Emmanuel Frimpong

University of Ghana

Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia, since 2020per ORCID

Publishing since 2015, latest 2024

Rheumatology
Complementary and alternative medicine
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Surgery
Genetics
Hematology

Publications: 92015–2024
Citations: 155to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 1.231.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 78%7 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

Citations received each year

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Postdoctoral Fellow, Health, Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyConcordiasince 2020
Postdoctoral Fellow, Movement Physiology Research Laboratory, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg2019–2020
Assistant Lecturer, PhysiologyUniversity of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences2018
Assistant Lecturer, PhysiologyUniversity of Ghana2013–2016

Education

PhD, Physiology

Publications

9 in all

Cardiometabolic disease risk in relation to objectively measured physical activity, sedentary behaviour in South African adults with knee and hip osteoarthritis
2024Disability and RehabilitationJournalOpen access1 citation10.1080/09638288.2024.2390670
Ergometer cycling improves the ambulatory function and cardiovascular fitness of stroke patients—a randomized controlled trial

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Rheumatology444%
Complementary and alternative medicine333%
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation333%
Surgery333%
Genetics222%
Hematology222%
Rehabilitation222%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine111%
Epidemiology111%
General Health Professions111%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms4
Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention3
Cardiovascular and exercise physiology3
Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes3
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders2
Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery2
Acute Ischemic Stroke Management1
Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms1
Blood groups and transfusion1
Health and Wellbeing Research1
Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control1
Iron Metabolism and Disorders1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

89% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223455Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa6
Australia3
New Zealand3
United States3
Nigeria2
Canada1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of the WitwatersrandZA6 papers
Curtin UniversityAU3 papers
University of AucklandNZ3 papers
Johannesburg HospitalZA3 papers
University of LagosNG2 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH2 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH2 papers
Chris Hani Baragwanath HospitalZA2 papers
Concordia UniversityUS1 paper
Children's NationalUS1 paper

Where they publish

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders1
BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation1
Disability and Rehabilitation1
Ghana Medical Journal1
Journal of Exercise Science and Physiotherapy1
Journal of Physical Therapy Science1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being5
5Gender equality1

Most cited

Light intensity physical activity increases and sedentary behavior decreases following total knee arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis
Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy
201835 citations
Improvements in Objectively Measured Activity Behaviors Do Not Correlate With Improvements in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
The Journal of Arthroplasty3
201933 citations
Sickle cell disease: reappraisal of the role of foetal haemoglobin levels in the frequency of vaso-occlusive crisis
Ghana Medical Journal