Stephen Munga

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen Munga is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Plant Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Munga has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 21 papers in Plant Science and 15 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Stephen Munga's work include Malaria Research and Control (49 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (48 papers) and Insect Pest Control Strategies (19 papers). Stephen Munga is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (49 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (48 papers) and Insect Pest Control Strategies (19 papers). Stephen Munga collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United States and Germany. Stephen Munga's co-authors include Andrew K. Githeko, Noboru Minakawa, Guiyun Yan, Guofa Zhou, Guofa Zhou, Emmanuel Mushinzimana, Guiyun Yan, Eliningaya J. Kweka, Francis Atieli and John Vulule and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Munga

72 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Impact of Wearable Technologies in Health Research: Scoping Review

2022 184 citations Sophie Huhn, Hanns‐Christian Gunga et al. JMIR mhealth and uhealth profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Munga Kenya	25	1.6k	451	333	190	166	75	2.1k
Anne L. Wilson United Kingdom	22	1.5k 0.9×	379 0.8×	426 1.3×	370 1.9×	128 0.8×	50	2.0k
Hans J. Overgaard Norway	30	2.0k 1.2×	567 1.3×	553 1.7×	258 1.4×	187 1.1×	99	2.5k
Joseph Keating United States	20	1.4k 0.9×	276 0.6×	311 0.9×	118 0.6×	109 0.7×	34	1.7k
Lucy S. Tusting United Kingdom	25	1.7k 1.0×	322 0.7×	308 0.9×	168 0.9×	79 0.5×	41	2.3k
Maurice Ombok Kenya	22	1.6k 1.0×	493 1.1×	272 0.8×	184 1.0×	206 1.2×	34	2.2k
Jennifer C. Stevenson United States	28	1.4k 0.9×	257 0.6×	180 0.5×	151 0.8×	129 0.8×	88	2.2k
Yaw A. Afrane United States	23	1.2k 0.8×	270 0.6×	195 0.6×	145 0.8×	201 1.2×	54	1.5k
Katharina Kreppel Tanzania	20	688 0.4×	246 0.5×	212 0.6×	140 0.7×	109 0.7×	63	1.3k
Ephantus W. Kabiru Kenya	22	1.0k 0.6×	425 0.9×	398 1.2×	170 0.9×	96 0.6×	46	1.6k
Lisa J. Reimer United Kingdom	26	1.3k 0.8×	307 0.7×	496 1.5×	332 1.7×	359 2.2×	70	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Munga

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Munga

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Barteit, Sandra, Charlotte Müller, Pascal Zabré, et al.. (2025). Assessing heat exposure and its effects on farmer health, harvest yields, and nutrition: a study protocol for Burkina Faso and Kenya. Global Health Action. 18(1). 2513719–2513719.

Kwaro, Daniel, David Obor, Stephen Munga, et al.. (2025). Wearable device monitoring of HIV health in the face of climate change and weather exposures: protocol for a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open. 15(6). e092307–e092307.

Boudo, Valentin, Ali Sié, Stephen Munga, et al.. (2024). Understanding the Risk Factors, Burden, and Interventions for Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review. Public health reviews. 45. 1607339–1607339. 7 indexed citations

Nyawanda, Bryan O., Sammy Khagayi, Eric Ochomo, et al.. (2024). The influence of malaria control interventions and climate variability on changes in the geographical distribution of parasite prevalence in Kenya between 2015 and 2020. International Journal of Health Geographics. 23(1). 22–22. 1 indexed citations

Abong’o, Bernard, Michelle C. Stanton, Martin J. Donnelly, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of community-based vector surveillance system for routine entomological monitoring under low malaria vector densities and high bed net coverage in western Kenya. Malaria Journal. 22(1). 203–203. 2 indexed citations

Huhn, Sophie, Hanns‐Christian Gunga, Martina Anna Maggioni, et al.. (2022). Wearables for Measuring Health Effects of Climate Change–Induced Weather Extremes: Scoping Review. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 10(9). e39532–e39532. 19 indexed citations

Huhn, Sophie, Hanns‐Christian Gunga, Martina Anna Maggioni, et al.. (2022). The Impact of Wearable Technologies in Health Research: Scoping Review. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 10(1). e34384–e34384. 184 indexed citations breakdown →

Machani, Maxwell G., Eric Ochomo, Christine Wanjala, et al.. (2021). Insecticide resistance exerts significant fitness costs in immature stages of Anopheles gambiae in western Kenya. Malaria Journal. 20(1). 259–259. 15 indexed citations

Abong’o, Bernard, John E. Gimnig, Diana Omoke, et al.. (2021). Comparison of four outdoor mosquito trapping methods as potential replacements for human landing catches in western Kenya. Parasites & Vectors. 14(1). 320–320. 11 indexed citations

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Machani, Maxwell G., Wolfgang R Mukabana, Stephen Munga, et al.. (2021). Insecticide resistance status of indoor and outdoor resting malaria vectors in a highland and lowland site in Western Kenya. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0240771–e0240771. 20 indexed citations

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Abong’o, Bernard, John E. Gimnig, Stephen J. Torr, et al.. (2020). Impact of indoor residual spraying with pirimiphos-methyl (Actellic 300CS) on entomological indicators of transmission and malaria case burden in Migori County, western Kenya. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4518–4518. 56 indexed citations

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Coalson, Jenna E., Stephen Munga, Elizabeth T. Jacobs, et al.. (2020). “After those nets are torn, most people use them for other purposes”: an examination of alternative bed net use in western Kenya. Malaria Journal. 19(1). 272–272. 7 indexed citations

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Abong’o, Bernard, Xiaoyu Yu, Martin J. Donnelly, et al.. (2018). Host Decoy Trap (HDT) with cattle odour is highly effective for collection of exophagic malaria vectors. Parasites & Vectors. 11(1). 533–533. 32 indexed citations

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Munga, Stephen, et al.. (2017). Knowledge and perceptions about indoor residual spray for malaria prevention in Mumberes division, Nandi County in Central province of Kenya. Tanzania journal of health research. 19(4). 1 indexed citations

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Niu, Guodong, Genwei Zhang, Yingjun Cui, et al.. (2017). FBN30 in wild Anopheles gambiae functions as a pathogen recognition molecule against clinically circulating Plasmodium falciparum in malaria endemic areas in Kenya. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8577–8577. 6 indexed citations

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Kweka, Eliningaya J., Ming‐Chieh Lee, Beda John Mwang’onde, et al.. (2017). Bio-efficacy of deltamethrin based durable wall lining against wild populations of Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Northern Tanzania. BMC Research Notes. 10(1). 92–92. 3 indexed citations

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Munga, Stephen, et al.. (2014). Performance of Five Food Regimes on Anopheles gambiae Senso Stricto Larval Rearing to Adult Emergence in Insectary. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110671–e110671. 23 indexed citations

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Munga, Stephen, John Vulule, & Eliningaya J. Kweka. (2013). Response of Anopheles gambiae s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae) to larval habitat age in western Kenya highlands. Parasites & Vectors. 6(1). 13–13. 22 indexed citations

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Atieli, Francis, Stephen Munga, Ayub V. Ofulla, & John Vulule. (2010). The effect of repeated washing of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) on the feeding success and survival rates of Anopheles gambiae. Malaria Journal. 9(1). 304–304. 30 indexed citations

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Munga, Stephen, et al.. (2005). Oviposition Site Preference and Egg Hatchability ofAnopheles gambiae: Effects of Land Cover Types. Journal of Medical Entomology. 42(6). 993–997. 51 indexed citations

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