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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 32 Citations 19,334 104 World Ranking 3979 National Ranking 31

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Public health
  • Disease
  • Health care

Osman Sankoh mainly investigates Global health, Public health, Environmental health, Verbal autopsy and Health policy. His study focuses on the intersection of Global health and fields such as Medical education with connections in the field of Disease surveillance and Demographic surveillance system. His work carried out in the field of Public health brings together such families of science as Epidemiology, Cohort study, Gerontology, Demographic analysis and Mortality rate.

His Environmental health study deals with Economic growth intersecting with Health services. His studies in Health policy integrate themes in fields like Health promotion, Public administration, Capacity building and Dengue virus, Dengue fever. His Dengue virus study is focused on Virology in general.

His most cited work include:

  • The global distribution and burden of dengue (4895 citations)
  • The global distribution and burden of dengue (4895 citations)
  • Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa (221 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Environmental health, Public health, Global health, Economic growth and Demography. His Environmental health research incorporates elements of Psychological intervention, Epidemiology, Health care, Burden of disease and Developing country. The study of Public health is intertwined with the study of Socioeconomics in a number of ways.

His Global health study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Public administration, Capacity building, Gerontology and Health policy. His Health policy research integrates issues from Health promotion and Dengue virus, Dengue fever. The study incorporates disciplines such as Verbal autopsy, Cause of death, Demographic surveillance system and Pediatrics in addition to Demography.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Environmental health (40.44%)
  • Public health (33.82%)
  • Global health (27.94%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Health care (15.44%)
  • Environmental health (40.44%)
  • Public health (33.82%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Health care, Environmental health, Public health, Economic growth and Focus group. His Environmental health study incorporates themes from Cross-sectional study, Metabolic disease and Cardiometabolic disease. His research in Public health focuses on subjects like Poverty, which are connected to Health policy.

He combines subjects such as Health services research and Socioeconomics with his study of Health policy. Within one scientific family, Osman Sankoh focuses on topics pertaining to International health under Health services research, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Global health. Osman Sankoh has researched Economic growth in several fields, including Stakeholder and Malaria vaccine.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Mental health in Africa. (31 citations)
  • Mental health in Africa. (31 citations)
  • The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission: bridging a gap in universal health coverage for the poorest billion (27 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Disease
  • Public health
  • Health care

Osman Sankoh focuses on Mental health, Psychiatry, Hazard ratio, Randomization and Proportional hazards model. His Hazard ratio study combines topics in areas such as Mortality rate and Randomized controlled trial. His study in Virology extends to Randomization with its themes.

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Best Publications

The global distribution and burden of dengue

Samir Bhatt;Peter W. Gething;Oliver J. Brady;Jane P. Messina.
Nature (2013)

7232 Citations

The INDEPTH Network: filling vital gaps in global epidemiology

Osman Sankoh;Peter Byass.
International Journal of Epidemiology (2012)

264 Citations

Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa

Charles Rotimi;Akin Abayomi;Alash'le Abimiku;Victoria May Adabayeri.
Science (2014)

221 Citations

Sample registration of vital events with verbal autopsy: a renewed commitment to measuring and monitoring vital statistics

Philip W. Setel;Osman Sankoh;Chalapati Rao;Victoria A. Velkoff.
Bulletin of The World Health Organization (2005)

203 Citations

Ageing and adult health status in eight lower-income countries: the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE collaboration

Paul Kowal;Kathleen Kahn;Nawi Ng;Nirmala Naidoo.
Global Health Action (2010)

198 Citations

Strengthening standardised interpretation of verbal autopsy data: the new InterVA-4 tool

Peter Byass;Daniel Chandramohan;Samuel J. Clark;Lucia D'Ambruoso.
Global Health Action (2012)

197 Citations

Setting international standards for verbal autopsy

Frank Baiden;Ayaga Bawah;Sidu Biai;Fred Binka.
Bulletin of The World Health Organization (2007)

163 Citations

Health and demographic surveillance systems: a step towards full civil registration and vital statistics system in sub-Sahara Africa?

Yazoume Ye;Marilyn Wamukoya;Alex Ezeh;Alex Ezeh;Jacques B O Emina.
BMC Public Health (2012)

145 Citations

Clustering of childhood mortality in rural Burkina Faso

Osman A Sankoh;Yazoumé Yé;Rainer Sauerborn;Olaf Müller.
International Journal of Epidemiology (2001)

131 Citations

Revising the WHO verbal autopsy instrument to facilitate routine cause-of-death monitoring

Jordana Leitao;Daniel Chandramohan;Peter Byass;Robert Jakob.
Global Health Action (2013)

127 Citations

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