Seth Twum

Publishing since 1993, latest 2024

I am a research and teaching Assistant in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Ghana, Legon. I am interested in host-pathogen interaction, antimicrobial resistant, and virulence gene regulation in multidrug-resistant pathogens From ORCID

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health Information Management
Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Genetics

Publications: 91993–2024
Citations: 195to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 2.531.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 22%2 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 33%3 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

9 in all

Towards the development of cost-effective point-of-care diagnostic tools for poverty-related infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
2024PeerJJournalOpen access34 citations10.7717/peerj.17198
Multimodal strategies to hand hygiene in Ghanaian hospitals: a cross-sectional study in the Eastern Region of Ghana
2024BMJ Public Health

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health667%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health333%
Health Information Management222%
Infectious Diseases222%
Epidemiology111%
Genetics111%
Hematology111%
Obstetrics and Gynecology111%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management111%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine111%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health5
Global Health and Epidemiology2
Global Health and Surgery2
Healthcare Systems and Technology1
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders1
Infection Control and Ventilation1
Infection Control in Healthcare1
Iron Metabolism and Disorders1
Maternal and fetal healthcare1
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions1
Mosquito-borne diseases and control1
Neonatal Health and Biochemistry1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

22% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States2
Switzerland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH4 papers
Ministry of HealthGH3 papers
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious PathogensGH2 papers
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUS1 paper
University of VirginiaUS1 paper
World Health OrganizationCH1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
University for Development StudiesGH1 paper
Ghana Health ServiceGH1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics3
PubMed3
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine1
BMJ Public Health1
PeerJ1

How it can be read

33% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being4
1No poverty1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Towards the development of cost-effective point-of-care diagnostic tools for poverty-related infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
PeerJ1
202434 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Maternal mortality and related factors in Ejisu District, Ghana.
PubMed3
199430 citations
Bridging the gaps in newborn screening programmes: Challenges and opportunities to detect haemoglobinopathies in Africa