Edwin Afari

University of Ghana

Also at Kintampo Health Research Centre and Ghana Health Servicefrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1990, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Nutrition and Dietetics

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 1031990–2026
Citations: 2,111to those papers
h-index: 26i10-index 64
Field-weighted impact: 1.811.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 16%16 of 103 scored papers
Open access: 84%86 papers free to read

16 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

103 in all

Differences in age-specific HPV prevalence between self-collected and health personnel collected specimen in a cross-sectional study in Ghana
2017Infectious Agents and CancerJournalOpen access8 citations10.1186/s13027-017-0136-7
Evaluation of bacterial meningitis surveillance data of the northern region, Ghana, 2010-2015
2017

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4039%
Epidemiology3332%
Infectious Diseases3332%
Microbiology1515%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1212%
Nutrition and Dietetics1111%
Food Science88%
Health88%
Health Information Management88%
Immunology88%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control24
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines13
Mosquito-borne diseases and control13
Global Maternal and Child Health12
Child Nutrition and Water Access11
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research11
Zoonotic diseases and public health11
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology9
Global Health and Epidemiology8
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy8
Virology and Viral Diseases8
Data-Driven Disease Surveillance6

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

23% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Switzerland10
United States7
United Kingdom6
Uganda4
Australia3
Canada3
Japan2
Côte d’Ivoire2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH49 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH35 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH8 papers
World Health OrganizationCH7 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB6 papers
Kintampo Health Research CentreGH6 papers
Navrongo Health Research CentreGH5 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH5 papers
Ministry of HealthGH4 papers
Radiological and Medical Sciences Research InstituteGH4 papers

Where they publish

Pan African Medical Journal21
PubMed12
BMC Public Health7
Ghana Medical Journal7
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth4
International Journal of Infectious Diseases4
Malaria Journal

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being60
2Zero hunger6
14Life below water6
17Partnerships for the goals5
1No poverty3
6Clean water and sanitation2
5Gender equality1
13

Most cited

Malaria‐related beliefs and behaviour in southern Ghana: implications for treatment, prevention and control
Tropical Medicine & International Health3
1997217 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Feasibility, safety, and impact of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine when implemented through national immunisation programmes: evaluation of cluster-randomised introduction of the vaccine in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi
The Lancet3
202489 citationsWorld top 10%

Pan African Medical Journal

Secondary analysis of snake bite data in the Western Region of Ghana: 2006- 2010

2016Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author26 citations10.4314/gmj.v50i2.8

Review of meningitis surveillance data, upper West Region, Ghana 2009-2013

2016Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author24 citations10.11604/pamj.supp.2016.25.1.6180

Diarrhoea morbidity patterns in Central Region of Ghana, 2008-2012

2016Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author20 citations10.11604/pamj.supp.2016.25.1.6261

Cholera outbreak following a marriage ceremony in Medinya, Western Ghana

2016Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.11604/pamj.supp.2016.25.1.6167

Pattern of diarrheal diseases in Atwima Nwabiagya District-Ghana, 2009- 2013

2016Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.11604/pamj.supp.2016.25.1.6207

Foodborne illness among school children in Ga east, Accra

2015Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author20 citations10.4314/gmj.v49i2.2

Bacterial Meningitis: A Review in the Upper East Region of Ghana 2010-2014

2015International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & HealthJournalOpen access10 citations10.9734/ijtdh/2015/19398

Bovine tuberculosis surveillance system evaluation - Greater-Accra Region, Ghana, 2011

2014International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access5 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.790

SP5-12 Outbreak of cholera, East-Akim Municipality, Ghana, November 2010

2011Journal of Epidemiology & Community HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.1136/jech.2011.142976p.48

Antibody Response to Measles Immunization in Rural Ghanaian Infants

1994Journal of Tropical PediatricsJournalSenior author19 citations10.1093/tropej/40.5.291

Plasmodium falciparum: sensitivity to chloroquine in vivo in three ecological zones in Ghana

1992Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst authorCorresponding47 citations10.1016/0035-9203(92)90285-k

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics3

How it can be read

84% free to read

Diamond 14 · 14%Free to read and to publish
Gold 53 · 51%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 8 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 7 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 17 · 17%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

32 of 103 papers name a funder

University of Ghana17
World Health Organization6
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention5
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst5
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana5
Wellcome Trust4
African Academy of Sciences3
Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa3

Open access · Hybrid

Malaria infection, morbidity and transmission in two ecological zones Southern Ghana.

PubMed14

199562 citations

Bacteriological profile and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of common isolates of neonatal sepsis, Ho Municipality, Ghana-2016

Maternal Health Neonatology and Perinatology

201860 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold