Yaw Karikari Asamoah

University of Education, Winneba

Principal Medical Laboratory Scientist/Epidemiologist, Ghana Health Service, since 2008per ORCID

Publishing since 2004, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Epidemiology
Hepatology
Infectious Diseases
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

In their own words

Public Health
Infectious disease
Epidemiology

Publications: 92004–2026
Citations: 101to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 1.781.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 33%3 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 100%9 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

Principal Medical Laboratory Scientist/Epidemiologist, Madina Polyclinic (Rawlings Circle)Ghana Health Servicesince 2008

Education

M.Phil. Applied Epidemiology and Disease Control, FETP, University of Ghana, school of Public HealthGhana Health Servicesince 2019
Bachelor of Science Medical Laboratory Science, University of GhanaGhana Health Servicesince 2010
Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology, University of GhanaGhana Health Service2003–2008

On their papers

Publications

9 in all

Safety First: Determinants Of Drinking Water Preferences Among Tertiary Students in a Ghanaian University
2026GHANA JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND TEACHINGJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.64712/ghajet.v14i3.789
Predictors of stillbirth at Tema General Hospital: a registry–based retrospective study
2025

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health333%
Epidemiology222%
Hepatology222%
Infectious Diseases222%
Obstetrics and Gynecology222%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health222%
Clinical Psychology111%
General Health Professions111%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis111%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law111%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health3
Hepatitis B Virus Studies2
Hepatitis C virus research2
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions2
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
COVID-19 epidemiological studies1
Environmental Education and Sustainability1
Fecal contamination and water quality1
Global Health and Surgery1
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health1
Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology1
Infection Control and Ventilation1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

44% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

Switzerland4
United States2
Sweden1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH7 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH4 papers
World Health OrganizationCH3 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH3 papers
Mayo ClinicUS2 papers
The Task Force for Global HealthUS2 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH2 papers
University of Cape CoastGH2 papers
Cape Coast Teaching HospitalGH2 papers
University of Ghana Medical CentreGH2 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE2
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth1
BMC Public Health1
BMC Research Notes1
GHANA JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND TEACHING1
Pan African Medical Journal1
Reproductive Female and Child Health

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being5
6Clean water and sanitation1

Most cited

A nationwide cross-sectional review of in-hospital hepatitis B virus testing and disease burden estimation in Ghana, 2016 - 2021
BMC Public Health3
202238 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Prevalence of intestinal parasites among patients of a Ghanaian psychiatry hospital
BMC Research Notes3
201523 citationsOpen access · Gold