Sampson Antwi

Also at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyfrom their recent papers

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology/Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospitalper ORCID

Publishing since 2006, latest 2026

I am a Professor of Child Health and Paediatric Nephrology at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and a Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi-Ghana. I have been the Secretary, Vice-President, and President of the Ghana Kidney Association for six (6), four (4) and four (4) years respectively. I have clinical expertise is in three (3) areas: 1) Paediatric nephrology 2) Paediatric HIV 3) Nutrition and Malnutritional… More on ORCID

Infectious Diseases
Nephrology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions
Epidemiology

Publications: 822006–2026
Citations: 1,911to those papers
h-index: 24i10-index 40
Field-weighted impact: 2.271.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 21%17 of 81 scored papers
Open access: 80%66 papers free to read

7 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology/Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Education

MPhil in Pediatric Nephrology, University of Cape Town, South AfricaUniversity of Cape Town2007–2009
Certificate in Paediatric Nephrology, Red Cross Children HospitalColleges of Medicine of South Africa2007–2009
FWACP, Faculty of PaediatricsWest African College of Physicians2001–2005
MB ChB, School of Medical sciences

Publications

82 in all

Effect of First-Line Antituberculosis Therapy on Nevirapine Pharmacokinetics in Children Younger than Three Years Old
2019Antimicrobial Agents and ChemotherapyJournalOpen access3 citations10.1128/aac.00839-19
Hearing loss in patients with chronic kidney disease and psychological burden in their caregivers
2019Ghana Medical Journal

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases3441%
Nephrology1822%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1822%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1620%
General Health Professions1417%
Epidemiology1316%
Surgery1215%
Nutrition and Dietetics67%
Molecular Biology56%
Virology56%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions15
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment14
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology14
Dialysis and Renal Disease Management11
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health8
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment7
Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes6
Global Maternal and Child Health6
Malaria Research and Control6
Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies6
Acute Kidney Injury Research5
Child Nutrition and Water Access5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

78% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written23456711Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States49
South Africa14
United Kingdom11
Nigeria9
India7
Saudi Arabia6
Puerto Rico6
Turkey5

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH71 papers
University of GhanaGH20 papers
University of FloridaUS19 papers
University of Rochester MedicineUS17 papers
University of RochesterUS17 papers
Yale UniversityUS13 papers
University of Cape TownZA12 papers
University of Florida HealthUS10 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH10 papers
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS9 papers

Where they publish

Pediatric Nephrology7
AIDS Care6
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy6
Ghana Medical Journal4
Kidney International Reports4
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease4

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being40
2Zero hunger10
1No poverty4
17Partnerships for the goals4
4Quality education1
5Gender equality1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
16

Most cited

Genome-wide association study indicates two novel resistance loci for severe malaria
Nature3
2012286 citationsWorld top 10%
Assessment of GFR by four methods in adults in Ashanti, Ghana: the need for an eGFR equation for lean African populations
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation3
2010151 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Honours, memberships and service

Ghana Kidney Association
Ghana Technical Working group on HIV and STIs
Paediatric Society of Ghana
International Pediatric Nephrology Association
African Association of Nephrology
International Society of Nephrology
International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis
African Paediatric Nephrology Association

The geographical distribution of dialysis services in Ghana

2018Renal Replacement TherapyJournalOpen accessSenior author41 citations10.1186/s41100-018-0143-1

Blood Pressure and Haematological Indices in Twelve Communities in Ashanti, Ghana

2018International Journal of HypertensionJournalOpen access8 citations10.1155/2018/5952021

SANKOFA

2015AIDSJournalOpen access24 citations10.1097/qad.0000000000000725

State of Renal Replacement Therapy Services in Ghana

2015Blood PurificationJournalFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.1159/000368942

The unacknowledged impact of urinary schistosomiasis in children: 5 cases from Kumasi, Ghana

2015Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.4314/gmj.v48i4.11

Assessment and Management of Severe Malnutrition in Children

2011West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.4314/wajm.v30i1.69878

Malnutrition: Missed opportunities for diagnosis

2009Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding40 citations10.4314/gmj.v42i3.43627

Urine dipstick as a screening test for urinary tract infection

2008Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst author21 citations10.1179/146532808x302134

How it can be read

80% free to read

Diamond 10 · 12%Free to read and to publish
Gold 15 · 18%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 14 · 17%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 9 · 11%Free to read, no open licence
Green 18 · 22%A copy in a repository
Closed 16 · 20%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

44 of 82 papers name a funder

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development27
National Institutes of Health22
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases14
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development13
Wellcome Trust9
Yale University8
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases7
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences5

Peace, justice and strong institutions

2018122 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

ISPD guidelines for peritoneal dialysis in acute kidney injury: 2020 Update (paediatrics)

Peritoneal Dialysis International

2021107 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid