Patrick A. Twumasi

University of Cape Coast

Lecturer, Saint Louis College of Education, since 2024per ORCID

Publishing since 1972, latest 2026

Plant Science
Economics and Econometrics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Ecology
Finance

Publications: 171972–2026
Citations: 86to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.121.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 17 scored papers
Open access: 29%5 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, ScienceSaint Louis College of Educationsince 2024

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

17 in all

The Impact of Fermentation Duration and Harvesting Season on the Proximate and Physicochemical Parameters of Cocoa ( Theobroma cacao L.) Beans From Ghana
2026Journal of Food QualityJournalOpen access0 citations10.1155/jfq/7543465
Harnessing Induced Mutations to Develop Superior Tiger Nut Varieties Using Ethyl Methanesulfonate (EMS) and Colchicine
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science424%
Economics and Econometrics318%
Nutrition and Dietetics318%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health318%
Ecology212%
Finance212%
Safety Research212%
Endocrinology16%
Epidemiology16%
Food Science16%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies3
Global Maternal and Child Health3
Healthcare Systems and Reforms2
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses2
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare2
Rangeland and Wildlife Management2
African Botany and Ecology Studies1
Canadian Identity and History1
Child and Adolescent Health1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy1
Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

12% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Zambia1
Nigeria1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH9 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH3 papers
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH3 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH2 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH2 papers
St George's HospitalGB1 paper
St George's, University of LondonGB1 paper
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG1 paper
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG1 paper
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentGH1 paper

Where they publish

African and Asian Studies2
Acta Scientific Agriculture1
Heliyon1
International Journal of Nursing Studies1
Issue1
Journal of Agricultural Sciences – Sri Lanka1
Journal of Food Quality

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities2
2Zero hunger1
3Good health and well-being1
5Gender equality1
10Reduced inequalities1
15Life on land1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

A social history of the Ghanaian pluralistic medical system
Social Science & Medicine Part B Medical Anthropology11
197934 citations
Local politicization of primary health care as an instrument for development: A case study of community health workers in Zambia
Social Science & Medicine
198523 citations
Community involvement in solving local health problems
Social Science & Medicine Part A Medical Sociology
19818 citations

Acta Scientific Agriculture

Genetic Diversity of Tiger Nuts (Cyperus esculentus L.) Grown in Ghana Based on Morpho-Descriptors and SSR Markers

2024Journal of Agricultural Sciences – Sri LankaJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.4038/jas.v19i2.10091

Sociology of health: contributions and prospects

2004JournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

Non-Compliance with Tuberculosis Treatment: The Kumasi Experience

1996Tropical DoctorJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1177/004947559602600124

Preventive therapy for tuberculosis

1995The LancetJournalFirst author2 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(95)92629-1

The Asantes: Ancestors and the Social Meaning of Life

1984Ultimate Reality and MeaningJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.3138/uram.7.3.201

Community involvement in solving local health problems

1981Social Science & Medicine Part A Medical SociologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1016/0271-7123(81)90036-5

A social history of the Ghanaian pluralistic medical system

1979Social Science & Medicine Part B Medical AnthropologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding34 citations10.1016/0160-7987(79)90030-9

[Ethnic Politics in Africa: A Review Article]

1979African and Asian StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1163/156852179x00105

Scientific medicine—the Ghanaian experience

1972International Journal of Nursing StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1016/0020-7489(72)90019-3

How it can be read

29% free to read

Diamond 2 · 12%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 18%In an open-access journal
Closed 12 · 71%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 17 papers name a funder

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana1
Commission on Higher Education1

Genetic Diversity of Tiger Nuts (Cyperus esculentus L.) Grown in Ghana Based on Morpho-Descriptors and SSR Markers

Journal of Agricultural Sciences – Sri Lanka15

20243 citationsOpen access · Diamond