Samuel Kampondeni

799 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 562 citations indexed

About

Samuel Kampondeni is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel Kampondeni has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 562 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Infectious Diseases, 5 papers in Epidemiology and 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Samuel Kampondeni's work include Malaria Research and Control (5 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (4 papers) and Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis (3 papers). Samuel Kampondeni is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (5 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (4 papers) and Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis (3 papers). Samuel Kampondeni collaborates with scholars based in Malawi, United States and United Kingdom. Samuel Kampondeni's co-authors include Michael J. Potchen, Terrie E. Taylor, Karl B. Seydel, Gretchen L. Birbeck, Simon J. Glover, Malcolm E. Molyneux, William G. Bradley, Robert S. Heyderman, Colleen Hammond and Danny A. Milner and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

In The Last Decade

Samuel Kampondeni

14 papers receiving 551 citations

Hit Papers

Brain Swelling and Death in Children with Cerebral Malaria 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Brain Swelling and Death in Children with Cerebral Malaria
    2015 279 citations Karl B. Seydel, Samuel Kampondeni et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Samuel Kampondeni Malawi 10 401 115 84 54 53 14 562
Colleen Hammond United States 5 272 0.7× 84 0.7× 29 0.3× 23 0.4× 41 0.8× 8 364
Lindsay Fox United States 4 318 0.8× 107 0.9× 31 0.4× 19 0.4× 25 0.5× 5 391
Francis Muwalo Malawi 4 245 0.6× 75 0.7× 43 0.5× 16 0.3× 29 0.5× 4 318
Ruth Corrigan United Kingdom 8 293 0.7× 128 1.1× 131 1.6× 13 0.2× 72 1.4× 18 623
Robyn E. Elphinstone Canada 12 227 0.6× 80 0.7× 24 0.3× 6 0.1× 65 1.2× 16 370
Avinash C. Nagpal India 8 363 0.9× 223 1.9× 35 0.4× 5 0.1× 12 0.2× 8 464
Abhishek Kochar India 14 414 1.0× 50 0.4× 57 0.7× 21 0.4× 19 0.4× 19 574
Dale W. Usner United States 18 275 0.7× 41 0.4× 86 1.0× 7 0.1× 16 0.3× 37 1.3k
Mariana M. Chaves Brazil 11 224 0.6× 151 1.3× 42 0.5× 16 0.3× 3 0.1× 17 548
Ryan Philip Jajosky United States 14 68 0.2× 106 0.9× 37 0.4× 9 0.2× 34 0.6× 47 493

Countries citing papers authored by Samuel Kampondeni

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Fields of papers citing papers by Samuel Kampondeni

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samuel Kampondeni

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Kalata, Newton, Jayne Ellis, Laura Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Neurological deterioration in a patient with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis initially improving on antifungal treatment: a case report of coincidental racemose neurocysticercosis. BMC Infectious Diseases. 21(1). 724–724. 1 indexed citations
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MacCormick, Ian J. C., Valentina Barrera, Nicholas A. V. Beare, et al.. (2020). How Does Blood-Retinal Barrier Breakdown Relate to Death and Disability in Pediatric Cerebral Malaria?. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 225(6). 1070–1080. 17 indexed citations
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Kampondeni, Samuel, Karl B. Seydel, Bo Zhang, et al.. (2020). Amount of Brain Edema Correlates With Neurologic Recovery in Pediatric Cerebral Malaria. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 39(4). 277–282. 7 indexed citations
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Ellis, Jayne, Newton Kalata, Elizabeth Joekes, et al.. (2018). Ischemic stroke as a complication of cryptococcal meningitis and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a case report. BMC Infectious Diseases. 18(1). 520–520. 15 indexed citations
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Thakur, Kiran T., Kathryn A. Carson, Samuel Kampondeni, et al.. (2018). Cerebrospinal fluid Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein-2 in pediatric cerebral malaria. Malaria Journal. 17(1). 125–125. 8 indexed citations
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Lelijveld, Natasha, Samuel Kampondeni, Andrew Seal, et al.. (2018). Brain MRI and cognitive function seven years after surviving an episode of severe acute malnutrition in a cohort of Malawian children. Public Health Nutrition. 22(8). 1406–1414. 27 indexed citations
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Potchen, Michael J., Samuel Kampondeni, Karl B. Seydel, et al.. (2018). 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Investigate Potential Etiologies of Brain Swelling in Pediatric Cerebral Malaria. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 98(2). 497–504. 38 indexed citations
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Potchen, Michael J., et al.. (2017). Validation of diffusion measurements obtained on a 0.35 T MR in Malawi: Important insights for radiologists in low income settings with low field MRI. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 45. 120–128. 5 indexed citations
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Seydel, Karl B., Samuel Kampondeni, Clarissa Valim, et al.. (2015). Brain Swelling and Death in Children with Cerebral Malaria. New England Journal of Medicine. 372(12). 1126–1137. 279 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pappa, Vasiliki, Karl B. Seydel, Sanchit Gupta, et al.. (2015). Lipid metabolites of the phospholipase A2 pathway and inflammatory cytokines are associated with brain volume in paediatric cerebral malaria. Malaria Journal. 14(1). 513–513. 26 indexed citations
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Waitt, Catriona, Elizabeth Joekes, Natasha Jesudason, et al.. (2013). The effect of a tuberculosis chest X-ray image reference set on non-expert reader performance. European Radiology. 23(9). 2459–2468. 11 indexed citations
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Potchen, Michael J., Samuel Kampondeni, Karl B. Seydel, et al.. (2012). Acute Brain MRI Findings in 120 Malawian Children with Cerebral Malaria: New Insights into an Ancient Disease. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 33(9). 1740–1746. 99 indexed citations
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Siebert, James E., et al.. (2010). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Satellite-Based Networking Implementation. Journal of Digital Imaging. 24(4). 729–738. 15 indexed citations
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Mwandumba, Henry C., S. Bertel Squire, Sarah White, et al.. (2007). Association between sputum smear status and local immune responses at the site of disease in HIV-infected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculosis. 88(1). 58–63. 14 indexed citations

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