassim	4
6	Comparison of Methods to Assess Adherence to Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices and Provision of Low-Aflatoxin Porridge Flours in a Community-Based Intervention Trial 2024 ·Nutrients ·Erica Phillips, (unknown), Neema Kassim, Francis Ngure, Paul C. Turner, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus	2
7	Effects of an integrated poultry value chain, nutrition, gender and WASH intervention (SELEVER) on hygiene and child morbidity and anthropometry in Burkina Faso: A secondary outcome analysis of a cluster randomised trial 2023 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·Aulo Gelli, (unknown), (unknown), Elodie Becquey, (unknown), (unknown), Rasmané Ganaba, Derek Headey, (unknown), Francis Ngure, Abdoulaye Pedehombga, (unknown), Laéticia Céline Toe, Hans Verhoef, Harold Alderman, Marie T. Ruel	2
8	Physical Methods for Reduction of Aflatoxins Exposure in Groundnuts in Some Low-Income Countries: A Review 2023 ·Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal ·(unknown), Edna Makule, Francis Ngure	2
9	Provision of low‐aflatoxin local complementary porridge flour reduced urinary aflatoxin biomarker in children aged 6–18 months in rural Tanzania 2023 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·Neema Kassim, Francis Ngure, Laura E. Smith, Paul C. Turner, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Edna Makule, (unknown), Erica Phillips	4
10	Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices and Mycotoxin Contamination of Complementary Food Ingredients in Kongwa District, Tanzania 2023 ·Current Developments in Nutrition ·Francis Ngure, Neema Kassim, Erica Phillips, Paul C. Turner	9
11	Ethical Considerations of the Trial to Establish a Causal Linkage Between Mycotoxin Exposure and Child Stunting 2021 ·Current Developments in Nutrition ·Erica Phillips, Paul Turner, Neema Kassim, Edna Makule, Rebecca Nelson, Francis Ngure, Laura E. Smith, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus	1
12	Protocol for the trial to establish a causal linkage between mycotoxin exposure and child stunting: a cluster randomized trial 2020 ·BMC Public Health ·Erica Phillips, Francis Ngure, Laura E. Smith, Edna Makule, Paul C. Turner, (unknown), Martin Kimanya, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Neema Kassim	16
13	Exposure to Livestock Feces and Water Quality, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Conditions among Caregivers and Young Children: Formative Research in Rural Burkina Faso 2019 ·American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Francis Ngure, Aulo Gelli, Elodie Becquey, Rasmané Ganaba, Derek Headey, Lieven Huybregts, Abdoulaye Pedehombga, Armande Sanou, Abdoulaye Traoré, (unknown), Amanda Zongrone	20
14	Assessing the Health and Nutrition Risks of Smallholder Poultry Production in Burkina Faso: Insights from Formative Research 2017 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Aulo Gelli, Derek Headey, Francis Ngure, Elodie Becquey, Rasmané Ganaba, Lieven Huybregts, Abdoulaye Pedehombga, Armande Sanou, Abdoulaye Traoré, (unknown), Amanda Zongrone	3
15	Patient Waiting Time: A Case Study of the Medical Outpatient Department of Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center 2016 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Francis Ngure	1
16	Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), environmental enteropathy, nutrition, and early child development: making the links breakdown → 2014 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Francis Ngure, (unknown), Jean H. Humphrey, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya, Gretel H. Pelto, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus	340
17	What Are We Assessing When We Measure Food Security? A Compendium and Review of Current Metrics breakdown → 2013 ·Advances in Nutrition ·Andrew D. Jones, Francis Ngure, Gretel H. Pelto, Sera L. Young	578
18	Formative Research on Hygiene Behaviors and Geophagy among Infants and Young Children and Implications of Exposure to Fecal Bacteria 2013 ·American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Francis Ngure, Jean H Humphrey, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya, Florence D. Majo, Kuda Mutasa, Margaret Govha, (unknown), Bernard Chasekwa, Andrew J. Prendergast, Valérie Curtis, Kathryn J. Boor, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus	185
19	Environmental Hygiene, Food Safety and Growth in less than Five Year Old Children in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia 2013 ·The FASEB Journal ·Francis Ngure, Jean H. Humphrey, Purnima Menon, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus	7
20	Catechins depletion patterns in relation to theaflavin and thearubigins formation 2008 ·Food Chemistry ·Francis Ngure, (unknown), Symon M. Mahungu, (unknown)	64

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