John Asiedu Larbi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyper ORCID

Publishing since 1998, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
Parasitology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Insect Science

In their own words

Parasitic infections
Water related/borne diseases
WASH
Parasite ecology and Immunology
Zoology

Publications: 801998–2026
Citations: 1,637to those papers
h-index: 16i10-index 23
Field-weighted impact: 2.151.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 28%16 of 58 scored papers
Open access: 81%48 of the 59 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 2,051 citations, h-index 16 and i10-index 26 (726 citations and h-index 15 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Theoretical and Applied BiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

80 in all

Soil‐Transmitted Helminthes (STHs) and Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Amongst Preschool Children in the Bosomtwe District of Ghana
2026BioMed Research InternationalJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.1155/bmri/9946374
Molecular taxonomic characterisation of Ancylostoma spp. and Strongyloides spp. in three protected areas in Ghana

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases2531%
Parasitology2228%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1924%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics1013%
Nutrition and Dietetics810%
Insect Science79%
Ecology68%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis56%
Molecular Biology56%
Epidemiology45%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Parasites and Host Interactions12
Malaria Research and Control10
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment9
Vector-Borne Animal Diseases9
Vector-borne infectious diseases9
Viral Infections and Vectors9
Child Nutrition and Water Access7
Mosquito-borne diseases and control6
Parasite Biology and Host Interactions6
Insects and Parasite Interactions5
Zoonotic diseases and public health5
Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

53% of their 59 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States11
Germany9
United Kingdom7
South Africa4
Norway3
France3
Kenya2
Netherlands2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH19 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH18 papers
Navrongo Health Research CentreGH8 papers
United States ArmyUS7 papers
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS7 papers
Walter Reed Army Institute of ResearchUS6 papers
Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesUS5 papers
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical MedicineDE5 papers
United States Department of the NavyUS5 papers
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH5 papers

Where they publish

BioMed Research International5
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE4
Veterinary Medicine and Science3
Cogent Food & Agriculture2
Experimental and Applied Acarology2
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being16
15Life on land7
6Clean water and sanitation6
2Zero hunger5
11Sustainable cities and communities2
4Quality education1
5Gender equality1
13

Most cited

T regulatory-1 cells induce IgG4 production by B cells: role of IL-10
The Journal of Immunology
2005252 citations
Wolbachia endobacteria depletion by doxycycline as antifilarial therapy has macrofilaricidal activity in onchocerciasis: a randomized placebo-controlled study
Medical Microbiology and Immunology3
2007247 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Antigen-specific T regulatory-1 cells are associated with immunosuppression in a chronic helminth infection (onchocerciasis)

Frontiers in Parasitology

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Abattoir Workers in Kumasi Towards Ticks and Tick‐Borne Pathogens

2025Public Health ChallengesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.1002/puh2.70167

Ticks and tick‐borne pathogens in selected abattoirs and a slaughter slab in Kumasi, Ghana

2024Veterinary Medicine and ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding11 citations10.1002/vms3.70030

Toxoplasma gondii among pregnant women attending antenatal care in a district hospital in Ghana

2023Public Health ChallengesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding11 citations10.1002/puh2.82

Burdens of Ascaris spp. and Cryptosporidium spp. parasites in farm pigs in Ghana

2022Veterinary Medicine and ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1002/vms3.756

Filth Flies As Carriers of Intestinal Parasites And Fungi in a Tertiary Institution in Ghana

2022Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.52547/jommid.10.4.179

Asymptomatic Malaria Prevalence and Health Facility Influence on the Attitude of Facility Users in Malaria Meso-Endemic Districts in Ghana

2021International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations

Zoonotic Gastrointestinal Parasites of Baboons (Papio anubis) in the Shai Hill Reserve in Ghana

2020BioMed Research InternationalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1155/2020/1083251

Recreational Water Quality Assessment of Some Selected Swimming Pools in the Asuogyaman District, Ghana

2019Microbiology Research Journal InternationalJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.9734/mrji/2018/v26i530079

Seasonal Disparity in Microbial and Soil Transmitted Helminths Concentrations in Irrigation Samples

2018International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied SciencesJournalOpen access0 citations10.20546/ijcmas.2018.708.360

Microbial quality analysis at different stages of cocoa processing

2018Academia Journal of Scientific ResearchJournal0 citations

Microbial risk assessment on stakeholders of unrestricted irrigation

2018International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Applied ScienceJournal0 citations

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology

How it can be read

81% free to read, of the 59 recorded

Diamond 13 · 16%Free to read and to publish
Gold 21 · 26%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 8 · 10%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 14%Behind a paywall
Unknown 21 · 26%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

22 of 80 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology9
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst5
Norges Forskningsråd5
European Commission3
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences3
Fogarty International Center2
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine2
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana2

Microbes and Infection

2002225 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Doxycycline Reduces Plasma VEGF-C/sVEGFR-3 and Improves Pathology in Lymphatic Filariasis

PLoS Pathogens3

2006205 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Persistent detection of Plasmodium falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri after ACT treatment of asymptomatic Ghanaian school-children

International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance3

2013122 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold