Kebede Amenu

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kebede Amenu is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Agronomy and Crop Science and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kebede Amenu has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Infectious Diseases, 22 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 22 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Kebede Amenu's work include Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (17 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (10 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (9 papers). Kebede Amenu is often cited by papers focused on Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (17 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (10 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (9 papers). Kebede Amenu collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, Kenya and United Kingdom. Kebede Amenu's co-authors include Samson Leta, Crawford W. Revie, Tariku J. Beyene, Eva M. De Clercq, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Barbara Wieland, Delia Grace, Fufa Abunna, Bekele Megersa and Gobena Ameni and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Journal of Dairy Science.

In The Last Decade

Kebede Amenu

59 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Global risk mapping for major diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

2017 341 citations Samson Leta, Kebede Amenu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kebede Amenu Ethiopia	19	461	439	356	333	178	64	1.4k
Florence Mutua Kenya	18	464 1.0×	604 1.4×	238 0.7×	539 1.6×	165 0.9×	48	1.7k
Celso José Bruno de Oliveira Brazil	21	321 0.7×	187 0.4×	567 1.6×	295 0.9×	115 0.6×	135	1.7k
Tariku J. Beyene United States	15	416 0.9×	381 0.9×	230 0.6×	125 0.4×	63 0.4×	59	1.1k
Bernard M. Hang’ombe Zambia	24	778 1.7×	418 1.0×	194 0.5×	146 0.4×	184 1.0×	148	1.9k
Julie Arsenault Canada	24	578 1.3×	174 0.4×	563 1.6×	320 1.0×	105 0.6×	131	2.1k
Paul R. Bessell United Kingdom	21	429 0.9×	444 1.0×	162 0.5×	406 1.2×	243 1.4×	65	1.3k
Éric Cardinale France	26	1.0k 2.2×	379 0.9×	539 1.5×	272 0.8×	344 1.9×	127	1.9k
Erastus K. Kang’ethe Kenya	26	233 0.5×	245 0.6×	447 1.3×	380 1.1×	154 0.9×	90	1.9k
Michel Dione Kenya	25	472 1.0×	227 0.5×	252 0.7×	705 2.1×	498 2.8×	120	1.7k
T. G. Nagaraja United States	22	507 1.1×	161 0.4×	315 0.9×	379 1.1×	81 0.5×	58	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kebede Amenu

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Leta, Samson, et al.. (2025). Investigation of veterinary service delivery and service providers on dairy cattle farms in central Ethiopia. BMC Veterinary Research. 21(1). 125–125.

Besten, Heidy M.W. den, Michel Dione, Kebede Amenu, et al.. (2025). Cost-effectiveness of interventions toward improving microbial food safety of chicken meat along supply chains in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 431. 111086–111086. 1 indexed citations

Amenu, Kebede, et al.. (2025). Enhancing community awareness of antimicrobial use and resistance through community conversations in rural Ethiopia. PubMed. 7(1). 28–28.

Amenu, Kebede, et al.. (2024). Prioritization, resource allocation and utilization of decision support tools in animal health: Results of qualitative interviews with experts. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 233. 106333–106333.

Amenu, Kebede, et al.. (2024). Perceptions of rural and urban residents in Borana pastoral and agro-pastoral areas in Ethiopia related to milk adulteration. BMC Nutrition. 10(1). 66–66. 1 indexed citations

Waktole, Hika, Bizunesh Mideksa Borena, Takele Abayneh, et al.. (2024). Prevalence, Molecular Detection, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella Isolates from Poultry Farms across Central Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas. Microorganisms. 12(4). 767–767. 6 indexed citations

Amenu, Kebede, et al.. (2023). Approaches for disease prioritization and decision-making in animal health, 2000–2021: a structured scoping review. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 10. 1231711–1231711. 8 indexed citations

Amenu, Kebede, Silvia Alonso, Florence Mutua, et al.. (2023). Foodborne hazards in food in Burkina Faso, 1990–2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7. 5 indexed citations

Amenu, Kebede, et al.. (2023). Dog demography, rabies awareness and dog bite cases in Bishoftu town, Ethiopia. Ethiopian Veterinary Journal. 27(1). 112–142.

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Waktole, Hika, et al.. (2023). Status of animal health biosecurity measures of dairy farms in urban and peri-urban areas of central Ethiopia. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 10. 1086702–1086702. 13 indexed citations

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Waktole, Hika, et al.. (2023). Quantitative Assessment of Major Biosecurity Challenges of Poultry Production in Central Ethiopia. Animals. 13(23). 3719–3719. 8 indexed citations

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Tufa, Takele Beyene, Fikru Regassa, Kebede Amenu, Arjan Stegeman, & H. Hogeveen. (2023). Livestock producers' knowledge, attitude, and behavior (KAB) regarding antimicrobial use in Ethiopia. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 10. 24 indexed citations

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Wieland, Barbara, et al.. (2023). Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli Isolates from Livestock and the Environment in Extensive Smallholder Livestock Production Systems in Ethiopia. Antibiotics. 12(5). 941–941. 10 indexed citations

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Abunna, Fufa, et al.. (2022). Entomological survey of the potential vectors of Rift Valley fever virus and absence of detection of the virus genome from the vectors in various niches in the southern half of the Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Veterinary Medicine and Science. 8(6). 2716–2725. 4 indexed citations

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Leta, Samson, et al.. (2022). Molecular detection and assessment of the epidemiological risk factors associated with equine herpesvirus 2 and 5 in working equids in central Ethiopia. Veterinary Medicine and Science. 8(6). 2396–2403. 3 indexed citations

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Kowalcyk, Barbara, et al.. (2021). Exploring the relationship between gender and food safety risks in the dairy value chain in Ethiopia. International Dairy Journal. 124. 105173–105173. 6 indexed citations

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Amenu, Kebede, et al.. (2021). Mastitis in Lactating Cows, Camels and Goats in Borana, Southern Ethiopia. National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia. 1 indexed citations

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Abera, Mesele, et al.. (2017). Occurrence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in cattle feces and contamination of carcass and various contact surfaces in abattoir and butcher shops of Hawassa, Ethiopia. BMC Microbiology. 17(1). 24–24. 74 indexed citations

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Amenu, Kebede, É. Thys, A. Regassa, & Tanguy Marcotty. (2010). Brucellosis and Tuberculosis in Arsi-Negele District Ethiopia: Prevalence in Ruminants and People's Behaviour towards Zoonoses. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28(4). 205–210. 34 indexed citations

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Megersa, Bekele, et al.. (2009). Prevalence and incidence rates of calf morbidity and mortality and associated risk factors in smallholder dairy farms in Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia.. Ethiopian Veterinary Journal. 13(2). 59–68. 19 indexed citations

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