Lydia Olaka

3.3k total citations
47 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Lydia Olaka is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Lydia Olaka has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecology, 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Lydia Olaka's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (7 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (7 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 papers). Lydia Olaka is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (7 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (7 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 papers). Lydia Olaka collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, Germany and United Kingdom. Lydia Olaka's co-authors include Daniel Olago, Martin H. Trauth, Eric Odada, Annett Junginger, Christopher Oludhe, Abrham Belay, John Recha, Teferi Demissie, Philip Osano and Dawit Solomon and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Lydia Olaka

42 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers

Lydia Olaka

GPC

ECOLO

WST

EEBS

Amos Majule Tanzania

Henrik Breuning‐Madsen Denmark

Eric Odada Kenya

Jaime Escobar Colombia

Hendrik J. Bruins Israel

Cornelis Vanderpost Botswana

Yaowen Xie China

Jacques Lemoalle France

Antony R. Orme United States

Peter Rasmussen Denmark

Amos Majule Tanzania

Lydia Olaka

319 ×1.2

GPC

204 ×0.9

ECOLO

316 ×1.4

63 ×0.3

WST

262 ×1.4

EEBS

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Countries citing papers authored by Lydia Olaka

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lydia Olaka

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gachene, Charles K. K., et al.. (2025). Effect of synthetic hydrogel on soil properties and survival of Melia volkensii seedlings in the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya. African Crop Science Journal. 33(1). 71–83.

Abdel‐Rahman, Elfatih M., et al.. (2025). Integrating satellite remote sensing data and small-scale farmers’ perceptions to determine land use/ land cover changes and their driving factors in Gedaref state, Sudan. Environment Development and Sustainability. 3 indexed citations

Junginger, Annett, et al.. (2024). Isotopic and trace element record of changing metal source contributions to tropical freshwater Lake Naivasha (Kenya). The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175082–175082. 2 indexed citations

Norris, Ken, et al.. (2024). Rising lake levels in central East Africa are driven by increasing rainfall and land-use intensification. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 56. 101999–101999. 3 indexed citations

Vane, Christopher H., et al.. (2024). Sewage and Organic Pollution Compounds in Nairobi River Urban Sediments Characterized by Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (FT–ICR–MS). Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 35(10). 2376–2389. 1 indexed citations

Belay, Abrham, Alisher Mirzabaev, John Recha, et al.. (2023). Does climate-smart agriculture improve household income and food security? Evidence from Southern Ethiopia. Environment Development and Sustainability. 26(7). 16711–16738. 36 indexed citations

Olaka, Lydia & C. J. Ebinger. (2023). Tectonic and Paleoclimatic Setting for Hominin Evolution in Eastern Africa. Elements. 19(2). 82–87. 2 indexed citations

Abdel‐Rahman, Elfatih M., et al.. (2023). Mapping, intensities and future prediction of land use/land cover dynamics using google earth engine and CA- artificial neural network model. PLoS ONE. 18(7). e0288694–e0288694. 20 indexed citations

Belay, Abrham, Christopher Oludhe, Alisher Mirzabaev, et al.. (2022). Knowledge of climate change and adaptation by smallholder farmers: evidence from southern Ethiopia. Heliyon. 8(12). e12089–e12089. 46 indexed citations

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Vane, Christopher H., Alexander W. Kim, Raquel A. Lopes dos Santos, et al.. (2022). Impact of organic pollutants from urban slum informal settlements on sustainable development goals and river sediment quality, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. Applied Geochemistry. 146. 105468–105468. 18 indexed citations

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Oludhe, Christopher, et al.. (2022). Impacts of Climate Change and Hydropower Development on the Community Livelihoods in Sondu Miriu River Basin, Kenya. Journal of Sustainable Development. 15(2). 54–54. 1 indexed citations

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Olaka, Lydia, Simone A. Kasemann, Jürgen Sültenfuß, et al.. (2022). Tectonic Control of Groundwater Recharge and Flow in Faulted Volcanic Aquifers. Water Resources Research. 58(7). 15 indexed citations

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Belay, Abrham, Teferi Demissie, John Recha, et al.. (2021). Analysis of Climate Variability and Trends in Southern Ethiopia. Climate. 9(6). 96–96. 104 indexed citations

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Obonyo, Esther, Aladdin Ayesh, Suleiman Y. Yerima, et al.. (2021). A Transdisciplinary Framework for AI-driven Disaster Risk Reduction for Low-income Housing Communities in Kenya. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC). 188–193. 1 indexed citations

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Onono, Joshua Orungo, et al.. (2021). Climate Variability and Change Affect Crops Yield under Rainfed Conditions: A Case Study in Gedaref State, Sudan. Agronomy. 11(9). 1680–1680. 25 indexed citations

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Fazi, Stefano, Stefano Amalfitano, Stefanía Venturi, et al.. (2021). High concentrations of dissolved biogenic methane associated with cyanobacterial blooms in East African lake surface water. Communications Biology. 4(1). 845–845. 39 indexed citations

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Butturini, Andrea, Stefano Amalfitano, Peter Herzsprung, et al.. (2020). Dissolved Organic Matter in Continental Hydro-Geothermal Systems: Insights from Two Hot Springs of the East African Rift Valley. Water. 12(12). 3512–3512. 5 indexed citations

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Olaka, Lydia, Franziska Wilke, Daniel Olago, et al.. (2016). Groundwater fluoride enrichment in an active rift setting: Central Kenya Rift case study. The Science of The Total Environment. 545-546. 641–653. 104 indexed citations

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Stoof‐Leichsenring, Kathleen R., Annett Junginger, Lydia Olaka, Ralph Tiedemann, & Martin H. Trauth. (2011). Environmental variability in Lake Naivasha, Kenya, over the last two centuries. Journal of Paleolimnology. 45(3). 353–367. 45 indexed citations

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Olaka, Lydia, Eric Odada, Martin H. Trauth, & Daniel Olago. (2010). The sensitivity of East African rift lakes to climate fluctuations. Journal of Paleolimnology. 44(2). 629–644. 90 indexed citations

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