Francis Abeku Ussher

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at Koforidua Technical Universityfrom their recent papers

Lecturer, Koforidua Polytechnic, since 2016per ORCID

Publishing since 1970, latest 2026

Epidemiology
Physiology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Hematology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Genetics

Publications: 221970–2026
Citations: 166to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 0.501.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 91%20 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Medical lab scienceKoforidua Polytechnicsince 2016
Lab manager, Medical laboratoryEastern Region Hospital1998–2016

Education

MPHPresbyterian University, Ghana2023–2025
PhD Molecular Medicine, Molecular MedicineKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2019–2025
MPhil, HaematologyUniversity of Ghana2007–2009

Publications

22 in all

Healthcare professionals’ and students’ willingness to perform abortion: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2014–2025
2026Women s HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1177/17455057251410331
Metabolic Syndrome With Concomitant Anaemia Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Volta Region of Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study
2026

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology627%
Physiology627%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism523%
Hematology418%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health418%
Genetics314%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health314%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine29%
Clinical Biochemistry29%
Obstetrics and Gynecology29%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Iron Metabolism and Disorders4
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins3
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders3
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk3
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing2
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies2
Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment2
Gestational Diabetes Research and Management2
Hepatitis B Virus Studies2
Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment2
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies2
Sex work and related issues2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

18% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria4
United States1
Czechia1
Netherlands1
Georgia1
South Africa1
United Kingdom1
Albania1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Koforidua Technical UniversityGH20 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH17 papers
University of GhanaGH5 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
Babcock UniversityNG3 papers
Ministry of HealthGH3 papers
Accra Technical UniversityGH3 papers
University of Cape CoastGH2 papers
David Tvildiani Medical UniversityGE1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Tropical Medicine2
Sokoto Journal of Medical Laboratory Science2
African Journal Of Applied Research1
Asian Journal of Biology1
BioMed Research International1
Discover Medicine1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being14
2Zero hunger2
5Gender equality1

Most cited

The Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns: A Nine-Year Retrospective Study at St. Dominic Hospital, Akwatia, Ghana
Journal of Tropical Medicine3
201935 citationsOpen access · Gold
Physical Activity Pattern and Its Association with Glycaemic and Blood Pressure Control among People Living with Diabetes (PLWD) In The Ho Municipality, Ghana
Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences3
197024 citationsOpen access · Diamond