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Researcher · University for Development Studies · Ghana

Joseph Lasong

Joseph Lasong publishes mostly in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions, on topics such as Global Maternal and Child Health, Reproductive Health and Contraception and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

ORCID 0000-0003-4485-0165 OpenAlex
World rank
#818,687
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ghana
#658
of 6,000
Works
53
Citations
247
Citations per work
4.7
h-index
5
i10-index 4Top 75% in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Joseph Lasong

What does Joseph Lasong research?

Joseph Lasong's work is mostly in Medicine (44%), Health Professions (10%), Nursing (9%).

Health Sciences: 33 works · 62.5% of their workMedicine: 23 works · 44.0% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 works · 19.7% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 works · 14.5% of their workEpidemiology: 3 works · 5.9% of their workHematology: 2 works · 3.9% of their workHealth Professions: 5 works · 9.9% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 5 works · 9.9% of their workNursing: 5 works · 8.6% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 works · 8.6% of their workEverything else: 20 works · 37.5% of their workTHEIR WORKJoseph Lasong53works
Health Sciences62%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2344.0%
    2. Health Professions59.9%
    3. Nursing58.6%
  2. Everything else2037.5%
  1. 1Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health20% of their works
  2. 2Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health14% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions10% of their works
  4. 4Nutrition and Dietetics9% of their works
  5. 5Epidemiology6% of their works
  6. 6Hematology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Joseph Lasong's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Child Mortality, Maternal Mortality, Risk Factors, Child Development, Contraception, Maternal and Child Undernutrition, Unintended Pregnancy and Adolescent Health.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Child Mortality281 topic
  2. Maternal Mortality281 topic
  3. Risk Factors132 topics
  4. Child Development121 topic
  5. Contraception121 topic
  6. Maternal and Child Undernutrition121 topic
  7. Unintended Pregnancy121 topic
  8. Adolescent Health91 topic
  9. Sexual Behavior91 topic
  10. Epidemiology82 topics
  11. Artemisinin Resistance51 topic
  12. Hepcidin51 topic
  13. Iron Regulation51 topic
  14. Plasmodium falciparum51 topic
  15. Health Consequences41 topic
  16. Intimate Partner Violence41 topic
  17. Antibiotic Resistance31 topic
  18. Antimicrobial Stewardship31 topic

Where does Joseph Lasong work?

Joseph Lasong's main affiliation in the publication record is University for Development Studies, Ghana.

How many publications and citations does Joseph Lasong have?

OpenAlex counts 53 works and 247 citations for Joseph Lasong, an h-index of 5, ranking #818,687 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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