C. Patrick Farrington

University of Ghana

The Open Universityper ORCID

Publishing since 1998, latest 2015

Epidemiology
Health
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Publications: 31998–2015
Citations: 100to those papers
h-index: 2i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 1.021.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 3 scored papers
Open access: 67%2 papers free to read

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

The Open University
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Professor, Mathematics and StatisticsOpen University1998–2015
Statistician, Statistics UnitPublic Health England Colindale1987–1998
Transport Officer, Transport UnitLondon Strategic Policy Unit1986–1987
Circulation ManagerMarxism Today1983–1986
English Language Expert, English Department

Publications

3 in all

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology267%
Health133%
Immunology133%
Infectious Diseases133%
Microbiology133%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health133%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Bacterial Infections and Vaccines1
Immune responses and vaccinations1
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections1
Respiratory viral infections research1
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy1
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology1
Virology and Viral Diseases1
Zoonotic diseases and public health1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

100% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234567Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom2
United States2
Belgium1
France1
Kenya1
Korea1
Poland1
Uganda1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS2 papers
Children's Memorial Health InstitutePL1 paper
InsermFR1 paper
International Vaccine InstituteKR1 paper
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB1 paper
National Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB PreventionUS1 paper
Royal College of General PractitionersGB1 paper
The Open UniversityGB1 paper
Center for Global HealthUS1 paper
University of WalesGB1 paper

Where they publish

American Journal of Public Health1
BMJ1
PLoS ONE1

How it can be read

67% free to read

Gold 1 · 33%In an open-access journal

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being2

Most cited

A Global Perspective on Vaccine Safety and Public Health: The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety
American Journal of Public Health3
200491 citationsOpen access · Green
Risk of Injection-Site Abscess among Infants Receiving a Preservative-Free, Two-Dose Vial Formulation of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Kenya
PLoS ONE3
20159 citationsOpen access · Gold
Risk factors for winter outbreak of acute diarrhoea in France