Rita Nyaaba Akologo

University of Energy and Natural Resources

Senior Research Assistant, University of Energy and Natural Resources, since 2023per ORCID

Publishing since 2025, latest 2026

I am currently employed as a contract staff member at the Centre for Research in Applied Biology, serving as a senior research assistant while concurrently pursuing an MPhil in microbiology at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). I hold a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Energy and Natural Resources. My work with this team has significantly deepened my appreciation for the transformative role of molecular diagnostics in… More on ORCID

Epidemiology
Parasitology
Ecology
Microbiology
Nutrition and Dietetics
Oncology

In their own words

Helminthiasis
Schistosomiaisis
Antimicrobial Resistance
Cervical Cancer
Human Papilomavirus

Publications: 32025–2026
Citations: 0to those papers
h-index: 0i10-index 0
Field-weighted impact: 0.001.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 3 scored papers
Open access: 100%3 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

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology267%
Parasitology267%
Ecology133%
Microbiology

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Research Assistant, Centre for Research in Applied BiologyUniversity of Energy and Natural Resourcessince 2023

Education

Mphil Microbiology, Theoretical and Applied BiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2023–2025
BSC Biological Science, Biological ScienceUniversity of Energy and Natural Resources2017–2021

Honours, memberships and service

International Papillomavirus Societysince 2025

Publications

3 in all

Endemicity and environmental reservoirs of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections in Ghanaian rural communities
2026PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0014701
Development of a multiplex quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assay for simultaneous detection of Schistosoma haematobium and high-risk human papillomaviruses

rita.akologo@uenr.edu.ghPublic on their ORCID record

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Nutrition and Dietetics133%

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging133%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Cervical Cancer and HPV Research2
Parasites and Host Interactions2
Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening1
Parasite Biology and Host Interactions1
Reproductive tract infections research1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

67% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

Canada1
India1
Sweden1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Charotar University of Science and TechnologyIN1 paper
Karolinska InstitutetSE1 paper
University of OttawaCA1 paper
Ghana Communication Technology UniversityGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
Kintampo Health Research CentreGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper

Where they publish

PLoS neglected tropical diseases2
PLoS ONE1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Gold 3 · 100%In an open-access journal

Who funds it

2 of 3 papers name a funder

Children's Investment Fund Foundation1
Karolinska Institutet1
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty1
5Gender equality1

American Society for Microbiology

AwardeeRoyal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2025–2026

PLoS neglected tropical diseases