R Darko

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Publishing since 1995, latest 2022

Surgery
General Health Professions
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Epidemiology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 311995–2022
Citations: 653to those papers
h-index: 14i10-index 16
Field-weighted impact: 1.011.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 13%4 of 31 scored papers
Open access: 52%16 papers free to read

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

31 in all

The Pattern, Management and Outcome of Genitourinary Trauma in Ghana
2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen access1 citation10.60014/pmjg.v2i1.19
Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Time for Action?
2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen access

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery1239%
General Health Professions723%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health723%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health619%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine516%
Epidemiology413%
Oncology413%
Emergency Medicine310%
Health Information Management310%
Infectious Diseases310%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health5
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health4
Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders4
Global Health and Epidemiology3
Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies3
Health disparities and outcomes2
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions2
Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions2
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet2
Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments2
Reproductive tract infections research2
Sex work and related issues2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

42% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written13467910Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States12
United Kingdom2
Switzerland1
Tanzania1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH27 papers
Harvard UniversityUS12 papers
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterUS9 papers
University of Ghana Medical CentreGH2 papers
MRC Centre for Environment and Health1 paper
Papworth HospitalGB1 paper
Peninsula College of Medicine and DentistryGB1 paper
Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteCH1 paper
University of BaselCH1 paper
University of Massachusetts AmherstUS1 paper

Where they publish

PubMed12
Ghana Medical Journal3
Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana2
TSpace (University of Toronto)2
West African Journal of Medicine2
African Journal of Health Sciences1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being18
1No poverty3
5Gender equality2
17Partnerships for the goals2
4Quality education1

Most cited

Health of urban Ghanaian women as identified by the Women's Health Study of Accra
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics1
200778 citationsWorld top 10%
Results of the Women's Health Study of Accra: Assessment of blood pressure in urban women
International Journal of Cardiology1
200668 citations
Clinic visits and cervical cancer screening in Accra

Complete excision of a large pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm

2018Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.11604/pamj.2018.31.240.14942

Clinic visits and cervical cancer screening in Accra

2011Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access61 citations10.4314/gmj.v44i2.68885

Prevalence of Obesity in Women of Accra, Ghana

2008African Journal of Health SciencesJournalOpen access39 citations10.4314/ajhs.v14i3.30855

Health of urban Ghanaian women as identified by the Women's Health Study of Accra

2007International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournal78 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.05.024

Deep venous thrombosis of the lower limb in young ambulant ghanaians.

2007PubMedJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations

Secular trends in menarcheal age among Ghanaian women in Accra

2006Journal of Obstetrics and GynaecologyJournal21 citations10.1080/01443610600811425

Gallstones in Ghanaian children with sickle cell disease

2006West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author11 citations10.4314/wajm.v24i4.28088

Changing pattern of intestinal obstruction in Accra, Ghana.

2000PubMedJournalSenior author20 citations

Day surgery at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital: a six year review.

1997PubMedJournalSenior author1 citation

The changing pattern of cholelithiasis in Accra.

1995PubMedJournalFirst author5 citations

The microflora of bile in Ghanaians.

1995PubMedJournalFirst author11 citations

African Journal of Reproductive Health

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene1

How it can be read

52% free to read

Diamond 6 · 19%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 6%In an open-access journal
Bronze 2 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 6 · 19%A copy in a repository
Closed 15 · 48%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 31 papers name a funder

Canadian Institutes of Health Research1
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development1
Imperial College London1
Medical Research Council1
National Institute for Health and Care Research1
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development1
NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre1
Wellcome Trust1

Ghana Medical Journal

201161 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy at the korle bu teaching hospital, accra, ghana.

PubMed3

200756 citationsOpen access · Green

Guidelines for Surgeons on Establishing Projects in Low‐Income Countries

World Journal of Surgery17

201353 citationsWorld top 10%