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Joses Muthuri Kirigia

Joses Muthuri Kirigia

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
41
Citations
6145
World Ranking
5109
National Ranking
41

Joses Muthuri Kirigia 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 Joses Muthuri Kirigia sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 160 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joses Muthuri Kirigia 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 Joses Muthuri Kirigia sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Joses Muthuri Kirigia is affiliated with the World Health Organization in Switzerland and has a significant research footprint in health professions and the economics of health care. Their work spans areas including health systems, economic evaluations, and global health challenges.

The scientist's main fields of study encompass Health Professions and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with subfields including General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Finance, and Modeling and Simulation.

Research topics addressed by Kirigia cover:

  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Their scholarly output includes publications in venues such as F1000Research, BMC Health Services Research, Research Square, Emerald Open Research, and Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Research.

Some recent papers by Kirigia include:

  • The fiscal value of human lives lost from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China, 2020, published in BMC Research Notes
  • The discounted money value of human lives lost due to COVID-19 in Spain, 2020, published in Journal of Health Research
  • The Monetary Value of Human Lives Lost to Suicide in the African Continent: Beating the African War Drums, 2020, published in Healthcare

Frequent co-authors of Kirigia consist of Rose Nabi Deborah Karimi Muthuri (11 publications), Laurent Musango (7 publications), Newton Gitonga Muthuri (4 publications), Lenity Honesty Kainyu Nkanata (4 publications), and Ajoy Nundoochan (4 publications), indicating a collaborative research network.

Best Publications

  • The cost of health professionals' brain drain in Kenya

    Joses Muthuri Kirigia;Akpa Raphael Gbary;Lenity Kainyu Muthuri;Jennifer Nyoni

  • Economic burden of diabetes mellitus in the WHO African region

    Joses M Kirigia;Hama B Sambo;Luis G Sambo;Saidou P Barry

  • Using Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure the Technical Efficiency of Public Health Centers in Kenya

    Joses M. Kirigia;Ali Emrouznejad;Luis G. Sambo;Nzoya Munguti

  • Technical efficiency of public district hospitals and health centres in Ghana: a pilot study

    Daniel Osei;Selassi d'Almeida;Melvill O George;Joses M Kirigia

  • Willingness to pay for community-based health insurance in Nigeria: do economic status and place of residence matter?

    Obinna Onwujekwe;Ekechi Okereke;Chima Onoka;Benjamin Uzochukwu

  • Measurement of Technical Efficiency of Public Hospitals in Kenya: Using Data Envelopment Analysis

    Joses M. Kirigia;Ali Emrouznejad;Luis G. Sambo

  • Equity in health and healthcare in Malawi: analysis of trends

    Eyob Zere;Matshidiso Moeti;Joses Kirigia;Takondwa Mwase

  • Determinants of health insurance ownership among South African women

    Joses M Kirigia;Luis G Sambo;Benjamin Nganda;Germano M Mwabu

  • A Performance Assessment Method for Hospitals: The Case of Municipal Hospitals in Angola

    Joses M. Kirigia;Ali Emrouznejad;Basilio Cassoma;Eyob Zere Asbu

  • Health challenges in Africa and the way forward

    Joses Muthuri Kirigia;Saidou Pathe Barry

  • Status of national research bioethics committees in the WHO African region

    Joses M Kirigia;Charles Wambebe;Amido Baba-Moussa

  • Inequities in skilled attendance at birth in Namibia: A decomposition analysis

    Eyob Zere;Doyin Oluwole;Joses M Kirigia;Chris N Mwikisa

  • Technical efficiency of peripheral health units in Pujehun district of Sierra Leone: a DEA application

    Ade Renner;Joses M Kirigia;Eyob A Zere;Saidou P Barry

  • Ownership and technical efficiency of hospitals: evidence from Ghana using data envelopment analysis.

    Caroline Jehu-Appiah;Serufusa Sekidde;Martin Adjuik;James Akazili

  • Technical and scale efficiency of public community hospitals in Eritrea: an exploratory study

    Joses M Kirigia;Eyob Z Asbu

  • Inequities in utilization of maternal health interventions in Namibia: implications for progress towards MDG 5 targets

    Eyob Zere;Prosper Tumusiime;Oladapo Walker;Joses Kirigia

  • Inequities in maternal and child health outcomes and interventions in Ghana.

    Eyob Zere;Joses M Kirigia;Sambe Duale;James Akazili

  • Does User Fee Removal Policy Provide Financial Protection from Catastrophic Health Care Payments? Evidence from Zambia.

    Felix Masiye;Oliver Kaonga;Joses M Kirigia

  • Technical efficiency of public clinics in Kwazulu-Natal Province of South Africa.

    J M Kirigia;L G Sambo;H Scheel

  • Assessment of productivity of hospitals in Botswana: a DEA application

    Naomi Tlotlego;Justice Nonvignon;Luis G Sambo;Eyob Z Asbu

Frequent Co-Authors

Germano Mwabu
Germano Mwabu University of Nairobi
Obinna Onwujekwe
Obinna Onwujekwe University of Nigeria
Ali Emrouznejad
Ali Emrouznejad University of Surrey
Benjamin Uzochukwu
Benjamin Uzochukwu University of Nigeria
William H. Greene
William H. Greene New York University
Moses J. Bockarie
Moses J. Bockarie European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
Julia Fox-Rushby
Julia Fox-Rushby King's College London
Rob Baltussen
Rob Baltussen Radboud University
Anne Mills
Anne Mills London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Andrew M. Jones
Andrew M. Jones University of Exeter

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