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Kalyesubula, Robert  PhD

Head of department at Makerere University    ug
Senior researcher with 178 publications in the last 16 years
Dr. Robert Kalyesubula is a senior lecturer, nephrologist and head of department of the Physiology at Makerere University who received his degree in Medicine and Surgery from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Dr Kalyesubula undertook a masters of internal medicine from Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) graduating on top of his class. He did part of his residence training in McMaster University in Canada. Thereafter, he competitively won the ISN training fellowship and undertook training from Yale University, USA under the mentorship of Prof Asghar Rastegar and Prof Mark Perazella. In order to enhance his skills and patient care Robert, undertook several courses in interventional nephrology from Shiraz University under Prof Reza Gangji in Iran and at the University of Cape Town under Prof Mignon McCulloch. He holds a PhD in epidemiology of non-communicable diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine under the mentorship of Prof Liam Smeeth and Prof Laurie Tomlinson. Dr Kalyesubula is the founder and president of Uganda Kidney Foundation, a researcher and mentor with over 110 peer reviewed publications. He is an adjunct Asst prof. at Yale University, University of Vermont, both in USA and Mc Master University in Canada. Dr Kalyesubula is the Founding president of African Community Center for Social Sustainablity (ACCESS) located in rural Uganda. ACCESS serves a population of over 200,000 individuals with health, education and livelihood services that are owned by the entire community. A community health worker model largely shared and replicated accross the globe endears communities to find lasting solutions to their problems and scale up what works to other communities- accessuganda.org show More

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Evolution over the last 10 years of activity
Aggregated career metrics
178

Total documents

1.92

Normalized Impact

48

Highly Cited Papers (10%)

70.79

International Collab. (%)

Most cited publications


Main coauthors


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Dimensions One by One

Spanning 73 diverse indicators, the dimensions considered capture a comprehensive spectrum of academic attributes. Each dimension includes a set of indicators and has a especific weight on the One Index. More information here...

Activity

971
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.

Impact

708
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Excellence

788
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Leadership

757
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Cooperation

749
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Openness

985
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Community Support

616
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Community Recognition

475
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Transference

739
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Fundraising

0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

All indicators

Performance

Activity

Reflects an author's research output.

Documents 178 Count of all document types.
Docs/Year 11.13 Average of documents published by author per year.
Citable docs 155 Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews.
Journal Articles 140 Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed.
Conferences 0 Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium.
Reviews 15 Review papers authored by the researcher.
Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Theses 1 Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings
Books 0 A whole monograph or the entire book.
Book Chapters 0 Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator.
Datasets 3 Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation.
Editorials 2 Papers where the author contributed editorial content.
Reports 0 Research reports or white papers authored.
Grants 0 Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author.
Pre-Prints 18 Number of publications freely available in pre-print format.
Clinical Trials 1 Number of clinical trials where the author has participated.
Other types 0 Other type of documents.

Impact

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citations 2425 Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types).
Self Citations 211 Citations where the author references their own previous work.
Self Citation Rate 8.701 Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count.
Non Self Citation Rate 91.299 Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations.
Hot Citations 365 Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months.
Citations/Document 13.62 Average of citations recieved per document.
% Not Cited 0.0 Percentage of documents with no citations recieved.
Relative Citation Index 1.923 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
Journal Relative Citation Index 1.254 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
H Index 26 Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times.
G Index 44 Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times.
i10 Index 57 Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved.

Excellence

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citation Score 0.582 Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th.
Citation Normalized Percentile 0.572 Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex.
Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) 48 Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Higly Cited Papers 2.697 Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 1%) 6 Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Outstanding Papers 3.371 Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) 0 Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Hot Papers 9 Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.

Interaction within community

Leadership

Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Docs Leadership 52 Number of documents lead by the author.
% Leadership 29.21 Percentage of documents lead by the author.
Docs International Leadership 28 Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
% International Leadership 15.73 Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
Principal Investigator 0 Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project.
Associations Founded 0 Number of associations founded by the author.
Societies Founded 0 Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author.
Foundations Founded 0 Number of research-related foundations established by the author.
Councils 0 Number of councils founded by author.

Cooperation

Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Authors/Paper 12.79 Average number of authors per document.
% Highly Authored Papers 6.18 Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors.
Countries/Paper 2.8 Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document.
Docs International Collaboration 126 Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line.
% International Collaboration 70.79 Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line.

Community Support

Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Peer Review Counts 3 Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications.
Society Membership 2 Number of societies of wich the author is a member.
Society Memberships 0 Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies.
Editorial Board Memberships 0 Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board.
Panelists 0 Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls.

Community Recognition

Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Distinctions 2 Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career.
Invitations 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations.
Talks 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks.
Professorships 0 Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips.
Commissioned Reports 0 Commissioned reports done by the author.

Interaction with society

Openness

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Open Access Documents 145 Number of documents in Open Access mode.
% Open Access Documents 81.46 Percentage of documents in Open Access mode.
Open Access Gold 94 Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ.
Open Access Green 23 Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository.
Open Access Hybrid 13 Free under an open license in a toll-access journal.
Open Access Bronze 12 Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license.
Open Access Closed 33 Non Open Access documents.

Transference

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Advisory Boards 0 Number of advisory boards of which the author is member.
Companies 0 Number of companies created or founded by the author.

Fundraising

Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

Funding Counts 0 Number of activities reported as funding recieved.
ERC Grantees 0 Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council.
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