Dwomoa Adu

Publishing since 1973, latest 2026

Nephrology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Molecular Biology
Nutrition and Dietetics

Publications: 3591973–2026
Citations: 21,076to those papers
h-index: 72i10-index 178
Field-weighted impact: 6.721.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%14 of 57 scored papers
Open access: 78%45 of the 58 whose access is recorded

15 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 21,320 citations, h-index 72 and i10-index 179 (6,653 citations and h-index 32 since 2021), as of October 12, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

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

359 in all

The Nephrotic Syndrome in Ghana: Clinical and Pathological Aspects
1981QJMJournalFirst authorCorresponding30 citations10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a067688
Audit in renal failure
1981British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition)JournalSenior author

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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

Nephrology3610%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health123%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine103%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine93%
Molecular Biology93%
Nutrition and Dietetics62%
Economics and Econometrics51%
Surgery51%
Genetics41%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health41%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes19
Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies18
Dialysis and Renal Disease Management16
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies7
Renal and Vascular Pathologies5
Sodium Intake and Health5
Organ Donation and Transplantation4
Birth, Development, and Health3
Celiac Disease Research and Management3
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research3
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life3
Ion Transport and Channel Regulation3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

86% of their 58 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written345671720Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States35
Nigeria22
United Kingdom20
South Africa18
Canada17
Netherlands9
Germany7
India7

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of IbadanNG20 papers
National Institutes of HealthUS14 papers
University of TorontoCA13 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH13 papers
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG13 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA11 papers
University of MichiganUS10 papers
University of Kansas Medical CenterUS10 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH10 papers
Hospital for Sick ChildrenCA9 papers

Where they publish

KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL39
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation23
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY22
The Lancet15
Clinical & Experimental Immunology13
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine9

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being19
17Partnerships for the goals8
1No poverty7
2Zero hunger5
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure4
10Reduced inequalities3
5Gender equality1
14

Most cited

Birmingham vasculitis activity score (BVAS) Dim system necrotizinig vasculitis
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
19941,546 citations
Chronic kidney disease and the global public health agenda: an international consensus
Nature Reviews Nephrology
20241,331 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Global kidney health 2017 and beyond: a roadmap for closing gaps in care, research, and policy
The Lancet

DNA-anti-DNA circulating complexes in the nephritis of systemic lupus erythematosus

1981Clinical and Experimental ImmunologyJournalFirst author47 citations

LUPOID NEPHRITIS

1981KIDNEY INTERNATIONALConferenceFirst author0 citations

Circulating DNA-anti-DNA complexes in lupus nephritis and idiopathic nephritis.

1980Proceedings of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association. European Dialysis and Transplant AssociationJournalSenior author2 citations

DNA-ANTI-DNA COMPLEXES IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS AND IDIOPATHIC NEPHRITIS

1979KIDNEY INTERNATIONALConferenceFirst author0 citations

Plasma Potassium in Hypertensive Africans on Frusemide

1978Journal of International Medical ResearchJournalFirst author0 citations10.1177/030006057800600307

Acute renal failure and typhoid fever.

1975Ghana Medical JournalJournalFirst author20 citations

Renal transplantation in leprosy

1973British Medical JournalJournalFirst author20 citations

TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS

Rheumatology and the Kidney6

How it can be read

78% free to read, of the 58 recorded

Diamond 4 · 1%Free to read and to publish
Gold 16 · 4%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 7 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 9 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 9 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 13 · 4%Behind a paywall
Unknown 301 · 84%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

39 of 359 papers name a funder

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases25
National Institutes of Health19
National Human Genome Research Institute18
Wellcome Trust13
Fogarty International Center6
Boston Medical Center4
National Cancer Institute4
Amgen3

Development and initial validation of the Vasculitis Damage Index for the standardized clinical assessment of damage in the systemic vasculitides

Arthritis & Rheumatism: Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology

1997848 citations