Kingsley Badu

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Faculty of Biosciences, since 2016per ORCID

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
Parasitology
Molecular Biology
Epidemiology
Insect Science

In their own words

Vector-Borne Diseases
Malaria co-infections
Biological Sciences

Publications: 822010–2026
Citations: 1,282to those papers
h-index: 21i10-index 37
Field-weighted impact: 2.621.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 22%15 of 67 scored papers
Open access: 88%59 of the 67 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 1,707 citations, h-index 23 and i10-index 37 (1,309 citations and h-index 20 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Theoretical and Applied BiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Faculty of Biosciencessince 2016
Lecturer-Part time, Department of Medical Laboratory TechnologyGarden City University College2013–2016
Postdoctoral research Scientist, ImmunologyNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research2012–2014
Visiting Scientist (PhD Candidate), Centre for Global Health ResearchKenya Medical Research Institute2008–2012
Assistant Lecturer

Publications

82 in all

Malaria and bacteremia in febrile children presenting at a teaching hospital in Kumasi, Ghana
2026BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s12879-026-13368-6
Prevalence, Etiology, and Antifungal Resistance Profiles of Ocular Fungal Infections in Ghanaian Ophthalmic Patients: A Multicenter Cross‐Sectional Study

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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 Health4352%
Infectious Diseases2328%
Parasitology1822%
Molecular Biology911%
Epidemiology67%
Insect Science67%
Modeling and Simulation56%
Ecology45%
Sociology and Political Science45%
Plant Science34%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control30
Mosquito-borne diseases and control27
Parasites and Host Interactions13
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment11
COVID-19 epidemiological studies5
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies4
Insect and Pesticide Research4
Research on Leishmaniasis Studies4
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research4
Viral Infections and Vectors4
Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences3
Parasite Biology and Host Interactions3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

66% of their 67 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written23456711Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States22
Kenya12
South Africa11
United Kingdom7
Germany6
Nigeria6
Mauritius5
Canada5

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH16 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH14 papers
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH14 papers
Kenya Medical Research InstituteKE9 papers
University of Notre DameUS8 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH6 papers
The Ohio State UniversityUS5 papers
University of California, IrvineUS5 papers
Human Sciences Research CouncilZA5 papers
University of IbadanNG5 papers

Where they publish

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE7
AAS Open Research6
Malaria Journal5
BMC Infectious Diseases3
Infectious Disease Modelling3
PLoS ONE3
Analytical Chemistry

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being27
11Sustainable cities and communities7
6Clean water and sanitation4
15Life on land4
2Zero hunger3
1No poverty2
10Reduced inequalities2
14

Most cited

Accuracy of diagnosis among clinical malaria patients: comparing microscopy, RDT and a highly sensitive quantitative PCR looking at the implications for submicroscopic infections
Malaria Journal3
2023118 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Decolonizing global AI governance: assessment of the state of decolonized AI governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Royal Society Open Science17
202482 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

, Department of Nursing

Junior Research Fellow, Medical EntomologyKumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine2006–2007

Research Assistant (Graduate student), Medical EntomologyKumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine2002–2006

Education

Ph.D, Theoretical and Applied BiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2008–2014
M.Phil, Clinical MicrobiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Health Sciences2003–2007
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, Biological SciencesKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Faculty of Biosciences1997–2001