Eric Koka

Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer), University of Cape Coast, since 2016per ORCID

Publishing since 2009, latest 2026

PROFESSOR ERIC KOKA is a Medical Sociologist/Anthropologist, a Public Health Expert and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the University of Cape Coast. He holds a B.A Degree in Social Sciences (Economics and Sociology) and a Master of Philosophy Degree in Sociology (Medical Sociology). He also had his PhD in Public Health at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon. He is an Associate Professor of Medical Sociology and Public… More on ORCID

Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Small Animals
Agronomy and Crop Science
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

In their own words

Medical Sociology
Public Health
Antimicrobial Resistance
Implementation Research

Publications: 292009–2026
Citations: 689to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 2.511.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 38%9 of 24 scored papers
Open access: 96%23 of the 24 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 903 citations, h-index 14 and i10-index 17 (707 citations and h-index 12 since 2021), as of October 5, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer), Sociology and AnthropologyUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2016

Education

Ph.D. Public Health, Sociology and AnthropologyUniversity of Cape Coast Faculty of Social Sciencessince 2016

On their papers

Publications

29 in all

Tuberculosis- and Diabetes Mellitus-Associated Knowledge, Stigma, and Health-Seeking Behaviour in Ghana
2026International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.3390/ijerph23081050
Community awareness, symptom recognition, and perceived causes of skin neglected tropical diseases in selected regions of Ghana
2026

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases1345%
Epidemiology1034%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health724%
Small Animals414%
Agronomy and Crop Science310%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology310%
Economics and Econometrics27%
General Health Professions27%
Parasitology27%
Pollution27%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis10
Dermatological diseases and infestations5
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology4
Zoonotic diseases and public health4
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology3
Antibiotic Use and Resistance3
Infectious Diseases and Mycology3
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment3
Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis2
Parasites and Host Interactions2
Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

54% of their 24 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Switzerland4
United Kingdom4
Italy4
United States1
Uganda1
Zambia1
Ethiopia1
Malaysia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH19 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH17 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB4 papers
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsIT4 papers
Faculty of Public HealthGB3 papers
Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteCH3 papers
University of BaselCH3 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
University College LondonGB2 papers

Where they publish

Advances in Applied Sociology3
BMC Public Health3
PLoS neglected tropical diseases3
PLOS Global Public Health2
PLoS ONE2
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene1
Antibiotics

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being4
1No poverty2
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
5Gender equality1
6Clean water and sanitation1
10Reduced inequalities1
15

Most cited

Towards a bottom-up understanding of antimicrobial use and resistance on the farm: A knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey across livestock systems in five African countries
PLoS ONE
2020211 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Understanding the gap between access and use: a qualitative study on barriers and facilitators to insecticide-treated net use in Ghana
Malaria Journal3
2019112 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

How it can be read

96% free to read, of the 24 recorded

Diamond 4 · 14%Free to read and to publish
Gold 17 · 59%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 3%Behind a paywall
Unknown 5 · 17%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

11 of 29 papers name a funder

National Institute for Health and Care Research4
Addis Ababa University2
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership2
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana2
UBS Optimus Foundation2
European Commission1
Fondation Botnar1
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1