Catherine Segbefia

Also at Korle Bu Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2009, latest 2026

Genetics
Hematology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Oncology
Surgery

In their own words

Paediatrics
Haematology
Oncology

Publications: 962009–2026
Citations: 861to those papers
h-index: 15i10-index 18
Field-weighted impact: 1.561.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%8 of 59 scored papers
Open access: 83%49 of the 59 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 1,098 citations, h-index 15 and i10-index 19 (836 citations and h-index 14 since 2021), as of October 12, 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

96 in all

Global geographic differences in healthcare utilization for sickle cell disease pain crises in the CASiRe cohort
2021Blood Cells Molecules and DiseasesJournalOpen access18 citations10.1016/j.bcmd.2021.102612
Age of first pain crisis and associated complications in the CASiRe international sickle cell disease cohort
2021

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Citations received each year

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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

Genetics3941%
Hematology2829%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1516%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1314%
Oncology66%
Surgery55%
Management of Technology and Innovation44%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine44%
Rheumatology44%
Epidemiology22%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders36
Iron Metabolism and Disorders24
Blood groups and transfusion10
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research7
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life7
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment6
Neonatal Health and Biochemistry5
Blood donation and transfusion practices4
Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment4
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening3
Folate and B Vitamins Research2
Global Health and Surgery2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

68% of their 59 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States33
United Kingdom16
Canada10
Italy8
Switzerland3
Nigeria3
Kenya2
Denmark1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH41 papers
Children's NationalUS11 papers
Rainbow Babies & Children's HospitalUS9 papers
University of TorontoCA9 papers
University of PaduaIT8 papers
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterUS8 papers
University of MichiganUS8 papers
University of ConnecticutUS7 papers
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"IT7 papers
George Washington UniversityUS7 papers

Where they publish

PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER18
HemaSphere6
PubMed4
Blood3
Ghana Medical Journal3
Haemophilia3
Health Sciences Investigations Journal

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being21
1No poverty6
2Zero hunger6
17Partnerships for the goals4
4Quality education1

Most cited

Pregnancy outcomes in women with sickle‐cell disease in low and high income countries: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology1
2015171 citations
A Multinational Trial of Prasugrel for Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusive Events
New England Journal of Medicine3
2015147 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Structure-Function Relationships in Pectin Emulsification

Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases

EVALUATION OF A POINT-OF-CARE SCREENING DEVICE" GAZELLE" FOR CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN GHANA

2021AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEConferenceFirst author0 citations

Outcomes of haemoglobin Bart’s hydrops fetalis following intrauterine transfusion in Ontario, Canada

2021Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal EditionJournal23 citations

Knowledge and Awareness of Childhood Cancer Among Doctors in Ghana

2019PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCERConference0 citations

Sleep Patterns and Associated Clinical Correlates Amongst Ghanaian Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease

2017Blood, The Journal of the American Society of HematologyJournal0 citations

A Multinational Trial of Prasugrel for Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusive Events

2015New England Journal of MedicineJournalOpen access147 citations10.1056/nejmoa1512021

Second Trimester Anaemia in Pregnant Ghanaians.

2015PubMedJournalSenior author7 citations

Endomyocardial fibrosis associated with Schistosoma Haematobium infection

2015Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessCorresponding2 citations10.4314/gmj.v48i4.10

Hemoglobin F Only Syndrome at Birth

2015Journal of Pediatric Hematology/OncologyJournal0 citations

Childhood Burkitt lymphoma in Ghana: A retrospective study from the pediatric oncology unit of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

201547th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP)JournalSenior author0 citations

Diagnosing Anaemia: an Overview

2014Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournal0 citations

Multicentric Castleman's disease in a Ghanaian adult.

2013PubMedJournalOpen access2 citations

Changing pattern of childhood cancers at Korle Bu teaching hospital, Accra, Ghana

2013Postgrad Med J GhanaJournalFirst author27 citations

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a Ghanaian child.

2012PubMedJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations

Heparin/warfarin Haemorrhages in paediatric patients: 3 case

2009ReactionsJournalFirst author0 citations

Journal of sickle cell disease.3

How it can be read

83% free to read, of the 59 recorded

Diamond 7 · 7%Free to read and to publish
Gold 22 · 23%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 8 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 10 · 10%A copy in a repository
Closed 10 · 10%Behind a paywall
Unknown 37 · 39%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

30 of 96 papers name a funder

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute9
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities9
Pfizer4
University of Ghana4
National Institutes of Health3
Agios Pharmaceuticals2
bluebird bio2
Danish International Development Agency2

201896 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Neonatal Jaundice: awareness, perception and preventive practices in expectant mothers

Ghana Medical Journal3

202037 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond