Cletus Ballu

University of Ghana

Medical Officer, Ghana Health Service, since 2019per ORCID

Publishing since 2021, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
Food Science
Molecular Biology
Surgery

ORCID 0000-0003-1040-2911
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Publications: 22021–2026
Citations: 134to those papers
h-index: 1i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 9.461.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 50%1 of 2 scored papers
Open access: 100%2 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Infectious Diseases2100%

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Medical OfficerGhana Health Servicesince 2019
Medical Officer, Clinical trialsNavrongo Health Research Centre2021–2022
Senior House Officer, General surgery and paediatricsChristian Health Service2018–2019
House officer, Internal medicine, Obstetrics and GynecologyTamale Teaching Hospital2017–2018

Education

MBChB, School of medicine and health sciences

Publications

2 in all

Typhoid fever epidemiology in a tertiary health facility in Northern Ghana, 2021- 2024
2026Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.37432/jieph-confpro7-0046
Reducing surgical site infections in low-income and middle-income countries (FALCON): a pragmatic, multicentre, stratified, randomised controlled trial

Molecular Biology150%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Biological Research and Disease Studies1
Infection Control in Healthcare1
Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology1
SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing1
Surgical site infection prevention1
Surgical Sutures and Adhesives1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

100% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom1
Nigeria1
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Methodist HospitalUS2 papers
Houston MethodistUS1 paper
National Institute for Health and Care ResearchGB1 paper
University of BirminghamGB1 paper
Ghana Health ServiceGH1 paper
University of LagosNG1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health1
The Lancet1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Diamond 1 · 50%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 1 · 50%Open in a subscription journal

Who funds it

1 of 2 papers name a funder

Government of the United Kingdom1
National Institute for Health and Care Research1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty1
3Good health and well-being1

Most cited

Reducing surgical site infections in low-income and middle-income countries (FALCON): a pragmatic, multicentre, stratified, randomised controlled trial
The Lancet1
2021134 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Typhoid fever epidemiology in a tertiary health facility in Northern Ghana, 2021- 2024
Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health3
20260 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Honours, memberships and service

Medical Officer, General practiceGhana Medical Associationsince 2019