Samuel Yaw Aboagye

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2007, latest 2025

Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Surgery
Small Animals
Molecular Biology
Molecular Medicine

Publications: 372007–2025
Citations: 863to those papers
h-index: 20i10-index 24
Field-weighted impact: 1.811.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 30%11 of 37 scored papers
Open access: 86%32 papers free to read

6 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

37 in all

Mammographic breast density classification among Ghanaian population
2025RadiographyJournalSenior author3 citations10.1016/j.radi.2025.103004
Plasma Soluble Progenitor Cell Receptors as Biomarkers for Severe Anemia Among Malaria‐Infected Pediatrics: A Prospective Study in Ghana
2025Health Science ReportsJournal

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology2773%
Infectious Diseases2568%
Surgery924%
Small Animals719%
Molecular Biology411%
Molecular Medicine38%
Artificial Intelligence25%
Pharmacology25%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine25%
Biotechnology13%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis25
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology21
Infectious Diseases and Mycology6
Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis6
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria3
Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research3
Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis3
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment3
AI in cancer detection2
Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus2
Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging2
Fungal Biology and Applications2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

70% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Switzerland15
United States5
Australia5
United Kingdom5
Germany3
Japan2
Gambia2
Mexico2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH30 papers
Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteCH15 papers
University of BaselCH14 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH9 papers
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious PathogensGH8 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH6 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH4 papers
Rush University Medical CenterUS3 papers
Wellcome Sanger InstituteGB3 papers

Where they publish

PLoS neglected tropical diseases6
PLoS ONE4
International Journal of Mycobacteriology3
AAS Open Research2
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2
Frontiers in Microbiology2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being24
15Life on land4
1No poverty1
6Clean water and sanitation1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Mycobacterium africanum Is Associated with Patient Ethnicity in Ghana
PLoS neglected tropical diseases3
201585 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Detection and characterization of drug-resistant conferring genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains: A prospective study in two distant regions of Ghana
Tuberculosis3
201653 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Primary Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans

2021Methods in molecular biologyBook chapterSenior author3 citations10.1007/978-1-0716-1779-3_3

Laboratory confirmation of Buruli ulcer cases in Ghana, 2008-2016

2018PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding25 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0006560

Challenges associated with the treatment of Buruli ulcer

2018Journal of Leukocyte BiologyJournalFirst author16 citations10.1002/jlb.mr0318-128

OMNIgene SPUTUM: A good transport and decontaminating reagent for tuberculosis testing

2018International Journal of MycobacteriologyJournalOpen access9 citations10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_102_18

Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease: A Systematic Review

2016Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical MicrobiologyJournalOpen access47 citations10.1155/2016/5310718

Mycobacterium africanum Is Associated with Patient Ethnicity in Ghana

2015PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access85 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0003370

How it can be read

86% free to read

Diamond 3 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 23 · 62%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 14%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

26 of 37 papers name a funder

Wellcome Trust10
UBS Optimus Foundation8
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana5
African Academy of Sciences4
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership4
University of Ghana4
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation3
Volkswagen Foundation3

Gut microbiota signature of pathogen-dependent dysbiosis in viral gastroenteritis

Scientific Reports3

202149 citationsOpen access · Gold

Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease: A Systematic Review

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology3

201647 citationsOpen access · Gold