Isaiah Mwangi

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Isaiah Mwangi is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Isaiah Mwangi has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 7 papers in Epidemiology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Isaiah Mwangi's work include Malaria Research and Control (15 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (7 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 papers). Isaiah Mwangi is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (15 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (7 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 papers). Isaiah Mwangi collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United Kingdom and India. Isaiah Mwangi's co-authors include Kevin Marsh, Mike English, James A. Berkley, Charles R. Newton, Brett Lowe, J. Anthony G. Scott, Kathryn Maitland, C Waruiru, Norbert Peshu and Thomas N. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Isaiah Mwangi

30 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Bacteremia among Children Admitted to a Rural Hospital in Kenya

2005 641 citations James A. Berkley, Brett Lowe et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Isaiah Mwangi	1.4k	679	600	490	482	30	3.0k
Evasius Bauni	709 0.5×	551 0.8×	700 1.2×	370 0.8×	503 1.0×	39	2.4k
Eusébio Macete	989 0.7×	640 0.9×	610 1.0×	536 1.1×	842 1.7×	77	2.8k
Brett Lowe	4.2k 3.0×	1.1k 1.6×	583 1.0×	415 0.8×	992 2.1×	82	6.7k
Betuel Sigaúque	705 0.5×	619 0.9×	392 0.7×	266 0.5×	424 0.9×	66	2.0k
Jahit Sacarlal	910 0.6×	622 0.9×	297 0.5×	234 0.5×	712 1.5×	109	2.4k
Sergi Sanz	1.2k 0.9×	849 1.3×	425 0.7×	221 0.5×	387 0.8×	74	2.6k
Said Aboud	457 0.3×	994 1.5×	626 1.0×	926 1.9×	1.2k 2.4×	180	3.6k
Amabélia Rodrigues	878 0.6×	921 1.4×	515 0.9×	1.2k 2.4×	1.3k 2.8×	178	5.6k
Ener Çağrı Dinleyici	205 0.1×	709 1.0×	169 0.3×	376 0.8×	666 1.4×	163	2.6k
Caroline Ngetsa	394 0.3×	476 0.7×	182 0.3×	150 0.3×	314 0.7×	16	1.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Scott, J. Anthony G., James A. Berkley, Isaiah Mwangi, et al.. (2011). Relation between falciparum malaria and bacteraemia in Kenyan children: a population-based, case-control study and a longitudinal study. The Lancet. 378(9799). 1316–1323. 204 indexed citations

Aiken, Alexander M., Neema Mturi, Patricia Njuguna, et al.. (2011). Risk and causes of paediatric hospital-acquired bacteraemia in Kilifi District Hospital, Kenya: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet. 378(9808). 2021–2027. 97 indexed citations

Lyons, Emily, William Amos, James A. Berkley, et al.. (2009). Homozygosity and risk of childhood death due to invasive bacterial disease. BMC Medical Genetics. 10(1). 55–55. 26 indexed citations

Bejon, Philip, Shebe Mohammed, Isaiah Mwangi, et al.. (2008). Fraction of all hospital admissions and deaths attributable to malnutrition among children in rural Kenya. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 88(6). 1626–1631. 46 indexed citations

Bejon, Philip, James A. Berkley, Tabitha Mwangi, et al.. (2007). Defining Childhood Severe Falciparum Malaria for Intervention Studies. PLoS Medicine. 4(8). e251–e251. 78 indexed citations

Brent, Andrew, Joe Oundo, Isaiah Mwangi, et al.. (2006). Salmonella Bacteremia in Kenyan Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 25(3). 230–236. 153 indexed citations

Hill, Andrew, et al.. (2005). Thyroid disease in a rural Kenyan hospital. East African Medical Journal. 81(12). 631–3. 13 indexed citations

Berkley, James A., Isaiah Mwangi, Ismaïl Ahmed, et al.. (2005). Assessment of Severe Malnutrition Among Hospitalized Children in Rural Kenya. JAMA. 294(5). 591–591. 155 indexed citations

Berkley, James A., Kathryn Maitland, Isaiah Mwangi, et al.. (2005). Use of clinical syndromes to target antibiotic prescribing in seriously ill children in malaria endemic area: observational study. BMJ. 330(7498). 995–995. 129 indexed citations

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Mwangi, Isaiah, James A. Berkley, Brett Lowe, et al.. (2002). Acute bacterial meningitis in children admitted to a rural Kenyan hospital: increasing antibiotic resistance and outcome. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 21(11). 1042–1048. 74 indexed citations

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Mwangi, Isaiah, et al.. (2002). Management of solitary thyroid nodules in rural Africa. East African Medical Journal. 79(11). 584–7. 8 indexed citations

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Snow, Robert W., S.C. Howard, V. Mung’ala‐Odera, et al.. (2000). Paediatric survival and re‐admission risks following hospitalization on the Kenyan Coast. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 5(5). 377–383. 26 indexed citations

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English, Mike, et al.. (1998). Hypoglycaemia on and after admission in Kenyan children with severe malaria. QJM. 91(3). 191–197. 54 indexed citations

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Newton, Charles R., Jane Crawley, C Waruiru, et al.. (1997). Intracranial hypertension in Africans with cerebral malaria. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 76(3). 219–226. 131 indexed citations

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English, Mike, et al.. (1996). Clinical overlap between malaria and severe pneumonia in African children in hospital. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 90(6). 658–662. 107 indexed citations

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English, Mike, C Waruiru, Evans Amukoye, et al.. (1996). Deep Breathing in Children with Severe Malaria: Indicator of Metabolic Acidosis and Poor Outcome. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 55(5). 521–524. 97 indexed citations

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Murphy, Steven, Mike English, C Waruiru, et al.. (1996). An open randomized trial of artemether versus quinine in the treatment of cerebral malaria in African children. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 90(3). 298–301. 59 indexed citations

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Newton, Charles R., P.A. Winstanley, W.M. Watkins, et al.. (1993). A single dose of intramuscular sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as an adjunct to quinine in the treatment of severe malaria: pharmacokinetics and efficacy. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 87(2). 207–210. 12 indexed citations

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Snow, Robert W., Joanna Schellenberg, Norbert Peshu, et al.. (1993). Periodicity and space-time clustering of severe childhood malaria on the coast of Kenya. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 87(4). 386–390. 128 indexed citations

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Snow, Robert W., Vicki Marsh, Charles R. Newton, et al.. (1992). Childhood deaths in Africa: uses and limitations of verbal autopsies. The Lancet. 340(8815). 351–355. 245 indexed citations

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