Richard Biritwum
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 10%
- Emergency Medical Services top 5%
- General Health Professions top 10%
- Clinical Psychology
- Sociology and Political Science
- Co-authors
- Allan G. HillAmy HagopianAdesegun FatusiCarolyn WattsAnthony OfosuL. Gary HartGeorge MensahAlfred Edwin Yawson
- Topics
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 papers)Eating Disorders and Behaviors (2 papers)Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- GhanaUnited StatesNigeria
In The Last Decade
Richard Biritwum
13 papers receiving 420 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 93
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 162
- Emergency Medical Services 112
- General Health Professions 104
- Clinical Psychology 67
- Sociology and Political Science 64
Countries citing papers authored by Richard Biritwum
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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Biritwum
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Richard Biritwum. 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 Richard Biritwum. The network helps show where Richard Biritwum may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Biritwum
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard Biritwum. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard Biritwum 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 Richard Biritwum. Richard Biritwum is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 33 | |
| 4 | 19 | |
| 5 | 24 | |
| 6 | 24 | |
| 7 | 20 | |
| 8 | 20 | |
| 9 | Prevalence of overweight and obesity and perception of healthy and desirable body size in urban, Ghanaian women. | 96 |
| 10 | Prevalence and distribution of ocular onchocerciasis in three ecological zones in Nigeria. | 9 |
| 11 | 34 | |
| 12 | 153 | |
| 13 | 6 |
About Richard Biritwum
Richard Biritwum is a scholar working on Pharmacy, Health and Ophthalmology, having authored 13 papers that have together received 447 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (2 papers) and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Emergency Medical Services (112 citations), Pharmacy (38 citations) and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (162 citations). Richard Biritwum has collaborated with scholars based in Ghana, United States and Nigeria. Frequent co-authors include Allan G. Hill, Amy Hagopian, Adesegun Fatusi, Carolyn Watts, Anthony Ofosu, L. Gary Hart, George Mensah, Alfred Edwin Yawson, John Tetteh and Rosemary B. Duda. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, Social Science & Medicine and International Journal of Epidemiology.
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