Fred Binka

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
148 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Fred Binka is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred Binka has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 32 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 29 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Fred Binka's work include Malaria Research and Control (39 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (31 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (30 papers). Fred Binka is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (39 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (31 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (30 papers). Fred Binka collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, United Kingdom and United States. Fred Binka's co-authors include James F. Phillips, Philip Baba Adongo, Martin Adjuik, Thomas A. Smith, Abraham Hodgson, George Armah, Alex Nazzar, Peter G. Smith, Seth Owusu‐Agyei and Brian Greenwood and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Fred Binka

141 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fred Binka Ghana	40	2.4k	1.5k	938	732	585	148	5.1k
Ib Christian Bygbjerg Denmark	42	2.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	410 0.6×	1.0k 1.8×	288	6.1k
Greg Fegan United Kingdom	43	2.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	812 0.9×	734 1.0×	749 1.3×	127	5.9k
Thomas N. Williams United Kingdom	60	4.5k 1.9×	3.0k 2.1×	1.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	1.0k 1.8×	217	14.4k
Frank P. Mockenhaupt Germany	45	3.1k 1.3×	711 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	604 0.8×	792 1.4×	216	6.3k
Thomas P. Eisele United States	37	2.8k 1.2×	2.5k 1.7×	963 1.0×	1.9k 2.6×	1.0k 1.7×	112	7.3k
Lorenz von Seidlein United Kingdom	57	5.2k 2.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.7×	634 0.9×	1.1k 1.8×	226	9.4k
Mary J. Hamel United States	40	2.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	688 0.7×	537 0.7×	372 0.6×	98	4.4k
Vicki Marsh Kenya	31	2.1k 0.9×	847 0.6×	596 0.6×	252 0.3×	361 0.6×	69	3.5k
Roberto Tapia‐Conyer Mexico	38	1.6k 0.7×	386 0.3×	884 0.9×	314 0.4×	1.3k 2.2×	181	4.8k
Jean‐Pierre Van Geertruyden Belgium	33	2.1k 0.9×	883 0.6×	526 0.6×	349 0.5×	563 1.0×	200	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fred Binka

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Amuasi, John, Gérard Krause, Eric Osei, et al.. (2025). Completeness of tuberculosis case notification in Ghana: record linkage and capture-recapture analysis of three TB registries. BMC Infectious Diseases. 25(1). 206–206. 1 indexed citations

Dowou, Robert Kokou, Nuworza Kugbey, Victor Doku, et al.. (2025). The Socio-Cultural Construction of Menstruation in the Ghanaian Context: A Qualitative Study of the Perspectives of Parents, Teachers, and Adolescent Girls. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22(3). 349–349.

Addo, Phyllis, Robert Kokou Dowou, Nuworza Kugbey, et al.. (2024). Promoting menstrual health and hygiene—insights from the 2023 World Menstrual Hygiene Day celebration events in the Hohoe municipality in Ghana. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1406665–1406665. 2 indexed citations

Kugbey, Nuworza, et al.. (2024). Knowledge, Perception and Sociocultural Beliefs on Menstruation: Evidence from Adolescent High School Boys in the Volta Region, Ghana. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 605–619. 1 indexed citations

Norman, Ishmael D., et al.. (2023). Geophagia: A cultural-nutrition health-seeking behaviour with no redeeming psycho-social qualities. South Eastern European Journal of Public Health.

Kengne-Ouafo, Jonas A., Saikou Y. Bah, Alison Kemp, et al.. (2023). The global transcriptome of Plasmodium falciparum mid-stage gametocytes (stages II–IV) appears largely conserved and gametocyte-specific gene expression patterns vary in clinical isolates. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(5). e0382022–e0382022. 2 indexed citations

Anyorigiya, Thomas, Sandra Castel, Katya Mauff, et al.. (2021). Pharmacokinetic profile of amodiaquine and its active metabolite desethylamodiaquine in Ghanaian patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria. Malaria Journal. 20(1). 18–18. 8 indexed citations

Lokpo, Sylvester Yao, et al.. (2017). Sero-prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen amongst pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic, Volta region, Ghana. Journal of Public Health in Africa. 7(2). 584–584. 19 indexed citations

Kweku, Margaret, et al.. (2016). Ownership and Utilization of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLIN) and Factors Associated to Non-utilization Among Pregnant Women in Ho Municipality of Ghana. 2(1). 35. 6 indexed citations

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Norman, Ishmael D., et al.. (2015). Investigation into the Perceived Neglect of the Volta Region, Ghana, under Millennium Development Goal 7. 1(2). 14. 1 indexed citations

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Mukanga, David, Mufuta Tshimanga, Fred Binka, et al.. (2011). The genesis and evolution of the African Field Epidemiology Network.. PubMed. 10 Supp 1. 2–2. 16 indexed citations

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Adjuik, Martin, Thomas A. Smith, Samuel J. Clark, et al.. (2006). Tasas de mortalidad por causas específicas en el África subsahariana y en Bangladesh. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 84(3). 181–188. 2 indexed citations

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Adjuik, Martin, Thomas A. Smith, Samuel J. Clark, et al.. (2006). Cause-Specific Mortality Rates in Sub-Saharan Africa and Bangladesh/Taux De Mortalite Par Cause En Afrique Subsaharienne et Au Bangladesh/Tasas De Mortalidad Por Causas Especificas En El Africa Subsahariana Y En Bangladesh. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 84(3). 181. 1 indexed citations

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Phillips, James F., Ayaga A. Bawah, & Fred Binka. (2006). Aceleración del impacto del programa de salud reproductiva e infantil mediante servicios comunitarios: experimento en Navrongo (Ghana). Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 84(12). 949–955. 3 indexed citations

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Binka, Fred & Patricia Akweongo. (2006). Prevention of Malaria Using ITNs: Potential for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Current Molecular Medicine. 6(2). 261–267. 25 indexed citations

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Feyisetan, Bamikale J., James F. Phillips, & Fred Binka. (2003). Social Interaction and Contraceptive Change in Northern Ghana. African Population Studies. 18(2). 47–67. 8 indexed citations

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Binka, Fred. (2000). [The goals and tasks of the Roll Back Malaria WHO Cabinet Project].. PubMed. 8–11.

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Binka, Fred, et al.. (1998). Female Genital Mutilation: Socio-Cultural Factors that Influence the Practice in Kassena-Nankana District, Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health. 2(2). 15 indexed citations

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Binka, Fred, et al.. (1997). An atlas of malaria in Africa.. PubMed. 19(2). 23–4. 31 indexed citations

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Ross, David A., Betty Kirkwood, Fred Binka, et al.. (1995). Child morbidity and mortality following vitamin A supplementation in Ghana: time since dosing, number of doses, and time of year.. American Journal of Public Health. 85(9). 1246–1251. 34 indexed citations

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