Perditer Okyere

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

Surgery
Nephrology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Epidemiology

In their own words

Internal Medicine/ Nephrology/Community Health

Publications: 532016–2026
Citations: 247to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 0.541.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 2%1 of 46 scored papers
Open access: 98%45 of the 46 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 295 citations, h-index 9 and i10-index 8 (268 citations and h-index 9 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

Citations received each year

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Career

On their papers

Publications

53 in all

Prevalence and Causes of Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease in Ghana: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
2026Journal of Epidemiology and Global HealthJournalOpen access1 citation10.1007/s44197-026-00531-0
Co-creating palliative care education across contexts: faculty experiences from a Ghana–Canada partnership for primary health care strengthening

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery1732%
Nephrology1325%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine917%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine611%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism48%
Epidemiology48%
Molecular Biology48%
Obstetrics and Gynecology48%
Oncology48%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health48%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes7
Trauma Management and Diagnosis6
Dialysis and Renal Disease Management5
Acute Kidney Injury Research4
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies4
Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases4
Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies4
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies3
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies2
Cancer Risks and Factors2
Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair2
Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

41% of their 46 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States7
Nigeria6
Canada5
South Africa4
United Kingdom3
Saudi Arabia2
China2
India2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH29 papers
University of Cape CoastGH21 papers
University of GhanaGH10 papers
University of IbadanNG6 papers
University of TorontoCA4 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH4 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
University Health NetworkCA3 papers
University of MichiganUS3 papers
Duke UniversityUS3 papers

Where they publish

Integrated Health Research Journal4
Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery4
BMC Nephrology3
Pan African Medical Journal3
Polish Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery3
World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being29
1No poverty3
2Zero hunger2
17Partnerships for the goals2
5Gender equality1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Community-acquired acute kidney injury in adults in Africa
Clinical nephrology
201638 citations
Pregnancy-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Low-Resource Settings: Progress Over the Last Decade
Seminars in Nephrology1
202226 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
A Review: Mechanism of Phyllanthus urinaria in Cancers—NF-κB, P13K/AKT, and MAPKs Signaling Activation
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Frontiers in Medicine

dilemma of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin

2023Integrated Health Research JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.47963/ihrj.v1i2.1374

The dilemma of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin

2023Integrated Health Research JournalJournal1 citation

Time To Think of Novel Biomarkers to Detect Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury in Surgical Patients

2022Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. C, Physiology and Molecular Biology/Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. C, Physiology and Molecular BiologyJournalOpen access1 citation10.21608/eajbsc.2022.226918

Successful surgical management of intralobar pulmonary sequestration in Ghana

2022Journal of Surgical Case ReportsJournalOpen access1 citation10.1093/jscr/rjac085

A Review: Mechanism of Phyllanthus urinaria in Cancers—NF-κB, P13K/AKT, and MAPKs Signaling Activation

2021Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author24 citations10.1155/2021/4514342

Pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis in a resource constraint setting

2021Polish Journal of Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryJournalOpen access1 citation10.5114/kitp.2021.109390

The surgery of a giant chest wall tumor with intrathoracic extension

2021Polish Journal of Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryJournalOpen access0 citations10.5114/kitp.2021.107474

Open Thoracic Surgery for Removal of a Two-Year-Old Impacted Esophageal Coin

2020Open Journal of Thoracic SurgeryJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.4236/ojts.2020.101004

Revascularization of post-traumatic leg amputation: a case report

2020Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/gmj.v53i4.10

Frontiers in Medicine

How it can be read

98% free to read, of the 46 recorded

Diamond 18 · 34%Free to read and to publish
Gold 20 · 38%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 2%Behind a paywall
Unknown 7 · 13%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

7 of 53 papers name a funder

National Institutes of Health5
Fogarty International Center4
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases4
National Human Genome Research Institute2
Wellcome Trust2
Canada Research Chairs1
Canadian Institutes of Health Research1
James Cook University1

202124 citationsOpen access · Hybrid

Spectrum and Clinical Characteristics of Renal Diseases in Ghanaian Adults: A 13-Year Retrospective Study

International Journal of Nephrology3

202016 citationsOpen access · Gold