J. O. O. Commey

Ghana Health Service

Publishing since 1973, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology
Surgery
Modeling and Simulation
Nutrition and Dietetics

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 221973–2026
Citations: 400to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 0.711.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 9%2 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 32%7 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

22 in all

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 among travellers entering Ghana through the Kotoka International Airport at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic: 2021 to 2022
2026Health Sciences Investigations JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.46829/hsijournal.2026.3.8.1.1384-1390
Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on frequently touched surfaces in selected areas in Accra, Ghana

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases732%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health627%
Epidemiology523%
Surgery418%
Modeling and Simulation29%
Nutrition and Dietetics29%
Psychiatry and Mental health29%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine29%
Emergency Medicine15%
Endocrinology15%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control4
Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis3
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology3
COVID-19 epidemiological studies2
Epilepsy research and treatment2
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment2
SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing2
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology2
Actinomycetales infections and treatment1
Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization1
Asthma and respiratory diseases1
Astronomical and nuclear sciences1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

32% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

Denmark4
United States1
Germany1
Belgium1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH20 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH7 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH5 papers
Copenhagen University HospitalDK4 papers
Statens Serum InstitutDK3 papers
Odense University HospitalDK3 papers
RigshospitaletDK3 papers
University of Southern DenmarkDK3 papers
University of CopenhagenDK2 papers
Hvidovre HospitalDK1 paper

Where they publish

PubMed6
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics3
The Lancet2
British Journal of Haematology1
Clinical Infectious Diseases1
Clinical Microbiology and Infection1
Frontiers in Public Health

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being14
2Zero hunger4
1No poverty1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Reversible suppression of bone marrow response to erythropoietin in Plasmodium falciparum malaria
British Journal of Haematology3
1997146 citationsWorld top 10%
Bacterial meningitis in children in southern Ghana.
PubMed3
199445 citations
Seasonality of rotavirus infection in Ghana
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Ghana Medical Journal

Hepatitis C Prevalence and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Score for Targeted Screening among People Living with HIV in Ghana

2021Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC)JournalOpen access9 citations10.1177/23259582211022469

Salmonella bloodstream infection in Ghanaian children

1997Clinical Microbiology and InfectionJournalOpen access14 citations10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00467.x

Childhood deaths from anaemia in Accra, Ghana.

1996PubMedJournalFirst author20 citations

Neurodevelopmental problems in Ghanaian children: Part I. Convulsive disorder.

1996PubMedJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations

Bacterial meningitis in children in southern Ghana.

1994PubMedJournalFirst author45 citations

Seasonality of rotavirus infection in Ghana

1994Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournal45 citations10.1080/02724936.1994.11747721

Persistent fever in severe malaria in children.

1994PubMedJournalFirst author12 citations

Basidiobolomycosis in Ghanaian Children

1994Tropical DoctorJournalSenior author6 citations10.1177/004947559402400410

Pediatric Cerebral Malaria in Accra, Ghana

1992Journal of Tropical PediatricsJournal9 citations10.1093/tropej/38.6.290

Measles in Ghana—1973–1982

1984Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst author17 citations10.1080/02724936.1984.11748332

IS IT CEREBRAL MALARIA?

1984The LancetJournalFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(84)91131-0

Skin sensitivity to house dust mite extracts in Ghanaian asthmatics in Accra

1973Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst author14 citations10.1016/0035-9203(73)90327-1

Ghana Medical Journal1

How it can be read

32% free to read

Diamond 2 · 9%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 14%In an open-access journal
Bronze 2 · 9%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 15 · 68%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 22 papers name a funder

Odense Universitetshospital3
Strategic Research Council3
Syddansk Universitet3
A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal2
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana2
Torben og Alice Frimodts Fond2
Japan International Cooperation Agency1
Læge Agnethe Løvgreens Legat1

Childhood deaths from anaemia in Accra, Ghana.

PubMed2

199620 citations

Measles in Ghana—1973–1982

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics3

198417 citations