Innocent Afeke

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Publishing since 1970, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Clinical Biochemistry

Publications: 261970–2026
Citations: 226to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 0.831.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%2 of 26 scored papers
Open access: 88%23 papers free to read

2 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

Publications

26 in all

Antibiotic resistance patterns among bacterial pathogens isolated from bloodstream infections at the Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
2026Frontiers in BacteriologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.3389/fbrio.2026.1735345
The epidemiological burden and trends of pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance at the Atua Government Hospital, Ghana: a 12-year retrospective analysis

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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

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1454%
Epidemiology935%
Infectious Diseases935%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health519%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology312%
Clinical Biochemistry312%
Molecular Medicine312%
General Health Professions28%
Molecular Biology28%
Parasitology28%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Neonatal and Maternal Infections6
Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus5
Malaria Research and Control4
Mosquito-borne diseases and control4
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria3
Antibiotic Use and Resistance3
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing3
Global Maternal and Child Health3
Mycobacterium research and diagnosis3
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology3
Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management2
Parasites and Host Interactions2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

54% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223455Home

Most frequent partner countries

China6
United Kingdom4
Nigeria3
Egypt2
Germany2
Spain1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH10 papers
Xuzhou Medical CollegeCN6 papers
Ho Technical UniversityGH5 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH5 papers
Birmingham City UniversityGB3 papers
University of LübeckDE2 papers
University of WürzburgDE2 papers
Universitätsklinikum WürzburgDE2 papers
University Medical Center FreiburgDE2 papers
University of FreiburgDE2 papers

Where they publish

OALib3
Pan African Medical Journal3
Frontiers in Bacteriology2
Future Microbiology2
Open Journal of Pediatrics2
PLoS ONE2
Asian Journal of Medicine and Health

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being19
1No poverty3
2Zero hunger2
14Life below water1

Most cited

Prevalence of vulvovaginal candidiasis among pregnant women in the Ho municipality, Ghana: species identification and antifungal susceptibility of Candida isolates
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth3
2020105 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
The Burden and Trend of Blood-Borne Pathogens among Asymptomatic Adult Population in Akwatia: A Retrospective Study at the St. Dominic Hospital, Ghana
Journal of Tropical Medicine3
201716 citationsOpen access · Gold

Frontiers in Bacteriology

Acquired Malaria Immunity in the Era of the Malaria Vaccine

2022Future MicrobiologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.2217/fmb-2022-0154

Neonatal and Young Infant Sepsis in a Regional Hospital in Ghana

2021Open Journal of PediatricsJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.4236/ojped.2021.112027

BMC Infectious Diseases1

How it can be read

88% free to read

Diamond 6 · 23%Free to read and to publish
Gold 14 · 54%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 3 · 12%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

5 of 26 papers name a funder

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft2
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst2
Universität zu Lübeck2
University of Health and Allied Sciences2
University of Cambridge1
University of Ghana1

Low Prevalence of Helminth Infections among Primary School Children in the Volta Region of Ghana

Asian Journal of Medicine and Health

201711 citationsOpen access · Diamond