Justina Kordai Ansah

National Blood Service Ghana

Publishing since 2002, latest 2023

Management of Technology and Innovation
Biochemistry
Hematology
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Physiology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 102002–2023
Citations: 265to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 0.951.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 10 scored papers
Open access: 60%6 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

10 in all

Blood banking: the situation in Ghana
2023Transfusion and Apheresis ScienceJournalSenior author1 citation10.1016/j.transci.2023.103803
The BLOODSAFE program: Building the future of access to safe blood in Sub‐Saharan Africa
2022TransfusionJournalOpen access

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Management of Technology and Innovation550%
Biochemistry440%
Hematology440%
Epidemiology330%
Infectious Diseases220%
Physiology220%
Agronomy and Crop Science110%
Hepatology110%
Immunology110%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health110%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Blood donation and transfusion practices5
Blood transfusion and management4
Blood groups and transfusion3
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions2
Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment2
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology1
Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research1
Hemophilia Treatment and Research1
Hepatitis B Virus Studies1
Hepatitis C virus research1
HIV Research and Treatment1
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

70% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Japan2
United States2
Australia1
Congo1
Germany1
Denmark1
United Kingdom1
Kenya1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH6 papers
University of PittsburghUS2 papers
National Institute of Infectious DiseasesJP2 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH2 papers
Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineGB1 paper
National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteUS1 paper
Paul Ehrlich InstitutDE1 paper
SanquinNL1 paper
Syracuse UniversityUS1 paper
The University of TokyoJP1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Medical Journal1
International Journal of Infectious Diseases1
ISBT Science Series1
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases1
Journal of Clinical Microbiology1
Journal of Medical Virology1
Transfusion

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
17Partnerships for the goals2
8Decent work and economic growth1

Most cited

Prevalence of Blood-Borne Infectious Diseases in Blood Donors in Ghana
Journal of Clinical Microbiology3
2002126 citationsOpen access · Green
Prevalence of Antibodies to Syphilis among Blood Donors in Accra, Ghana
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases3
200347 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Characteristics of hepatitis B virus in Ghana: Full length Genome sequences indicate the endemicity of genotype E in West Africa

Regulation of blood services in Africa

2021Transfusion Clinique et BiologiqueJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1016/j.tracli.2021.01.011

Syphilis screening practices in blood transfusion facilities in Ghana

2016International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding12 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2015.12.020

Ten years of preoperative autologous blood donation in Accra

2010Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/gmj.v40i3.55270

Prevalence of Antibodies to Syphilis among Blood Donors in Accra, Ghana

2003Japanese Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author47 citations10.7883/yoken.jjid.2003.165

Prevalence of Blood-Borne Infectious Diseases in Blood Donors in Ghana

2002Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyJournalOpen access126 citations10.1128/jcm.40.9.3523-3525.2002

Transfusion and Apheresis Science1

How it can be read

60% free to read

Diamond 1 · 10%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 10%In an open-access journal
Bronze 2 · 20%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 20%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 40%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

5 of 10 papers name a funder

European Commission1
Fogarty International Center1
Landsteiner Foundation for Blood Transfusion Research1
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute1
National Institute of General Medical Sciences1
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana1
World Health Organization1

Journal of Medical Virology3

Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Screening of Blood Donations in Accra (Ghana)

Value in Health3

200823 citationsOpen access · Bronze