Rita Asante Kusi

University of Ghana

Field Epidemiologist, Ghana Field Epidemiology Training Program, since 2021per ORCID
Senior Regulatory Officer, Food and Drugs Authority, since 2009per ORCID

Publishing since 2019, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Epidemiology
Food Science
General Health Professions
Nutrition and Dietetics
Health

Publications: 122019–2026
Citations: 28to those papers
h-index: 2i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 0.791.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%1 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 67%8 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

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

Field EpidemiologistGhana Field Epidemiology Training Programsince 2021
Senior Regulatory Officer, Food safety management departmentFood and Drugs Authoritysince 2009

Education

Field EpidemiologyGhana Field Epidemiology Program2020
MSc. Food Safety and QualityUniversity of New South Wales - Randwick Campus2012–2013
BSc. BiochemistryUniversity of Cape Coast2004–2008

On their papers

Publications

12 in all

Evaluation of the community-led total sanitation in Bongo District, Ghana, 2024
2026Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.37432/jieph-d-25-00293
Descriptive analysis of meningitis surveillance data, Upper East Region, Ghana, 2019–2023
2026Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health

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Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health542%
Epidemiology325%
Food Science325%
General Health Professions325%
Nutrition and Dietetics325%
Health217%
Obstetrics and Gynecology217%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health217%
Clinical Biochemistry18%
Genetics18%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health4
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
Food Safety and Hygiene3
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction2
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines1
Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling1
COVID-19 epidemiological studies1
Data-Driven Disease Surveillance1
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations1
Global Health and Epidemiology1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

17% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States1
Uganda1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Food and Drugs AuthorityGH5 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH3 papers
Georgia State UniversityUS1 paper
African Field Epidemiology NetworkUG1 paper
Ministry of Food and AgricultureGH1 paper
Ministry of HealthGH1 paper
African Field Epidemiology NetworkNG1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health5
Food Control2
African Journal of Midwifery and Women s Health1
British Journal of Midwifery1
Discover Environment1
International Journal of Infectious Diseases and Therapy1
Public Health in Practice1

How it can be read

67% free to read

Diamond 6 · 50%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 17%In an open-access journal
Closed 4 · 33%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 12 papers name a funder

Agence Française de Développement1
Austrian Development Agency1
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being4
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
10Reduced inequalities1

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Trends and epidemiologic patterns of maternal mortality in the Central Region of Ghana, 2020–2024

2026Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.37432/jieph-confpro7-0011

Determinants of anaemia among pregnant women in Central Region, Ghana

2024African Journal of Midwifery and Women s HealthJournal0 citations10.12968/ajmw.2024.0009

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung1

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1

Korea International Cooperation Agency1

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine1