William Kwesi Ghunney

University of Ghana

Also at Korle Bu Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Senior Lecturer (Part-time), University of Ghana, since 2025per ORCID
Senior Specialist Haematologist, Ghana Institute of Clinical Genetics, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, since 2024per ORCID

Publishing since 2022, latest 2025

Genetics
Hematology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
General Health Professions
Infectious Diseases
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Publications: 72022–2025
Citations: 70to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 2.311.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 43%3 of 7 scored papers
Open access: 86%6 papers free to read

2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

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

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Genetics571%

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer (Part-time), HaematologyUniversity of Ghanasince 2025
Senior Specialist Haematologist, Sickle Cell ClinicGhana Institute of Clinical Genetics, Korle Bu Teaching Hospitalsince 2024
Specialist Haematologist, Sickle Cell ClinicGhana Institute of Clinical Genetics, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital2020–2024

Education

FGCP, Laboratory Medicine (Haematology)Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons2021–2023
MGCPS, Laboratory Medicine (Haematology)

Publications

7 in all

Prospective cohort study of eDiary acute pain assessments in sickle cell disease during third trimester and postpartum
2025Blood AdvancesJournalOpen access1 citation10.1182/bloodadvances.2024015750
The Pediatric Clinician’s Approach to Adolescent Reproductive Health in Females with Sickle Cell Disease
2025Pediatric Clinics of North America

ghunneyw@gmail.comPublic on their ORCID record

ghunneyw@yahoo.comPublic on their ORCID record

wkghunney@ug.edu.ghPublic on their ORCID record

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Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health229%

General Health Professions114%

Infectious Diseases114%

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine114%

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health114%

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine114%

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging114%

Topics most written on

Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders5
Iron Metabolism and Disorders3
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment2
Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes1
Blood groups and transfusion1
Bone and Joint Diseases1
Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes1
Eosinophilic Esophagitis1
Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis1
Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

71% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written5555555Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States5

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH7 papers
Vanderbilt UniversityUS3 papers
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterUS3 papers
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterUS2 papers
University of CincinnatiUS2 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH2 papers
University of PittsburghUS1 paper
Ghana Health ServiceGH1 paper
UniMAC-GIJGH1 paper

Where they publish

Blood Advances3
British Journal of Haematology1
Case Reports in Hematology1
NEJM Evidence1
Pediatric Clinics of North America1

How it can be read

86% free to read

Gold 4 · 57%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 14%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 14%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 14%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 7 papers name a funder

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute2
National Human Genome Research Institute1
National Institutes of Health1
School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University1
University of Ghana1
University of Pittsburgh1
Vanderbilt University1
Vanderbilt University Medical Center1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being3
2Zero hunger2
8Decent work and economic growth1

Most cited

Most adults with severe HbSC disease are not treated with hydroxyurea
Blood Advances3
202324 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Hydroxyurea for Children and Adults with Hemoglobin SC Disease
NEJM Evidence2
202419 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Sustainability of low maternal mortality in pregnant women with SCD in a low-resource setting
Blood Advances2
202218 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Baseline characteristics of Ghanaian children and adults enrolled in PIVOT , a randomised clinical trial of hydroxyurea in HbSC disease in sub‐Saharan Africa
British Journal of Haematology3
20245 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia Presenting as Cardiac Failure
Case Reports in Hematology8
20223 citationsOpen access · Gold

MBchBUniversity of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry2008–2012

BSc. Medical SciencesUniversity of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry2005–2008

Honours, memberships and service

International MemberAmerican Society of Hematologysince 2019
Ghana Society of Haematologysince 2016
Ghana Medical and Dental Councilsince 2012
Ghana Medical Associationsince 2012

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia Presenting as Cardiac Failure

2022Case Reports in HematologyJournalOpen access3 citations10.1155/2022/7841310