Alhassan Yakubu

Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2022per ORCID

Publishing since 1994, latest 2026

I am very ambitious, talented and highly motivated professional with over twenty years of teaching experience acquired through studying, researching and teaching at the Basic, Pre Tertiary and tertiary Institutions. I have also worked in professional environments, and is extremely competent when it comes to liaising with students and colleagues on all levels. I possess good academic, written and verbal communication skills. I have proficiency in the use of the computer(… More on ORCID

Infectious Diseases
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Epidemiology
Oncology
Physiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Publications: 131994–2026
Citations: 114to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 0.841.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%1 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 77%10 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

Lecturer, EnglishKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2022

Education

Master of Arts, EnglishUniversity of Education of Education, Winneba

On their papers

Publications

13 in all

Inhaler Device Use Among Children Attending the Paediatric Asthma Clinic in Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
2026Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen access0 citations10.60014/pmjg.v15i1.455
Awareness, willingness, and uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men in Ghana
2025BMC Infectious Diseases

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases431%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine323%
Epidemiology215%
Oncology215%
Physiology215%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health215%
Sociology and Political Science215%
Anthropology18%
Clinical Biochemistry18%
Ecology18%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

COVID-19 and healthcare impacts2
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions2
Occupational exposure and asthma2
Sex work and related issues2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
African history and culture analysis1
African history and culture studies1
Asthma and respiratory diseases1
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing1
Birth, Development, and Health1
Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

23% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written3333444Home

Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria4
United States3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH3 papers
37 Military HospitalGH3 papers
Ahmadu Bello UniversityNG3 papers
Harvard UniversityUS2 papers
University of RochesterUS2 papers
Bingham UniversityNG2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
Naval Medical Research CommandUS1 paper
University of Nebraska Medical CenterUS1 paper
University of Port Harcourt Teaching HospitalNG1 paper

Where they publish

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine1
BMC Infectious Diseases1
E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences1
International Journal of Infection Prevention1
Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research1
Journal of Language and Literature Studies1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being4
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
5Gender equality1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Relationship between child development and nutritional status of under-five Nigerian children
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
201737 citationsOpen access · Gold
Diagnosing renal failure due to diethylene glycol in children in a resource-constrained setting
Pediatric Nephrology2
201224 citations
Lack of effect of ivermectin on prepatent guinea-worm: a single-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene3

Every institution they have given on a paper.

The Dagomba Praise (Singers, Singing And Naming): Roles And Cultural Significance

2025E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.38159/ehass.2025681

Impact of COVID-19 on Admission into the Department of Paediatric Bingham University Teaching Hospital (BHUTH) Jos

2022Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i731331

Relationship between child development and nutritional status of under-five Nigerian children

2017South African Journal of Clinical NutritionJournalOpen accessSenior author37 citations10.1080/16070658.2017.1387434

Lack of effect of ivermectin on prepatent guinea-worm: a single-blind, placebo-controlled trial

1994Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author22 citations10.1016/0035-9203(94)90111-2

Pediatric Nephrology1

How it can be read

77% free to read

Diamond 4 · 31%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 38%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 3 · 23%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 13 papers name a funder

University of Ghana2
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana1

Challenges with the pursuit of ISO 15189 accreditation in a public health laboratory in Ghana

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine17

202215 citationsOpen access · Diamond