Joseph Otchere

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and Klintaps University College of Health and Allied Sciencesfrom their recent papers

Chief Research Assistant, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, (College of Health Sciences), University of Ghana, since 2010per ORCID

Publishing since 1998, latest 2026

Parasitology
Infectious Diseases
Ecology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Small Animals
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Publications: 431998–2026
Citations: 837to those papers
h-index: 16i10-index 23
Field-weighted impact: 1.001.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 2%1 of 43 scored papers
Open access: 77%33 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

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

Chief Research Assistant, ParasitologyNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, (College of Health Sciences), University of Ghanasince 2010

Education

MPhil, School of Graduate StudiesUniversity Of Ghana2006–2008

On their papers

Publications

43 in all

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Anemia in Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic at a Medical Center in Accra, Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study
2026Health Science ReportsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1002/hsr2.72112
A 24 month longitudinal cohort study of hookworm infection among school-age children in Ghana: Predictors of persistent and repeated infection
2026

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Parasitology3274%
Infectious Diseases2149%
Ecology1228%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1126%
Small Animals819%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis614%
Nutrition and Dietetics512%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health37%
Epidemiology25%
Health Information Management25%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Parasites and Host Interactions31
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment16
Parasite Biology and Host Interactions12
Helminth infection and control8
Insects and Parasite Interactions6
Child Nutrition and Water Access5
Malaria Research and Control4
Amoebic Infections and Treatments3
Global Maternal and Child Health3
Mosquito-borne diseases and control3
Iron Metabolism and Disorders2
Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

60% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12345813Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States13
Japan8
United Kingdom5
Netherlands2
Germany2
Thailand2
Italy1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH39 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH9 papers
Yale UniversityUS6 papers
The Task Force for Global HealthUS4 papers
Klintaps University College of Health and Allied SciencesGH4 papers
Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityJP3 papers
Anglican University College of TechnologyGH3 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH3 papers
Gates FoundationUS2 papers
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS2 papers

Where they publish

PLoS neglected tropical diseases5
Health Science Reports3
Parasitology International3
Tropical Medicine & International Health3
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease3
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being23
2Zero hunger5
1No poverty3
6Clean water and sanitation1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Infant schistosomiasis in Ghana: a survey in an irrigation community
Tropical Medicine & International Health
200499 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Health Seeking Behaviour and Utilization of Health Facilities for Schistosomiasis-Related Symptoms in Ghana
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
201077 citationsOpen access · Gold
Point of care diagnosis of multiple schistosome parasites: Species-specific DNA detection in urine by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)
Acta Tropica3

How it can be read

77% free to read

Diamond 4 · 9%Free to read and to publish
Gold 22 · 51%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 10 · 23%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

30 of 43 papers name a funder

University of Ghana8
European Commission5
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases5
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana5
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership4
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science3
National Institutes of Health3