George B. Kyei

University of Ghana

Also at Washington University in St. Louis, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and University of Ghana Medical Centrefrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2018, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
Virology
Molecular Biology
Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Oncology

Publications: 662018–2026
Citations: 489to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 17
Field-weighted impact: 1.181.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%9 of 66 scored papers
Open access: 94%62 papers free to read

19 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

66 in all

Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Associated Factors Among Rural Ghanaian School Children: A Cross‐Sectional Study in Tokuroano, Krachi East Municipality
2026Public Health ChallengesJournalOpen access1 citation10.1002/puh2.70176
Paracrine signals from HIV-1-infected immune cells reprogram cervical cancer pathways
2026iScience

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases3553%
Virology2233%
Molecular Biology1523%
Epidemiology1421%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1015%
Oncology711%
Emergency Medicine69%
Hepatology58%
Immunology46%
Modeling and Simulation46%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

HIV Research and Treatment22
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment16
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions13
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research7
HIV-related health complications and treatments6
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis5
SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing5
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research4
COVID-19 epidemiological studies4
GDF15 and Related Biomarkers4
Mitochondrial Function and Pathology4
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

88% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12345612Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States53
South Africa12
United Kingdom5
Netherlands3
Switzerland2
Iceland2
Senegal1
Kenya1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH60 papers
Washington University in St. LouisUS44 papers
University of Ghana Medical CentreGH37 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH11 papers
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious PathogensGH9 papers
University of Cape TownZA9 papers
University of Cape CoastGH9 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH7 papers
Boston UniversityUS6 papers
Central UniversityGH6 papers

Where they publish

Figshare5
Ghana Medical Journal5
Frontiers in Immunology4
Frontiers in Public Health4
PLoS ONE3
AIDS Research and Therapy2
BMC Infectious Diseases2
Health Science Reports2

How it can be read

94% free to read

Diamond 9 · 14%Free to read and to publish
Gold 40 · 61%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 6 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Green 7 · 11%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 6%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being41
2Zero hunger3
5Gender equality2
1No poverty1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
14Life below water1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Undernutrition and HIV Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Health Outcomes and Therapeutic Interventions
Current HIV/AIDS Reports2
202145 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Zero malaria: a mirage or reality for populations of sub-Saharan Africa in health transition
Malaria Journal3
202237 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
COVID-19 pandemic and antimicrobial resistance: Another call to strengthen laboratory diagnostic capacity in Africa
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine3
202033 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Dynamic Nuclear Polarization with Electron Decoupling in Intact Human Cells and Cell Lysates
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
202032 citations
Genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 reveals local viral evolution in Ghana
Experimental Biology and Medicine3
202032 citationsOpen access · Hybrid

HIV-2 infection as a comparative lens for functional HIV-1 remission

2026Frontiers in ImmunologyJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.3389/fimmu.2026.1825935

Schistosomiasis Interventions in Africa: Assessment and Systematic Review

2025Journal of Parasitology ResearchJournalOpen access4 citations10.1155/japr/2125107

Underrepresentation of Africa in HIV cure research: A systematic review of the literature from 2010 to 2022

2025Clinical Epidemiology and Global HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.cegh.2025.102250

Molecular chaperones at the host–virus interface: heat shock protein roles in HIV-1 and emerging insights for HIV-2 and dual infection

2025Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.3389/fcimb.2025.1729538

Marburg Virus Disease in Ghana

2023New England Journal of MedicineJournal15 citations10.1056/nejmc2300867

Healthcare Provider Perspectives on HIV Cure Research in Ghana

2023AIDS Research and TreatmentJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding4 citations10.1155/2023/8158439

Delayed SARS-COV-2 clearance in infected persons in Ghana

2023Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gmj.v57i2.3

HIV cure strategies: which ones are appropriate for Africa?

2022Cellular and Molecular Life SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding15 citations10.1007/s00018-022-04421-z

HIV cure: an acceptability scientific agenda

2022Current Opinion in HIV and AIDSJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding9 citations10.1097/coh.0000000000000771

Isoform-Selective Versus Nonselective Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors in HIV Latency Reversal

2022AIDS Research and Human RetrovirusesJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.1089/aid.2021.0195

Who funds it

47 of 66 papers name a funder

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership20
National Institutes of Health16
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases13
European Commission12
University of Ghana10
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana7
Fogarty International Center6
Francis Crick Institute4