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Researcher · University of Ghana · Ghana

Richard Adanu

Richard Adanu publishes mostly in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, on topics such as Global Maternal and Child Health, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

ORCID 0000-0001-8053-6793 OpenAlex
World rank
#644,108
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ghana
#500
of 6,000
Works
311
Citations
6.2k
Citations per work
20.0
h-index
41
i10-index 113Top 3.5% in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Richard Adanu

What does Richard Adanu research?

Richard Adanu's work is mostly in Medicine (48%), Health Professions (12%), Nursing (3%).

Health Sciences: 197 works · 63.3% of their workMedicine: 150 works · 48.3% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 72 works · 23.2% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 32 works · 10.3% of their workObstetrics and Gynecology: 30 works · 9.6% of their workEpidemiology: 16 works · 5.2% of their workHealth Professions: 37 works · 11.9% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 37 works · 11.9% of their workNursing: 10 works · 3.1% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 works · 3.1% of their workEverything else: 114 works · 36.7% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard Adanu311works
Health Sciences63%

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. Medicine15048.3%
    2. Health Professions3711.9%
    3. Nursing103.1%
  2. Everything else11436.7%
  1. 1Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health23% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions12% of their works
  3. 3Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health10% of their works
  4. 4Obstetrics and Gynecology10% of their works
  5. 5Epidemiology5% of their works
  6. 6Nutrition and Dietetics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard Adanu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Maternal Mortality, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Cesarean Section, Vaginal Birth, Risk Factors, Adolescent Health and Cancer Incidence.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Maternal Mortality1592 topics
  2. Child Mortality1371 topic
  3. Health Systems1371 topic
  4. Cesarean Section441 topic
  5. Vaginal Birth441 topic
  6. Risk Factors422 topics
  7. Adolescent Health301 topic
  8. Cancer Incidence302 topics
  9. Sexual Behavior301 topic
  10. Placenta Accreta221 topic
  11. Postpartum Hemorrhage221 topic
  12. Child Development211 topic
  13. Maternal and Child Undernutrition211 topic
  14. Cervical Cancer181 topic
  15. Human Papillomavirus181 topic
  16. Contraception141 topic
  17. Unintended Pregnancy141 topic
  18. Global Surveillance121 topic
  19. Mortality Rates121 topic

Where does Richard Adanu work?

Richard Adanu's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Ghana, Ghana.

How many publications and citations does Richard Adanu have?

OpenAlex counts 311 works and 6,208 citations for Richard Adanu, an h-index of 41, ranking #644,108 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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