Kassim Tawiah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at University of Energy and Natural Resources and Saveetha Universityfrom their recent papers

Assistant Lecturer, University of Energy and Natural Resources, since 2018per ORCID

Publishing since 2020, latest 2026

Biostatistician, Statistician, Mathematical Statistician, and Lecturer with a passion for using data-driven research to address real-world challenges in public health, environmental sustainability, and social development. I am a Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana, where I teach, mentor students, and conduct interdisciplinary research. My research interests span biostatistics, mathematical… More on ORCID

Economics and Econometrics
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Statistics and Probability
Artificial Intelligence

In their own words

Biostatistics
mixed models
and overdisperded models

Publications: 422020–2026
Citations: 573to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 12
Field-weighted impact: 2.941.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 21%9 of 42 scored papers
Open access: 83%35 papers free to read

4 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

Subfields

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Assistant Lecturer, Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of Energy and Natural Resourcessince 2018
Part-time Lecturer, Institute of Education (Sandwich Programme)University of Cape Coast2018–2019
Part-time Lecturer, College of Distance EducationUniversity of Cape Coast2016–2019
Mathematics Tutor, Senior High SchoolGhana Education Service2010–2018

Education

Publications

42 in all

Characterizing Critical Sources of Carbon Emissions Using Principal Component Analysis
2026The Scientific World JOURNALJournalOpen accessCorresponding1 citation10.1155/tswj/6175776
A Newton-Raphson approach to trivariate Poisson regression modeling: a simulation study
2026Journal of Simulation

kassim.tawiah@uenr.edu.ghPublic on their ORCID record

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Economics and Econometrics

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health819%

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health717%

Statistical and Nonlinear Physics717%

Statistics and Probability512%

Artificial Intelligence410%

Condensed Matter Physics410%

Nutrition and Dietetics410%

Sociology and Political Science410%

Environmental Engineering37%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health8
Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence5
Child Nutrition and Water Access4
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth4
Malaria Research and Control4
Theoretical and Computational Physics4
COVID-19 epidemiological studies3
Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies3
Environmental Impact and Sustainability3
Statistical Mechanics and Entropy3
Advanced Statistical Methods and Models2
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

48% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written135791113Home

Most frequent partner countries

Pakistan15
India7
China2
Saudi Arabia1
Afghanistan1
Portugal1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH42 papers
Islamia University of BahawalpurPK13 papers
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto UniversityPK7 papers
Saveetha UniversityIN6 papers
Quaid-i-Azam UniversityPK6 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH3 papers
University of SindhPK2 papers
Bahauddin Zakariya UniversityPK2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Ghana Communication Technology UniversityGH2 papers

Where they publish

AIP Advances3
PLoS ONE3
BioMed Research International2
Health & Social Care in the Community2
Health Science Reports2
Journal of Environmental and Public Health2
Journal of Healthcare Engineering2
Mathematical Problems in Engineering2

How it can be read

83% free to read

Gold 22 · 52%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 12 · 29%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 7 · 17%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

5 of 42 papers name a funder

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being8
5Gender equality3
7Affordable and clean energy3
8Decent work and economic growth3
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure3
13Climate action3
1No poverty2
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
10Reduced inequalities1
15Life on land1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

A supervised machine learning algorithm for detecting and predicting fraud in credit card transactions
Decision Analytics Journal16
2023196 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
A Novel Study on Machine Learning Algorithm-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prediction
Health & Social Care in the Community13
2023112 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
A hybrid forecasting technique for infection and death from the mpox virus
Digital Health3
202331 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
The Effect of Rainfall, Temperature, and Relative Humidity on the Yield of Cassava, Yam, and Maize in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
International Journal of Agronomy2
202230 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Comparison of Conventional Modeling Techniques with the Neural Network Autoregressive Model (NNAR): Application to COVID-19 Data
Journal of Healthcare Engineering3
202228 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Research Exchange, Department of Statistics

University of Michigan

PhD Mathematical Statistics, Department of Statistics and Actuarial ScienceKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2021–2025

Diploma in Education, Institute of Distance Education and e-learningUniversity of Education, Winneba2014–2015

MPhil Statistics, StatisticsUniversity of Ghana2013–2015

B.Sc. Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of Cape Coast2005–2009

Honours, memberships and service

Peer Reviewer, Health Science ReportsWILEYsince 2022
Peer Reviewer, Health Science ReportsWILEYsince 2022
Committee Member, International Development SectionRoyal Statistical Societysince 2022
Student, Young Professional GroupAmerican Statistical Associationsince 2021
MemberInternational Biometric Societysince 2021
Peer ReviewerAsian Journal of Probability and Statisticssince 2021
FellowRoyal Statistical Societysince 2020
Undegraduate Students Academic Tutor, Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of Energy and Natural Resourcessince 2019

Limit theorems for the multispecies Curie-Weiss Potts model

2026The European Physical Journal PlusJournalSenior author0 citations10.1140/epjp/s13360-026-07845-9

Mean-field modelling of opinion polarization and structural misinformation susceptibility in online communities

2026Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and ExperimentJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1088/1742-5468/ae8436

Mathematical modelling of decision making: the case of motor insurance choices

2024Journal of Mathematics in IndustryJournalOpen accessCorresponding1 citation10.1186/s13362-024-00148-7

A Novel Study on Machine Learning Algorithm-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prediction

2023Health & Social Care in the CommunityJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding112 citations10.1155/2023/1406060

Pakistan CO2 Emission Modelling and Forecasting: A Linear and Nonlinear Time Series Approach

2023Journal of Environmental and Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding23 citations10.1155/2023/5903362

A Comparative Analysis of Traditional SARIMA and Machine Learning Models for CPI Data Modelling in Pakistan

2023Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft ComputingJournalOpen accessCorresponding6 citations10.1155/2023/3236617

Inverse problem for the quartic mean-field Ising model

2023The European Physical Journal PlusJournalSenior author3 citations10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04251-3

Optimum Stratification Using Dynamic Programming with a Mixture of Ratio and Product Estimators under Super Population Model

2023Mathematical Problems in EngineeringJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.1155/2023/3149912

Impact of Sociocultural Factors on Contraceptive Use: A Case Study of Pakistan

2022BioMed Research InternationalJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding6 citations10.1155/2022/2939166

Empirical Analysis With Legislative Solutions of Workplace Cyberbullying

2022International Journal of Cyber Behavior Psychology and LearningJournalSenior author2 citations10.4018/ijcbpl.308303

Optimal Circular Balanced Repeated Measurements Designs for v = p through the Method of Cyclic Shift (MCS) Rule II

2022Mathematical Problems in EngineeringJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1155/2022/2875183

Zero-Inflated Time Series Modelling of COVID-19 Deaths in Ghana

2021Journal of Environmental and Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding18 citations10.1155/2021/5543977

On Zero-Inflated Hierarchical Poisson Models with Application to Maternal Mortality Data

2020International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1155/2020/1407320

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

University of Ghana1