Isaac Kofi Yankson

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Publishing since 2010, latest 2025

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
Emergency Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Health and Safety

Publications: 222010–2025
Citations: 210to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 2.181.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 23%5 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 95%21 papers free to read

3 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

22 in all

Health effects of occupational noise exposure on heavy-duty equipment operators and exposed workers in a mining firm in Ghana
2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access7 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0332600
Nurses’ knowledge on trauma and emergency care and associated factors in Ghanaian district hospitals
2025African Journal of Emergency Medicine

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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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health941%
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality732%
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology523%
Emergency Medicine418%
Biomedical Engineering29%
Chemical Health and Safety29%
Civil and Structural Engineering29%
Emergency Medical Services29%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis29%
Infectious Diseases29%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Injury Epidemiology and Prevention7
Traffic and Road Safety7
Occupational Health and Safety Research5
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies4
Chemical Safety and Risk Management2
Disaster Response and Management2
Emergency and Acute Care Studies2
Noise Effects and Management2
Safety Warnings and Signage2
Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal1
Advanced Research in Systems and Signal Processing1
Agriculture and Farm Safety1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

59% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12457810Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States11
Nigeria2
Vietnam1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH17 papers
University of WashingtonUS11 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH10 papers
University of GhanaGH7 papers
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research CenterUS5 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH5 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH4 papers
University of LouisvilleUS3 papers
University of Mines and TechnologyGH3 papers
Pan-Atlantic UniversityNG2 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE3
BMC Public Health2
Diseases2
Ghana Journal of Science2
Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana2
African Journal of Emergency Medicine1
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Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty3
3Good health and well-being3
4Quality education2
8Decent work and economic growth2
5Gender equality1
6Clean water and sanitation1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Road Traffic and Other Unintentional Injuries Among Travelers to Developing Countries
Medical Clinics of North America
201657 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Reporting on road traffic injury: content analysis of injuries and prevention opportunities in Ghanaian newspapers
Injury Prevention3
201037 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Occupational Injuries Among Road Construction Workers In Ghana: Burden, Mechanism And Severity

2023Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.60014/pmjg.v12i2.338

Seatbelt use among bus passengers in Ghana: observed versus self-reported measures

2022International Journal of Injury Control and Safety PromotionJournalOpen access2 citations10.1080/17457300.2022.2056617

The Ghana Highway Code as a Teaching and Learning Material

2020Ghana Journal of ScienceJournalOpen access1 citation10.4314/gjs.v61i1.9

Traffic Communication as Determinant of Motorist Behaviour

2018Journal of Education Society and Behavioural ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.9734/jesbs/2018/41503

Health Promotion International1

How it can be read

95% free to read

Diamond 5 · 23%Free to read and to publish
Gold 12 · 55%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 14%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 5%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

13 of 22 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center9
National Institutes of Health7
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1
Horizon 20201
Universität Konstanz1

Journal of Community Health3

Advances in Malaria Diagnostic Methods in Resource-Limited Settings: A Systematic Review

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

202413 citationsOpen access · Gold