Ben Gyan

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchfrom their recent papers

Prof, University of Ghanaper ORCID

Publishing since 1989, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Molecular Biology
Parasitology
Immunology
Genetics
Infectious Diseases

In their own words

Immunology
malaria
parasitology

Publications: 1741989–2026
Citations: 3,115to those papers
h-index: 33i10-index 82
Field-weighted impact: 1.821.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 19%24 of 127 scored papers
Open access: 81%103 of the 127 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 4,082 citations, h-index 39 and i10-index 86 (2,127 citations and h-index 24 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Prof, School of Pharmacy/Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchUniversity of Ghana

On their papers

Publications

174 in all

Validation of assays relevant to immunogenicity assessment of CSP-DNA vaccine in Ghana
2006AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEConference0 citations
Antibody responses to multiple antigens of P-falciparum pre-erythrocytic and erythrocytic parasite stages in a cohort of young Ghanaian children
2006AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEConferenceFirst author0 citations

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5532%
Molecular Biology2716%
Parasitology2615%
Immunology2514%
Genetics127%
Infectious Diseases127%
Epidemiology106%
Hematology106%
Obstetrics and Gynecology106%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine95%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control48
Parasites and Host Interactions22
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders12
vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches11
Mosquito-borne diseases and control10
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies10
Complement system in diseases7
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment7
Iron Metabolism and Disorders6
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies5
Hemoglobin structure and function5
Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

55% of their 127 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written45678912Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States32
Sweden12
United Kingdom12
Denmark10
Spain9
Mozambique8
Germany8
Burkina Faso7

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH121 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH28 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH26 papers
University of Cape CoastGH19 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH15 papers
Kintampo Health Research CentreGH12 papers
Stockholm UniversitySE10 papers
Barcelona Institute for Global HealthES8 papers
University of CopenhagenDK8 papers
Universitat de BarcelonaES8 papers

Where they publish

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE18
PLoS ONE11
Malaria Journal10
Artery Research5
Acta Tropica4
Ghana Medical Journal4
PubMed

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being85
2Zero hunger11
1No poverty5
6Clean water and sanitation3
15Life on land3
14Life below water2
17Partnerships for the goals2
5

Most cited

Toxicity potentials of the nutraceutical Moringa oleifera at supra-supplementation levels
Journal of Ethnopharmacology2
2011181 citationsWorld top 10%
Concentration and avidity of antibodies to different circumsporozoite epitopes correlate with RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine efficacy
Nature Communications3
2019162 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

How it can be read

81% free to read, of the 127 recorded

Diamond 7 · 4%Free to read and to publish
Gold 64 · 37%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 16 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 9 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 7 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 24 · 14%Behind a paywall
Unknown 47 · 27%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

77 of 174 papers name a funder

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana27
University of Ghana26
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases23
National Institutes of Health22
Fogarty International Center12
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation9
Centres de Recerca de Catalunya8
Generalitat de Catalunya7