Rita Adu

Consultant haematologist, Guy's and Saint Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, since 2012per ORCID

Publishing since 2018, latest 2020

I am a consultant haematologist working at Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust. I graduated with an MBBS from Imperial College School of Medicine in 2002. I completed higher specialist training in haematology at King's College Hospital in London, in 2012 after which I was appointed to a Consultant Haematologist post at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital where I remain. I was training program director 2017 till 2023, departmental clinical lead from 2022 till 2025. I am… More on ORCID

General Health Professions
Genetics
Hematology
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Sociology and Political Science

Publications: 22018–2020
Citations: 51to those papers
h-index: 2i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 1.421.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 2 scored papers
Open access: 100%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

Citations received each year

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What they work on

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Consultant haematologist, clinical haematologyGuy's and Saint Thomas' NHS Foundation Trustsince 2012

Education

BSc, ScienceImperial College London
MBBS, MEDICINEImperial College London
FRCPRoyal College of Physicians
FRCPathRoyal College of Pathologists

Publications

2 in all

Sexual experiences of adolescents and young adults living with HIV attending a specialized clinic in Accra, Ghana
2020Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access6 citations10.4314/gmj.v54i2s.14
g(HbF): a genetic model of fetal hemoglobin in sickle cell disease
2018Blood AdvancesJournal

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Subfields

General Health Professions150%
Genetics150%
Hematology150%
Infectious Diseases150%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health150%
Sociology and Political Science150%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Blood groups and transfusion1
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders1
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions1
Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics1
Sex work and related issues1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

50% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom1
Tanzania1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Farr InstituteGB1 paper
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustGB1 paper
Guy's HospitalGB1 paper
King's College HospitalGB1 paper
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustGB1 paper
King's College LondonGB1 paper
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS TrustGB1 paper
National Health ServiceGB1 paper
National Institute for Health and Care ResearchGB1 paper
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation TrustGB1 paper

Where they publish

Blood Advances1
Ghana Medical Journal1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Diamond 1 · 50%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 50%In an open-access journal

Who funds it

1 of 2 papers name a funder

British Heart Foundation1
Cancer Research UK1
Economic and Social Research Council1
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council1
Fogarty International Center1
King's College London1
Medical Research Council1
National Institute for Health and Care Research1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger1
3Good health and well-being1

Most cited

g(HbF): a genetic model of fetal hemoglobin in sickle cell disease
Blood Advances2
201845 citationsOpen access · Gold
Sexual experiences of adolescents and young adults living with HIV attending a specialized clinic in Accra, Ghana
Ghana Medical Journal3
20206 citationsOpen access · Diamond