Kwame Asamoa

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Kwame Asamoa is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Small Animals and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kwame Asamoa has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Epidemiology, 8 papers in Small Animals and 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Kwame Asamoa's work include Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (9 papers), Infectious Diseases and Mycology (8 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (5 papers). Kwame Asamoa is often cited by papers focused on Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (9 papers), Infectious Diseases and Mycology (8 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (5 papers). Kwame Asamoa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ghana and Netherlands. Kwame Asamoa's co-authors include François Nosten, Meghna Desai, Feiko O. ter Kuile, Rose McGready, Ymkje Stienstra, Winette T.A. van der Graaf, Tjip S. van der Werf, George Amofah, Frank Bonsu and Jonathan H. Addy and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Kwame Asamoa

16 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Epidemiology and burden of malaria in pregnancy. 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Epidemiology and burden of malaria in pregnancy.
    2007 849 citations Meghna Desai, Feiko O. ter Kuile et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kwame Asamoa United States 13 906 651 488 376 358 17 1.8k
Daniel J. Tisch United States 18 477 0.5× 179 0.3× 341 0.7× 115 0.3× 276 0.8× 39 1.7k
Davy Koech Kenya 16 742 0.8× 271 0.4× 145 0.3× 54 0.1× 271 0.8× 18 1.5k
Bourèma Kouriba Mali 22 1.1k 1.3× 307 0.5× 146 0.3× 48 0.1× 231 0.6× 68 1.8k
Ben Chilima Malawi 12 324 0.4× 284 0.4× 161 0.3× 27 0.1× 517 1.4× 21 1.1k
Fabienne Nackers Belgium 19 223 0.2× 445 0.7× 27 0.1× 180 0.5× 279 0.8× 38 1.1k
Diana M. S. Karanja Kenya 30 588 0.6× 122 0.2× 1.1k 2.2× 372 1.0× 190 0.5× 47 2.6k
S. Tulloch Gambia 11 701 0.8× 136 0.2× 311 0.6× 26 0.1× 88 0.2× 12 1.2k
Francisco Rogerlândio Martins‐Melo Brazil 22 496 0.5× 491 0.8× 182 0.4× 22 0.1× 390 1.1× 48 1.3k
Laura Sangaré United States 17 233 0.3× 258 0.4× 136 0.3× 28 0.1× 184 0.5× 33 1.1k
Reiko Tsuyuoka Japan 21 488 0.5× 128 0.2× 100 0.2× 41 0.1× 181 0.5× 40 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Kwame Asamoa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kwame Asamoa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kwame Asamoa. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kwame Asamoa. The network helps show where Kwame Asamoa may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kwame Asamoa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kwame Asamoa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kwame Asamoa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kwame Asamoa. Kwame Asamoa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Ajumobi, Olufemi, Ndadilnasiya Waziri, Saheed Gidado, et al.. (2021). Malaria frontline project: pre-intervention Malaria baseline assessment in Kano and Zamfara States, August 2016.. PubMed. 40(Suppl 1). 3–3.
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Ajumobi, Olufemi, Ndadilnasiya Waziri, Saheed Gidado, et al.. (2020). Assessment of health service delivery parameters in Kano and Zamfara States, Nigeria. BMC Health Services Research. 20(1). 874–874. 1 indexed citations
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Asamoa, Kwame, et al.. (2014). Nationwide assessment of insecticide susceptibility in Anopheles gambiae populations from Zimbabwe. Malaria Journal. 13(1). 408–408. 11 indexed citations
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Alam, Md Tauqeer, Dziedzom K. de Souza, Sumiti Vinayak, et al.. (2010). Selective Sweeps and Genetic Lineages of Plasmodium falciparum Drug -Resistant Alleles in Ghana. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 203(2). 220–227. 77 indexed citations
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Desai, Meghna, Feiko O. ter Kuile, François Nosten, Rose McGready, & Kwame Asamoa. (2007). Epidemiology and burden of malaria in pregnancy.. The Lancet. 7(2). 849 indexed citations breakdown →
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Crawley, Jane, Magda Robalo, Antoine Serufilira, et al.. (2007). From evidence to action? Challenges to policy change and programme delivery for malaria in pregnancy. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 7(2). 145–155. 71 indexed citations
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Stienstra, Ymkje, Tjip S. van der Werf, Elvira Oosterom, et al.. (2006). Susceptibility to Buruli ulcer is associated with the SLC11A1 (NRAMP1) D543N polymorphism. Genes and Immunity. 7(3). 185–189. 59 indexed citations
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Sirima, Sodiomon B., Allisyn C. Moran, Kwame Asamoa, et al.. (2006). MALARIA PREVENTION DURING PREGNANCY: ASSESSING THE DISEASE BURDEN ONE YEAR AFTER IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM OF INTERMITTENT PREVENTIVE TREATMENT IN KOUPELA DISTRICT, BURKINA FASO. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 75(2). 205–211. 71 indexed citations
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Raghunathan, Pratima L., Ellen A. Spotts Whitney, Kwame Asamoa, et al.. (2005). Risk Factors for Buruli Ulcer Disease (Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection): Results from a Case-Control Study in Ghana. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 40(10). 1445–1453. 118 indexed citations
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Stienstra, Ymkje, Tjip S. van der Werf, Winette T.A. van der Graaf, et al.. (2004). BURULI ULCER AND SCHISTOSOMIASIS: NO ASSOCIATION FOUND. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 71(3). 318–321. 14 indexed citations
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Okenu, Daniel M. N., Kirk A. Easley, Jeannette Guarner, et al.. (2004). Immunoglobulin M Antibody Responses toMycobacterium ulceransAllow Discrimination between Cases of Active Buruli Ulcer Disease and Matched Family Controls in Areas Where the Disease Is Endemic. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 11(2). 387–391. 17 indexed citations
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Guarner, Jeannette, Jeanine Bartlett, Ellen A. Spotts Whitney, et al.. (2003). Histopathologic Features ofMycobacterium ulceransInfection. Emerging infectious diseases. 9(6). 651–656. 119 indexed citations
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Stienstra, Ymkje, Tjip S. van der Werf, Jeannette Guarner, et al.. (2003). Analysis of an IS2404-Based Nested PCR for Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease in Regions of Ghana Where the Disease Is Endemic. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41(2). 794–797. 33 indexed citations
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Guarner, Jeannette, et al.. (2002). Histopathologic features of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection. Modern Pathology. 15(1). 5 indexed citations
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Amofah, George, Frank Bonsu, Christopher Tetteh, et al.. (2002). Buruli Ulcer in Ghana: Results of a National Case Search. Emerging infectious diseases. 8(2). 167–170. 176 indexed citations
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Stienstra, Ymkje, Winette T.A. van der Graaf, Kwame Asamoa, & Tjip S. van der Werf. (2002). Beliefs and attitudes toward Buruli ulcer in Ghana.. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 67(2). 207–213. 130 indexed citations

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