Thomas Akuetteh Ndanu

University of Ghana

Publishing since 1970, latest 2026

Periodontics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Ophthalmology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Surgery
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Publications: 601970–2026
Citations: 550to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 19
Field-weighted impact: 0.681.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 3%2 of 60 scored papers
Open access: 83%50 papers free to read

8 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

60 in all

Prevalence, etiology, and distribution of dentin hypersensitivity among ghanaian adults
2026Journal of Conservative Dentistry and EndodonticsJournalOpen access1 citation10.4103/jcde.jcde_919_25
Clinical Utility of the Novel Classification of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) among Ghanaian Patients Diagnosed with T2D: Evidence from a Multicenter Hospital-based Study in Accra, Ghana

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Citations received each year

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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

Periodontics1118%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1118%
Ophthalmology1017%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism712%
Surgery712%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging610%
Epidemiology58%
Oral Surgery58%
General Health Professions47%
Genetics47%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Dental Health and Care Utilization8
Oral microbiology and periodontitis research6
Ocular Oncology and Treatments4
Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments3
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders3
Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy2
Breast Cancer Treatment Studies2
Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis2
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Dental Erosion and Treatment2
Dental materials and restorations2
Dental Research and COVID-192

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

30% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States9
United Kingdom6
Denmark2
Nigeria2
Australia1
China1
India1
Switzerland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH34 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH5 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH4 papers
University of Cape CoastGH4 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH4 papers
Cape Coast Teaching HospitalGH3 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
Queen's Medical CentreGB2 papers
University of FloridaUS2 papers
University of Florida HealthUS2 papers

Where they publish

Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana8
Ghana Medical Journal7
PubMed6
Pan African Medical Journal3
Eye2
International Dental Journal2
PLoS ONE

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being24
17Partnerships for the goals5
1No poverty4
4Quality education4
2Zero hunger1
5Gender equality1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
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Most cited

Epidemiological aspects of oral tori in a Ghanaian community
International Dental Journal3
200471 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Combined trabeculotomy and trabeculectomy: outcome for primary congenital glaucoma in a West African population
Eye3
201046 citationsOpen access · Green
Retinopathy in severe malaria in Ghanaian children - overlap between fundus changes in cerebral and non-cerebral malaria

Journal of Diabetology

Utilisation of road safety measures among traumatic brain injury patients in Ghana: a single-centre prospective study on road user compliance

2025The Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery : the official publication of the Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons/Egyptian journal of neurosurgeryJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s41984-025-00448-z

Challenges In The Management Of Retinoblastoma At Peripheral Eye Clinics In Ghana

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen access2 citations10.60014/pmjg.v8i1.190

Sodium Hypochlorite And Its Use As Root Canal Irrigant: A Survey Among Ghanaian Dental Practitioners

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.60014/pmjg.v7i1.137

Determination of Clinical and Laboratory Predictors of Elevated TRV in Sickle Cell Anaemia

2021Book Publisher International (a part of SCIENCEDOMAIN International)Book chapter0 citations10.9734/bpi/rdmmr/v5/5049f

Outcome of Treatment After Locoregional Radiation, Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer

2020International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*PhysicsJournalOpen access1 citation10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.2484

Lung Function Abnormalities in Sickle Cell Anaemia

2019Advances in HematologyJournalOpen access21 citations10.1155/2019/1783240

Residency training in Ghana: the residents’ perspective

2019Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access9 citations10.4314/gmj.v53i1.3

Response to N.B. Andrews.

2016PubMedJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations

Epidemiology and recurrence rate of pterygium post excision in Ghanaians

2014Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.4314/gmj.v48i1.6

Perceptions of medical students about family medicine in Ghana.

2013PubMedJournalOpen accessSenior author42 citations

Advances in Hematology1

How it can be read

83% free to read

Diamond 21 · 35%Free to read and to publish
Gold 15 · 25%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Green 7 · 12%A copy in a repository
Closed 10 · 17%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

13 of 60 papers name a funder

University of Ghana10
Fogarty International Center1
Sanofi1
Seventh Framework Programme1

201046 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Perceptions of medical students about family medicine in Ghana.

PubMed4

201342 citationsOpen access · Green