Samuel Oko Sackey

University of Ghana

Also at African Field Epidemiology Network, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana Health Service and African Field Epidemiology Networkfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1996, latest 2026

Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
General Health Professions
Health Information Management

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 911996–2026
Citations: 1,333to those papers
h-index: 23i10-index 38
Field-weighted impact: 1.091.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 11%10 of 91 scored papers
Open access: 93%85 papers free to read

8 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

91 in all

Evaluation of the sentinel surveillance system for influenza-like illnesses in the Greater Accra region, Ghana, 2018
2019PLoS ONEJournalOpen access31 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0213627
Sustainability of a field epidemiology and laboratory training programme: the Ghanaian story
2019Pan African Medical Journal

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology3538%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3033%
Infectious Diseases2730%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1415%
General Health Professions1112%
Health Information Management1011%
Microbiology910%
Endocrinology78%
Health78%
Obstetrics and Gynecology78%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Zoonotic diseases and public health15
Data-Driven Disease Surveillance14
Global Maternal and Child Health14
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research13
Virology and Viral Diseases10
Global Health and Epidemiology9
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines8
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy7
Child Nutrition and Water Access6
Malaria Research and Control6
Parasites and Host Interactions6
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology6

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

21% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States9
Uganda4
Switzerland4
Nigeria3
Côte d’Ivoire2
Germany2
Tanzania2
United Kingdom2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH57 papers
Ministry of HealthGH9 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH8 papers
African Field Epidemiology NetworkUG4 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH4 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
Ministry of Food and AgricultureGH4 papers
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS3 papers
National Center for Infectious DiseasesUS3 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health26
Pan African Medical Journal18
Ghana Medical Journal4
International Journal of Infectious Diseases4
BMC Public Health3
The Lancet3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being39
1No poverty14
2Zero hunger4
17Partnerships for the goals3
5Gender equality1
6Clean water and sanitation1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
10

Most cited

Post-Ebola Syndrome among Ebola Virus Disease Survivors in Montserrado County, Liberia 2016
BioMed Research International3
201889 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Prevalence of obesity and overweight and associated factors among financial institution workers in Accra Metropolis, Ghana: a cross sectional study
BMC Research Notes
201580 citationsOpen access · Gold
Emergency vaccination against epidemic meningitis in Ghana: implications for the control of meningococcal disease in West Africa

Post-Ebola Syndrome among Ebola Virus Disease Survivors in Montserrado County, Liberia 2016

2018BioMed Research InternationalJournalOpen accessSenior author89 citations10.1155/2018/1909410

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

2014International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.790

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

2011Journal of Epidemiology & Community HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1136/jech.2011.142976p.48

Lymphatic filariasis in Ghana: establishing the potential for an urban cycle of transmission

2005Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding33 citations10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01389.x

Meningococcal immunisation in Ghana

2000The LancetJournalOpen access1 citation10.1016/s0140-6736(05)72751-3

Descriptive epidemiology of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana

1996Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author42 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90466-6

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

How it can be read

93% free to read

Diamond 35 · 38%Free to read and to publish
Gold 41 · 45%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 6 · 7%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

21 of 91 papers name a funder

University of Ghana9
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention3
Fogarty International Center3
African Academy of Sciences2
Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa2
Government of the United Kingdom2
New Partnership for Africa's Development2
Wellcome Trust2

Reduced inequalities

11Sustainable cities and communities1

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

200078 citationsWorld top 10%

Prevalence of human papillomavirus genotypes among women with cervical cancer in Ghana

Infectious Agents and Cancer3

201666 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

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