Ernestina Yirkyio

Tamale Teaching Hospital

Publishing since 2015, latest 2021

Nutrition and Dietetics
Epidemiology
General Health Professions
Psychiatry and Mental health
Hepatology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 52015–2021
Citations: 110to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.281.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 20%1 of 5 scored papers
Open access: 100%5 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Citations received each year

Publications

5 in all

Breastfeeding in Primary Healthcare Setting: Evaluation of Nurses and Midwives Competencies, Training, Barriers and Satisfaction of Breastfeeding Educational Experiences in Northern Ghana
2021Clinical Medicine Insights PediatricsJournalOpen access9 citations10.1177/11795565211010704
Assessing the knowledge of expectant mothers on mother–to-child transmission of viral hepatitis B in Upper West region of Ghana

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Nutrition and Dietetics360%
Epidemiology240%
General Health Professions240%
Psychiatry and Mental health240%
Hepatology120%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health120%
Speech and Hearing120%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Child Nutrition and Water Access3
Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences1
Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders1
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations1
Hepatitis B Virus Studies1
Hepatitis C virus research1
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum1
School Health and Nursing Education1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

40% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States2
Iran1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University for Development StudiesGH5 papers
Wake Forest UniversityUS2 papers
Tehran University of Medical SciencesIR1 paper
Wake Forest University Health SciencesUS1 paper
Catholic University College of GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

BMC Infectious Diseases1
Clinical Medicine Insights Pediatrics1
International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition1
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism1
Journal of Scientific Research and Reports1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger3
1No poverty1

Most cited

Treatment Outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition Cases at the Tamale Teaching Hospital
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism2
201565 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Assessing the knowledge of expectant mothers on mother–to-child transmission of viral hepatitis B in Upper West region of Ghana
BMC Infectious Diseases
201729 citationsOpen access · Gold
Breastfeeding in Primary Healthcare Setting: Evaluation of Nurses and Midwives Competencies, Training, Barriers and Satisfaction of Breastfeeding Educational Experiences in Northern Ghana

BMC Infectious Diseases

A Retrospective Study on Child Malnutrition in the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

2016Journal of Scientific Research and ReportsJournalOpen access4 citations10.9734/jsrr/2016/23095

Treatment Outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition Cases at the Tamale Teaching Hospital

2015Journal of Nutrition and MetabolismJournalOpen access65 citations10.1155/2015/641784

Diamond 1 · 20%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 60%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 20%Free to read, no open licence

Clinical Medicine Insights Pediatrics1

20219 citationsOpen access · Gold

A Retrospective Study on Child Malnutrition in the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Journal of Scientific Research and Reports2

20164 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Clinical Outcomes and Determinants of Recovery Rates of Pediatric Inpatients Treated for Severe Acute Malnutrition

International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition2

20153 citationsOpen access · Bronze