Adwoa Asante-Poku

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchfrom their recent papers

Senior Research Fellow, University of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchper ORCID

Publishing since 2006, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Surgery
Molecular Biology
Molecular Medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

In their own words

Tuberculosis
Molecular epidemiology
Host genetics

Publications: 792006–2026
Citations: 1,958to those papers
h-index: 25i10-index 37
Field-weighted impact: 2.271.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 29%23 of 79 scored papers
Open access: 94%74 papers free to read

20 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Research Fellow, BacteriologyUniversity of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

Education

PhDUniversity of Basel2011–2014
MPhilUniversity of Ghana2007–2009
BScUniversity of Ghana1996–2000

Honours, memberships and service

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseasesince 2012

On their papers

Publications

79 in all

The Accra school health and environment study (ASHES): a study of the urban environment and child health and development in Accra
2026Environmental Research CommunicationsJournalOpen access1 citation10.1088/2515-7620/ae4a78
Persistent Hyperglycaemia and Transient Dysglycaemia in Tuberculosis: Evaluating the Bidirectional Interaction With Type‐2 Diabetes Mellitus and Clinical Outcomes

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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 Diseases6481%
Epidemiology5165%
Surgery3038%
Molecular Biology1013%
Molecular Medicine68%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health56%
Urban Studies56%
Microbiology45%
Small Animals45%
Immunology34%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology54
Mycobacterium research and diagnosis45
Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis22
Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis8
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria6
Healthcare Facilities Design and Sustainability5
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment5
Infectious Diseases and Mycology4
Zoonotic diseases and public health4
Gut microbiota and health3
Immune responses and vaccinations3
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

68% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written23456710Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom26
Switzerland24
Germany10
United States10
Belgium6
Spain5
South Africa5
Japan4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH79 papers
Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteCH24 papers
University of BaselCH21 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH19 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH18 papers
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious PathogensGH13 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB12 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH9 papers
University of Cape CoastGH8 papers
Medical Research CouncilGB6 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE9
PLoS neglected tropical diseases8
International Journal of Infectious Diseases5
Advances in Microbiology4
Frontiers in Public Health4
International Journal of Mycobacteriology3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being45
2Zero hunger7
1No poverty2
5Gender equality2
10Reduced inequalities2
17Partnerships for the goals2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
11

Most cited

Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages
Nature Genetics
2016494 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Phylogenomics of Mycobacterium africanum reveals a new lineage and a complex evolutionary history
Microbial Genomics3
2021212 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Mycobacterium africanum Is Associated with Patient Ethnicity in Ghana

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Tropical Medicine & International Health

Tuberculosis- and Diabetes Mellitus-Associated Knowledge, Stigma, and Health-Seeking Behaviour in Ghana

2026International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.3390/ijerph23081050

Characterization of Respiratory Bacterial Co-Infection among Patients with COVID-19 in Ghana

2025Advances in MicrobiologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4236/aim.2025.158029

Control of Zoonotic TB: The Need for Multidisciplinary One Health Framework

2023Zoonoses: Infections Affecting Humans and AnimalsBook chapterFirst author1 citation10.1007/978-3-031-27164-9_61

Relevance of genomic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Africa

2022International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding7 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.016

Additional files for BuruliRifDACC

2022Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen access6 citations10.5281/zenodo.7263509

Primary Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans

2021Methods in molecular biologyBook chapter3 citations10.1007/978-1-0716-1779-3_3

Frontiers in Microbiology2

How it can be read

94% free to read

Diamond 9 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Gold 54 · 68%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 6 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 6%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

63 of 79 papers name a funder

Wellcome Trust21
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership17
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana10
National Institute for Health and Care Research9
Francis Crick Institute7
National Science Foundation5
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung5
Universität Basel5

Sustainable cities and communities

PLoS neglected tropical diseases3

201585 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains in Ghana

PLoS ONE

201655 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold