Grace Irimu

2.9k total citations
64 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Grace Irimu is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Grace Irimu has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 33 papers in General Health Professions and 14 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Grace Irimu's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (34 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (18 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (14 papers). Grace Irimu is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (34 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (18 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (14 papers). Grace Irimu collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United Kingdom and United States. Grace Irimu's co-authors include Mike English, Philip Ayieko, Annah Wamae, Morris Ogero, Fred Were, Stephen Ntoburi, David Gathara, Samuel Akech, Newton Opiyo and Ambrose Agweyu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Grace Irimu

60 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Grace Irimu Kenya 26 759 636 274 264 246 64 1.5k
Philip Ayieko United Kingdom 23 558 0.7× 470 0.7× 275 1.0× 215 0.8× 198 0.8× 66 1.3k
Fred Were Kenya 23 700 0.9× 414 0.7× 240 0.9× 237 0.9× 157 0.6× 62 1.6k
David Gathara Kenya 20 638 0.8× 451 0.7× 218 0.8× 167 0.6× 145 0.6× 77 1.1k
Newton Opiyo United Kingdom 26 1.4k 1.8× 626 1.0× 233 0.9× 233 0.9× 272 1.1× 47 2.3k
Fabian Esamai Kenya 23 971 1.3× 505 0.8× 198 0.7× 387 1.5× 99 0.4× 67 1.8k
Tim Colbourn United Kingdom 27 1.1k 1.5× 580 0.9× 248 0.9× 453 1.7× 191 0.8× 112 2.3k
Annah Wamae Kenya 15 586 0.8× 376 0.6× 218 0.8× 220 0.8× 148 0.6× 17 920
Jelle Stekelenburg Netherlands 31 2.0k 2.6× 667 1.0× 271 1.0× 352 1.3× 108 0.4× 138 3.0k
Jerome Kabakyenga Uganda 25 1.2k 1.6× 709 1.1× 165 0.6× 494 1.9× 80 0.3× 85 2.2k
Hannah H. Leslie United States 24 1.3k 1.7× 941 1.5× 112 0.4× 263 1.0× 469 1.9× 94 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Grace Irimu

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

All Works

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Lewis, Todd P, Margaret McConnell, Amit Aryal, et al.. (2023). Health service quality in 2929 facilities in six low-income and middle-income countries: a positive deviance analysis. The Lancet Global Health. 11(6). e862–e870. 13 indexed citations
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Hinton, Lisa, et al.. (2023). Mothers’ involvement in providing care for their hospitalised sick newborns in Kenya: a focused ethnographic account. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 23(1). 389–389. 6 indexed citations
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English, Mike, Jacinta Nzinga, Jacquie Oliwa, et al.. (2022). Improving facility-based care: eliciting tacit knowledge to advance intervention design. BMJ Global Health. 7(8). e009410–e009410. 5 indexed citations
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Tuti, Timothy, Jalemba Aluvaala, Samuel Akech, et al.. (2021). Pulse oximetry adoption and oxygen orders at paediatric admission over 7 years in Kenya: a multihospital retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 11(9). e050995–e050995. 8 indexed citations
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English, Mike, et al.. (2020). First do no harm: practitioners’ ability to ‘diagnose’ system weaknesses and improve safety is a critical initial step in improving care quality. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 106(4). 326–332. 12 indexed citations
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Ayieko, Philip, Grace Irimu, Morris Ogero, et al.. (2019). Effect of enhancing audit and feedback on uptake of childhood pneumonia treatment policy in hospitals that are part of a clinical network: a cluster randomized trial. Implementation Science. 14(1). 20–20. 22 indexed citations
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Gachau, Susan, Grace Irimu, Philip Ayieko, et al.. (2018). Prevalence, outcome and quality of care among children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition in Kenyan hospitals: A multi-site observational study. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0197607–e0197607. 28 indexed citations
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Irimu, Grace, et al.. (2018). Missed opportunities for immunization among children attending a Paediatric Outpatient Clinic at Juba Teaching Hospital. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(2). 36–39. 6 indexed citations
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English, Mike, Grace Irimu, Ambrose Agweyu, et al.. (2016). Building Learning Health Systems to Accelerate Research and Improve Outcomes of Clinical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. PLoS Medicine. 13(4). e1001991–e1001991. 51 indexed citations
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Irimu, Grace, Alexandra Greene, David Gathara, et al.. (2014). Factors influencing performance of health workers in the management of seriously sick children at a Kenyan tertiary hospital - participatory action research. BMC Health Services Research. 14(1). 59–59. 25 indexed citations
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Kiulia, Nicholas M., Martin M. Nyaga, Mapaseka Seheri, et al.. (2013). Rotavirus G and P Types Circulating in the Eastern Region of Kenya. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 33(Supplement 1). S85–S88. 37 indexed citations
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Irimu, Grace, et al.. (2009). Audit of care for children aged 6 to 59 months admitted with severe malnutrition at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya. International Health. 1(1). 91–96. 15 indexed citations
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Opondo, Charles, Stephen Ntoburi, John Wagai, et al.. (2009). Are hospitals prepared to support newborn survival? – an evaluation of eight first‐referral level hospitals in Kenya*. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 14(10). 1165–1172. 46 indexed citations
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English, Mike, Stephen Ntoburi, John Wagai, et al.. (2009). An intervention to improve paediatric and newborn care in Kenyan district hospitals: Understanding the context. Implementation Science. 4(1). 42–42. 54 indexed citations
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English, Mike, Grace Irimu, Annah Wamae, et al.. (2008). Health systems research in a low-income country: easier said than done. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 93(6). 540–544. 30 indexed citations
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Irimu, Grace, Annah Wamae, A. Wasunna, et al.. (2008). Developing and introducing evidence based clinical practice guidelines for serious illness in Kenya. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 93(9). 799–804. 73 indexed citations

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