Obed Akwaa Harrison

Also at Prairie View A&M Universityfrom their recent papers

Research Specialist II, Prairie View A&M University, since 2025per ORCID
Research Associate, University of Ghana, since 2023per ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

Obed Akwaa Harrison is a research specialist at the Department of Agriculture, Nutrition and Human Ecology, Prairie View A&M University, and previously a research associate at the Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana. He is a dynamic nutritionist who is willing to learn and take up challenges to impart knowledge and promote health and wellness in every field of national and international development. His passion is particularly in the field of… More on ORCID

Nutrition and Dietetics
Rheumatology
Food Science
Hematology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
General Health Professions

Publications: 132016–2026
Citations: 86to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.611.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 15%2 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 100%13 papers free to read

2 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

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Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Research Specialist II, Department of Agriculture, Nutrition and Human EcologyPrairie View A&M Universitysince 2025
Research Associate, Nutrition and Food ScienceUniversity of Ghanasince 2023
Teaching Demonstrator, Nutrition and Food ScienceUniversity of Ghana2019–2023
Data Processing Coordinator, Nutrition and Food ScienceUniversity of Ghana2017–2018

Education

Master of Science by Research in Sustainable African Futures

Publications

13 in all

Emerging trends in folate deficiency in Ghana: implications for birth defect prevention and policy action
2026Research ConnectionsJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1093/rescon/vmag022
Effects of corn dough fermentation on the physicochemical, starch microstructural, and rheological properties of Ga kenkey , a fermented corn dumpling
2026

oaharrison@pvamu.eduPublic on their ORCID record

obedharrison@gmail.comPublic on their ORCID record

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Nutrition and Dietetics538%
Rheumatology431%
Food Science323%
Hematology323%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism215%
General Health Professions215%
Genetics215%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health215%
Biochemistry18%
Biomaterials18%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Child Nutrition and Water Access4
Folate and B Vitamins Research4
Iron Metabolism and Disorders3
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations2
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet2
Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress1
Cassava research and cyanide1
Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues1
Clay minerals and soil interactions1
Cleft Lip and Palate Research1
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins1
Diet, Metabolism, and Disease1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

69% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States4
United Kingdom4
Canada2
Australia1
South Africa1
Nigeria1
Switzerland1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of LeedsGB4 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH4 papers
Prairie View A&M UniversityUS3 papers
University of GeorgiaUS1 paper
University of GuelphCA1 paper
Edith Cowan UniversityAU1 paper
University of RegensburgDE1 paper
McGill UniversityCA1 paper
University of the Free StateZA1 paper
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH1 paper

Where they publish

BMC Nutrition2
Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal (BBRJ)1
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth1
Current Developments in Nutrition1
Figshare1
Food Science & Nutrition1
Foods

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger5
3Good health and well-being2

Most cited

Proximate Composition, Cyanide Content, and Carotenoid Retention after Boiling of Provitamin A-Rich Cassava Grown in Ghana
Foods2
202040 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
School-Based Nutrition Education Intervention Improves Nutrition Knowledge and Lipid Profile among Overweight/Obese Children
Global Journal of Health Science2
201712 citationsOpen access · Diamond

, Center for African Studies, School of Political Science

University of Edinburgh

Post Graduate Researcher, Department of Food Science and NutritionUniversity of Leeds2023

PhD Nutrition, Department of Nutrition and Food ScienceUniversity of Ghana2019–2023

MPhil Human Nutrition, Nutrition and Food ScienceUniversity of Ghana2015–2017

International Journal of Food Properties

Effect of iron‐fortified infant cereal on nutritional status of infants in Ghana

2021Food Science & NutritionJournalOpen accessFirst author8 citations10.1002/fsn3.2669

A study of the diurnal height changes among sample of adults aged 30 years and above in Ghana

2017Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal (BBRJ)JournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.4103/bbrj.bbrj_97_17

Quality evaluation of processed clay soil samples

2016Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen access6 citations10.11604/pamj.2016.24.118.8406

Global Journal of Health Science1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Diamond 3 · 23%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 62%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 8%A copy in a repository

Who funds it

5 of 13 papers name a funder

University of Ghana4
Academy of Finland1
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Directorate for Biological Sciences1

201710 citationsOpen access · Gold

Effect of iron‐fortified infant cereal on nutritional status of infants in Ghana

Food Science & Nutrition

20218 citationsOpen access · Hybrid