William E. Collins

University of Ghana

Publishing since 1981, latest 2009

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Social Psychology
Epidemiology
Immunology
Oncology
Parasitology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 121981–2009
Citations: 373to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 12
Field-weighted impact: 2.331.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 50%6 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 8%1 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

12 in all

Transmission of Different Strains of Plasmodium cynomolgi to Aotus nancymaae Monkeys and Relapse
2009Journal of ParasitologyJournalFirst author12 citations10.1645/ge-1797.1
A comparative study of the genetic diversity of the 42kDa fragment of the merozoite surface protein 1 in Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax
2006Infection Genetics and Evolution

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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 Health867%
Social Psychology325%
Epidemiology217%
Immunology217%
Oncology217%
Parasitology217%
Virology217%
Agronomy and Crop Science18%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics18%
Genetics18%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control8
Mosquito-borne diseases and control4
Primate Behavior and Ecology3
HIV Research and Treatment2
Vector-borne infectious diseases2
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology1
CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment1
Complement system in diseases1
Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms1
Epilepsy research and treatment1
Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments1
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment1

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-written12345912Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States12
Kenya9
Uganda3
Switzerland2
Gabon1
United Kingdom1
Japan1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS12 papers
National Center for Infectious DiseasesUS6 papers
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionKE5 papers
Kenya Medical Research InstituteKE5 papers
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUG3 papers
World Health OrganizationCH2 papers
Division of Parasitic Diseases and MalariaUS2 papers
National Cancer InstituteUS2 papers
United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUS2 papers
University of NairobiKE2 papers

Where they publish

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene3
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology2
Humana Press eBooks2
Infection Genetics and Evolution1
International Journal of Cancer1
Journal of Parasitology1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being4
2Zero hunger2
14Life below water1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Type‐I HTLV antibody in urban and rural Ghana, West Africa
International Journal of Cancer
198475 citationsWorld top 10%
A comparative study of the genetic diversity of the 42kDa fragment of the merozoite surface protein 1 in Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax
Infection Genetics and Evolution15
200650 citationsOpen access · Green
Nonhuman Primate Models: II. Infection of Saimiri and Aotus Monkeys with Plasmodium vivax

Nonhuman Primate Models: I. Nonhuman Primate Host-Parasite Combinations

2003Humana Press eBooksBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.1385/1-59259-271-6:77

Chloroquine treatment of falciparum malaria in an area of Kenya of intermediate chloroquine resistance

1988Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author43 citations10.1016/0035-9203(88)90009-0

Type‐I HTLV antibody in urban and rural Ghana, West Africa

1984International Journal of CancerJournal75 citations10.1002/ijc.2910340212

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene1

How it can be read

8% free to read

Green 1 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 92%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 12 papers name a funder

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1
National Center for Research Resources1
National Institute of General Medical Sciences1
National Institutes of Health1
Wellcome Trust1

200344 citationsWorld top 10%

Chloroquine treatment of falciparum malaria in an area of Kenya of intermediate chloroquine resistance

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2

198843 citationsWorld top 10%