Samuel Kariuki

21.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
255 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Samuel Kariuki is a scholar working on Food Science, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel Kariuki has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Food Science, 83 papers in Endocrinology and 77 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Samuel Kariuki's work include Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (83 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (77 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (60 papers). Samuel Kariuki is often cited by papers focused on Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (83 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (77 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (60 papers). Samuel Kariuki collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United Kingdom and United States. Samuel Kariuki's co-authors include C. A. Hart, Margaret Mwangi, Gunturu Revathi, Gordon Dougan, John Kiiru, Melita A. Gordon, Eric M. Fèvre, Jane Muyodi, C. Anthony Hart and Joyce Mwituria and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Samuel Kariuki

239 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries

1998 569 citations Samuel Kariuki et al. profile →
Factors Determining Adoption of New Agricultural Technology by Smallholder Farmers in Developing Countries

2015 382 citations Samuel Kariuki et al. profile →
Antimicrobial resistance and the great divide: inequity in priorities and agendas between the Global North and the Global South threatens global mitigation of antimicrobial resistance

2024 44 citations Samuel Kariuki et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samuel Kariuki

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Landscape analysis of invasive non-typhoidal salmonella (iNTS) disease and iNTS vaccine use case and demand: Report of a WHO expert consultation 2025 ·Vaccine ·Katherine R. W. Emary, Adwoa Bentsi-Enchill, Birgitte Giersing, Melita A. Gordon, (unknown), (unknown), Peter Johnston, Calman A. MacLennan, Samuel Kariuki, Jean‐Louis Excler, Jérôme H. Kim, Robert W. Kaminski, Annelies Wilder‐Smith	1
2	Anti-plasmodial limonoids from Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) C.DC. 2024 ·Phytochemistry Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Samuel Kariuki, Jeremiah Gathirwa, (unknown), (unknown), David A. Fidock, Nicholas J. Sadgrove, Moses K. Langat, Eduard Mas‐Claret, Dulcie A. Mulholland	1
3	Phenotypic and molecular characterization of β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella species among children discharged from hospital in Western Kenya 2024 ·BMC Microbiology ·(unknown), Andrew Nyerere, (unknown), Kevin Kariuki, Kirkby D. Tickell, (unknown), (unknown), Olusegun O. Soge, Judd L. Walson, Benson Singa, Samuel Kariuki, Patricia B. Pavlinac, Polycarp Mogeni	2
4	Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of E. coli Isolated From Pooled Samples of Sick, Farm, and Market Chickens in Nairobi County, Kenya 2024 ·Veterinary Medicine International ·(unknown), L C Bebora, (unknown), Gerald Muchemi, Samuel Kariuki, (unknown)	0
5	Pick and Place Control of a 3-DOF Robot Manipulator Based on Image and Pattern Recognition 2024 ·Machines ·Samuel Kariuki, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Minoru Sasaki	1
6	Genotypic Diversity among Salmonella Typhi Isolated from Children Living in Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya 2024 ·PubMed Central ·(unknown), Julius Oyugi, Cecilia Mbae, Celestine Wairimu, Kelvin Kering, (unknown), (unknown), Sylvia Omulo, Samuel Kariuki	1
7	Scaling Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Nationally: The Case of the Fleming Fund in Kenya 2024 ·eCommons - AKU (Aga Khan University) ·(unknown), Dishon Muloi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gunturu Revathi, Loice Achieng Ombajo, (unknown), Robert Onsaŕe, Geoffrey Omuse, Samuel Kariuki, Eric M. Fèvre	4
8	Pathways of exposure to Vibrio Cholerae in an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Kelvin Kering, Yuke Wang, Cecilia Mbae, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Habib Yakubu, Pengbo Liu, (unknown), Aniruddha Deshpande, Wondwossen A. Gebreyes, Christine L. Moe, Samuel Kariuki	2
9	Shedding of nontyphoidal Salmonella by asymptomatic convalescing children under 5 years as a risk factor for invasive disease in Mukuru informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya 2024 ·Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·Kelvin Kering, (unknown), Celestine Wairimu, Marianne Mureithi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cecilia Mbae, (unknown), Michael Pietsch, (unknown), Oliver Drechsel, (unknown), Torsten Semmler, Stephan Fuchs, Sandra Simon, Antje Flieger, Lothar H. Wieler, Samuel Kariuki	4
10	ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY AND GENETIC BASIS OF RESISTANCE OF KLEBSIELLA SPP ISOLATED FROM DIARRHEIC AND NON-DIARRHEIC CHILDREN AT HEALTH FACILITIES IN MUKURU INFORMAL SETTLEMENT, NAIROBI, KENYA 2023 ·International Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Celestine Wairimu, Samuel Kariuki	0
11	NontyphoidalSalmonellaInvasive Disease: Challenges and Solutions 2023 ·Open Forum Infectious Diseases ·John A. Crump, Tonney S. Nyirenda, Lisette Mbuyi-Kalonji, Marie-France Phoba, Bieke Tack, James A Platts-Mills, Melita A. Gordon, Samuel Kariuki	16
12	Risk Factors for Colonization With Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporin-Resistant and Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Among Hospitalized Patients in Kenya: An Antibiotic Resistance in Communities and Hospitals (ARCH) Study 2023 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Sylvia Omulo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ashley Styczynski, Brooke M. Ramay, Mark A. Caudell, Guy H. Palmer, Samuel Kariuki, Douglas R. Call, Rachel M. Smith	11
13	Comparative Analysis of Commercially Available Typhoid Point-of-Care Tests: Results of a Prospective and Hybrid Retrospective Multicenter Diagnostic Accuracy Study in Kenya and Pakistan 2022 ·Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·(unknown), Rumina Hasan, Robert Onsaŕe, (unknown), Samuel Kariuki, Sadia Shakoor, Farah Naz Qamar, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jason R. Andrews, Sabine Dittrich	10
14	Genomic diversity and antimicrobial resistance among non-typhoidal Salmonella associated with human disease in The Gambia 2022 ·Microbial Genomics ·Saffiatou Darboe, Richard S. Bradbury, Jody Phelan, Abdoulie Kanteh, Abdul Khalie Muhammad, Archibald Worwui, Shangxin Yang, Davis Nwakanma, Blanca M. Perez-Sepulveda, Samuel Kariuki, Brenda Kwambana-Adams, Martín Antonio	8
15	Antimicrobial resistance including Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamases (ESBL) among E. coli isolated from kenyan children at hospital discharge 2022 ·PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hannah E Atlas, Anna Wald, R. Scott McClelland, Olusegun O. Soge, Kirkby D. Tickell, Samuel Kariuki, Benson Singa, Judd L. Walson, Patricia B. Pavlinac	12
16	Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals Virulence Potentials of Helicobacter pylori Strain KE21 Isolated from a Kenyan Patient with Gastric Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma 2020 ·Toxins ·(unknown), (unknown), Evariste Tshibangu‐Kabamba, Zahir Moloo, (unknown), (unknown), Takashi Matsumoto, (unknown), Samuel Kariuki, Gunturu Revathi, Yoshio Yamaoka	13
17	Investigating Carriage, Contamination, Antimicrobial Resistance and Assessment of Colonization Risk Factors of Campylobacter spp. in Broilers from Selected Farms in Thika, Kenya 2019 ·Microbiology Research Journal International ·(unknown), Anne W. T. Muigai, Perpetual Ndung’u, Samuel Kariuki	6
18	Mycobacteria Interspersed Repetitive Units-Variable Number of Tandem Repeat, Spoligotyping and Drug Resistance of Isolates from Pulmonary Tuberculosois Patients in Kenya 2017 ·Advances in Microbiology ·Perpetual Ndung’u, Samuel Kariuki, Gunturu Revathi, Zipporah Ng’ang’a, Stefan Niemann	3
19	Antimicrobial Resistance in Developing Countries 2010 ·DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven) ·Aníbal de J. Sosa, Samuel Kariuki, Carlos F. Amábile-Cuevas, Iruka N. Okeke, Denis K. Byarugaba, Po‐Ren Hsueh	198
20	Genotypes of multidrug-resistantSalmonella entericaserotypetyphimuriumfrom two regions of Kenya 2000 ·FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology ·Samuel Kariuki, Joseph Oundo, Jane Muyodi, Brett Lowe, E. J. Threlfall, C. Anthony Hart	17

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