Francis Agyekum

Also at University of Ghana Medical Centrefrom their recent papers

Lecturer, University of Ghana, since 2021per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

Interventional Cardiologist and Clinical Cardiologist with focus on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease prevention, hypertension, heart failure management, and coronary interventions. From ORCID

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Epidemiology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Nutrition and Dietetics

In their own words

Heart failure
Hypertension
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Publications: 372014–2026
Citations: 960to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 2.521.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 32%12 of 37 scored papers
Open access: 89%33 papers free to read

9 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Medicine and TherapeuticsUniversity of Ghanasince 2021
Cardiologist, Internal MedicineGhana Health Service2019–2020

Education

Cardiologist, Internal MedicineGhana College of Physicians and Surgeonssince 2021
FWACP (Int. Medicine - Cardiol), Internal MedicineWest African College of Physicians2012–2016

Honours, memberships and service

Publications

37 in all

Download CV:PDFWord

Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2362%
Epidemiology1130%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism822%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management411%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health411%
Nutrition and Dietetics38%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine38%
Surgery38%
Family Practice25%
General Health Professions25%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management8
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies8
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins8
Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors5
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology4
Acute Myocardial Infarction Research3
Cardiac Health and Mental Health3
Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors3
Heart Failure Treatment and Management3
Sodium Intake and Health3
Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes2
Global Health and Epidemiology2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

73% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234567Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States18
Nigeria14
China4
Switzerland4
United Kingdom4
Netherlands3
Tanzania3
Korea2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH24 papers
University of IbadanNG12 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH11 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH10 papers
Medical University of South CarolinaUS9 papers
University College Hospital, IbadanNG9 papers
Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalNG9 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH9 papers
Ahmadu Bello UniversityNG8 papers
University of Alabama at BirminghamUS7 papers

Where they publish

Ghana Medical Journal5
Global Heart3
Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa2
Cureus2
Journal of the American Heart Association2
American Journal of Preventive Cardiology1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being16
1No poverty4
17Partnerships for the goals3

Most cited

Dominant modifiable risk factors for stroke in Ghana and Nigeria (SIREN): a case-control study
The Lancet Global Health3
2018309 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Factors Associated with Medication Nonadherence among Hypertensives in Ghana and Nigeria
International Journal of Hypertension1
2015142 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Lecturer, College of Health Sciences

Professional Member, Heart FailureEuropean Society of Cardiologysince 2017

Advances in kidney disease: pathogenesis and therapeutic targets

2025Frontiers in MedicineJournalOpen accessCorresponding29 citations10.3389/fmed.2025.1526090

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk among Ghanaians: A comparison of the risk assessment tools.

2024American Journal of Preventive CardiologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100670

Delayed diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis in a West African octogenarian

2024Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournal2 citations10.5830/cvja-2024-001

Contemporary aetiology of acute heart failure in a teaching hospital in Ghana

2023BMC Cardiovascular DisordersJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1186/s12872-023-03103-3

Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Burden in Ghana: A Scoping Review

2023Journal of Clinical and Preventive CardiologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.4103/jcpc.jcpc_1_23

Determinants of right ventricular systolic dysfunction among patients with left heart failure in a Ghanaian hospital

2023Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.5830/cvja-2022-051

Electrical storm in a middle-aged man

2023Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gmj.v57i2.11

Factors Associated with Medication Nonadherence among Hypertensives in Ghana and Nigeria

2015International Journal of HypertensionJournalOpen access142 citations10.1155/2015/205716

Noncompliance with medications among hypertensives in Ghana

2014Annals of Global HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.aogh.2014.08.120

Annals of Global Health

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders1

How it can be read

89% free to read

Diamond 12 · 32%Free to read and to publish
Gold 13 · 35%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 11%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

13 of 37 papers name a funder

National Human Genome Research Institute8
Fogarty International Center6
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke6
National Institutes of Health5
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases4
National Research Foundation of Korea2
Bayer1
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute1

Prevalence and determinants of depression among patients with hypertension: A cross-sectional comparison study in Ghana and Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice13

201950 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond