Gyikua Plange‐Rhule

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Also at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2007, latest 2026

Genetics
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
General Health Professions
Nutrition and Dietetics
Surgery

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 422007–2026
Citations: 726to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 19
Field-weighted impact: 1.771.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 19%8 of 42 scored papers
Open access: 81%34 papers free to read

7 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

42 in all

Whole exome sequencing uncovers genetic syndromes and putative candidate genes underlying orofacial clefts presenting with limb abnormalities in a Sub-Saharan African cohort
2026BMC Medical GenomicsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12920-026-02426-2
Outcomes of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and associated factors at a tertiary hospital in Ghana
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Genetics2048%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1331%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine819%
General Health Professions717%
Nutrition and Dietetics717%
Surgery717%
Epidemiology614%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health614%
Genetics512%
Rheumatology37%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Cleft Lip and Palate Research19
Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments9
Global Maternal and Child Health8
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences5
Infant Development and Preterm Care5
Neonatal Respiratory Health Research5
Child Nutrition and Water Access4
Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies4
Global Health and Surgery4
Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare4
Folate and B Vitamins Research3
Infant Nutrition and Health3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

55% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States22
Ethiopia11
Nigeria10
United Kingdom10
Switzerland3
South Africa3
China2
Tanzania2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH36 papers
University of IowaUS10 papers
Addis Ababa UniversityET10 papers
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG9 papers
University of LagosNG9 papers
University of DundeeGB8 papers
National Human Genome Research InstituteUS8 papers
University of PittsburghUS7 papers
University of WashingtonUS5 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers

Where they publish

BMC Pediatrics3
Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine3
The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal3
African Journal of Current Medical Research2
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth2
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being17
17Partnerships for the goals4
1No poverty3
16Peace, justice and strong institutions3
2Zero hunger1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Small and sick newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic: global survey and thematic analysis of healthcare providers’ voices and experiences
BMJ Global Health
2021131 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Perception and practice of Kangaroo Mother Care after discharge from hospital in Kumasi, Ghana: A longitudinal study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth3
201195 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Rusty Pipe Syndrome in a Multigravida Woman: A Case Report from Ghana

2025East African Journal of Health and ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.37284/eajhs.8.3.4132

Congenital complete arhinia with alobar holoprosencephaly

2022Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.4314/gmj.v56i3.14

Medical Negligence in Ghana - Another Look at Asantekramo

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.60014/pmjg.v2i1.26

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, a mimicry of neonatal sepsis

2022African Journal of Current Medical ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.31191/afrijcmr.v5i1.93

Provider perspectives on Asram in Ghana

2021Journal of Biosocial ScienceJournal4 citations10.1017/s0021932021000158

Pilot testing of the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly toolbox in Ghana

2018International Breastfeeding JournalJournalOpen access25 citations10.1186/s13006-018-0172-y

Spectrum of Diseases seen on Neonatal Ward at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

2017Pediatric Infectious Diseases Open AccessJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.21767/2573-0282.100052

Assessment of prison life of persons with disability in Ghana

2016BMC International Health and Human RightsJournalOpen access12 citations10.1186/s12914-016-0094-y

Challenges in Requesting for Post Mortem Examination – A Gap in Ghanaian Law?

2012Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.60014/pmjg.v1i1.8

Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in Kumasi, Ghana

2007Journal of Craniofacial SurgeryJournal43 citations10.1097/01.scs.0000246504.09593.e4

A prospective survey of patients with cleft lip and palate in Kumasi

2007West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen access21 citations10.4314/wajm.v26i1.28295

Journal of Dental Research

How it can be read

81% free to read

Diamond 10 · 24%Free to read and to publish
Gold 18 · 43%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 5 · 12%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 19%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

21 of 42 papers name a funder

National Institutes of Health10
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research9
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation4
Fogarty International Center3
World Health Organization3
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development2
Medical Research Council2
United States Agency for International Development2

201890 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in Kumasi, Ghana

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery17

200743 citations