Gurja Belay

2.9k total citations
74 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Gurja Belay is a scholar working on Genetics, Plant Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Gurja Belay has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Genetics, 17 papers in Plant Science and 14 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Gurja Belay's work include Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (14 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (12 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Gurja Belay is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (14 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (12 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Gurja Belay collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, United States and Kenya. Gurja Belay's co-authors include M. Balakrishnan, Michal Brink, Akio Mori, Afework Bekele, Sarah A. Tishkoff, Alessia Ranciaro, William Beggs, H. Tefera, Simon R. Thompson and Dawit Woldemeskel and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Gurja Belay

72 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
Gurja Belay Ethiopia 21 535 371 263 200 156 74 1.5k
Lars Rönnegård Sweden 21 888 1.7× 275 0.7× 236 0.9× 175 0.9× 143 0.9× 74 1.5k
Pascal Leroy Belgium 21 633 1.2× 198 0.5× 154 0.6× 127 0.6× 222 1.4× 155 1.7k
Wendy M. Rauw Spain 17 813 1.5× 124 0.3× 267 1.0× 119 0.6× 114 0.7× 68 1.8k
Raymond Anthony United States 16 322 0.6× 105 0.3× 259 1.0× 169 0.8× 70 0.4× 30 1.5k
Tanel Kaart Estonia 25 512 1.0× 283 0.8× 135 0.5× 227 1.1× 219 1.4× 143 1.9k
Stephen J. G. Hall United Kingdom 24 655 1.2× 105 0.3× 309 1.2× 58 0.3× 138 0.9× 85 1.6k
Michel Louis Etienne France 25 262 0.5× 271 0.7× 403 1.5× 164 0.8× 95 0.6× 55 2.3k
Daniel Villalba Mata Spain 19 422 0.8× 134 0.4× 377 1.4× 87 0.4× 205 1.3× 87 1.6k
E. Kanis Netherlands 25 1.3k 2.5× 137 0.4× 308 1.2× 140 0.7× 122 0.8× 80 2.7k
G. Gandini Italy 23 751 1.4× 173 0.5× 164 0.6× 227 1.1× 142 0.9× 76 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gurja Belay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gurja Belay

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Belay, Gurja, Jianlin Han, Abdulfatai Tijjani, et al.. (2024). Whole-genome resource sequences of 57 indigenous Ethiopian goats. Scientific Data. 11(1). 139–139. 4 indexed citations
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Mondanaro, Alessandro, Hiroo Imai, Takayoshi Shotake, et al.. (2024). Gelada genomes highlight events of gene flow, hybridisation and local adaptation that track past climatic changes. Molecular Ecology. 33(19). e17514–e17514. 2 indexed citations
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Feng, Yuanqing, Fumitaka Inoue, Shaohua Fan, et al.. (2024). Integrative functional genomic analyses identify genetic variants influencing skin pigmentation in Africans. Nature Genetics. 56(2). 258–272. 11 indexed citations
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Verhulst, Simon, Matthew E.B. Hansen, William Beggs, et al.. (2024). Association between telomere length and Plasmodium falciparum malaria endemicity in sub-Saharan Africans. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 111(5). 927–938. 5 indexed citations
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Belay, Gurja, et al.. (2024). Morphometric and Morphologic Traits of Indigenous Chicken Ecotypes of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. The Scientific World JOURNAL. 2024(1).
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Agonafir, Mulualem, Gurja Belay, Nontuthuko Excellent Maningi, et al.. (2023). Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from the central, eastern and southeastern Ethiopia. Heliyon. 9(12). e22898–e22898. 4 indexed citations
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Kelly, Derek E., Shweta Ramdas, Rong Ma, et al.. (2023). The genetic and evolutionary basis of gene expression variation in East Africans. Genome biology. 24(1). 6 indexed citations
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Ranciaro, Alessia, Matthew E.B. Hansen, Shaohua Fan, et al.. (2022). Signatures of Convergent Evolution and Natural Selection at the Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene Region are Correlated with Agriculture in Ethnically Diverse Africans. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(10). 8 indexed citations
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Belay, Gurja, et al.. (2021). Multivariate characterization of phenotypic traits of five native cattle populations from Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 53(2). 212–212. 7 indexed citations
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Adane, Aynishet, et al.. (2020). Microbiological Profile and Drug-Resistance Pattern of Pathogens Among Patients Who Visited the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Belay, Gurja. (2020). Energy wastage on an automobile due to speed breakers: a case study on Woldia town. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Agonafir, Mulualem, Adey Feleke, & Gurja Belay. (2020). Identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria from clinical specimens referred to Adama TB reference laboratory, Ethiopia. 19(2). 145–157. 1 indexed citations
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Kebede, Abebaw, Kassahun Tesfaye, Gurja Belay, et al.. (2019). Whole genome diversity of indigenous chicken populations in Ethiopia. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 1 indexed citations
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Scheinfeldt, Laura, Sameer Soi, Simon R. Thompson, et al.. (2012). Genetic adaptation to high altitude in the Ethiopian highlands. Genome biology. 13(1). R1–R1. 217 indexed citations
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Bekele, Afework, et al.. (2011). A comparison of rodent and insectivore communities between sugarcane plantation and natural habitat in Ethiopia. Tropical Ecology. 52(1). 61–68. 12 indexed citations
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Assefa, Kebebew, Jiangyan Yu, M. Zeid, et al.. (2010). Breeding tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) trotter]: conventional and molecular approaches. Plant Breeding. 130(1). 1–9. 98 indexed citations
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Belay, Gurja, et al.. (2009). Seed size effect on grain weight and agronomic performance of tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter). African Journal of Agricultural Research. 4(9). 836–839. 11 indexed citations
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Merker, Arnulf, et al.. (2005). Molecular diversity and phylogenetic relationships of tetraploid wheat species as revealed by inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) from Ethiopia [Triticum durum Desf.; Triticum dicoccum Schrank ex Schuebl; Triticum turgidum L.]. Journal of genetics & breeding. 3 indexed citations
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Tefera, H., Kebebew Assefa, & Gurja Belay. (2003). Evaluation of interspecific recombinant inbred lines of Eragrostis tef x E. pilosa [Ethiopia]. Journal of genetics & breeding. 15 indexed citations

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