Muraya Gathinji

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Muraya Gathinji is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Muraya Gathinji has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Muraya Gathinji's work include Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations (5 papers), Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (4 papers) and Spinal Cord Injury Research (3 papers). Muraya Gathinji is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations (5 papers), Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (4 papers) and Spinal Cord Injury Research (3 papers). Muraya Gathinji collaborates with scholars based in United States. Muraya Gathinji's co-authors include Matthew J. McGirt, Frank J. Attenello, Jon Weingart, Khoi D. Than, Kaisorn L. Chaichana, Alessandro Olivi, Henry Brem, April Atiba, George I. Jallo and Benjamin S. Carson and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Journal of neurosurgery and Neurosurgery.

In The Last Decade

Muraya Gathinji

9 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Independent association of extent of resection with survival in patients with malignant brain astrocytoma

2008 578 citations Matthew J. McGirt, Kaisorn L. Chaichana et al. Journal of neurosurgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muraya Gathinji United States	8	567	274	236	235	223	9	1.1k
Rasheed Zakaria United Kingdom	18	264 0.5×	150 0.5×	60 0.3×	166 0.7×	202 0.9×	67	943
Vincenzo D’Angelo Italy	21	250 0.4×	279 1.0×	61 0.3×	139 0.6×	318 1.4×	43	1.4k
Roar Kloster Norway	14	640 1.1×	382 1.4×	53 0.2×	62 0.3×	278 1.2×	32	1.2k
Rishi Nandoe Tewarie Netherlands	14	392 0.7×	72 0.3×	60 0.3×	285 1.2×	175 0.8×	36	876
Giampietro Pinna Italy	15	273 0.5×	227 0.8×	131 0.6×	122 0.5×	210 0.9×	43	727
Yasunori Fujimoto Japan	20	347 0.6×	346 1.3×	37 0.2×	128 0.5×	250 1.1×	84	1.2k
Martin R. Weinzierl Germany	13	175 0.3×	90 0.3×	81 0.3×	198 0.8×	323 1.4×	30	948
Stefano Telera Italy	18	455 0.8×	217 0.8×	40 0.2×	50 0.2×	248 1.1×	55	1.1k
Robert M. Lober United States	18	363 0.6×	134 0.5×	32 0.1×	134 0.6×	115 0.5×	51	999
Suresh N. Magge United States	20	308 0.5×	103 0.4×	97 0.4×	199 0.8×	213 1.0×	61	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muraya Gathinji

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9 of 9 papers shown

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McGirt, Matthew J., April Atiba, Frank J. Attenello, et al.. (2008). Correlation of hindbrain CSF flow and outcome after surgical decompression for Chiari I malformation. Child s Nervous System. 24(7). 833–840. 59 indexed citations

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McGirt, Matthew J., Kaisorn L. Chaichana, Muraya Gathinji, et al.. (2008). PERSISTENT OUTPATIENT HYPERGLYCEMIA IS INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED SURVIVAL AFTER PRIMARY RESECTION OF MALIGNANT BRAIN ASTROCYTOMAS. Neurosurgery. 63(2). 286–291. 100 indexed citations

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McGirt, Matthew J., Kaisorn L. Chaichana, Muraya Gathinji, et al.. (2008). Independent association of extent of resection with survival in patients with malignant brain astrocytoma. Journal of neurosurgery. 110(1). 156–162. 578 indexed citations breakdown →

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McGirt, Matthew J., Frank J. Attenello, Ghazala Datoo, et al.. (2008). Intraoperative ultrasonography as a guide to patient selection for duraplasty after suboccipital decompression in children with Chiari malformation Type I. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 2(1). 52–57. 73 indexed citations

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Attenello, Frank J., Matthew J. McGirt, April Atiba, et al.. (2008). Suboccipital decompression for Chiari malformation–associated scoliosis: risk factors and time course of deformity progression. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 1(6). 456–460. 30 indexed citations

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Gathinji, Muraya, Matthew J. McGirt, Frank J. Attenello, et al.. (2008). Association of preoperative depression and survival after resection of malignant brain astrocytoma. Surgical Neurology. 71(3). 299–303. 58 indexed citations

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Attenello, Frank J., Matthew J. McGirt, Muraya Gathinji, et al.. (2008). OUTCOME OF CHIARI-ASSOCIATED SYRINGOMYELIA AFTER HINDBRAIN DECOMPRESSION IN CHILDREN. Neurosurgery. 62(6). 1307–1313. 74 indexed citations

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Attenello, Frank J., Matthew J. McGirt, Muraya Gathinji, et al.. (2008). OUTCOME OF CHIARI-ASSOCIATED SYRINGOMYELIA AFTER HINDBRAIN DECOMPRESSION IN CHILDREN. Neurosurgery. 62(6). 1307–1313. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Xueying, et al.. (2004). Aceruloplasminemia: An Inherited Neurodegenerative Disease with Impairment of Iron Homeostasis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1012(1). 299–305. 114 indexed citations

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