Alfred Doku

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Also at University of Ghana, Amsterdam University Medical Centers and University of Amsterdamfrom their recent papers

Korle Bu Teaching Hospitalper ORCID

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Nutrition and Dietetics
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
General Health Professions
Genetics

Publications: 442008–2026
Citations: 341to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 1.101.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%8 of 44 scored papers
Open access: 86%38 papers free to read

6 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
DR, Department of Medicine and TherapeuticsUniversity of Ghana Medical School2016–2028

Education

University of Ghana
DR, MedicineKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1991–1997

On their papers

University of Ghana41 works

Publications

44 in all

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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

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2455%
Nutrition and Dietetics716%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management716%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism511%
General Health Professions511%
Genetics511%
Emergency Medicine49%
Epidemiology49%
Hematology49%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health49%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies13
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology7
Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors5
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders5
Sodium Intake and Health5
Acute Myocardial Infarction Research4
Heart Failure Treatment and Management4
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation3
Chronic Disease Management Strategies3
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins3
Global Health and Epidemiology3
Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

61% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2345678Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States11
Netherlands11
Nigeria7
Philippines5
United Kingdom5
Kenya4
Australia4
China4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH39 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH13 papers
University of AmsterdamNL11 papers
Amsterdam University Medical CentersNL10 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH9 papers
Johns Hopkins MedicineUS6 papers
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS6 papers
University of Cape CoastGH6 papers
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale ZusammenarbeitPH5 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers

Where they publish

Ghana Medical Journal7
PubMed4
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders3
Global Heart3
Journal of Hypertension3
Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being17
1No poverty5
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Effectiveness of digital health interventions on blood pressure control, lifestyle behaviours and adherence to medication in patients with hypertension in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
EClinicalMedicine1
202479 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Hematological parameters in Ghanaian sickle cell disease patients
Journal of Blood Medicine3
201863 citationsOpen access · Gold

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Journal of the American Heart Association

Hypertension Prevalence and Determinants in Urban Coastal Communities in Ghana

2025Journal of Public Health Management and PracticeJournalOpen access1 citation10.1097/phh.0000000000002209

Delayed diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis in a West African octogenarian

2024Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournal2 citations10.5830/cvja-2024-001

Patterns of acute chest pain at two tertiary centres in Accra, Ghana

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.4314/gmj.v58i3.8

Determinants of right ventricular systolic dysfunction among patients with left heart failure in a Ghanaian hospital

2023Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen access2 citations10.5830/cvja-2022-051

Electrical storm in a middle-aged man

2023Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gmj.v57i2.11

Hematological parameters in Ghanaian sickle cell disease patients

2018Journal of Blood MedicineJournalOpen access63 citations10.2147/jbm.s169872

Outcome of thrombolysis for massive pulmonary embolism.

2009PubMedJournalOpen access1 citation

Synchronised cardioversion for chronic atrail fibrillation.

2008PubMedJournalOpen access0 citations

How it can be read

86% free to read

Diamond 12 · 27%Free to read and to publish
Gold 20 · 45%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Green 5 · 11%A copy in a repository
Closed 6 · 14%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 44 papers name a funder

University of Ghana4
Bayer2
American Heart Association1
World Health Organization1
World Heart Federation1

202429 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Serum Iron Levels and Copper-to-Zinc Ratio in Sickle Cell Disease

Medicina3

201919 citationsOpen access · Gold