George Wak

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Publishing since 2007, latest 2026

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

Publications: 192007–2026
Citations: 712to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 5.081.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 37%7 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 89%17 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

19 in all

Household dynamics and national health insurance scheme enrollment: Findings from a baseline study in rural Ghana
2026African Journal of Empirical ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.51867/ajernet.7.1.16
Factors associated with uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria among pregnant women in the Sene East District, Ghana

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1053%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health632%
Health526%
General Health Professions421%
Epidemiology316%
Health Information Management316%
Clinical Psychology211%
Emergency Medicine211%
Finance211%
Nutrition and Dietetics211%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health10
Global Health and Epidemiology3
Global Health Care Issues3
Health disparities and outcomes3
Malaria Research and Control3
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Healthcare Systems and Reforms2
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention2
Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving2
Maternal and fetal healthcare2
Migration, Health and Trauma2
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

53% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States6
South Africa4
Kenya3
Vietnam3
Switzerland3
Burkina Faso3
France2
India2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Navrongo Health Research CentreGH12 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH6 papers
University of GhanaGH4 papers
Indepth NetworkGH4 papers
Hanoi Medical UniversityVN3 papers
Columbia UniversityUS3 papers
African Population and Health Research CenterKE3 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA3 papers
Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance SystemZA3 papers
Centre de Recherche en Santé de NounaBF3 papers

Where they publish

Global Health Action6
African Journal of Empirical Research2
International Journal of Epidemiology2
Advances in Public Health1
BMC Public Health1
Child Indicators Research1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being11
1No poverty4
5Gender equality2
4Quality education1

Most cited

Profile of the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance System
International Journal of Epidemiology3
2012207 citationsWorld top 10%
Self-reported health and functional limitations among older people in the Kassena-Nankana District, Ghana
Global Health Action4
2010121 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

African Journal of Empirical Research

Levels, Trends, and Factors Associated With Obesity Among Women in Ghana, 2003–2022

2026Advances in Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1155/adph/1953398

Effect of maternal migration on under-five mortality in the Navrongo HDSS area

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1186/s12889-024-20834-w

Prevalence and trend of malaria with anemia among under-five children in Jasikan District, Ghana

2020The North African Journal of Food and Nutrition ResearchJournalOpen access5 citations10.51745/najfnr.4.8.285-291

Profile of the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance System

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

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

2007Maternal and Child Health JournalJournalOpen access51 citations10.1007/s10995-007-0289-x

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Injury Epidemiology1

How it can be read

89% free to read

Diamond 2 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Gold 10 · 53%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 16%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 11%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 19 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation3
National Institutes of Health3
Wellcome Trust3
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation2
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention2
Comic Relief2
Ethiopian Public Health Association2
Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd2

Global Health Action1

201484 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold