Awoke Misganaw

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Also at University of Washington, Ethiopian Public Health Institute and Bahir Dar Universityfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1970, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Nutrition and Dietetics
General Health Professions
Health
Infectious Diseases

Publications: 411970–2026
Citations: 19,057to those papers
h-index: 25i10-index 32
Field-weighted impact: 34.751.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 56%23 of 41 scored papers
Open access: 95%39 papers free to read

7 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

41 in all

Bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance patterns in infections associated with stillbirths and under-five deaths in Ethiopia: a post-mortem surveillance study
2026BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12879-026-13961-9
Burden and trends of diabetes mellitus in Ethiopia: systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2023

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1844%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1434%
Nutrition and Dietetics1127%
General Health Professions1024%
Health615%
Infectious Diseases615%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management615%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging512%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine410%
Emergency Medicine410%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health18
Child Nutrition and Water Access10
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology6
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention5
Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes4
Health disparities and outcomes4
Malaria Research and Control4
Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare4
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies3
Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors3
Global Health and Surgery3
Global Health Care Issues3

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

88% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written5678101420Home

Most frequent partner countries

Ethiopia39
United States35
Australia20
United Kingdom17
Germany14
Canada10
Norway10
Netherlands9

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of WashingtonUS33 papers
Institute for Health Metrics and EvaluationUS27 papers
Addis Ababa UniversityET23 papers
Ethiopian Public Health InstituteET21 papers
University of GondarET16 papers
The University of AdelaideAU14 papers
Bahir Dar UniversityET14 papers
Mekelle UniversityET14 papers
St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical CollegeET13 papers
Harvard UniversityUS11 papers

Where they publish

BMC Public Health5
Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences3
PLOS Global Public Health3
Population Health Metrics3
Malaria Journal2
The Lancet2
The Lancet Global Health

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being20
2Zero hunger6
5Gender equality1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
Journal of the American College of Cardiology3
202011,726 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Global Burden of Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure of at Least 110 to 115 mm Hg, 1990-2015
JAMA3
20172,464 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Exploration of Medicine

Reliable cause-of-death data for better child health practice in Ethiopia

2023The Lancet Global HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00266-8

Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019

2020Journal of the American College of CardiologyJournalOpen access11,726 citations10.1016/j.jacc.2020.11.010

Factors associated with place of death in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2013BMC Palliative CareJournalOpen accessSenior author19 citations10.1186/1472-684x-12-14

Patterns of mortality in public and private hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2012BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding65 citations10.1186/1471-2458-12-1007

Validity of verbal autopsy method to determine causes of death among adults in the urban setting of Ethiopia

2012BMC Medical Research MethodologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding41 citations10.1186/1471-2288-12-130

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene1

How it can be read

95% free to read

Diamond 4 · 10%Free to read and to publish
Gold 26 · 63%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 12%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 5%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

33 of 41 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation16
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation15
University of Washington14
Wellcome Trust11
World Health Organization8
Medical Research Council7
National Health and Medical Research Council5
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation4

Global and National Burden of Diseases and Injuries Among Children and Adolescents Between 1990 and 2013

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine3

2016641 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green