Shamsu-Deen Ziblim

University for Development Studies

Publishing since 2018, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Nutrition and Dietetics
General Health Professions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology

Publications: 352018–2026
Citations: 127to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 0.881.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 9%3 of 35 scored papers
Open access: 94%33 papers free to read

11 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

35 in all

Yellow fever vaccination coverage among nomadic populations in the Savannah Region, Ghana: a cross-sectional study following an outbreak
2026Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.11604/pamj.2026.53.24.49809
Exploring perceptions, challenges, and opportunities of UDS health professionals’ students and faculty regarding community-based education programs for interprofessional education: A study protocol

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1234%
Nutrition and Dietetics1131%
General Health Professions1029%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1029%
Infectious Diseases617%
Epidemiology514%
Safety Research411%
Emergency Medical Services39%
Obstetrics and Gynecology39%
Emergency Medicine26%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Child Nutrition and Water Access9
Global Maternal and Child Health9
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations5
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare4
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health3
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions3
Mosquito-borne diseases and control3
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences2
Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues2
Global Health Workforce Issues2
Infant Nutrition and Health2
Interprofessional Education and Collaboration2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

34% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom6
Australia3
Nigeria3
South Africa2
United States1
Uganda1
Malaysia1
Canada1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Tamale Teaching HospitalGH8 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH6 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH6 papers
University of SouthamptonGB5 papers
Ministry of HealthGH4 papers
James Cook UniversityAU3 papers
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH3 papers
Nurses' Training College, HoGH3 papers
Sheffield Hallam UniversityGB2 papers
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam CampusNG2 papers

Where they publish

Discover Public Health3
PLoS ONE3
Figshare2
Ghana Journal of Geography2
South Asian Research Journal of Medical Sciences2
AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW1
African Journal of Midwifery and Women s Health1
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine1

How it can be read

94% free to read

Diamond 10 · 29%Free to read and to publish
Gold 19 · 54%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 6%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being12
2Zero hunger6
1No poverty2
5Gender equality2
4Quality education1
13Climate action1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Nutrition Knowledge is Associated With the Consumption of Iron Rich Foods: A Survey Among Pregnant Women From a Rural District in Northern Ghana
Nutrition and Metabolic Insights
202120 citationsOpen access · Gold
Determinants of Antenatal Care Utilization among Adolescent Mothers in the Yendi Municipality of Northern Region, Ghana
Ghana Journal of Geography3
201815 citations
Knowledge, attitudes and practice towards yellow fever among nomadic populations: A cross-sectional study in yellow fever outbreak communities in Ghana
PLOS Global Public Health3
202314 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Geographic availability of and physical accessibility to tuberculosis diagnostic tests in Ghana: a cross-sectional survey
BMC Health Services Research1
202311 citationsOpen access · Gold
Neonatal Jaundice Management: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Among Nurses and Midwives in the Northern Region, Ghana
SAGE Open Nursing3
20238 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Antenatal care attendance and sociocultural predictors of antenatal care initiation in Tolon, Ghana

2022African Journal of Midwifery and Women s HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.12968/ajmw.2021.0048

The Migration Processes in Ghana: The Case of Northern Migrants

2019AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEWJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.14426/ahmr.v5i1.876

Who funds it

4 of 35 papers name a funder

UNICEF2
United States Agency for International Development2
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria1
University of Southampton1