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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 1998, latest 2012

Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Surgery
Economics and Econometrics
General Health Professions
Genetics

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 111998–2012
Citations: 955to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 4.371.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 45%5 of 11 scored papers
Open access: 64%7 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

11 in all

Tuberculosis Diagnostics and Biomarkers: Needs, Challenges, Recent Advances, and Opportunities
2012The Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access193 citations10.1093/infdis/jir860
Diagnostic yield of tuberculosis using sputum induction in HIV-positive patients before antiretroviral therapy [Short communication]
2012

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Citations received each year

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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

Infectious Diseases11100%
Epidemiology655%
Surgery436%
Economics and Econometrics218%
General Health Professions19%
Genetics19%
Virology19%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology9
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment5
Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis3
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions3
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment2
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses2
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research1
HIV Research and Treatment1
Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis1
Mycobacterium research and diagnosis1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

18% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

South Africa8
United Kingdom2
Australia1
Belgium1
Switzerland1
Germany1
India1
Italy1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Cape TownZA8 papers
Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular MedicineZA6 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB2 papers
Amsterdam UMC Location University of AmsterdamNL1 paper
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire VaudoisCH1 paper
Children's Hospital at WestmeadAU1 paper
European CommissionBE1 paper
Fondazione Salvatore MaugeriIT1 paper
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaCH1 paper
Health Protection AgencyGB1 paper

Where they publish

PubMed6
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease2
HIV Medicine1
International Journal of Infectious Diseases1
The Journal of Infectious Diseases1

How it can be read

64% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being10
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

Tuberculosis Diagnostics and Biomarkers: Needs, Challenges, Recent Advances, and Opportunities
The Journal of Infectious Diseases3
2012193 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Pulmonary tuberculosis: diagnostic delay in Ghanaian adults.
PubMed3
1998162 citations
Rapid scale-up of a community-based HIV treatment service: programme performance over 3 consecutive years in Guguletu, South Africa.

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Confronting tuberculosis in the era of HIV

2012International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.146

Antiretroviral therapy and the control of HIV-associated tuberculosis. Will ART do it? [Unresolved issues]

2011The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung DiseaseJournalOpen accessFirst author119 citations10.5588/ijtld.10.0483

Pulmonary tuberculosis: diagnostic delay in Ghanaian adults.

1998PubMedJournalFirst author162 citations

Gold 1 · 9%In an open-access journal
Bronze 2 · 18%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 36%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 36%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 11 papers name a funder

National Institutes of Health3
Wellcome Trust3
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases2
U.S. Public Health Service2
United States Agency for International Development2
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership1
Medical Research Council1

2006161 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Changing prevalence of tuberculosis infection with increasing age in high-burden townships in South Africa.

PubMed3

2010160 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Antiretroviral therapy and the control of HIV-associated tuberculosis. Will ART do it? [Unresolved issues]

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease3

2011119 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green