Brenda Abu

University of Ghana

Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, since 2025per ORCID

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Nutrition and Dietetics
General Health Professions
Hematology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cell Biology
Complementary and Manual Therapy

In their own words

Micronutrient Nutrition
Iron and Iodine
Maternal and Child Health
Nutrition Education with Applications to Technology
Project Development and Impact Assessments
Food Security and Non-Communicable Diseases
Oral and Dental Health

Publications: 132015–2026
Citations: 64to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.421.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 77%10 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, Wegmans School of Health and NutritionRochester Institute of Technologysince 2025
Assistant Professor, Wegmans School of Health and NutritionRochester Institute of Technology2019–2025
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Wegman's School of Health and NutritionRochester Institute of Technology2017–2019
Post Doctoral Research Associate, Nutritional SciencesTexas Tech University2015–2017

Education

Nutrition and Dietetics (RDN Internship ), Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Publications

13 in all

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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

Nutrition and Dietetics969%
General Health Professions646%
Hematology431%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health431%
Cell Biology18%
Complementary and Manual Therapy18%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism18%
Food Science18%
Health Information Management18%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management18%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Child Nutrition and Water Access9
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations5
Iron Metabolism and Disorders4
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet4
Delphi Technique in Research1
Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education1
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology1
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications1
Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment1
Physical Activity and Health1
Polysaccharides Composition and Applications1
Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

85% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written23567810Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States11
South Africa6
Australia2
United Kingdom2
Kenya2
Netherlands2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Rochester Institute of TechnologyUS8 papers
University of the Free StateZA5 papers
Texas Tech UniversityUS4 papers
University of Cape CoastGH4 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH3 papers
University for Development StudiesGH3 papers
University of SheffieldGB2 papers
The University of SydneyAU2 papers
Northumbria UniversityGB2 papers
Loughborough UniversityGB2 papers

Where they publish

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences2
European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety2
The FASEB Journal2
BMJ Public Health1
Current Developments in Nutrition1
Frontiers in Public Health1
Heliyon

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger8
4Quality education4
1No poverty1
3Good health and well-being1

Most cited

Risks of excess iodine intake in Ghana: current situation, challenges, and lessons for the future
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences2
201823 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Pica Practices among Apparently Healthy Women and Their Young Children in Ghana
Physiology & Behavior3
201719 citations
Iron-focussed nutritional status of mothers with children (6–59 months) in rural northern Ghana

Iowa State University

Ph.D., Nutrition and DieteticsUniversity of the Free State2011–2015

Master of Philosophy, Department of Nutrition and Food ScienceUniversity of Ghana2007–2009

Bachelor of Science (Hons), NutritionUniversity for Development Studies2002–2006

Frontiers in Public Health

Qualitative assessments of anemia‐related programs in Ghana reveal gaps and implementation challenges

2020Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1111/nyas.14538

Risks of excess iodine intake in Ghana: current situation, challenges, and lessons for the future

2018Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding23 citations10.1111/nyas.13988

Physiology & Behavior1

How it can be read

77% free to read

Diamond 3 · 23%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 31%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 15%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 3 · 23%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 13 papers name a funder

Ghana Education Trust Fund1
Grand Challenges Canada1
World Health Organization1

20209 citationsOpen access · Gold

Qualitative assessments of anemia‐related programs in Ghana reveal gaps and implementation challenges

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences12

20206 citationsOpen access · Hybrid