Shirley Odoom

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1965, latest 2014

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology
Economics and Econometrics
General Health Professions
Management Science and Operations Research
Mathematical Physics

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 61965–2014
Citations: 227to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 5.991.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 33%2 of 6 scored papers
Open access: 33%2 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

6 in all

First Detection of Leishmania tropica DNA and Trypanosoma Species in Sergentomyia Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from an Outbreak Area of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Ghana
2014PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access63 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0002630
An outbreak of suspected cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana: lessons learnt and preparation for future outbreaks

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health467%
Epidemiology233%
Economics and Econometrics117%
General Health Professions117%
Management Science and Operations Research117%
Mathematical Physics117%
Ocean Engineering117%
Parasitology117%
Physiology117%
Surgery117%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Research on Leishmaniasis Studies4
Trypanosoma species research and implications2
demographic modeling and climate adaptation1
Economic theories and models1
Global Health Care Issues1
Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring1
Parasites and Host Interactions1
Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics1
Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment1
Water resources management and optimization1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

67% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

Egypt2
United Kingdom1
Japan1
Sweden1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH3 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH3 papers
Naval Medical Research Unit EURAFCENTEG2 papers
Hokkaido UniversityJP1 paper
Karolinska InstitutetSE1 paper
Lancaster UniversityGB1 paper
Swedish InstituteSE1 paper
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH1 paper

Where they publish

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene1
Global Health Action1
International Journal of Epidemiology1
Journal of Applied Probability1
PLoS neglected tropical diseases1
PubMed1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being3
14Life below water1
15Life on land1

Most cited

First Detection of Leishmania tropica DNA and Trypanosoma Species in Sergentomyia Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from an Outbreak Area of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Ghana
PLoS neglected tropical diseases14
201463 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
A note on the equilibrium distribution of levels in a semi-infinite reservoir subject to Markovian inputs and unit withdrawals
Journal of Applied Probability
196553 citationsWorld top 10%
An outbreak of suspected cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana: lessons learnt and preparation for future outbreaks