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Catherine Kyobutungi

Catherine Kyobutungi

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
60
Citations
39112
World Ranking
1397
National Ranking
42

Catherine Kyobutungi publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Catherine Kyobutungi sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 203 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Catherine Kyobutungi D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Catherine Kyobutungi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Catherine Kyobutungi is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Finance.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects within global health, including:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Catherine Kyobutungi include:

  • Gershim Asiki (18 publications)
  • Shukri F. Mohamed (11 publications)
  • Pauline Bakibinga (9 publications)
  • Frances Griffiths (9 publications)
  • Akinyinka Omigbodun (9 publications)

They have published in several scholarly venues with multiple contributions, including:

  • The Lancet (5 publications)
  • BMJ Global Health (4 publications)
  • The Lancet Global Health (4 publications)
  • BMC Health Services Research (3 publications)
  • PLOS Global Public Health (3 publications)

Some of the recent papers associated with their work are:

  • "Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements" (2020), published in BMJ Global Health
  • "How we classify countries and people-and why it matters" (2022), published in BMJ Global Health
  • "Population genomics of Escherichia coli in livestock-keeping households across a rapidly developing urban landscape" (2022), published in Nature Microbiology
  • "Need for an Integrated Deprived Area "Slum" Mapping System (IDEAMAPS) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)" (2020), published in Social Sciences
  • "Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa" (2022), published in Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Inequalities in non-communicable diseases and effective responses

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Young Ho Khang;Perviz Asaria;Tony Blakely

  • Countdown to 2030: tracking progress towards universal coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health

    Ties Boerma;Jennifer Requejo;Cesar G Victora;Agbessi Amouzou

  • Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa

    Charles Rotimi;Akin Abayomi;Alash'le Abimiku;Victoria May Adabayeri

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez;Bin Zhou;Marisa K. Sophiea;James Bentham

  • Patterns and determinants of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in urban informal settlements, Nairobi Kenya

    Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage;Nyovani J Madise;Jean-Christophe Fotso;Catherine Kyobutungi

  • Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements.

    Syed A K Shifat Ahmed;Motunrayo Ajisola;Motunrayo Ajisola;Kehkashan Azeem;Pauline Bakibinga

  • How we classify countries and people—and why it matters

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  • Trends in obesity and diabetes across Africa from 1980 to 2014: an analysis of pooled population-based studies

    AP Kengne;J Bentham;B Zhou;N Peer

  • Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Urban Slums: Experiences from Nairobi, Kenya

    E. W. Kimani-Murage;L. Schofield;F. Wekesah;S. Mohamed

  • Evidence of a Double Burden of Malnutrition in Urban Poor Settings in Nairobi, Kenya

    Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage;Stella K. Muthuri;Samuel O. Oti;Martin K. Mutua

  • Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol

    Cristina Taddei;Bin Zhou;Honor Bixby;Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco

  • The burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: Results from a Demographic Surveillance System

    Catherine Kyobutungi;Abdhalah Kasiira Ziraba;Alex Ezeh;Yazoumé Yé

  • Ageing and adult health status in eight lower-income countries: the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE collaboration

    Paul Kowal;Kathleen Kahn;Nawi Ng;Nirmala Naidoo

  • Status report on hypertension in Africa--consultative review for the 6th Session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Health on NCD's.

    Steven van de Vijver;Hilda Akinyi;Samuel Oti;Ademola Olajide

  • Health and health-related indicators in slum, rural, and urban communities: a comparative analysis.

    Blessing U. Mberu;Tilahun Nigatu Haregu;Catherine Kyobutungi;Alex C. Ezeh

  • Factors affecting actualisation of the WHO breastfeeding recommendations in urban poor settings in Kenya.

    Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage;Frederick Wekesah;Milka Wanjohi;Catherine Kyobutungi

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex Ezeh
Alex Ezeh Drexel University
Charles Agyemang
Charles Agyemang University of Amsterdam
Liam Smeeth
Liam Smeeth London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Majid Ezzati
Majid Ezzati Imperial College London
Annika Rosengren
Annika Rosengren Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Young-Ho Khang
Young-Ho Khang Seoul National University
Farshad Farzadfar
Farshad Farzadfar Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Osman Sankoh
Osman Sankoh University of the Witwatersrand
Mark Woodward
Mark Woodward Imperial College London

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