Patrick Adu

Lecturing, University of Cape Coast, since 2015per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

Hematology
Genetics
Management of Technology and Innovation
Epidemiology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

In their own words

Sickle cell disease
Haemoglobinopathy
Blood donation
Anaemia
haematobiochemistry

Publications: 682014–2026
Citations: 631to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 16
Field-weighted impact: 1.091.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 12%7 of 60 scored papers
Open access: 95%57 of the 60 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 826 citations, h-index 14 and i10-index 25 (658 citations and h-index 14 since 2021), as of October 5, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturing, Medical Laboratory ScienceUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2015
Research Assistant, Medical Laboratory ScienceUniversity of Cape Coast2009–2010
Dispensing technologist, PharmacyNadowli District Hospital2004–2005
Teaching Assistant, Dispensing TechnologyKumasi Polytechnic2002

Education

PhD, Institute of infection, immunity and inflammation

Publications

68 in all

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Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Hematology2435%
Genetics1826%
Management of Technology and Innovation1421%
Epidemiology1015%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1015%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health913%
Physiology812%
Surgery710%
Biochemistry57%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism57%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Iron Metabolism and Disorders19
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders18
Blood donation and transfusion practices14
Neonatal Health and Biochemistry7
Blood transfusion and management5
Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control5
Malaria Research and Control5
Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms3
Blood groups and transfusion3
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment3
Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

18% of their 60 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Australia4
United Kingdom4
United States2
China2
Nigeria2
Brazil1
Bangladesh1
Thailand1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Health and Allied SciencesGH12 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH10 papers
Cape Coast Teaching HospitalGH10 papers
University of GhanaGH9 papers
KAAF UniversityGH5 papers
Edith Cowan UniversityAU3 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH3 papers
University of GlasgowGB2 papers
Takoradi Technical UniversityGH2 papers
37 Military HospitalGH2 papers

Where they publish

Advances in Hematology4
Health Science Reports4
BMC Public Health3
Ghana Medical Journal3
PLoS ONE3
Archives of Public Health2
BMC Hematology

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being19
14Life below water9
1No poverty5
2Zero hunger4
6Clean water and sanitation2
10Reduced inequalities1
15Life on land1
16

Most cited

Prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection among children living in a rural setting in Sub-Saharan Africa
BMC Public Health6
201796 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Quantification of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity by spectrophotometry: A systematic review and meta-analysis
PLoS Medicine3
202079 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

University of Glasgow

MRes, Institute of infection, immunity and inflammationUniversity of Glasgow2010–2011

BSc., Medical Laboratory TechnologyUniversity of Cape Coast, School of Allied Health Sciences2005–2009

Higher National Diploma (HND), Dispensary technologyKumasi Polytechnic2000–2002

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Health Science Reports

Impact of sickle cell anaemia on reproductive health: a narrative review

2025Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1186/s12978-025-02169-w

Depleted iron stores in voluntary blood donors: A three-center cross-sectional study in Ghana

2020Asian Journal of Transfusion ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author10 citations10.4103/ajts.ajts_112_18

Incidental Finding of Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus in a 59-Year-Old Man

2019Case Reports in RadiologyJournalOpen accessSenior author13 citations10.1155/2019/7107293

Journal of Immunology Research2

How it can be read

95% free to read, of the 60 recorded

Diamond 7 · 10%Free to read and to publish
Gold 40 · 59%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 8 · 12%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 4%Behind a paywall
Unknown 8 · 12%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

5 of 68 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior1
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India1
Mahidol University1
Medical Research Council1
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences1
National Health and Medical Research Council1
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases1

Peace, justice and strong institutions

17Partnerships for the goals1

Knowledge Level and Determinants of Neonatal Jaundice: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Effutu Municipality of Ghana

International Journal of Pediatrics

201839 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Assessment of iodine status among pregnant women in a rural community in ghana - a cross sectional study

Archives of Public Health2

201638 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold