Paa Kobina Turkson
Also at University of Ghanafrom their recent papers
- Professor, University of Ghana, since 2014per ORCID
Publishing since 1986, latest 2026
Paa Kobina Turkson is a Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology in the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghana. He was the Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine from 2014 to 2021. He is a veterinarian by profession and a veterinary epidemiologist by specialization. He has a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (1983) and an MSc in Veterinary Public Health (1986) both from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, earning a PhD in Epidemiology from the College of Veterinary… More on ORCID
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Animal Science and Zoology
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Epidemiology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Small Animals
In their own words
- Animal health
- Veterinary Medicine
- Veterinary Epidemiology
- One Health
- veterinary services delivery
- Ghana
- Publications
- 591986–2026
- Citations
- 896to those papers
- h-index
- 15i10-index 21
- Field-weighted impact
- 0.701.00 is the world average
- World top 10%
- 6%2 of 35 scored papers
- Open access
- 43%15 of the 35 whose access is recorded
21 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 1,399 citations, h-index 20 and i10-index 31 (363 citations and h-index 11 since 2021), as of October 12, 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
Positions
- Professor, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Ghanasince 2014
- Dean, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Ghana2014–2021
- Dean, School of AgricultureUniversity of Cape Coast School of Agriculture2011–2014
- Dean, School of AgricultureUniversity of Cape Coast School of Agriculture2002–2008
- Head, Animal ScienceUniversity of Cape Coast School of Agriculture1999–2004
Publications
59 in all
- Study of traditional small ruminant production systems in 2 districts of Central Region, Ghana
1995Phase I. Diagnostic survey,(Report submitted to National Agricultural Research Project, Accra, Ghana)Journal11 citations
- A comparison of modified McMaster and Brumpt's methods in assessment of nematode egg output in an N'dama cattle herd
1994Acta TropicaJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations