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Francisca Mutapi · Peerford
University of Ghana / Scholars FM Francisca Mutapi University of Ghana
Professor Global Health Infection and Immunity, The University of Edinburgh, since 2001per ORCID Publishing since 2002, latest 2026
I am a Professor in Global Health, Infection and Immunity at the University of Edinburgh and co-Director of the Global Health Academy. I also hold honorary positions at the Universities of Oxford and KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. My work on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is target-oriented and interdisciplinary. I conduct and lead basic scientific research that has had an extraordinary impact on the policy, practice and control of NTD s, especially in Africa. My work has… More on ORCID
Publications 111 Publications 2002–2026
Citations 3,389 Citations to those papers
h-index 34 h-index i10-index 70
Field-weighted impact 2.32 Field-weighted impact 1.00 is the world average
World top 10% 28% World top 10% 31 of 111 scored papers
Open access 82% Open access 91 papers free to read 10 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
By year Papers, and the citations to them
Positions
Professor Global Health Infection and Immunity, School of Biological Sciences The University of Edinburgh since 2001 Education
PhD (Biological Sciences), Department of Zoology University of Oxford 1993–1997 BSc Hons (Biological Sciences), Biology University of Zimbabwe 1989–1991 Honours, memberships and service
Member, Strategic Advisory Group, Malaria and NTDs World Health Organization since 2026 Member, Strategic Advisory Group Citations received each year
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
Parasitology 8274%
Ecology 3532%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3431%
Infectious Diseases 2422%
Nutrition and Dietetics 2422%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2422%
Molecular Biology 1312%
Immunology 1211%
Small Animals 87%
Health Information Management 55%
Topics most written on
Parasites and Host Interactions82 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions35 Child Nutrition and Water Access24 Global Maternal and Child Health24 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies13 Helminth infection and control8 Malaria Research and Control8 Global Health and Surgery7 Zoonotic diseases and public health6 Amoebic Infections and Treatments5 Global Health and Epidemiology5 Immune responses and vaccinations4
Where they publish PLoS neglected tropical diseases 25 BMC Infectious Diseases 8 Nature Africa 6 Frontiers in Immunology 5 International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 4 Parasite Immunology 4 Parasitology Development goals addressed From each paper’s title and abstract
3 Good health and well-being 59 2 Zero hunger 9 14 Life below water 6 17 Partnerships for the goals 3 10 Reduced inequalities 2 1 No poverty 1 6 Clean water and sanitation 1 9
Most cited 2022 276 citations World top 10% Open access · Green
2014 158 citations World top 10% Open access · Gold
, Global Health
Novartis Pharma
since 2025
Trustee, NA Weidenfeld-Hoffman Trust since 2024 Adjunct Professorship, West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens University of Ghana since 2023
Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh 2020
Elected Fellow Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences since 2017
Globah Health Funding Panel Deputy chair, panel member UK National Institutes of Health Research since 2017
David Livingstone Medal Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 2016
Elected Fellow Africa Science Leadership Program since 2015 On their papers
Every institution they have given on a paper.
2008
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Journal
First author
Corresponding
62 citations
4
Immunology Letters 3 How it can be read 82% free to read
Diamond 3 · 3% Free to read and to publish Gold 65 · 59% In an open-access journal Hybrid 12 · 11% Open in a subscription journal Bronze 4 · 4% Free to read, no open licence Green 7 · 6% A copy in a repository Closed 20 · 18% Behind a paywall Who funds it 95 of 111 papers name a funder
Wellcome Trust 52 National Institute for Health and Care Research 37 Medical Research Council 25 University of Edinburgh 25 National Institutes of Health 23 World Health Organization 22 Thrasher Research Fund 19 Government of the United Kingdom 18 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
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15 Life on land 1 PLoS neglected tropical diseases 3
2011 118 citations World top 10% Open access · Gold
2011 111 citations World top 10% Open access · Hybrid
2014 110 citations World top 10% Open access · Gold