Gloria Folson

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchfrom their recent papers

Research Fellow, University of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchper ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

General Health Professions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Nutrition and Dietetics
Hematology
Safety Research
Food Science

Publications: 232014–2026
Citations: 458to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 3.271.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 45%10 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 96%22 papers free to read

3 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Research Fellow, NutritionUniversity of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

Education

MSc Public Health Nutrition, Epidemiology and Population HealthLondon School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine1999–2000
PhD, Epidemiology/ PHN, EPHLSHTM2007

On their papers

Publications

23 in all

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Health Professions1252%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1252%
Nutrition and Dietetics1043%
Hematology626%
Safety Research313%
Food Science29%
Infectious Diseases29%
Business and International Management14%
Developmental and Educational Psychology14%
Endocrinology14%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Child Nutrition and Water Access10
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet9
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications8
Nutritional Studies and Diet7
Iron Metabolism and Disorders6
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations4
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare3
Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology2
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology2
Blood donation and transfusion practices1
Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling1
Dental Health and Care Utilization1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

91% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States20
Vietnam7
United Kingdom6
Netherlands2
Switzerland2
Sri Lanka2
Germany2
Denmark1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH22 papers
International Food Policy Research InstituteUS15 papers
Pennsylvania State UniversityUS8 papers
Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy6 papers
Emory UniversityUS5 papers
University of MichiganUS5 papers
Imperial College LondonGB5 papers
National Institute of NutritionVN5 papers
Thai Nguyen UniversityVN5 papers
Tufts UniversityUS5 papers

Where they publish

Current Developments in Nutrition4
Journal of Nutrition3
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition2
Maternal and Child Nutrition2
African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development1
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger9
1No poverty3
3Good health and well-being1
5Gender equality1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

A School Meals Program Implemented at Scale in Ghana Increases Height-for-Age during Midchildhood in Girls and in Children from Poor Households: A Cluster Randomized Trial
Journal of Nutrition1
201987 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on nutrition, education, agriculture and other social outcomes in Ghana: rationale, randomised design and baseline data
Trials2
201674 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

How it can be read

96% free to read

Gold 13 · 57%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 6 · 26%Open in a subscription journal
Green 3 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 4%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

16 of 23 papers name a funder

Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers5
Fondation Botnar4
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation3
Dow Chemical Company2
Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan2
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases2
National Institute on Aging2
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana2