Samuel Asamoah Sakyi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2013per ORCID

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

I am a Faculty at the Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. My research interest focuses on Disease pathogenesis, Host-pathogen interactions, diagnostics, and immune mechanisms of infectious diseases such as Malaria, Diabetes, TB/BU, HIV/HBV, Vaccines, and other non-communicable diseases like Rheumatoid Arthritis. I teach, train and supervise, undergraduate and postgraduates in these thematic… More on ORCID

Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Immunology
Emergency Medicine
Molecular Biology

In their own words

Immuno-Biochemistry of infectious and non-infectious diseases
Malaria/Diabetes Mellitus
Renal Dysfunction
TB/BU /RA
HIV/HBV/ Vaccines
Helminthes

Publications: 1132010–2026
Citations: 1,350to those papers
h-index: 20i10-index 40
Field-weighted impact: 1.231.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 17%16 of 94 scored papers
Open access: 93%88 of the 95 whose access is recorded

23 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 1,749 citations, h-index 22 and i10-index 46 (1,332 citations and h-index 19 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

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

Senior Lecturer, Molecular MedicineKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2013
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, BacteriologyNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research2012–2014

Education

Post-Doctoral, BacteriologyUniversity of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research2012–2014
PhD, Molecular MedicineKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2008–2012
BSc

Publications

113 in all

Perceived satisfaction with HIV care and its impact on medication adherence and clinical outcomes: a cross-sectional study in Kumasi, Ghana
2026BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1186/s12879-025-12413-0
Malaria-diabetes comorbidity is linked to higher parasitaemia and enhanced IgG response to malaria vaccine candidate antigens

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology2522%
Infectious Diseases1816%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1816%
Immunology1110%
Emergency Medicine109%
Molecular Biology109%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health109%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism98%
Hematology98%
Obstetrics and Gynecology87%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control12
Iron Metabolism and Disorders8
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies8
Hepatitis B Virus Studies7
HIV-related health complications and treatments7
Parasites and Host Interactions7
Vitamin D Research Studies7
Mycobacterium research and diagnosis6
Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies6
Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes5
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins5
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

41% of their 95 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States14
Australia6
United Kingdom6
Denmark5
Germany5
France5
Chile1
Netherlands1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Cape CoastGH56 papers
University of GhanaGH25 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH22 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH20 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH11 papers
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH9 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH9 papers
KAAF UniversityGH8 papers
Kintampo Health Research CentreGH7 papers
University for Development StudiesGH7 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE12
Health Science Reports5
BMC Infectious Diseases4
Heliyon4
African Health Sciences2
Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research2
BioMed Research International

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being62
2Zero hunger6
1No poverty4
10Reduced inequalities3
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
7Affordable and clean energy1
12Responsible consumption and production1
14

Most cited

Association between adverse pregnancy outcome and imbalance in angiogenic regulators and oxidative stress biomarkers in gestational hypertension and preeclampsia
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth3
2015125 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Seroprevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections among pregnant women in the Asante Akim North Municipality of the Ashanti region, Ghana; a cross …
African health sciences
201572 citations
Factors associated with viral suppression and rebound among adult HIV patients on treatment: a retrospective study in Ghana

How it can be read

93% free to read, of the 95 recorded

Diamond 12 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Gold 62 · 55%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 9 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Green 5 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 6%Behind a paywall
Unknown 18 · 16%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

26 of 113 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology7
Medical Research Council5
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft3
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership3
European Commission3
Hospital for Sick Children3
National Institutes of Health3
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development2