Fred Binka

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Publishing since 1990, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
General Health Professions
Nutrition and Dietetics
Epidemiology

Publications: 1691990–2026
Citations: 9,566to those papers
h-index: 53i10-index 123
Field-weighted impact: 4.561.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 45%76 of 168 scored papers
Open access: 66%111 papers free to read

13 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Publications

169 in all

Progress of the MARA/ARMA (mapping malaria risk in Africa) project
1998Parasitology InternationalJournal7 citations10.1016/s1383-5769(98)80157-8
Acceptability and use of insecticide impregnated bednets in northern Ghana
1997Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalFirst authorCorresponding

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health8047%
Infectious Diseases3822%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3822%
General Health Professions2314%
Nutrition and Dietetics2314%
Epidemiology2112%
Health159%
Sociology and Political Science106%
Hepatology95%
Microbiology95%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control59
Global Maternal and Child Health37
Mosquito-borne diseases and control29
Child Nutrition and Water Access21
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology15
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy12
Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology9
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research9
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines8
Parasites and Host Interactions8
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment7
Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting7

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

67% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written6789161739Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom54
United States46
Switzerland39
Tanzania19
Kenya17
Australia16
South Africa16
India11

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH81 papers
Navrongo Health Research CentreGH72 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB38 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH30 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH27 papers
Ministry of HealthGH27 papers
World Health OrganizationCH22 papers
Kintampo Health Research CentreGH18 papers
Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteCH17 papers
Indepth NetworkGH17 papers

Where they publish

Malaria Journal12
The Lancet12
Tropical Medicine & International Health11
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene9
PubMed8
PLoS ONE6
Studies in Family Planning

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being93
1No poverty12
17Partnerships for the goals9
5Gender equality7
2Zero hunger5
16Peace, justice and strong institutions3
6Clean water and sanitation2
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Most cited

A Research Agenda to Underpin Malaria Eradication
PLoS Medicine3
2011675 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Efficacy of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants in developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
The Lancet17
2010662 citationsWorld top 10%

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Ethics of HIV trials

1997The LancetJournalOpen access7 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(97)26047-2

The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project

1995Studies in Family PlanningJournalFirst author160 citations10.2307/2137832

Vitamin A supplementation and childhood malaria in northern Ghana

1995American Journal of Clinical NutritionJournalFirst author93 citations10.1093/ajcn/61.4.853

Risk Factors for Child Mortality in Northern Ghana: A Case-Control Study

1995International Journal of EpidemiologyJournalFirst author60 citations10.1093/ije/24.1.127

Lay reporting of elephantiasis of the leg in northern Ghana

1995Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal8 citations10.1016/0035-9203(95)90410-7

Patterns of malaria morbidity and mortality in children in northern Ghana

1994Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst author109 citations10.1016/0035-9203(94)90391-3

Parasitological and clinical aspects of bancroftian filariasis in Kassena-Nankana District Upper East Region, Ghana

1994Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author64 citations10.1016/0035-9203(94)90160-0

Acute respiratory infections in children under five in two rural communities in Southern Ghana.

1991Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen access6 citations10.2149/tmh1973.19.275

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene5

How it can be read

66% free to read

Diamond 15 · 9%Free to read and to publish
Gold 53 · 31%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 7 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 18 · 11%Free to read, no open licence
Green 18 · 11%A copy in a repository
Closed 58 · 34%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

76 of 169 papers name a funder

Wellcome Trust16
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation13
Medical Research Council13
World Health Organization12
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana8
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine7
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention5
GAVI Alliance5

Reduced inequalities

9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

11Sustainable cities and communities1

1996437 citationsWorld top 10%

Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, achievable, and necessary

The Lancet17

2019417 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze