Simon Aabalekuu

University of Port Harcourt

Also at Ghana Health Service and University of Technology and Applied Sciencesfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2024, latest 2026

Epidemiology
Microbiology
Endocrinology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Gastroenterology
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Publications: 82024–2026
Citations: 1to those papers
h-index: 1i10-index 0
Field-weighted impact: 0.031.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 100%8 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

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

Epidemiology450%
Microbiology338%

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Disease surveillance and EPI coordinator, Public healthGhana Health Service2008

Education

PhD in Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Medical Science and MicrobiologyCKT-UTASsince 2023
PhD in Epidemiology, Public healthUniversity of Port Harcourt2022–2025
Internediate Epidemiologist, Public healthUniversity of Ghana2019
Masters of philosophy in Community health

Publications

8 in all

MPOX OUTBREAK IN GHANA: EPIDEMIOLOGY, RESPONSE, AND LESSONS LEARNED.
2026Afrischolar DiscoveryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.60787/fpj.vol3no2.112
Lead contamination and child neurodevelopment: a review of biochemical mechanisms and cognitive health outcomes
2026Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine113%

Gastroenterology113%

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis113%

Infectious Diseases113%

Molecular Biology113%

Obstetrics and Gynecology113%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Bacterial Infections and Vaccines3
Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus2
Virology and Viral Diseases2
Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research1
Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies1
Celiac Disease Research and Management1
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction1
Data-Driven Disease Surveillance1
Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units1
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity1
Heavy metals in environment1
Hepatitis B Virus Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

75% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Ghana8
Switzerland4
Zimbabwe2
Canada1
United States1
United Kingdom1
China1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH6 papers
University of GhanaGH5 papers
World Health OrganizationCH4 papers
University of Technology and Applied SciencesGH4 papers
University for Development StudiesGH2 papers
Navrongo Health Research CentreGH2 papers
Ghana Communication Technology UniversityGH2 papers
World Health Organization - ZimbabweZW2 papers
Purdue University West LafayetteUS1 paper
Southern Medical UniversityCN1 paper

Where they publish

BMJ Open2
PLOS Global Public Health2
Afrischolar Discovery1
Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health1
Pan African Medical Journal1
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Diamond 1 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 63%In an open-access journal
Green 2 · 25%A copy in a repository

Who funds it

2 of 8 papers name a funder

World Health Organization2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being4
6Clean water and sanitation1
8Decent work and economic growth1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Correlates of Hepatitis B infection in pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Wa Municipality, Ghana
PLOS Global Public Health3
20241 citationOpen access · Gold
MPOX OUTBREAK IN GHANA: EPIDEMIOLOGY, RESPONSE, AND LESSONS LEARNED.
Afrischolar Discovery3
20260 citationsOpen access · Green
Lead contamination and child neurodevelopment: a review of biochemical mechanisms and cognitive health outcomes
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)6
20260 citationsOpen access · Green
Epidemiological, entomological and community determinants of the 2021 yellow fever outbreak in Wa East District, Ghana: cross-sectional descriptive outbreak investigation
BMJ Open3
20260 citationsOpen access · Gold
Epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in the Upper West Region, Ghana, 2024
Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health3
20260 citationsOpen access · Diamond

BSc. Public health, Public healthCatholic university of Ghana2011–2014

Honours, memberships and service

Regional Disease Surveillance officer, Public HealthGhana Health Servicesince 2018
Ghana Health Service
Tuberculosis coordinator, Public health unit, Regional HospitalGhana Health Service2009–2012
Disease surveillance and EPI coordinator, Disease controlGhana Health Service2008

Epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in the Upper West Region, Ghana, 2024

2026Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.37432/jieph-confpro7-0007