Emmanuel Addo‐Yobo

Professor (Full) and Consultant Paediatrician, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2017per ORCID

Publishing since 1991, latest 2026

Professor Emmanuel Otopa Danquah Addo-Yobo is (Full) Professor of Child Health, School of Medical Sciences (SMS), College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Honorary Consultant Paediatrician at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi. He holds the MB ChB degree from SMS, KNUST, Diploma in Tropical Child Health (University of Liverpool), Master of Sciences (MCH – University of London), Membership of the West African… More on ORCID

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Physiology
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Immunology and Allergy

In their own words

Asthma
Paediatric Pulmonology
Immunization
Child Survival
Asthma in children
Africa

Publications: 671991–2026
Citations: 2,064to those papers
h-index: 22i10-index 34
Field-weighted impact: 2.241.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 33%16 of 49 scored papers
Open access: 67%33 of the 49 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 2,436 citations, h-index 22 and i10-index 31 (973 citations and h-index 16 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

Professor (Full) and Consultant Paediatrician, Child HealthKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2017

Education

MD (Doctor of Medicine)University of Manchester1996–2000
MSc (maternal and Child Health, Institute of Child HealthUniversity of London1989–1990
Diploma in Tropical MedicineLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine1988–1989
BSc (Human Biology), MB ChB, School of Medical SciencesKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publications

67 in all

GB virus C genotype 1 is rarely transmitted vertically but acquired during infancy in West Africa
2006AIDSJournal14 citations10.1097/01.aids.0000233583.02586.14
Bifidobacterial Species Differentially Affect Expression of Cell Surface Markers and Cytokines of Dendritic Cells Harvested from Cord Blood
2004Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1624%
Physiology1522%
Epidemiology1421%
Infectious Diseases812%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis69%
Immunology and Allergy46%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health46%
Sociology and Political Science46%
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine34%
Dermatology34%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Asthma and respiratory diseases15
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections7
Air Quality and Health Impacts5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research5
Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery5
Respiratory and Cough-Related Research5
Respiratory viral infections research5
Delphi Technique in Research4
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology4
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
Energy and Environment Impacts3
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

86% of their 49 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written5678101218Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom29
United States19
South Africa18
Malawi13
Switzerland12
Nigeria11
Uganda10
Zimbabwe10

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH26 papers
University of KwaZulu-NatalZA18 papers
World Health OrganizationCH12 papers
Boston UniversityUS10 papers
University of ZimbabweZW10 papers
Queen Mary University of LondonGB9 papers
Blizard InstituteGB9 papers
Makerere UniversityUG9 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG9 papers
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research ProgrammeMW8 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology5
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health3
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine2
BMC Public Health2
BMJ Global Health2
BMJ Open2
ISEE Conference Abstracts

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being15
1No poverty6
2Zero hunger4
17Partnerships for the goals4
10Reduced inequalities3
11Sustainable cities and communities2
4Quality education1
12

Most cited

Prevalence and risk factors for dyslipidemia among adults in rural and urban China: findings from the China National Stroke Screening and prevention project (CNSSPP)
BMC public health
2019270 citations
Oral amoxicillin versus injectable penicillin for severe pneumonia in children aged 3 to 59 months: a randomised multicentre equivalency study
The Lancet
2004241 citations
Bifidobacterial Species Differentially Affect Expression of Cell Surface Markers and Cytokines of Dendritic Cells Harvested from Cord Blood
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology17

How it can be read

67% free to read, of the 49 recorded

Diamond 6 · 9%Free to read and to publish
Gold 13 · 19%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 5 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 16 · 24%Behind a paywall
Unknown 18 · 27%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

29 of 67 papers name a funder

National Institute for Health and Care Research10
World Health Organization9
Government of the United Kingdom8
Medical Research Council6
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation5
Wellcome Trust4
Department of Health and Social Care3
National Institutes of Health3