Ministry of Health

Government · Accra · Ghana · founded 1957

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Publications

850

1954–2026

Citations

25,467

To those publications

Scholars

870

322 carry an ORCID — 37% of them.

Research impact, 2016–2025

Field-weighted against the world’s papers

Publications: 4112016–2025
Citations: 6,648to papers published 2016–2025
Field-weighted impact: 3.801.00 is the world average · median 1.25
World top 10%: 31%128 of 411 papers, by citations in their field and year
Open access: 87%358 papers free to read

Diamond 70 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 218 · 53%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 44 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 16 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 10 · 2%A copy in a repository
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Output and citations by year

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

What it publishes in

By field, with field-weighted impact

Medicine28068%FWCI 3.53
Social Sciences12530%FWCI 5.10
Health Professions10826%FWCI 3.92
Economics, Econometrics and Finance6516%FWCI 5.96
Psychology5112%

Who it works with

59% of papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States111
United Kingdom67
Switzerland52
Canada24
South Africa24
Nigeria21
Australia20
Kenya18

Papers with at least one author in that country. 59% of all papers have a co-author abroad.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH134 papers
University of GhanaGH114 papers
University for Development StudiesGH51 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH46 papers
World Health OrganizationCH38 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH32 papers
University of Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentGH31 papers
Nurses' Training College, HoGH30 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH26 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH21 papers
University of Cape CoastGH21 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB20 papers

Research for the Sustainable Development Goals

248 papers address at least one goal

1No poverty317.5% of papers
2Zero hunger163.9% of papers
3Good health and well-being10024.3% of papers
4Quality education71.7% of papers

Who funds it

150 of 411 papers name a funder

World Health Organization42 papers
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation21 papers
Wellcome Trust16 papers
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention14 papers
United States Agency for International Development12 papers
University of Ghana10 papers
European Commission8 papers
Medical Research Council8 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology7 papers
National Institutes of Health6 papers

Most published scholars

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