Yaw Awuku-Larbi

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and Helmholtz Centre for Infection Researchfrom their recent papers

Doctoral Researcher, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, since 2024per ORCID

Publishing since 2021, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Sociology and Political Science
Management Information Systems
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Publications: 172021–2026
Citations: 234to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 2.991.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 29%5 of 17 scored papers
Open access: 88%15 papers free to read

3 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

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases953%

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Doctoral Researcher, EpidemiologyHelmholtz Centre for Infection Researchsince 2024
Epidemiologist, VirologyNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research2021–2024
Student, School of Public HealthUniversity of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg2019–2021

Education

Master of Science in Epidemiology (Infectious Disease Epidemiology), School of Public Health, EpidemiologyUniversity of the Witwatersrand2019–2021

Honours, memberships and service

Publications

17 in all

The impact of smart manufacturing on the business agility of SMEs in an emerging economy
2026IIMBG Journal of Sustainable Business and InnovationJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.1108/ijsbi-10-2024-0057
Outbreak of dengue fever in Ghana: The emergence of DENV-1 serotype
2026PLoS neglected tropical diseases

yaw.awuku-larbi@helmholtz-hzi.dePublic on their ORCID record

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health529%

Sociology and Political Science318%

Management Information Systems212%

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management212%

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine212%

Agronomy and Crop Science16%

Artificial Intelligence16%

Biomedical Engineering16%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Respiratory viral infections research5
Influenza Virus Research Studies4
Mosquito-borne diseases and control4
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research4
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research3
Customer Service Quality and Loyalty2
Dengue and Mosquito Control Research2
Infection Control and Ventilation2
SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing2
Viral Infections and Vectors2
AI in Service Interactions1
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

59% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States3
South Africa3
Japan2
Switzerland2
Australia1
Namibia1
Spain1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH15 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH8 papers
Ministry of HealthGH6 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA3 papers
37 Military HospitalGH3 papers
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious PathogensGH3 papers
World Health OrganizationCH2 papers
Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityJP2 papers
University of Nebraska Medical CenterUS2 papers
Koforidua Technical UniversityGH2 papers

Where they publish

Frontiers in Public Health2
BioMed Research International1
BMC Infectious Diseases1
Frontiers in Health Services1
Ghana Medical Journal1
Health Sciences Investigations Journal1
IIMBG Journal of Sustainable Business and Innovation1
Journal of Clinical Virology Plus1

How it can be read

88% free to read

Diamond 4 · 24%Free to read and to publish
Gold 10 · 59%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 2 · 12%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

11 of 17 papers name a funder

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being10
6Clean water and sanitation1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Doctoral Researcher, EpidemiologyHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research

Research Assistant, VirologyNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research2016–2024

Outbreak of Dengue fever in Ghana: The emergence of DENV-1 serotype

2025Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.37432/jieph-confpro5-00105

First Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Sewage and Wastewater in Ghana

2024BioMed Research InternationalJournalOpen access5 citations10.1155/2024/9975781

The impact of marketing modification on the performance of food processing SMEs in Ghana

2023Journal of Research in Marketing and EntrepreneurshipJournalSenior author3 citations10.1108/jrme-01-2022-0010

Epidemiology of influenza in Ghana, 2011 to 2019

2022PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access10 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0001104

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch2

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention2

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership2

Fogarty International Center2

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science2

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council1

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency1