Patrick Kwasi Obuam

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyper ORCID

Publishing since 2021, latest 2026

Parasitology
Infectious Diseases
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Molecular Biology

In their own words

Aedes-borne arboviruses and tick borne diseases

Publications: 182021–2026
Citations: 56to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.731.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 6%1 of 16 scored papers
Open access: 75%12 of the 16 whose access is recorded

2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 75 citations, h-index 5 and i10-index 3 (75 citations and h-index 5 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

Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Parasitology10

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

School of Public HealthKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Education

Mphil Entomology, Theoretical and Applied BiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2023–2025

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

18 in all

Tick-borne pathogens in Ghana: Emerging threat to animal and human health
2026Parasitology InternationalJournal0 citations10.1016/j.parint.2026.103230
Molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens of zoonotic and veterinary importance in ticks from hunting dogs in Ghana
2026Veterinary Research CommunicationsJournal

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Infectious Diseases950%

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health739%

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics422%

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis211%

Molecular Biology211%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Vector-borne infectious diseases10
Viral Infections and Vectors6
Zoonotic diseases and public health5
Vector-Borne Animal Diseases4
Dermatological diseases and infestations3
Mosquito-borne diseases and control3
Bartonella species infections research2
Insects and Parasite Interactions2
Malaria Research and Control2
Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment1
Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies1
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

50% of their 16 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223344Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States5
United Kingdom2
Egypt1
Cameroon1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH12 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH11 papers
Wake Forest UniversityUS4 papers
Wake Forest University Health SciencesUS3 papers
Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineGB2 papers
Navrongo Health Research CentreGH2 papers
University of Alabama at BirminghamUS1 paper
University of Technology and Applied SciencesGH1 paper
University of BueaCM1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper

Where they publish

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases2
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Journal2
Veterinary Research Communications2
BioMed Research International1
Figshare1
INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing1
Journal of Medical Entomology1
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases1

How it can be read

75% free to read, of the 16 recorded

Diamond 2 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 33%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 11%A copy in a repository

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
15Life on land1

Closed 4 · 22%Behind a paywall

Unknown 2 · 11%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

5 of 18 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2
National Institutes of Health2
Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch1
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership1
European Commission1
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases1
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities1