Bright Agbodzi

University of Ghana

Also at University of Floridafrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2019, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Sociology and Political Science
Clinical Biochemistry
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Endocrinology

Publications: 222019–2026
Citations: 224to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 1.741.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%3 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 86%19 papers free to read

4 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

Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Career

On their papers

Publications

22 in all

Outbreak of dengue fever in Ghana: The emergence of DENV-1 serotype
2026PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access1 citation10.1371/journal.pntd.0014248
Global high-risk clones and multidrug-resistant serotype strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from surgical site infections in low-resource settings
2025Microbiology Spectrum

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Subfields

Infectious Diseases1464%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1255%
Sociology and Political Science314%
Clinical Biochemistry29%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics29%
Endocrinology29%
Epidemiology29%
Microbiology29%
Modeling and Simulation29%
Molecular Biology29%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Mosquito-borne diseases and control9
Viral Infections and Vectors8
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research6
Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus3
Dengue and Mosquito Control Research3
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria2
Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing2
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing2
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines2
COVID-19 epidemiological studies2
Malaria Research and Control2
Reproductive tract infections research2

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

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Most frequent partner countries

United States11
Egypt3
Switzerland3
Denmark2
Cameroon2
Senegal1
Japan1
China1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH21 papers
University of Nebraska Medical CenterUS6 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH6 papers
Navrongo Health Research CentreGH4 papers
World Health OrganizationCH3 papers
United States Department of the NavyUS3 papers
University of FloridaUS3 papers
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious PathogensGH3 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
Naval Medical Research Unit EURAFCENTEG3 papers

Where they publish

Emerging infectious diseases3
Microbiology Spectrum2
PLoS ONE2
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene1
Archives of Virology1
BioMed Research International1
BMC Infectious Diseases1
Emerging Microbes & Infections1

How it can be read

86% free to read

Diamond 4 · 18%Free to read and to publish
Gold 12 · 55%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 14%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 3 · 14%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

12 of 22 papers name a funder

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being10
15Life on land2
2Zero hunger1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and molecular characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Ghana, 2012-2015
PLoS ONE
201931 citationsOpen access · Gold
Retrospective Genomic Characterization of a 2017 Dengue Virus Outbreak, Burkina Faso
Emerging infectious diseases3
202230 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Whole-genome sequence profiling of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from livestock and farm attendants in Ghana
Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance3
202025 citationsOpen access · Gold
Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 harboring bla NDM-1 , multidrug resistance and hypervirulence plasmids
Microbiology Spectrum3
202423 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Chikungunya viruses containing the A226V mutation detected retrospectively in Cameroon form a new geographical subclade
International Journal of Infectious Diseases15
202118 citationsOpen access · Gold

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Outbreak of Dengue fever in Ghana: The emergence of DENV-1 serotype

2025Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.37432/jieph-confpro5-00105

First Molecular Identification of Rickettsia aeschlimannii and Rickettsia africae in Ticks from Ghana

2024American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen access7 citations10.4269/ajtmh.22-0753

Marburg Virus Disease in Ghana

2023New England Journal of MedicineJournal15 citations10.1056/nejmc2300867

Whole genome analysis and antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Ghana

2023Frontiers in MicrobiologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.3389/fmicb.2023.1163450

Chikungunya viruses containing the A226V mutation detected retrospectively in Cameroon form a new geographical subclade

2021International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding18 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.058

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana

U.S. Department of Defense5

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch2

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention2

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences2

University of Ghana2