John O. Gyapong

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Publishing since 1992, latest 2025

Infectious Diseases
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Parasitology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Ecology
Epidemiology

Publications: 1421992–2025
Citations: 9,196to those papers
h-index: 56i10-index 106
Field-weighted impact: 4.811.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 41%57 of 139 scored papers
Open access: 64%91 papers free to read

10 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

142 in all

ALOX5 variants associated with susceptibility to human pulmonary tuberculosis
2007Human Molecular GeneticsJournal102 citations10.1093/hmg/ddm378
National Mass Drug Administration Costs for Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination
2007PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access85 citations

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases8056%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4532%
Parasitology3827%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3525%
Ecology2316%
Epidemiology2014%
General Health Professions1712%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis118%
Finance107%
Nutrition and Dietetics107%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment55
Parasites and Host Interactions37
Global Maternal and Child Health34
Parasite Biology and Host Interactions23
Malaria Research and Control20
Mosquito-borne diseases and control20
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology17
Mycobacterium research and diagnosis12
Child Nutrition and Water Access10
Healthcare Systems and Reforms10
Insects and Parasite Interactions9
Global Health and Surgery5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

73% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written34568921Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom42
United States31
Switzerland21
Germany16
Netherlands9
South Africa9
Tanzania8
Kenya6

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH69 papers
University of GhanaGH56 papers
Ministry of HealthGH41 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH23 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH23 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB21 papers
World Health OrganizationCH19 papers
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical MedicineDE15 papers
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH15 papers
Dodowa Health Research CentreGH15 papers

Where they publish

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene12
PLoS neglected tropical diseases11
Neglected tropical diseases10
Tropical Medicine & International Health9
PLoS ONE8
The Lancet8

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being62
17Partnerships for the goals20
1No poverty10
2Zero hunger5
14Life below water3
5Gender equality2
11Sustainable cities and communities2
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Most cited

The political origins of health inequity: prospects for change
The Lancet10
2014691 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Prevalence and intensity of Onchocerca volvulus infection and efficacy of ivermectin in endemic communities in Ghana: a two-phase epidemiological study
The Lancet3
2007386 citationsWorld top 10%

Every institution they have given on a paper.

No associations of human pulmonary tuberculosis with Sp110 variants

2006Journal of Medical GeneticsJournalOpen access66 citations10.1136/jmg.2005.037960

Mycobacterium tuberculosisDrug Resistance, Ghana

2006Emerging infectious diseasesJournalOpen access39 citations10.3201/eid1207.051028

The epidemiology of obesity in ghana.

2005PubMedJournalOpen access140 citations

What Happened to the IUD in Ghana?

2005African Journal of Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author49 citations10.2307/3583464

Lymphatic filariasis in Ghana: establishing the potential for an urban cycle of transmission

2005Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding33 citations10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01389.x

The use of grid sampling methodology for rapid assessment of the distribution of bancroftian filariasis

2001Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst author61 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90115-4

Lymphatic filariasis in Ghana: from research to control

2000Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(00)90202-5

Impact of single-dose ivermectin on community microfilaria load in bancroftian filariasis infection: two years post treatment

2000Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(00)90133-0

Prevalence of hydrocele as a rapid diagnostic index for lymphatic filariasis

1998Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen accessFirst author59 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(98)90948-8

Evaluation of the filter paper blood collection method for detecting Og4C3 circulating antigen in bancroftian filariasis

1998Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst author17 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(98)91068-9

The relationship between infection and disease in Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Ghana

1998Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst authorCorresponding20 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(98)91058-6

Ivermectin and the treatment of lymphatic filariasis in West Africa

1997Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(97)90055-9

The economic burden of lymphatic filariasis in northern Ghana

1996Annals of Tropical Medicine and ParasitologyJournalFirst author104 citations10.1080/00034983.1996.11813024

The Epidemiology of Acute Adenolymphangitis Due to Lymphatic Filariasis in Northern Ghana

1996American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst author66 citations10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.591

Descriptive epidemiology of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana

1996Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst author42 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90466-6

Rapid community diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis

1996Acta TropicaJournalFirst authorCorresponding35 citations10.1016/0001-706x(95)00141-z

Vitamin A supplementation and childhood malaria in northern Ghana

1995American Journal of Clinical NutritionJournal93 citations10.1093/ajcn/61.4.853

Lay reporting of elephantiasis of the leg in northern Ghana

1995Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1016/0035-9203(95)90410-7

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

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

International Health

How it can be read

64% free to read

Diamond 6 · 4%Free to read and to publish
Gold 52 · 37%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 9 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 14 · 10%Free to read, no open licence
Green 10 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 51 · 36%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

82 of 142 papers name a funder

World Health Organization14
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation13
Wellcome Trust11
University of Ghana10
University of Health and Allied Sciences8
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung7
Medical Research Council7
Department for International Development6

7Affordable and clean energy1

10Reduced inequalities1

1993386 citationsWorld top 10%

Phenotypic Evidence of Emerging Ivermectin Resistance in Onchocerca volvulus

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

2011320 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold