Ruth Mpembe

765 total citations
19 papers, 498 citations indexed

About

Ruth Mpembe is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Mpembe has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 498 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Infectious Diseases, 16 papers in Epidemiology and 2 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Ruth Mpembe's work include Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (16 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (13 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (5 papers). Ruth Mpembe is often cited by papers focused on Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (16 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (13 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (5 papers). Ruth Mpembe collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Ruth Mpembe's co-authors include Nelesh P. Govender, Tsidiso G. Maphanga, Serisha D. Naicker, Chetna Govind, Jeannette Wadula, Juno Thomas, Warren Lowman, Erika van Schalkwyk, Ilan S. Schwartz and Craig Corcoran and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Mpembe

18 papers receiving 486 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruth Mpembe South Africa 11 431 420 86 38 36 19 498
Serisha D. Naicker South Africa 14 491 1.1× 475 1.1× 111 1.3× 61 1.6× 47 1.3× 21 567
Neelam Sachdeva India 7 512 1.2× 419 1.0× 60 0.7× 27 0.7× 45 1.3× 13 599
Indira Berrío Colombia 12 666 1.5× 550 1.3× 89 1.0× 25 0.7× 55 1.5× 22 738
Edna Bash Israel 8 426 1.0× 352 0.8× 52 0.6× 22 0.6× 38 1.1× 10 520
S. Seaton United Kingdom 4 540 1.3× 419 1.0× 61 0.7× 26 0.7× 42 1.2× 6 612
Inaam Al‐Obaid Kuwait 12 337 0.8× 256 0.6× 39 0.5× 34 0.9× 80 2.2× 19 410
Yasemin Öz Türkiye 13 308 0.7× 255 0.6× 91 1.1× 28 0.7× 58 1.6× 47 456
Elia Gómez G. de la Pedrosa Spain 11 308 0.7× 279 0.7× 35 0.4× 27 0.7× 68 1.9× 22 500
S. B. Killian United States 8 329 0.8× 259 0.6× 91 1.1× 62 1.6× 29 0.8× 9 419
Bram Spruijtenburg Netherlands 12 380 0.9× 305 0.7× 95 1.1× 33 0.9× 57 1.6× 52 448

Countries citing papers authored by Ruth Mpembe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruth Mpembe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Mpembe

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Meiring, Susan, Vanessa Quan, Olga Perovic, et al.. (2025). Pathogen aetiology and risk factors for death among neonates with bloodstream infections at lower-tier South African hospitals: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Microbe. 6(5). 100989–100989. 2 indexed citations
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Shuping, Liliwe, Ruth Mpembe, Vanessa Quan, et al.. (2025). Recent Systemic Antifungal Exposure and Nonsusceptible Candida in Hospitalized Patients, South Africa, 2012–2017. Emerging infectious diseases. 31(10). 1901–1911.
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Shuping, Liliwe, Tsidiso G. Maphanga, Serisha D. Naicker, et al.. (2023). High Prevalence of Candida auris Colonization during Protracted Neonatal Unit Outbreak, South Africa. Emerging infectious diseases. 29(9). 1913–1916. 10 indexed citations
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Mpembe, Ruth, et al.. (2023). Bacterial and Candida Colonization of Neonates in a Regional Hospital in South Africa. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 43(3). 263–270. 5 indexed citations
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Maphanga, Tsidiso G., et al.. (2022). In Vitro Antifungal Activity of Manogepix and Other Antifungal Agents against South African Candida auris Isolates from Bloodstream Infections. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(1). e0171721–e0171721. 22 indexed citations
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Shuping, Liliwe, Ruth Mpembe, Serisha D. Naicker, et al.. (2021). Epidemiology of Culture-confirmed Candidemia Among Hospitalized Children in South Africa, 2012–2017. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 40(8). 730–737. 24 indexed citations
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Maphanga, Tsidiso G., Serisha D. Naicker, Stanford Kwenda, et al.. (2021). In Vitro Antifungal Resistance of Candida auris Isolates from Bloodstream Infections, South Africa. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 65(9). e0051721–e0051721. 55 indexed citations
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Maphanga, Tsidiso G., Monica Birkhead, José F. Muñoz, et al.. (2020). Human Blastomycosis in South Africa Caused byBlastomyces percursusandBlastomyces emzantsisp. nov., 1967 to 2014. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 58(3). 42 indexed citations
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Naicker, Serisha D., Ruth Mpembe, Tsidiso G. Maphanga, et al.. (2020). Decreasing fluconazole susceptibility of clinical South African Cryptococcus neoformans isolates over a decade. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(3). e0008137–e0008137. 25 indexed citations
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Maphanga, Tsidiso G., Serisha D. Naicker, Beatriz L. Gómez, et al.. (2020). Cross-reactivity of a Histoplasma capsulatum antigen enzyme immunoassay in urine specimens from persons with emergomycosis in South Africa. Medical Mycology. 59(7). 672–682. 19 indexed citations
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Schalkwyk, Erika van, Tsidiso G. Maphanga, Ruth Mpembe, et al.. (2020). Screening for invasive fungal disease using non‐culture‐based assays among inpatients with advanced HIV disease at a large academic hospital in South Africa. Mycoses. 63(5). 478–487. 9 indexed citations
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Schalkwyk, Erika van, Ruth Mpembe, Juno Thomas, et al.. (2019). Epidemiologic Shift in Candidemia Driven by Candida auris, South Africa, 2016–20171. Emerging infectious diseases. 25(9). 1698–1707. 96 indexed citations
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Schalkwyk, Erika van, Ruth Mpembe, Juno Thomas, et al.. (2019). Epidemiologic Shift in Candidemia Driven by Candida auris, South Africa, 2016–20171. Emerging infectious diseases. 25(9). 1698–1707. 3 indexed citations
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Schalkwyk, Erika van, et al.. (2018). Large Outbreaks of Fungal and Bacterial Bloodstream Infections in a Neonatal Unit, South Africa, 2012–2016. Emerging infectious diseases. 24(7). 1204–1212. 25 indexed citations
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Govender, Nelesh P., Rindidzani E. Magobo, Ruth Mpembe, et al.. (2018). Candida aurisin South Africa, 2012–2016. Emerging infectious diseases. 24(11). 2036–2040. 2 indexed citations
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Govender, Nelesh P., Rindidzani E. Magobo, Ruth Mpembe, et al.. (2018). Candida aurisin South Africa, 2012–2016. Emerging infectious diseases. 24(11). 2036–2040. 73 indexed citations
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Smidt, Melony Fortuin-de, et al.. (2014). Factors associated with mortality among patients with candidaemia in South Africa, 2012. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 21. 288–288. 3 indexed citations
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Gottberg, Anne von, Keith P. Klugman, Cheryl Cohen, et al.. (2008). Emergence of levofloxacin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae and treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children in South Africa: a cohort observational surveillance study. The Lancet. 371(9618). 1108–1113. 42 indexed citations

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