Badu Sarkodie

Ghana Health Service

Publishing since 2010, latest 2023

Infectious Diseases
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology
Microbiology
Health
Information Systems

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 182010–2023
Citations: 433to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 1.981.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 22%4 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 94%17 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

18 in all

CONTROVERSY OVER HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS: Which way for developing countries?
2023Medical Research ArchivesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.18103/mra.v11i1.3275
Using drones to transport suspected COVID-19 samples; experiences from the second largest testing centre in Ghana, West Africa
2022

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Infectious Diseases950%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health633%
Epidemiology528%
Microbiology317%
Health211%
Information Systems211%
Aerospace Engineering16%
Agronomy and Crop Science16%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine16%
Endocrinology16%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research6
Viral Infections and Vectors4
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines3
Virology and Viral Diseases3
COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing2
Influenza Virus Research Studies2
Mosquito-borne diseases and control2
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections2
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy2
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology2
Zoonotic diseases and public health2
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

61% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Switzerland6
United States2
Congo2
United Kingdom2
Japan1
Niger1
Gambia1
Ethiopia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH10 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH7 papers
World Health OrganizationCH6 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB2 papers
World Health Organization Regional Office for AfricaCG2 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH2 papers
Ministry of HealthGH2 papers
Instituut voor Tropische GeneeskundeBE1 paper
Malaria ConsortiumGB1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Medical Journal2
Health Sciences Investigations Journal2
International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health2
PLoS ONE2
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine1
BMC Infectious Diseases1
BMC Public Health

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being16
2Zero hunger1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

An outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis among older children (≥5 years) and adults after the implementation of an infant vaccination programme with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Ghana
BMC Infectious Diseases3
201696 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Meningococcal Meningitis Outbreaks in the African Meningitis Belt After Meningococcal Serogroup A Conjugate Vaccine Introduction, 2011–2017
The Journal of Infectious Diseases3
201957 citationsWorld top 10%

Overview of preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Ghana

2021Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author44 citations10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.6

High Case-Fatality Rate for Human Anthrax, Northern Ghana, 2005–2016

2021Emerging infectious diseasesJournalOpen access25 citations10.3201/eid2704.204496

Associated Signs and Symptoms of Confirmed Influenza Infections in Ghana

2018International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.9734/ijtdh/2017/38865

Descriptive Characterization of Epidemic Meningococcal Serogroup W in the Upper West Region of Ghana

2017International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & HealthJournalOpen access1 citation10.9734/ijtdh/2017/32324

Molecular confirmation of Lassa fever imported into Ghana

2016African Journal of Laboratory MedicineJournalOpen access11 citations10.4102/ajlm.v5i1.288

The first cases of Lassa fever in Ghana.

2012PubMedJournalOpen access30 citations

Emerging infectious diseases1

How it can be read

94% free to read

Diamond 10 · 56%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 28%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 6%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 18 papers name a funder

World Health Organization6
Medical Research Council3
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana3
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development1
Medical Research Charities Group1
University of Ghana1

Open access · Hybrid

Evaluation of AFP surveillance indicators in polio-free Ghana, 2009–2013

BMC Public Health3

201451 citationsOpen access · Gold

Overview of preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Ghana

Ghana Medical Journal3

202144 citationsOpen access · Diamond