R. Thompson

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 2004, latest 2007

Nutrition and Dietetics
Epidemiology
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Physiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Small Animals

Publications: 32004–2007
Citations: 246to those papers
h-index: 2i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.261.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 3 scored papers
Open access: 67%2 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Education

Resident Physician, Internal MedicineYale New Haven Hospitalsince 2022
MDUniversity of Minnesota2018–2022
BSUniversity of Notre Dame2013–2017

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

3 in all

Dry Reagent-Based Polymerase Chain Reaction Compared with Other Laboratory Methods Available for the Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease
2007Clinical Infectious DiseasesJournal51 citations10.1086/518604
Some health benefits of low glycaemic index diets – a systematic review
2005South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Nutrition and Dietetics267%
Epidemiology133%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine133%
Physiology133%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health133%
Small Animals133%
Surgery133%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Food composition and properties2
Diet and metabolism studies1
Infectious Diseases and Mycology1
Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis1
Mycobacterium research and diagnosis1
Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior1
Nutritional Studies and Diet1
Phytoestrogen effects and research1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

100% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom2
South Africa2
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of SouthamptonGB2 papers
North-West UniversityZA2 papers
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical MedicineDE1 paper
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenDE1 paper
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH1 paper
Presbyterian University, GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

British Journal Of Nutrition1
Clinical Infectious Diseases1
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition1

How it can be read

67% free to read

Gold 1 · 33%In an open-access journal

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger1
3Good health and well-being1

Most cited

Meta-analysis of the health effects of using the glycaemic index in meal-planning
British Journal Of Nutrition3
2004193 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Dry Reagent-Based Polymerase Chain Reaction Compared with Other Laboratory Methods Available for the Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease
Clinical Infectious Diseases
200751 citations
Some health benefits of low glycaemic index diets – a systematic review
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition2