Robert Ndugwa

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Robert Ndugwa is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Ndugwa has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Urban Studies, 9 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Robert Ndugwa's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (9 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (9 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 papers). Robert Ndugwa is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (9 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (9 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 papers). Robert Ndugwa collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United Kingdom and United States. Robert Ndugwa's co-authors include Eliya M. Zulu, John G.F. Cleland, Jo Sartori, Sam Watson, Richard Lilford, Alex Ezeh, David Satterthwaite, Anthony Capon, Oyinlola Oyebode and Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Sustainability and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Robert Ndugwa

22 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums

2016 460 citations Alex Ezeh, Oyinlola Oyebode et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Ndugwa Kenya	16	410	376	302	269	222	25	1.4k
Dana R. Thomson United States	22	444 1.1×	330 0.9×	310 1.0×	100 0.4×	135 0.6×	61	1.3k
Tilahun Haregu Australia	20	250 0.6×	408 1.1×	376 1.2×	253 0.9×	421 1.9×	100	2.1k
Siddharth Agarwal India	15	362 0.9×	283 0.8×	356 1.2×	158 0.6×	69 0.3×	60	1.2k
Donatien Béguy Kenya	26	503 1.2×	714 1.9×	261 0.9×	146 0.5×	143 0.6×	49	1.7k
Helen Elsey United Kingdom	22	271 0.7×	526 1.4×	112 0.4×	72 0.3×	208 0.9×	113	1.9k
Carolyn Stephens United Kingdom	20	196 0.5×	518 1.4×	366 1.2×	76 0.3×	190 0.9×	55	1.7k
Christopher Garimoi Orach Uganda	28	704 1.7×	701 1.9×	457 1.5×	58 0.2×	272 1.2×	84	2.1k
Allan G. Hill United States	30	768 1.9×	548 1.5×	515 1.7×	130 0.5×	945 4.3×	107	3.1k
Alayne M. Adams Bangladesh	24	721 1.8×	558 1.5×	401 1.3×	56 0.2×	186 0.8×	78	2.0k
Jo Sartori United Kingdom	8	108 0.3×	186 0.5×	210 0.7×	221 0.8×	56 0.3×	15	808

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Ndugwa

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

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Li, Chengxiu, Le Yu, Robert Ndugwa, et al.. (2025). Mapping urban slums and their inequality in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature Cities. 2(11). 1037–1048.

Ndugwa, Robert, et al.. (2025). Institutional Frameworks, Policies, and Land Data: Insights from Monitoring Land Governance and Tenure Security in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. Land. 14(5). 960–960.

Ndugwa, Robert, et al.. (2023). A global perspective on the value of multi-level analysis as an enabler for achieving SDGs. European Spatial Research and Policy. 30(2). 33–44. 1 indexed citations

Thomson, Dana R., Monika Kuffer, Gianluca Boo, et al.. (2020). Need for an Integrated Deprived Area “Slum” Mapping System (IDEAMAPS) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Social Sciences. 9(5). 80–80. 46 indexed citations

Kuffer, Monika, Dana R. Thomson, Gianluca Boo, et al.. (2020). The Role of Earth Observation in an Integrated Deprived Area Mapping “System” for Low-to-Middle Income Countries. Remote Sensing. 12(6). 982–982. 45 indexed citations

Béguy, Donatien, et al.. (2020). Assessment of SDG Indicator 11.3.1 and Urban Growth Trends of Major and Small Cities in South Africa. Sustainability. 12(17). 7063–7063. 56 indexed citations

Lilford, Richard, Catherine Kyobutungi, Robert Ndugwa, et al.. (2019). Because space matters: conceptual framework to help distinguish slum from non-slum urban areas. BMJ Global Health. 4(2). e001267–e001267. 73 indexed citations

Ezeh, Alex, Oyinlola Oyebode, David Satterthwaite, et al.. (2016). The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums. The Lancet. 389(10068). 547–558. 460 indexed citations breakdown →

Lilford, Richard, Oyinlola Oyebode, David Satterthwaite, et al.. (2016). Improving the health and welfare of people who live in slums. The Lancet. 389(10068). 559–570. 191 indexed citations

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Béguy, Donatien, Robert Ndugwa, & Caroline W. Kabiru. (2013). ENTRY INTO MOTHERHOOD AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN TWO INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS IN NAIROBI, KENYA. Journal of Biosocial Science. 45(6). 721–742. 33 indexed citations

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Kabiru, Caroline W., Donatien Béguy, Robert Ndugwa, Eliya M. Zulu, & Richard Jessor. (2012). “Making It”: Understanding Adolescent Resilience in Two Informal Settlements (Slums) in Nairobi, Kenya. Child & Youth Services. 33(1). 12–32. 25 indexed citations

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Cleland, John G.F., Robert Ndugwa, & Eliya M. Zulu. (2011). Planificación familiar en el África Subsahariana: ¿progreso o estancamiento?. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 89(2). 137–143. 2 indexed citations

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Cleland, John G.F., Robert Ndugwa, & Eliya M. Zulu. (2011). Family Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Progress or stagnation?/Planning Familial En Afrique Subsaharienne : Progres Ou stagnation?/Planificacion Familiar En El Africa Subsahariana: ?Progreso O Estancamiento?. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 89(2). 137. 1 indexed citations

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Cleland, John G.F., Robert Ndugwa, & Eliya M. Zulu. (2011). Family planning in sub-Saharan Africa: progress or stagnation?TP. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 89(2). 137–143. 143 indexed citations

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Ndugwa, Robert, John G.F. Cleland, Nyovani Madise, Jean‐Christophe Fotso, & Eliya M. Zulu. (2010). Menstrual Pattern, Sexual Behaviors, and Contraceptive Use among Postpartum Women in Nairobi Urban Slums. Journal of Urban Health. 88(S2). 341–355. 70 indexed citations

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Ndugwa, Robert, Caroline W. Kabiru, John G.F. Cleland, et al.. (2010). Adolescent Problem Behavior in Nairobi's Informal Settlements: Applying Problem Behavior Theory in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Urban Health. 88(S2). 298–317. 53 indexed citations

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Ramroth, Heribert, Robert Ndugwa, Olaf Müller, et al.. (2009). Decreasing childhood mortality and increasing proportion of malaria deaths in rural Burkina Faso. Global Health Action. 2(1). 1909–1909. 21 indexed citations

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Yé, Yazoume, et al.. (2009). Fever treatment in the absence of malaria transmission in an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. Malaria Journal. 8(1). 160–160. 26 indexed citations

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Ndugwa, Robert, Heribert Ramroth, Olaf Müller, et al.. (2008). Decreasing Childhood Mortality and Increasing Proportion of Malaria Deaths in Rural Burkina Faso. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 12. e316–e316. 6 indexed citations

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Ndugwa, Robert, Heribert Ramroth, Olaf Müller, et al.. (2008). Comparison of all-cause and malaria-specific mortality from two West African countries with different malaria transmission patterns. Malaria Journal. 7(1). 15–15. 25 indexed citations

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