Evans Ahortor

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and Cardiff Universityfrom their recent papers

Post Doctoral Research Associate, Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences, since 2019per ORCID

Publishing since 2015, latest 2025

Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Small Animals
Endocrinology
Genetics
Health

Publications: 52015–2025
Citations: 56to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.041.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 20%1 of 5 scored papers
Open access: 100%5 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Post Doctoral Research Associate, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical ScienceCardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciencessince 2019

Education

PhD Student, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical ScienceCardiff University2015–2019
MPhil Candidate, Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Ghana2012–2015

On their papers

Publications

5 in all

Mixing methods: How listening to researchers, healthcare workers, and community members can improve the design of studies testing medical innovations for Neglected Tropical Diseases
2025PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0013547
Evaluation of an electricity-independent method for IS2404 Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) diagnosis of Buruli ulcer in resource-limited settings

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology480%
Infectious Diseases240%
Small Animals240%
Endocrinology120%
Genetics120%
Health120%
Molecular Biology120%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management120%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health120%
Surgery120%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis4
Infectious Diseases and Mycology2
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology2
Global Health and Surgery1
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology1
Gut microbiota and health1
Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis1
Plant and Fungal Interactions Research1
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy1
Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research1

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-written1234567Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom3
Austria3
United States2
Japan2
Australia2
France1
Uganda1
Belgium1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH5 papers
Medical University of ViennaAT3 papers
Cardiff UniversityGB3 papers
Infectious Diseases Data ObservatoryGB2 papers
The University of MelbourneAU2 papers
Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityJP2 papers
Melbourne BioinformaticsAU1 paper
Millersville UniversityUS1 paper
Peter Doherty InstituteAU1 paper
University of AntwerpBE1 paper

Where they publish

PLoS neglected tropical diseases3
PeerJ1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Gold 5 · 100%In an open-access journal

Who funds it

3 of 5 papers name a funder

UBS Optimus Foundation2
Medical Research Council

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth2
1No poverty1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Whole Genome Comparisons Suggest Random Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans Genotypes in a Buruli Ulcer Endemic Region of Ghana
PLoS neglected tropical diseases1
201536 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Snapshot fecal survey of domestic animals in rural Ghana for Mycobacterium ulcerans
PeerJ15
201616 citationsOpen access · Gold