Franklin Asiedu‐Bekoe

Ghana Health Service

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health
Modeling and Simulation
Microbiology

Publications: 902012–2026
Citations: 982to those papers
h-index: 17i10-index 31
Field-weighted impact: 1.631.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%16 of 90 scored papers
Open access: 94%85 papers free to read

19 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

Publications

90 in all

Call detail record aggregation methodology impacts infectious disease models informed by human mobility
2023PLoS Computational BiologyJournalOpen accessCorresponding4 citations10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011368
Repurposing an integrated national influenza platform for genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Ghana: a molecular epidemiological analysis
2023

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases5359%
Epidemiology3943%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3033%
Health1416%
Modeling and Simulation1416%
Microbiology1011%
Immunology89%
Information Systems67%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine56%
Biomedical Engineering44%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research26
Respiratory viral infections research15
COVID-19 epidemiological studies14
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy14
Mosquito-borne diseases and control13
Viral Infections and Vectors13
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections11
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines10
Virology and Viral Diseases10
Malaria Research and Control9
Immune responses and vaccinations8
Influenza Virus Research Studies8

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

papers co-written23456711Home

Most frequent partner countries

Switzerland22
United States21
United Kingdom11
Netherlands8
Germany7
Japan6
Uganda5
Congo4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH52 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH28 papers
World Health OrganizationCH20 papers
Ministry of HealthGH15 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH14 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH8 papers
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS7 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH7 papers
University of MichiganUS6 papers
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS5 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE9
Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health7
PLOS Global Public Health6
BMC Public Health4
Figshare4
Frontiers in Public Health4
Ghana Medical Journal

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being56
17Partnerships for the goals4
6Clean water and sanitation2
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
13Climate action1
14

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
Epidemiology of COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana, 2020
Ghana Medical Journal3
202061 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Every institution they have given on a paper.

The Lancet Global Health

The role of digital surveillance during outbreaks: the Ghana experience from COVID‑19 response

2023Journal of Public Health in AfricaJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding9 citations10.4081/jphia.2023.2755

1777. Yellow Fever Dynamics in Ghana During the Past Century

2023Open Forum Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access2 citations10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1606

Epidemiology of influenza in Ghana, 2011 to 2019

2022PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access10 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0001104

Overview of preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Ghana

2021Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access44 citations10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.6

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

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

Epidemiology of COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana, 2020

2020Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access61 citations10.4314/gmj.v54i4s.3

Protracted cholera outbreak in the Central Region, Ghana, 2016

2020Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access20 citations10.4314/gmj.v54i2s.8

What It Means to Be Guinea Worm Free: An Insider’s Account from Ghana’s Northern Region

2018American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen access6 citations10.4269/ajtmh.17-0558

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 accessFirst author1 citation10.9734/ijtdh/2017/32324

The first cases of Lassa fever in Ghana.

2012PubMedJournalOpen access30 citations

How it can be read

94% free to read

Diamond 24 · 27%Free to read and to publish
Gold 48 · 53%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 1%Free to read, no open licence
Green 9 · 10%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 6%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

46 of 90 papers name a funder

World Health Organization18
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention13
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana9
Medical Research Council7
University of Ghana7
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development4
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation3
Department of Health and Social Care3

202149 citationsOpen access · Gold

Post introduction evaluation of the malaria vaccine implementation programme in Ghana, 2021

BMC Public Health3

202348 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Overview of preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Ghana

Ghana Medical Journal3

202144 citationsOpen access · Diamond