Ernest Kenu

Also at African Field Epidemiology Network and African Field Epidemiology Networkfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
General Health Professions
Surgery

Publications: 2512008–2026
Citations: 3,004to those papers
h-index: 31i10-index 82
Field-weighted impact: 1.301.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%45 of 245 scored papers
Open access: 97%238 of the 245 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 3,175 citations, h-index 33 and i10-index 75 (2,275 citations and h-index 28 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

On their papers

Publications

251 in all

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Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Subfields

Infectious Diseases11144%
Epidemiology9437%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6124%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4217%
General Health Professions2610%
Surgery177%
Health166%
Modeling and Simulation166%
Virology166%
Emergency Medicine156%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health37
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research33
Data-Driven Disease Surveillance28
Zoonotic diseases and public health23
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology22
Virology and Viral Diseases19
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions17
COVID-19 epidemiological studies16
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy16
Child Nutrition and Water Access13
Malaria Research and Control13
Mosquito-borne diseases and control13

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

42% of their 245 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written234681012Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States57
Switzerland19
India12
Uganda11
Argentina10
Germany9
United Kingdom8
Denmark7

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH124 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH49 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH23 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH13 papers
Harvard UniversityUS12 papers
Population CouncilIN11 papers
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUS11 papers
Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y SanitariaAR10 papers
African Field Epidemiology NetworkUG10 papers
World Health OrganizationCH9 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health56
Ghana Medical Journal27
PLoS ONE22
Pan African Medical Journal19
BMC Public Health8
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth7

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being129
1No poverty17
17Partnerships for the goals11
5Gender equality6
2Zero hunger4
6Clean water and sanitation3
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
13

Most cited

CYP2B6, CYP2A6 and UGT2B7 genetic polymorphisms are predictors of efavirenz mid-dose concentration in HIV-infected patients
AIDS3
2009128 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
Ghana Medical Journal3
202091 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

2020Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author91 citations10.4314/gmj.v54i2.1

Epidemiology of COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana, 2020

2020Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access61 citations10.4314/gmj.v54i4s.3

Protracted cholera outbreak in the Central Region, Ghana, 2016

2020Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author20 citations10.4314/gmj.v54i2s.8

Evaluation of malaria surveillance system, Adaklu District, Volta Region, Ghana, 2019

2020International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access14 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.1080

Tuberculosis surveillance system evaluation, Ho Municipality. Volta Region – Ghana, 2019

2020International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access2 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.994

Analysis of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance data in Sierra Leone, 2009–2018

2020International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.985

Outbreak of scabies among preschool children, Accra, Ghana, 2017

2019BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding38 citations10.1186/s12889-019-7085-6

Obstetric determinants of preterm delivery in a regional hospital, Accra, Ghana 2016

2019BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessSenior author36 citations10.1186/s12884-019-2404-6

BMC Infectious Diseases

International Journal of Infectious Diseases6

How it can be read

97% free to read, of the 245 recorded

Diamond 93 · 37%Free to read and to publish
Gold 116 · 46%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 10 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 5 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 14 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 3%Behind a paywall
Unknown 6 · 2%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

93 of 251 papers name a funder

University of Ghana30
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases16
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation14
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention13
National Institutes of Health12
World Health Organization11
Fogarty International Center9
United States Agency for International Development7

10Reduced inequalities1

11Sustainable cities and communities1

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Post-Ebola Syndrome among Ebola Virus Disease Survivors in Montserrado County, Liberia 2016

BioMed Research International3

201889 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid