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

Understanding and retention of the informed consent process among parents in rural northern Ghana
2008BMC Medical EthicsJournalOpen access51 citations10.1186/1472-6939-9-12
What are the Technical and Allocative Efficiencies of Public Health Centres in Ghana?
2008PubMedJournal

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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 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.

HLA-DRB1*04 Allele Is Associated with Severe Malaria in Northern Ghana

2008American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal44 citations10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.251

Maternal Mortality Decline in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana

2007Maternal and Child Health JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author51 citations10.1007/s10995-007-0289-x

Clinical Case Definitions and Malaria Vaccine Efficacy

2006The Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournal37 citations10.1086/499314

Emergence of W135 meningococcal meningitis in Ghana

2005Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalCorresponding40 citations10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01520.x

Mortality in a seven-and-a-half-year follow-up of a trial of insecticide-treated mosquito nets in Ghana

2002Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal57 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90321-4

Clonal Groupings in Serogroup XNeisseria meningitidis

2002Emerging infectious diseasesJournalOpen access37 citations10.3201/eid0805.010227

Risk factors for meningococcal meningitis in northern Ghana

2001Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst author67 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90007-0

Survival and sequelae of meningococcal meningitis in Ghana

2001International Journal of EpidemiologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding45 citations10.1093/ije/30.6.1440

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