Kokou Hefoume Amegan-Aho

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Also at Korle Bu Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1970, latest 2026

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

Publications: 331970–2026
Citations: 225to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 1.161.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 9%3 of 33 scored papers
Open access: 94%31 papers free to read

7 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

33 in all

Cytokine and chemokine signatures of steady-state sickle cell disease in African children: a cross-sectional study
2026BMC ImmunologyJournalOpen access1 citation10.1186/s12865-026-00872-2
Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity among patients with sickle cell disease: Prevalence and association with blood transfusion history
2026PLoS ONE

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1339%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1236%
Epidemiology618%
Parasitology618%
Infectious Diseases515%
Genetics412%
Surgery412%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine39%
Clinical Biochemistry26%
General Health Professions26%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health7
Neonatal and Maternal Infections5
Parasites and Host Interactions5
Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus4
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders4
Mosquito-borne diseases and control4
Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment4
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life3
Malaria Research and Control3
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing2
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Global Health and Surgery2

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

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Most frequent partner countries

United States4
Canada4
China3
Pakistan3
United Kingdom3
Colombia3
Singapore2
Rwanda2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH14 papers
Ho Technical UniversityGH7 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH7 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH5 papers
UCSF Institute for Global Health SciencesUS3 papers
St. Jude Children's Research HospitalUS3 papers
Indiana University School of Medicine3 papers
Aga Khan UniversityPK3 papers
Xuzhou Medical CollegeCN3 papers
University of Maryland, BaltimoreUS3 papers

Where they publish

Pan African Medical Journal5
Cancer Research Statistics and Treatment2
Ghana Medical Journal2
Open Journal of Pediatrics2
Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases2
PLoS ONE2
Advances in Hematology

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being12
1No poverty4
2Zero hunger4
17Partnerships for the goals4

Most cited

Neonatal Jaundice: awareness, perception and preventive practices in expectant mothers
Ghana Medical Journal3
202037 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Implementing newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra: Results and lessons learned
Pediatric Blood & Cancer17
202133 citations
Prevalence of Polyparasitic Infection Among Primary School Children in the Volta Region of Ghana

Lumbar Spondylolisthesis in Rheumatological Practice in Lome (Togo): Frequency and Semiological Profile

2022Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune DiseasesJournalOpen access2 citations10.4236/ojra.2022.121003

Neonatal and Young Infant Sepsis in a Regional Hospital in Ghana

2021Open Journal of PediatricsJournalOpen access6 citations10.4236/ojped.2021.112027

Septic Arthritis of the Hip in Lome (Togo)

2021Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune DiseasesJournalOpen access0 citations10.4236/ojra.2021.113012

Surviving on less

2020Cancer Research Statistics and TreatmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.4103/crst.crst_4_20

Coronavirus disease-2019 and childhood cancers in developing countries: A hurdle in the hope to attain the WHO 2030 targets?

2020Cancer Research Statistics and TreatmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4103/crst.crst_203_20

Asian Journal of Medicine and Health1

How it can be read

94% free to read

Diamond 13 · 39%Free to read and to publish
Gold 17 · 52%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 2 · 6%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

10 of 33 papers name a funder

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases3
University of Health and Allied Sciences3
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft2
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst2
Impact Fund2
Medical Research Council2
National Cancer Institute2
National Institutes of Health2

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

201927 citationsOpen access · Gold