Ashura Bakari

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at Ghana Health Servicefrom their recent papers

paediatrician, Ghana Health Service, since 2004per ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2025

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Genetics
Nutrition and Dietetics

Publications: 262016–2025
Citations: 298to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 2.051.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 27%7 of 26 scored papers
Open access: 73%19 papers free to read

5 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.

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

paediatrician, Child HealthGhana Health Servicesince 2004

Honours, memberships and service

Ghana Medical Associationsince 2005

On their papers

Publications

26 in all

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health2077%
Obstetrics and Gynecology519%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health519%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine519%
Genetics415%
Nutrition and Dietetics415%
Emergency Medicine312%
General Health Professions312%
Immunology312%
Health28%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health13
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions5
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders4
Infant Development and Preterm Care4
Neonatal Health and Biochemistry4
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
Immune responses and vaccinations3
Malaria Research and Control3
Maternal and fetal healthcare3
Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare3
Neonatal Respiratory Health Research3
Emergency and Acute Care Studies2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

92% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States24
Kenya3
Uganda3
Belgium3
Ethiopia2
Denmark1
Australia1
Netherlands1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of MichiganUS19 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH19 papers
Michigan MedicineUS13 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH6 papers
University of GhanaGH6 papers
Cape Coast Teaching HospitalGH6 papers
University of Cape CoastGH5 papers
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS3 papers
Duke UniversityUS3 papers
Division of Parasitic Diseases and MalariaUS3 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Biosocial Science3
BMC Pediatrics2
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health2
African Journal of Current Medical Research1
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene1
ATS Scholar1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being14
5Gender equality3
1No poverty2

Most cited

Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine administered according to different full, fractional, and delayed third or early fourth dose regimens in children aged 5–17 months in Ghana and Kenya: an open-label, phase 2b, randomised controlled trial
The Lancet Infectious Diseases3
202275 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Incidence, causes and correlates of maternal near‐miss morbidity: a multi‐centre cross‐sectional study
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology3
201860 citationsWorld top 10%

Every institution they have given on a paper.

2025International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.3390/ijerph22010096

Neonatal Jaundice Treatment Versus Recommendations: The Challenge of Treatment Without Rapid Diagnostic Capability

2025International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.3390/ijerph22071032

Exogenous lipoid pneumonia in two Ghanaian infants - case report

2022African Journal of Current Medical ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.31191/afrijcmr.v5i1.86

Stigma Associated With Sickle Cell Disease in Kumasi, Ghana

2021Journal of Transcultural NursingJournal15 citations10.1177/10436596211008216

Provider perspectives on Asram in Ghana

2021Journal of Biosocial ScienceJournal4 citations10.1017/s0021932021000158

Incidence, causes and correlates of maternal near‐miss morbidity: a multi‐centre cross‐sectional study

2018BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & GynaecologyJournalOpen access60 citations10.1111/1471-0528.15578

Predictors of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in rural western Uganda

2016International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalOpen access19 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.01.009

BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

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How it can be read

73% free to read

Diamond 3 · 12%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 35%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 12%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 27%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

17 of 26 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center12
National Institutes of Health10
University of Michigan3
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung2
GlaxoSmithKline2
PATH2
Kenya Medical Research Institute1

Open access · Green

Neonatal near-misses in Ghana: a prospective, observational, multi-center study

BMC Pediatrics3

201929 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Predictors of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in rural western Uganda

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics3

201619 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Stigma Associated With Sickle Cell Disease in Kumasi, Ghana

Journal of Transcultural Nursing5

202115 citations