Yakubu Alhassan

Independent Research Consultant, since 2017per ORCID

Publishing since 2019, latest 2026

Yakubu Alhassan is a Ghanaian with interest in statistical and data science. He graduated with a second class upper honors in Statistics and Mathematics combine major from the University of Ghana in 2017. He also holds a master of science in Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation from the University of Ghana in 2020. He is currently pursuing a post graduate degree (PhD) in Public health with specialization in Biostatistics. He is a Bio-statistician by training. As at… More on ORCID

Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Health

Publications: 402019–2026
Citations: 456to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 2.191.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 28%11 of 40 scored papers
Open access: 98%39 papers free to read

16 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Independent Research Consultantsince 2017
Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of BiostatisticsUniversity of Ghana2017–2019

Education

MSc Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation, Health Policy Planning and managementUniversity of Ghana2019–2020
Bsc, Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of Ghana2013–2017

On their papers

University of Ghana

Publications

40 in all

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Subfields

Infectious Diseases1743%
Epidemiology1025%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health923%
General Health Professions615%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health615%
Health513%
Nutrition and Dietetics513%
Emergency Medicine410%
Immunology410%
Parasitology38%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions7
Malaria Research and Control7
Child Nutrition and Water Access5
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy5
Global Maternal and Child Health4
Immune responses and vaccinations4
Mosquito-borne diseases and control4
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research4
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment3
Parasites and Host Interactions3
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment3
Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

43% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States10
United Kingdom8
Nigeria4
Uganda2
Kenya1
Sierra Leone1
Niger1
Côte d’Ivoire1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH11 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH10 papers
University of SouthamptonGB4 papers
University of FloridaUS3 papers
Central UniversityGH3 papers
Federal University WukariNG3 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH3 papers
Federal University of Agriculture, AbeokutaNG3 papers
Federal University of Agriculture ZuruNG3 papers
Kwararafa UniversityNG3 papers

Where they publish

Malaria Journal3
PLoS ONE3
BMC Infectious Diseases2
BMJ Global Health2
Frontiers in Public Health2
Health Science Reports2
Pan African Medical Journal2
PLOS Global Public Health2

How it can be read

98% free to read

Diamond 3 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 30 · 75%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 10%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 3%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being18
2Zero hunger7
1No poverty5
8Decent work and economic growth1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Infection Prevention in Practice

Evaluation of Rural Households Practices For Climate-Smart Agriculture Technology In Zamfara State, Nigeria

2023International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Rural Development StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.37745/ijaerds.15/vol10n14759

Health care waste management in health facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

2022International Journal of Community Medicine and Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20221506

Who funds it

12 of 40 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center4
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2
Cancer Research UK2
Francis Crick Institute2
Medical Research Council2
National Institutes of Health2
Wellcome Trust2
African Population and Health Research Center1