Seth Owusu‐Agyei

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Also at Kintampo Health Research Centre and Ghana Health Servicefrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1993, latest 2026

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

Publications: 3021993–2026
Citations: 15,628to those papers
h-index: 70i10-index 239
Field-weighted impact: 4.421.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 48%144 of 302 scored papers
Open access: 85%256 papers free to read

33 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

Career

On their papers

Publications

302 in all

Ghana randomized air pollution and health study (GRAPHS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
2015TrialsJournalOpen accessSenior author86 citations10.1186/s13063-015-0930-8
Association of Carbon Monoxide exposure with blood pressure among pregnant women in rural Ghana: Evidence from GRAPHS
2015International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health17658%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health9030%
Parasitology5217%
General Health Professions5017%
Infectious Diseases3211%
Epidemiology279%
Immunology269%
Nutrition and Dietetics269%
Molecular Biology258%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis196%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control130
Global Maternal and Child Health79
Mosquito-borne diseases and control51
Parasites and Host Interactions47
Child Nutrition and Water Access24
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health19
Energy and Environment Impacts18
Air Quality and Health Impacts17
Immune responses and vaccinations17
Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare16
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy14
Iron Metabolism and Disorders12

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

78% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written13182021283942Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom129
United States90
Kenya42
Switzerland39
Tanzania39
Germany28
Netherlands28
Burkina Faso23

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kintampo Health Research CentreGH273 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH140 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB105 papers
Navrongo Health Research CentreGH54 papers
University of GhanaGH52 papers
Kenya Medical Research InstituteKE41 papers
Ifakara Health InstituteTZ33 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH33 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH30 papers
Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteCH26 papers

Where they publish

Malaria Journal34
PLoS ONE33
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene12
Tropical Medicine & International Health11
BMJ Open8
Vaccine8
Global Health Action

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being192
1No poverty23
2Zero hunger12
17Partnerships for the goals9
5Gender equality7
10Reduced inequalities3
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
11

Most cited

Delayed Breastfeeding Initiation Increases Risk of Neonatal Mortality
PEDIATRICS3
20061,068 citationsWorld top 10%
Genetic Diversity and Protective Efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine
New England Journal of Medicine3
2015460 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Immunogenicity of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine and implications for duration of vaccine efficacy: secondary analysis of data from a phase 3 randomised controlled trial

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Predictors of abortions in Rural Ghana: a cross-sectional study

2015BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author67 citations10.1186/s12889-015-1572-1

Prevalence and risk factors for Active Convulsive Epilepsy in Kintampo, Ghana

2015Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author63 citations10.11604/pamj.2015.21.29.6084

Pesticide exposures in a malarious and predominantly farming area in Central Ghana

2015African Journal of Environmental Science and TechnologyJournalOpen access15 citations10.5897/ajest2015.1912

Family Planning Needs of Adolescents in Predominantly Rural Communities in the Central Part of Ghana

2015Open Journal of Preventive MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author18 citations10.4236/ojpm.2015.56030

The expression of perinatal depression in rural Ghana

2015International Journal of Culture and Mental HealthJournalOpen access14 citations10.1080/17542863.2015.1037849

Adolescents’ Willingness and Intentions to Use Contraceptives in Rural Ghana

2015Open Journal of Social SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.4236/jss.2015.311029

Use of contraceptives among adolescents in Kintampo, Ghana: a cross-sectional study

2014Open Access Journal of ContraceptionJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding78 citations10.2147/oajc.s56485

Biochemical and Hematologic Parameters for Children in the Middle Belt of Ghana

2014American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen accessSenior author26 citations10.4269/ajtmh.13-0098

Willingness to undergo HIV testing in the Kintampo districts of Ghana

2014Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.4314/gmj.v48i1.7

The Lancet Infectious Diseases6

How it can be read

85% free to read

Diamond 22 · 7%Free to read and to publish
Gold 176 · 58%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 19 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 27 · 9%Free to read, no open licence
Green 12 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 46 · 15%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

208 of 302 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation49
Wellcome Trust35
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine33
National Institutes of Health28
Medical Research Council27
Department for International Development24
World Health Organization20
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases19

Sustainable cities and communities

6Clean water and sanitation1

12Responsible consumption and production1

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

The Lancet Infectious Diseases3

2015372 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid