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2026

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Edwine Barasa 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 Edwine Barasa sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 177 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Edwine Barasa 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 Edwine Barasa sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Kenya Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Kenya Leader Award

Overview

Edwine Barasa is affiliated with the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kenya. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Medicine and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these areas, they have contributed extensively to subfields including Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Finance, General Health Professions, and Modeling and Simulation.

The topics of Edwine Barasa's work cover a broad spectrum of global health and economic issues. These include:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Healthcare Policy and Management

Their recent publications demonstrate active involvement in COVID-19-related research and health systems analysis. Notable papers include:

  • "Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Kenyan blood donors" (2020, Science)
  • "Examining the level and inequality in health insurance coverage in 36 sub-Saharan African countries" (2021, BMJ Global Health)
  • "The impact of COVID-19 control measures on social contacts and transmission in Kenyan informal settlements" (2020, BMC Medicine)
  • "Assessing the hospital surge capacity of the Kenyan health system in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Indirect health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: a mixed methods assessment" (2021, BMC Health Services Research)

Edwine Barasa frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Benjamin Tsofa
  • Ambrose Agweyu
  • Kadondi Kasera
  • Patrick Amoth
  • Wangari Ng'ang'a

The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Health Policy and Planning
  • BMJ Global Health
  • PLOS Global Public Health

Best Publications

  • What Is Resilience and How Can It Be Nurtured? A Systematic Review of Empirical Literature on Organizational Resilience

    Edwine Barasa;Rahab Mbau;Lucy Gilson

  • Disrupting gender norms in health systems: making the case for change

    Katherine Hay;Lotus McDougal;Valerie Percival;Sarah Henry

  • Seroprevalence of anti–SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Kenyan blood donors

    Sophie Uyoga;Ifedayo M. O. Adetifa;Ifedayo M. O. Adetifa;Henry K. Karanja;James Nyagwange

  • Everyday resilience in district health systems: emerging insights from the front lines in Kenya and South Africa

    Lucy Gilson;Edwine Barasa;Nonhlanhla Nxumalo;Susan Cleary

  • From bouncing back, to nurturing emergence: reframing the concept of resilience in health systems strengthening.

    Edwine W Barasa;Edwine W Barasa;Keith Cloete;Lucy Gilson;Lucy Gilson

  • Assessing the impoverishing effects, and factors associated with the incidence of catastrophic health care payments in Kenya.

    Edwine W. Barasa;Edwine W. Barasa;Thomas Maina;Nirmala Ravishankar

  • Examining the level and inequality in health insurance coverage in 36 sub-Saharan African countries.

    Edwine Barasa;Jacob Kazungu;Peter Nguhiu;Nirmala Ravishankar

  • Assessing the hospital surge capacity of the Kenyan health system in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Edwine W. Barasa;Paul O. Ouma;Emelda A. Okiro

  • Kenya National Hospital Insurance Fund Reforms : Implications and Lessons for Universal Health Coverage

    Edwine Barasa;Khama Rogo;Njeri Mwaura;Jane Chuma

  • The impact of COVID-19 control measures on social contacts and transmission in Kenyan informal settlements

    Matthew Quaife;Kevin van Zandvoort;Amy Gimma;Kashvi Shah

  • Analysing the Efficiency of Health Systems: A Systematic Review of the Literature

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  • Examining levels, distribution and correlates of health insurance coverage in Kenya.

    Jacob S. Kazungu;Edwine W. Barasa;Edwine W. Barasa

  • Recentralization within decentralization: County hospital autonomy under devolution in Kenya.

    Edwine W. Barasa;Edwine W. Barasa;Anthony M. Manyara;Sassy Molyneux;Sassy Molyneux;Benjamin Tsofa

  • Tackling health professionals' strikes: an essential part of health system strengthening in Kenya.

    Grace Irimu;Morris Ogero;George Mbevi;Celia Kariuki

  • Indirect health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: a mixed methods assessment.

    Edwine Barasa;Edwine Barasa;Jacob Kazungu;Stacey Orangi;Evelyn Kabia

  • Health system resilience: a critical review and reconceptualisation.

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  • Hospitals as complex adaptive systems: A case study of factors influencing priority setting practices at the hospital level in Kenya.

    Edwine W. Barasa;Edwine W. Barasa;Sassy Molyneux;Sassy Molyneux;Mike English;Mike English;Susan Cleary

  • Assessing the Level and Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence in Kenya.

    Stacey Orangi;Jessie Pinchoff;Daniel Mwanga;Timothy Abuya

  • COVID-19 transmission dynamics underlying epidemic waves in Kenya.

    Samuel Brand;Samuel Brand;Samuel Brand;John Ojal;John Ojal;Rabia Aziza;Rabia Aziza;Vincent Were

  • Setting healthcare priorities in hospitals: a review of empirical studies

    Edwine W Barasa;Sassy Molyneux;Mike English;Susan Cleary

  • Measuring progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.8 on universal health coverage in Kenya

    Edwine Barasa;Peter Nguhiu;Di McIntyre

  • Crises and Resilience at the Frontline—Public Health Facility Managers under Devolution in a Sub-County on the Kenyan Coast

    Mary Nyikuri;Benjamin Tsofa;Edwine Barasa;Edwine Barasa;Philip Okoth

  • Setting healthcare priorities: a description and evaluation of the budgeting and planning process in county hospitals in Kenya.

    Edwine W. Barasa;Edwine W. Barasa;Susan Cleary;Sassy Molyneux;Sassy Molyneux;Mike English;Mike English

Frequent Co-Authors

Sassy Molyneux
Sassy Molyneux University of Oxford
Philip Bejon
Philip Bejon University of Oxford
J. Anthony G. Scott
J. Anthony G. Scott University of London
Mike English
Mike English Wellcome Trust
Lucy Gilson
Lucy Gilson University of Cape Town
Miriam Taegtmeyer
Miriam Taegtmeyer Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Teresa Lambe
Teresa Lambe University of Oxford
Daniel B. Wright
Daniel B. Wright University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Kara Hanson
Kara Hanson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Catherine Goodman
Catherine Goodman London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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