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2026

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51
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Samuel Kariuki publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Samuel Kariuki sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 144 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Samuel Kariuki D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Samuel Kariuki sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Kenya Leader Award

Overview

Samuel Kariuki is affiliated with the Kenya Medical Research Institute in Kenya and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans various subfields including endocrinology, food science, infectious diseases, molecular medicine, and applied microbiology and biotechnology.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on antimicrobial resistance and bacterial epidemiology, with significant emphasis on pathogens such as Salmonella and Campylobacter, as well as Vibrio bacteria. Other important topics covered include antibiotic resistance in bacteria, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, antibiotic use and resistance, child nutrition and water access, and Escherichia coli research studies.

Samuel Kariuki's publication record includes a number of papers published in well-known venues. Some recently published works include:

  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases Commission on antimicrobial resistance: 6 years later (2020) in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Complications and mortality of non-typhoidal salmonella invasive disease: a global systematic review and meta-analysis (2022) in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Antimicrobial Resistance Rates and Surveillance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Where Are We Now? (2022) in Infection and Drug Resistance
  • Antimicrobial resistance in the globalized food chain: a One Health perspective applied to the poultry industry (2021) in Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
  • Global diversity and antimicrobial resistance of typhoid fever pathogens: Insights from a meta-analysis of 13,000 Salmonella Typhi genomes (2023) in eLife

Frequent collaborators include Cecilia Mbae, Susan Kavai, Kelvin Kering, Robert Onsaré, and Celestine Wairimu. These partnerships have contributed to an extensive publication record across multiple scientific domains.

Key publication venues for Samuel Kariuki are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Evidence for several waves of global transmission in the seventh cholera pandemic

    Ankur Mutreja;Dong Wook Kim;Dong Wook Kim;Nicholas R Thomson;Thomas R Connor

  • Epidemic multiple drug resistant Salmonella Typhimurium causing invasive disease in sub-Saharan Africa have a distinct genotype

    Robert A. Kingsley;Chisomo L. Msefula;Nicholas R. Thomson;Samuel Kariuki;Samuel Kariuki

  • Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events

    Vanessa K. Wong;Vanessa K. Wong;Stephen Baker;Stephen Baker;Stephen Baker;Derek J. Pickard;Julian Parkhill

  • Intracontinental spread of human invasive Salmonella Typhimurium pathovariants in sub-Saharan Africa

    Chinyere K. Okoro;Robert A. Kingsley;Thomas Richard Connor;Simon R. Harris

  • The Global One Health Paradigm: Challenges and Opportunities for Tackling Infectious Diseases at the Human, Animal, and Environment Interface in Low-Resource Settings

    Wondwossen A. Gebreyes;Jean Dupouy-Camet;Melanie J. Newport;Celso J. B. Oliveira

  • The state of the World's Antibiotics 2015.

    Helen Gelbrand;Molly Miller-Petrie;Suraj Pant;Sumanth Gandra

  • Antimicrobial resistance and management of invasive Salmonella disease.

    Samuel Kariuki;Melita A. Gordon;Nicholas Feasey;Christopher M. Parry

  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases Commission on antimicrobial resistance: 6 years later

    Ramanan Laxminarayan;Thomas Van Boeckel;Isabel Frost;Samuel Kariuki

  • Invasive multidrug-resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella infections in Africa: zoonotic or anthroponotic transmission?

    Samuel Kariuki;Samuel Kariuki;Gunturu Revathi;Nyambura Kariuki;John Kiiru

  • Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries

    Aníbal De J. Sosa;Denis K. Byarugaba;Carlos F. Amabile-Cuevas;Po Ren Hsueh

  • Distinct Salmonella Enteritidis lineages associated with enterocolitis in high-income settings and invasive disease in low-income settings

    Nicholas A. Feasey;James Hadfield;Karen Helena Keddy;Timothy J Dallman

  • Typhoid in Kenya Is Associated with a Dominant Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Haplotype That Is Also Widespread in Southeast Asia

    Samuel Kariuki;Samuel Kariuki;Gunturu Revathi;John Kiiru;Doris M. Mengo

  • Clinical bacteriology in low-resource settings: today's solutions

    Sien Ombelet;Sien Ombelet;Jean-Baptiste Ronat;Timothy Walsh;Cedric P Yansouni

  • Characterisation of community acquired non-typhoidal Salmonella from bacteraemia and diarrhoeal infections in children admitted to hospital in Nairobi, Kenya

    Samuel Kariuki;Gunturu Revathi;Nyambura Kariuki;John Kiiru

  • Genomic insights into the 2016–2017 cholera epidemic in Yemen

    François Xavier Weill;Daryl Domman;Daryl Domman;Elisabeth Njamkepo;Abdullrahman A. Almesbahi

  • Antibiotic resistance of faecal Escherichia coli from healthy volunteers from eight developing countries

    S. Nys;I. N. Okeke;S. Kariuki;G. J. Dinant

  • Antimicrobial resistance in the globalized food chain: a One Health perspective applied to the poultry industry.

    Mauro de Mesquita Souza Saraiva;Kelvin Lim;Daniel Farias Marinho do Monte;Patrícia Emília Naves Givisiez

  • Daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis to prevent mortality in children with complicated severe acute malnutrition: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

    James A Berkley;James A Berkley;Moses Ngari;Johnstone Thitiri;Laura Mwalekwa

  • Intestinal parasitic infections in children presenting with diarrhoea in outpatient and inpatient settings in an informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya

    Cecilia Kathure Mbae;David James Nokes;Erastus Mulinge;Joyce Nyambura

  • Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Typhoid Outbreaks in Kenya

    Samuel Kariuki;Samuel Kariuki;Gunturu Revathi;Jane Muyodi;Joyce Mwituria

  • Trends in Bloodstream Infections among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adults Admitted to a Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, during the Last Decade

    Gilly Arthur;Gilly Arthur;Gilly Arthur;Videlis N. Nduba;Samuel M. Kariuki;Joseph Kimari

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric M. Fèvre
Eric M. Fèvre University of Liverpool
Lian F. Thomas
Lian F. Thomas University of Liverpool
Gordon Dougan
Gordon Dougan University of Cambridge
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Calman A. MacLennan
Calman A. MacLennan Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Robert A. Kingsley
Robert A. Kingsley University of East Anglia
Melita A. Gordon
Melita A. Gordon University of Liverpool
Christopher M. Parry
Christopher M. Parry Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Jan Jacobs
Jan Jacobs KU Leuven

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