Wanjiku Mathenge

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Wanjiku Mathenge is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Epidemiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Wanjiku Mathenge has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Ophthalmology, 24 papers in Epidemiology and 23 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Wanjiku Mathenge's work include Retinal Imaging and Analysis (23 papers), Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (23 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (19 papers). Wanjiku Mathenge is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Imaging and Analysis (23 papers), Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (23 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (19 papers). Wanjiku Mathenge collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Rwanda and United States. Wanjiku Mathenge's co-authors include Hannah Kuper, Allen Foster, Sarah Polack, Hans Limburg, Andrew Bastawrous, Zakia Wadud, Paul Courtright, Van Charles Lansingh, Serge Resnikoff and John Nkurikiye and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ophthalmology.

In The Last Decade

Wanjiku Mathenge

58 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Guidelines on Diabetic Eye Care

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wanjiku Mathenge United Kingdom	25	1.4k	1.1k	741	328	217	58	2.1k
Sandra D. Cassard United States	27	1.4k 1.0×	816 0.8×	854 1.2×	40 0.1×	19 0.1×	50	2.2k
Colin Cook South Africa	20	791 0.6×	459 0.4×	265 0.4×	72 0.2×	28 0.1×	73	1.2k
Paula Anne Newman-Casey United States	26	1.6k 1.1×	891 0.8×	188 0.3×	43 0.1×	13 0.1×	94	2.1k
Kelly W. Muir United States	26	1.8k 1.3×	1.0k 0.9×	252 0.3×	65 0.2×	9 0.0×	100	2.3k
Jane R. MacKinnon United Kingdom	19	359 0.3×	420 0.4×	139 0.2×	134 0.4×	21 0.1×	31	932
Harish Ranjani India	24	132 0.1×	121 0.1×	261 0.4×	142 0.4×	19 0.1×	83	2.0k
Aditi Gupta India	11	258 0.2×	143 0.1×	51 0.1×	60 0.2×	24 0.1×	40	614
Dean E. Krueger United States	15	1.1k 0.8×	757 0.7×	284 0.4×	30 0.1×	4 0.0×	23	1.7k
Juliane Köberlein–Neu Germany	16	136 0.1×	89 0.1×	166 0.2×	66 0.2×	14 0.1×	80	910
Ran Sun China	19	524 0.4×	490 0.5×	340 0.5×	9 0.0×	3 0.0×	75	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wanjiku Mathenge

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All Works

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Nkurikiye, John, Jennifer L. Patnaik, Nicolas Jaccard, et al.. (2023). Feasibility and acceptance of artificial intelligence-based diabetic retinopathy screening in Rwanda. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 108(6). 840–845. 10 indexed citations

Mathenge, Wanjiku, et al.. (2023). Use of the World Health Organization primary eye care protocol to investigate the ocular health status of school children in Rwanda. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 27(1). 16.e1–16.e6. 2 indexed citations

Aghaji, AE, Helen Burchett, Wanjiku Mathenge, et al.. (2021). Technical capacities needed to implement the WHO’s primary eye care package for Africa: results of a Delphi process. BMJ Open. 11(3). e042979–e042979. 6 indexed citations

Keel, Stuart, Jennifer Evans, Sandra S. Block, et al.. (2020). Strengthening the integration of eye care into the health system: methodology for the development of the WHO package of eye care interventions. BMJ Open Ophthalmology. 5(1). e000533–e000533. 26 indexed citations

Bastawrous, Andrew, Wanjiku Mathenge, John Nkurikiye, et al.. (2019). Incidence of Visually Impairing Cataracts Among Older Adults in Kenya. JAMA Network Open. 2(6). e196354–e196354. 9 indexed citations

Piernas, Carmen, Andrew Bastawrous, Jason Oke, et al.. (2018). Reference values for body composition and associations with blood pressure in Kenyan adults aged ≥50 years old. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 73(4). 558–565. 5 indexed citations

Yip, Jennifer, et al.. (2018). Process evaluation of a National Primary Eye Care Programme in Rwanda. BMC Health Services Research. 18(1). 950–950. 10 indexed citations

Bastawrous, Andrew, Wanjiku Mathenge, Kevin Wing, et al.. (2017). The incidence of diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy in a population-based cohort study of people age 50 years and over in Nakuru, Kenya. BMC Endocrine Disorders. 17(1). 19–19. 28 indexed citations

Bastawrous, Andrew, Wanjiku Mathenge, Kevin Wing, et al.. (2016). Six-Year Incidence of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Kenya: The Nakuru Eye Disease Cohort Study. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 57(14). 5974–5974. 11 indexed citations

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Lewallen, Susan, Elena Schmidt, Emma Jolley, et al.. (2015). Factors affecting cataract surgical coverage and outcomes: a retrospective cross-sectional study of eye health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Ophthalmology. 15(1). 67–67. 26 indexed citations

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Sherwin, Justin C. & Wanjiku Mathenge. (2012). Presbyopia, Related Functional Impairment, and Spectacle Use in Rural Kenya. 3. 8–8. 2 indexed citations

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Mathenge, Wanjiku, et al.. (2012). Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Two Northern Provinces of Burundi without Eye Services. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 19(4). 211–215. 22 indexed citations

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Mathenge, Wanjiku, Andrew Bastawrous, Allen Foster, & Hannah Kuper. (2012). The Nakuru Posterior Segment Eye Disease Study. Ophthalmology. 119(10). 2033–2039. 29 indexed citations

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Müller, Andreas, Mehari Zerom, Hans Limburg, et al.. (2011). Results of a Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) in Eritrea. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 18(3). 103–108. 37 indexed citations

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Lewallen, Susan, Brian C. Stock, Wanjiku Mathenge, et al.. (2010). Estimating incidence of vision-reducing cataract in Africa: a new model with implications for program targets.. PubMed. 128(12). 1584–9. 28 indexed citations

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Courtright, Paul, et al.. (2010). Primary eye care in sub-Saharan African: do we have the evidence needed to scale up training and service delivery?. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 104(5). 361–367. 38 indexed citations

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Kuper, Hannah, Sarah Polack, Wanjiku Mathenge, et al.. (2010). Does Cataract Surgery Alleviate Poverty? Evidence from a Multi-Centre Intervention Study Conducted in Kenya, the Philippines and Bangladesh. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e15431–e15431. 58 indexed citations

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Mathenge, Wanjiku, Allen Foster, & Hannah Kuper. (2010). Urbanization, ethnicity and cardiovascular risk in a population in transition in Nakuru, Kenya: a population-based survey. BMC Public Health. 10(1). 569–569. 119 indexed citations

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Mathenge, Wanjiku, John Nkurikiye, Hans Limburg, & Hannah Kuper. (2007). Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Western Rwanda: Blindness in a Postconflict Setting. PLoS Medicine. 4(7). e217–e217. 95 indexed citations

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Mathenge, Wanjiku, Hannah Kuper, Mark Myatt, Allen Foster, & Clare Gilbert. (2007). Vitamin A deficiency in a Kenyan prison. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 12(2). 269–273. 7 indexed citations

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