Sam Newton
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2012per ORCID
Publishing since 1981, latest 2026
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- General Health Professions
- Infectious Diseases
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Epidemiology
In their own words
- Micronutrients
- Vaccines
- Maternal and Child Health
- Bioethics
- Publications
- 1351981–2026
- Citations
- 3,999to those papers
- h-index
- 34i10-index 70
- Field-weighted impact
- 3.851.00 is the world average
- World top 10%
- 28%30 of 106 scored papers
- Open access
- 81%86 of the 106 whose access is recorded
32 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 4,876 citations, h-index 38 and i10-index 78 (3,027 citations and h-index 28 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
Positions
- Professor, Global and International HealthKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2012
- Clinical Research Fellow, EpidemiologyKintampo Health Research Centre1996–2012
Education
- MSc, PhD, Epidemiology and Population HealthLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine2000–2001
- MBChB, School of Medical SciencesKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1987–1993
Publications
135 in all
- PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTION USING THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL IMPROVES COVERAGE AND ACCEPTANCE TO IVERMECTIN MASS ADMINISTRATION
2021AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEConference0 citations
- Birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women in resource-limited setting in rural Northern Ghana
2021PAMJ-One HealthJournal6 citations