Lucas Amenga–Etego

Publishing since 2002, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Molecular Biology
Parasitology
Immunology
Genetics
Epidemiology

In their own words

Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum population genetics
antimalarial drug resistance
human genetics

Publications: 1312002–2026
Citations: 6,510to those papers
h-index: 35i10-index 63
Field-weighted impact: 6.801.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 46%47 of 103 scored papers
Open access: 96%99 of the 103 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 7,227 citations, h-index 35 and i10-index 67 (4,113 citations and h-index 30 since 2021), as of October 12, 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

Senior Research Fellow, West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, Biochemistry Cell and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Ghana2021–2027
Postdoctoral Researcher, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human GeneticsUniversity of Oxford2012–2013
Research Fellow, Biomedical SciencesNavrongo Health Research Centre1999–2018

Education

DPhil genetic epidemiology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human GeneticsUniversity of Oxford2008–2013
MPhil Microbiology

Publications

131 in all

Characterisation of the opposing effects of G6PD deficiency on cerebral malaria and severe malarial anaemia
2017eLifeJournalOpen access98 citations10.7554/elife.15085
Lack of Geospatial Population Structure Yet Significant Linkage Disequilibrium in the Reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum in Bongo District, Ghana
2017American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health7658%
Molecular Biology2318%
Parasitology1915%
Immunology1612%
Genetics1511%
Epidemiology1310%
Infectious Diseases97%
Computational Theory and Mathematics86%
Genetics65%
Hematology65%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control70
Mosquito-borne diseases and control21
Parasites and Host Interactions15
Trypanosoma species research and implications9
Computational Drug Discovery Methods8
vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches7
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology6
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders6
Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms6
Vector-borne infectious diseases6
Aquaculture disease management and microbiota5
HIV Research and Treatment5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

81% of their 103 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written9101213172229Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom51
United States37
Gambia29
Kenya25
Mali22
Cameroon20
Germany17
Tanzania16

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious PathogensGH74 papers
Navrongo Health Research CentreGH43 papers
Wellcome Sanger InstituteGB31 papers
MRC Unit the GambiaGM29 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH25 papers
University of OxfordGB24 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB23 papers
Centre for Human GeneticsGB21 papers
Malaria Research and Training CenterML21 papers
University of BueaCM19 papers

Where they publish

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE17
Malaria Journal12
Scientific Reports8
BMC Infectious Diseases4
Nature4
PLoS ONE4
Wellcome Open Research

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being66
15Life on land4
2Zero hunger3
14Life below water3
17Partnerships for the goals3
1No poverty1
4Quality education1
10

Most cited

Genetic architecture of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum
Nature Genetics3
2015663 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum diversity in natural infections by deep sequencing
Nature3
2012544 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

How it can be read

96% free to read, of the 103 recorded

Diamond 1 · 1%Free to read and to publish
Gold 74 · 56%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 14 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 5 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 5 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 3%Behind a paywall
Unknown 28 · 21%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

88 of 131 papers name a funder

Wellcome Trust60
National Institutes of Health33
Medical Research Council32
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation23
National Institute for Health and Care Research18
African Academy of Sciences15
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases14
Government of the United Kingdom13