Kofi Nyarko

Ghana Health Service

Also at African Field Epidemiology Network and University of Environment and Sustainable Developmentfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2005, latest 2026

Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Oncology
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Genetics

Publications: 982005–2026
Citations: 2,234to those papers
h-index: 27i10-index 54
Field-weighted impact: 1.401.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 19%19 of 98 scored papers
Open access: 96%94 papers free to read

14 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

Publications

98 in all

Uncommon mixed outbreak of pneumococcal and meningococcal meningitis in Jirapa District, Upper West Region, Ghana, 2016
2018Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access12 citations10.4314/gmj.v51i4.2
Meningitis outbreak investigation in Nkoranza South Municipality in Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana, February, 2016
2018Pan African Medical Journal

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology4041%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2323%
Oncology2222%
Infectious Diseases2020%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1212%
Genetics1010%
Molecular Biology88%
Obstetrics and Gynecology88%
Cancer Research77%
Microbiology77%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Cancer Incidence and Screening17
Zoonotic diseases and public health12
Global Maternal and Child Health11
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research10
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology9
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines7
Virology and Viral Diseases7
Parasites and Host Interactions6
Respiratory viral infections research6
Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research5
Breast Cancer Treatment Studies5
Child Nutrition and Water Access5

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

papers co-written12345612Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States24
United Kingdom21
Namibia12
New Zealand9
Uganda6
Australia4
Netherlands4
Canada4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH69 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH30 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH27 papers
National Cancer InstituteUS15 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH14 papers
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics13 papers
Loma Linda UniversityUS12 papers
University of EdinburghGB11 papers
Edinburgh Cancer ResearchGB11 papers
University of OtagoNZ9 papers

Where they publish

Pan African Medical Journal22
Ghana Medical Journal8
International Journal of Cancer5
PubMed4
BMC Public Health2
BMC Research Notes2
Breast Cancer Research

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being57
1No poverty7
2Zero hunger5
17Partnerships for the goals4
7Affordable and clean energy2
4Quality education1
13Climate action1
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Most cited

Breast cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities for prevention
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment3
2014233 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Factors contributing to delays in diagnosis of breast cancers in Ghana, West Africa
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
201695 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Sensitivity of PCR Targeting the IS 2404 Insertion Sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in an Assay Using Punch Biopsy Specimens for Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Large cholera outbreak in Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana

2017BMC Research NotesJournalOpen access26 citations10.1186/s13104-017-2728-0

Cervical Cancer in the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions of Ghana

2016Journal of Global OncologyJournalOpen access67 citations10.1200/jgo.2016.005744

Exposure of small-scale gold miners in Prestea to mercury, Ghana, 2012

2016Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author32 citations10.11604/pamj.supp.2016.25.1.6171

Breast cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities for prevention

2014Breast Cancer Research and TreatmentJournalOpen access233 citations10.1007/s10549-014-2868-z

Bovine tuberculosis surveillance system evaluation - Greater-Accra Region, Ghana, 2011

2014International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access5 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.790

Costs, effects and cost‐effectiveness of breast cancer control in Ghana

2012Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen access89 citations10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03021.x

Hospital all-risk emergency preparedness in Ghana.

2012PubMedJournalOpen accessSenior author31 citations

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment2

How it can be read

96% free to read

Diamond 13 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Gold 57 · 58%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 8 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Green 12 · 12%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 4%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

43 of 98 papers name a funder

National Institutes of Health14
National Cancer Institute12
University of Ghana12
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention5
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary5
Wellcome Trust5
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute4
Murdoch University4

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

200591 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Costs, effects and cost‐effectiveness of breast cancer control in Ghana

Tropical Medicine & International Health1

201289 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Associations of fecal microbial profiles with breast cancer and nonmalignant breast disease in the Ghana Breast Health Study

International Journal of Cancer3

202184 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green