Abraham Hodgson

Ghana Health Service

Publishing since 2000, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Epidemiology
Microbiology
General Health Professions
Health

Publications: 1342000–2026
Citations: 8,712to those papers
h-index: 50i10-index 110
Field-weighted impact: 6.261.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 54%73 of 134 scored papers
Open access: 71%95 papers free to read

14 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

134 in all

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Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5843%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5440%
Epidemiology3325%
Microbiology3123%
General Health Professions2519%
Health2216%
Nutrition and Dietetics1612%
Infectious Diseases1310%
Obstetrics and Gynecology129%
Immunology75%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health52
Malaria Research and Control33
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines30
Mosquito-borne diseases and control18
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections17
Child Nutrition and Water Access15
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy14
Global Health and Surgery9
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions9
Virology and Viral Diseases9
Health disparities and outcomes8
Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare7

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

82% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written78910111335Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States47
Switzerland38
United Kingdom35
Kenya15
Japan13
Mali13
Senegal11
Germany11

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Navrongo Health Research CentreGH114 papers
University of GhanaGH46 papers
Kintampo Health Research CentreGH26 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB24 papers
Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteCH20 papers
Dodowa Health Research CentreGH20 papers
World Health OrganizationCH19 papers
Ministry of HealthGH15 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH15 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH15 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE17
Global Health Action10
Malaria Journal10
Tropical Medicine & International Health10
The Journal of Infectious Diseases5
International Journal of Epidemiology4

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being87
1No poverty7
17Partnerships for the goals6
5Gender equality4
2Zero hunger2
4Quality education2
11Sustainable cities and communities1
13

Most cited

Data Resource Profile: The World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)
International Journal of Epidemiology
2012789 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
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%
Zika virus and microcephaly: why is this situation a PHEIC?

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Using Weather Forecasts to Help Manage Meningitis in the West African Sahel

2014Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyJournal24 citations10.1175/bams-d-13-00121.1

Female autonomy and reported abortion‐seeking in Ghana, West Africa

2014International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalOpen access39 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.03.031

Profile of the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance System

2012International Journal of EpidemiologyJournal207 citations10.1093/ije/dys111

The Role of Weather in Meningitis Outbreaks in Navrongo, Ghana: A Generalized Additive Modeling Approach

2012Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental StatisticsBook chapterOpen access65 citations10.1007/s13253-012-0095-9

Prevalence of malaria, schistosomiasis and anaemia among school children in Kassena-Nankana districts, Ghana

2012Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen)Journal0 citations

Stillbirths and early neonatal mortality in rural Northern Ghana

2011Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author83 citations10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02931.x

Hospital Health Care Cost of Diarrheal Disease in Northern Ghana

2010The Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalSenior author36 citations10.1086/653573

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene3

How it can be read

71% free to read

Diamond 7 · 5%Free to read and to publish
Gold 64 · 48%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 9 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Green 10 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 39 · 29%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

85 of 134 papers name a funder

Wellcome Trust19
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation17
Japan International Cooperation Agency12
JICA Research Institute12
World Health Organization11
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases9
Medical Research Council8
National Institutes of Health7

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

2016417 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Strengthening standardised interpretation of verbal autopsy data: the new InterVA-4 tool

Global Health Action3

2012225 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold