Festus Adzaku

University of Ghana

Also at University of Health and Allied Sciencesfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1970, latest 2024

Parasitology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Ecology
Genetics

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 61970–2024
Citations: 66to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.861.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 6 scored papers
Open access: 100%6 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

6 in all

Effects of mixed hardwoods dust on respiratory function and blood immunoglobulin levels in wood workers
2024HeliyonJournalOpen access6 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26358
Prevalence of Polyparasitic Infection Among Primary School Children in the Volta Region of Ghana
2019Open Forum Infectious Diseases

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Parasitology350%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health233%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health233%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine233%
Ecology117%
Genetics117%
Health117%
Health Information Management117%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis117%
Hematology117%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Parasites and Host Interactions3
Global Maternal and Child Health2
Asthma and respiratory diseases1
Blood groups and transfusion1
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research1
Global Health and Epidemiology1
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders1
Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure1
Iron Metabolism and Disorders1
Malaria Research and Control1
Mosquito-borne diseases and control1
Occupational and environmental lung diseases1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

17% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Health and Allied SciencesGH5 papers
Barts Health NHS TrustGB1 paper
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS TrustGB1 paper
Royal Oldham HospitalGB1 paper
Ghana Health ServiceGH1 paper
Central UniversityGH1 paper
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH1 paper

Where they publish

Asian Journal of Medicine and Health1
British Journal of Haematology1
Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences1
Heliyon1
Open Forum Infectious Diseases1
PubMed1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being3
1No poverty1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Prevalence of Polyparasitic Infection Among Primary School Children in the Volta Region of Ghana
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
201927 citationsOpen access · Gold
Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection and poor school performance in primary school children in the Volta Region of Ghana
Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences13
197014 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Low Prevalence of Helminth Infections among Primary School Children in the Volta Region of Ghana