Benjamin Abuaku

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2004, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
Parasitology
General Health Professions
Molecular Biology
Computational Theory and Mathematics

In their own words

Field and clinical Epidemiology

Publications: 962004–2026
Citations: 2,226to those papers
h-index: 29i10-index 51
Field-weighted impact: 3.201.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 46%31 of 68 scored papers
Open access: 94%64 of the 68 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 2,475 citations, h-index 32 and i10-index 54 (1,366 citations and h-index 22 since 2021), as of October 12, 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

96 in all

Impact of indoor residual spraying on malaria parasitaemia in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District in northern Ghana
2018Parasites & VectorsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding39 citations10.1186/s13071-018-3130-z
Detecting local risk factors for residual malaria in northern Ghana using Bayesian model averaging
2018

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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 Health5961%
Infectious Diseases1920%
Parasitology1415%
General Health Professions88%
Molecular Biology66%
Computational Theory and Mathematics55%
Immunology55%
Genetics44%
Modeling and Simulation33%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health33%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control54
Mosquito-borne diseases and control25
Parasites and Host Interactions13
Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting12
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment8
Computational Drug Discovery Methods5
Diverse Scientific Research Studies4
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies3
COVID-19 epidemiological studies3
Global Maternal and Child Health3
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research3
vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

49% of their 68 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States15
Switzerland8
China5
Cameroon4
Egypt3
Canada3
United Kingdom3
Australia2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH67 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH13 papers
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious PathogensGH9 papers
World Health OrganizationCH8 papers
University of Cape CoastGH5 papers
Central South UniversityCN4 papers
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS4 papers
University of FloridaUS4 papers
Catholic University of CameroonCM4 papers
Akanu Ibiam, Federal Polytechnic UnwanaNG4 papers

Where they publish

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE19
Malaria Journal13
BMC Public Health6
Parasites & Vectors4
PLoS ONE4
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being54
14Life below water6
2Zero hunger1

Most cited

Flood hazard in Hunan province of China: an economic loss analysis
Natural Hazards
2008150 citations
Social support and posttraumatic stress disorder among flood victims in Hunan, China.
Annals of epidemiology
2007131 citations
Comparative efficacy of antimalarial drugs including ACTs in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children under 5 years in Ghana
Acta Tropica3
2005129 citations

IMPACT OF GPS DISPLACEMENT AND SAMPLE SIZE ON LOCAL RISK MAPS OF MALARIA

2018AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEConference0 citations

Efficacy of Artesunate/Amodiaquine in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria among Children in Ghana

2017American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding28 citations10.4269/ajtmh.15-0826

PREVALENCE OF ASYMPTOMATIC MALARIA AND ANAEMIA AMONG SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN TWO ECOLOGICAL ZONES IN GHANA

2017AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEConference0 citations

UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA TREATMENT FAILURES AFTER ARTESUNATE-AMODIAQUINE COMBINATION THERAPY IN TWO ECOLOGICAL ZONES IN GHANA

2017AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEConferenceFirst author0 citations

IDENTIFYING MALARIA RISK FACTORS IN A HYPERENDEMIC SETTING USING BAYESIAN MODEL SELECTION

2017AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEConference0 citations

TRACKING MALARIA SLIDE POSITIVITY RATES IN 30 SENTINEL SITES ACROSS GHANA

2017AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEConferenceFirst author0 citations

Within-host competition and drug resistance in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

2016Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesJournalOpen access68 citations10.1098/rspb.2015.3038

PREVALENCE OF PLASMODIUM SPP. AND ANEMIA AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN TWO ECOLOGICAL ZONES IN GHANA

2015AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEConference0 citations

IMPACT OF ONE VS. TWO ROUNDS OF ANNUAL INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING (IRS) ON MALARIA PARASITAEMIA IN CHILDREN IN NORTHERN GHANA

2015AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEConferenceFirst author0 citations

Managing antimalarial drug resistance in Ghana: the importance of surveillance

2014Towards effective disease control in Ghana: research and policy implicationsJournalFirst author6 citations

Prevalence and risk factors for childhood obesity in Changsha and Shenzhen in China.

2010Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban= Journal of Central South University. Medical SciencesJournal20 citations

Treatment default and death among tuberculosis patients in Hunan, China

2010Scandinavian journal of infectious diseasesJournalFirst author55 citations10.3109/00365540903493723

Antimalarial Prescribing Practices: A Challenge to Malaria Control in Ghana

2005Medical Principles and PracticeJournalFirst author33 citations10.1159/000086931

Antimalarial drug use among caregivers in Ghana.

2004PubMedJournalOpen accessFirst author25 citations

Frontiers in Public Health

Medical Principles and Practice3

How it can be read

94% free to read, of the 68 recorded

Diamond 3 · 3%Free to read and to publish
Gold 52 · 54%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Green 7 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 4%Behind a paywall
Unknown 28 · 29%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

53 of 96 papers name a funder

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria18
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana18
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases10
University of Ghana8
World Health Organization8
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention7
National Institutes of Health7
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation4