Alex Owusu‐Ofori

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2013per ORCID
Head of Lab, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, since 1997per ORCID

Publishing since 1999, latest 2026

Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Molecular Medicine
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

In their own words

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Publications: 1121999–2026
Citations: 2,434to those papers
h-index: 28i10-index 54
Field-weighted impact: 2.441.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 31%26 of 84 scored papers
Open access: 81%68 of the 84 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 3,328 citations, h-index 31 and i10-index 56 (1,963 citations and h-index 22 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, Clinical MicrobiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2013
Head of Lab, MicrobiologyKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospitalsince 1997

Education

PhDLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine2008–2012
MPhil, Clinical MicrobiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2002–2004

On their papers

Publications

112 in all

Public perceptions on the use of antibiotics at a market place in Kumasi, Ghana: A cross-sectional study
2020Global Journal of Medicine & Public HealthJournal4 citations
Clinical characteristics, acute complications, and neurologic outcomes of Salmonella meningitis in Saudi infants and children
2020Journal of Pediatric Infectious DiseasesJournal15 citations10.1055/s-0039-1696977

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Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Epidemiology3027%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2926%
Molecular Medicine2220%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology1715%
Infectious Diseases1413%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health109%
Clinical Biochemistry98%
Microbiology98%
Parasitology76%
Physiology76%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria22
Malaria Research and Control22
Antibiotic Use and Resistance17
Mosquito-borne diseases and control10
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing9
Parasites and Host Interactions7
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment7
Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment7
Global Maternal and Child Health6
Reproductive tract infections research6
Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment6
Blood donation and transfusion practices5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

75% of their 84 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written13456712Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States26
United Kingdom26
South Africa12
Denmark6
Switzerland5
Korea4
Canada4
Vietnam3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH62 papers
Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineGB11 papers
University of KwaZulu-NatalZA10 papers
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH10 papers
Naval Medical Research CommandUS8 papers
Henry M. Jackson FoundationUS8 papers
University of GhanaGH8 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH7 papers
University of CambridgeGB5 papers
St George's, University of LondonGB5 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE9
Vox Sanguinis6
Clinical Infectious Diseases5
International Journal of Infectious Diseases5
Transfusion5
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene4

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being45
17Partnerships for the goals7
1No poverty4
2Zero hunger1
8Decent work and economic growth1
10Reduced inequalities1
14Life below water1
15

Most cited

Effect of carbapenem resistance on outcomes of bloodstream infection caused by Enterobacteriaceae in low-income and middle-income countries (PANORAMA): a multinational prospective cohort study
The Lancet Infectious Diseases1
2019226 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in a teaching hospital in Ghana
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control3
2018150 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a hospital in Ghana

2019African Journal of Clinical and Experimental MicrobiologyJournalOpen access9 citations10.4314/ajcem.v20i3.1

MOLECULAR PROFILING OF SEPSIS PATIENTS FROM AUSTERE ENVIRONMENTS USING TOPOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS

2019AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEConference0 citations

Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in a teaching hospital in Ghana

2018Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection ControlJournalOpen accessCorresponding150 citations10.1186/s13756-018-0324-2

Detection of adverse events of transfusion in a teaching hospital in Ghana

2017Transfusion MedicineJournalFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.1111/tme.12392

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among patients in a teaching hospital in Ghana

2017International Journal of One HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding10 citations10.14202/ijoh.2017.46-49

Prevention of transfusion‐transmitted malaria

2016ISBT Science SeriesJournalSenior author2 citations10.1111/voxs.12338

Overview of the Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Systems for Ghana, Ma-lawi, Nepal and Nigeria

2016Capacity Research Unit, Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineJournalSenior author4 citations

Transfusion‐transmitted Malaria in Sub‐Saharan Africa

2015ISBT Science SeriesJournalFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1111/voxs.12138

TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED MALARIA IN AFRICA: 3C-S16-01

2014Vox SanguinisJournalFirst author0 citations

Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria in Ghana

2013Clinical Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding68 citations10.1093/cid/cit130

ADVERSE EVENTS OF TRANSFUSION IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN GHANA: P-153

2013Vox SanguinisJournalFirst author0 citations

Transfusion-transmitted malaria and bacterial infections in a malaria endemic region

2012University of LiverpoolThesisFirst author4 citations

Transfusion-transmitted Syphilis in Teaching Hospital, Ghana

2011Emerging infectious diseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding35 citations10.3201/eid1711.110985

Assessing Hand Hygiene Resources and Practices at a Large African Teaching Hospital

2010Infection Control and Hospital EpidemiologyJournalFirst author43 citations10.1086/654005

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy3

How it can be read

81% free to read, of the 84 recorded

Diamond 8 · 7%Free to read and to publish
Gold 45 · 40%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 7 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 16 · 14%Behind a paywall
Unknown 28 · 25%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

48 of 112 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology8
National Research Foundation8
World Health Organization5
Inyuvesi Yakwazulu-Natali4
U.S. Department of Defense4
Wellcome Trust4
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission3
Defense Health Agency3

Bioavailability and Preliminary Clinical Efficacy of Intrarectal Artesunate in Ghanaian Children with Moderate Malaria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy3

200197 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green