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Named after the University of Sankore in Timbuktu — one of the world’s oldest centres of learning. Every figure here is computed from work-level records in our own graph, never copied from a source’s summary count.

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Vanessa Francesca Epis · Sankore

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Vanessa Francesca Epis

ORCID, inferred by name

ORCID 0009-0007-1634-8537

An ORCID was matched to this profile by name within one institution. It is a strong guess, not the researcher's own assertion.

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7

Citations

17

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3

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

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0

Works published 2022 onward have been swept for this country. Figures are complete within that window, to the extent the open indexes are.

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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology8 works
Kwame Nkrumah University1 works

Publications

7 works in the graph, newest first.

Psychosomatic mechanisms linking food insecurity with psychological distress among artisanal miners in Ghana
2026Journal of Affective Disorders ReportsJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.jadr.2025.101020
Well-Being Under Pressure: Psychoactive Substance Use and Mental Health Outcomes Among Young Artisanal Gold Miners in Ghana
2026International Journal of Social PsychiatryJournal0 citations10.1177/00207640261419133
Work-related stress and sleep problems among small-scale miners in Ghana: The role of psychological factors
2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access8 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0324579
Alcohol use and mental health distress correlates among artisanal gold miners in Ghana
2025International Journal of Drug PolicyJournal3 citations10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104978
Do work stress and sleep problems mediate the link between occupational injury and psychological distress? Evidence from a cross-sectional study of Ghanaian small-scale miners

2025GeopsychiatryJournalOpen access3 citations10.1016/j.geopsy.2025.100023

Association between sleep problems and depressive symptoms among small-scale miners in Ghana

2025Sleep EpidemiologyJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.sleepe.2025.100112

A cross-sectional analysis of the association between depressive symptoms and sleep problems among artisanal miners in Ghana

2025GeopsychiatryJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.geopsy.2025.100021