James Ciera

889 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 631 citations indexed

About

James Ciera is a scholar working on Safety Research, Education and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, James Ciera has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 631 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Safety Research, 5 papers in Education and 4 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in James Ciera's work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (7 papers), School Choice and Performance (5 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 papers). James Ciera is often cited by papers focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (7 papers), School Choice and Performance (5 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 papers). James Ciera collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United Kingdom and Italy. James Ciera's co-authors include Benta Abuya, Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage, Nyovani Madise, Eliya M. Zulu, Alex Ezeh, Jean‐Christophe Fotso, Moses Ngware, Moses Oketch, Patricia Elungata and Blessing Mberu and has published in prestigious journals such as BMC Public Health, Educational Studies in Mathematics and BMC Pediatrics.

In The Last Decade

James Ciera

11 papers receiving 567 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Effect of mother’s education on child’s nutritional status in the slums of Nairobi

2012 339 citations Benta Abuya, James Ciera et al. BMC Pediatrics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Ciera Kenya	9	344	232	222	215	80	12	631
Judi Aubel United States	12	326 0.9×	135 0.6×	214 1.0×	215 1.0×	89 1.1×	26	643
Patricia Elungata Kenya	9	214 0.6×	137 0.6×	186 0.8×	285 1.3×	67 0.8×	12	616
Erick Otieno Nyambedha Kenya	12	174 0.5×	370 1.6×	127 0.6×	116 0.5×	204 2.5×	28	581
Leisel Talley United States	11	331 1.0×	105 0.5×	328 1.5×	143 0.7×	93 1.2×	21	738
Satvika Chalasani United States	11	104 0.3×	131 0.6×	336 1.5×	253 1.2×	123 1.5×	19	634
Ty Dickerson United States	10	294 0.9×	140 0.6×	88 0.4×	243 1.1×	29 0.4×	23	494
Attila Hancioglu United States	7	241 0.7×	66 0.3×	167 0.8×	265 1.2×	55 0.7×	9	563
A Sathiya Susuman South Africa	12	164 0.5×	54 0.2×	184 0.8×	294 1.4×	46 0.6×	44	477
Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene Canada	13	155 0.5×	76 0.3×	237 1.1×	175 0.8×	44 0.6×	24	509
Lilia Bliznashka United States	15	375 1.1×	168 0.7×	215 1.0×	167 0.8×	40 0.5×	58	627

Countries citing papers authored by James Ciera

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Ciera

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Ciera

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

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Ngware, Moses, et al.. (2019). School effectiveness and academic performance in low-resourced urban settings in Kenya. Education 3-13. 49(2). 176–189. 3 indexed citations

2.

Mberu, Blessing, James Ciera, Patricia Elungata, & Alex Ezeh. (2016). Fertility and Household Economic Outcomes among Poor Urban Households in Nairobi informal Settlements, Kenya. African Population Studies. 30(3). 1 indexed citations

3.

Ngware, Moses, et al.. (2015). Quality of teaching mathematics and learning achievement gains: evidence from primary schools in Kenya. Educational Studies in Mathematics. 89(1). 111–131. 23 indexed citations

4.

Mberu, Blessing, James Ciera, Patricia Elungata, & Alex Ezeh. (2014). Patterns and Determinants of Poverty Transitions among Poor Urban Households in Nairobi, Kenya. African Development Review. 26(1). 172–185. 39 indexed citations

5.

Ngware, Moses, et al.. (2013). The Influence of Classroom Seating Position on Student Learning Gains in Primary Schools in Kenya. Creative Education. 4(11). 705–712. 12 indexed citations

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Abuya, Benta, James Ciera, & Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage. (2012). Effect of mother’s education on child’s nutritional status in the slums of Nairobi. BMC Pediatrics. 12(1). 80–80. 339 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zulu, Eliya M., et al.. (2012). Population Dynamics, Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Kenya. 8 indexed citations

8.

Ngware, Moses, James Ciera, Benta Abuya, Moses Oketch, & Maurice Mutisya. (2012). What explains gender gaps in maths achievement in primary schools in Kenya?. London Review of Education. 10(1). 8 indexed citations

9.

Abuya, Benta, Moses Oketch, Maurice Mutisya, Moses Ngware, & James Ciera. (2012). Influence of mothers' education on children's maths achievement in Kenya. Education 3-13. 41(6). 633–646. 9 indexed citations

10.

Ciera, James, David B. Dunson, & Bruno Scarpa. (2009). Fast Bayesian Functional Data Analysis: Application to basal body temperature data.. Padua@research (University of Padova).

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Fotso, Jean‐Christophe, Alex Ezeh, Nyovani Madise, & James Ciera. (2007). Progress towards the child mortality millennium development goal in urban sub-Saharan Africa: the dynamics of population growth, immunization, and access to clean water. BMC Public Health. 7(1). 218–218. 89 indexed citations

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Madise, Nyovani, Eliya M. Zulu, & James Ciera. (2007). Is Poverty a Driver for Risky Sexual Behaviour? Evidence from National Surveys of Adolescents in Four African Countries. African Journal of Reproductive Health. 11(3). 83–83. 100 indexed citations

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