Francis Ofei

University of Cape Coast

Publishing since 1994, latest 2019

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Emergency Medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Surgery
Biotechnology
Economics and Econometrics

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 91994–2019
Citations: 235to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 1.021.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 11%1 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 67%6 papers free to read

2 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

9 in all

Use of evidence and negotiation in the review of national standard treatment guidelines and essential medicines list: experience from Ghana
2019Health Policy and PlanningJournalOpen accessSenior author29 citations10.1093/heapol/czz107
Unrecognized human immunodeficiency virus infection and risk factors among elderly medical patients at the Korle Bu teaching hospital, Accra, Ghana

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism556%
Emergency Medicine333%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health222%
Surgery222%
Biotechnology111%
Economics and Econometrics111%
Epidemiology111%
Family Practice111%
Health Information Management111%
Infectious Diseases111%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins4
HIV-related health complications and treatments3
Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors1
Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills1
Diet and metabolism studies1
Diet, Metabolism, and Disease1
Global Health and Epidemiology1
Global Maternal and Child Health1
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life1
HIV Research and Treatment1
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions1
Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

22% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States1
South Africa1
Switzerland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH8 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH3 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH2 papers
University of South DakotaUS1 paper
World Health OrganizationCH1 paper
University of Cape TownZA1 paper
University of the Free StateZA1 paper
Ministry of HealthGH1 paper
Rhodes UniversityZA1 paper

Where they publish

PubMed4
Academic Medicine1
Ghana Medical Journal1
Health Policy and Planning1
Journal of Internal Medicine1
Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines1

How it can be read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being5
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Obesity - a preventable disease.
PubMed3
2005133 citationsOpen access · Green
Use of evidence and negotiation in the review of national standard treatment guidelines and essential medicines list: experience from Ghana
Health Policy and Planning
201929 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
The metabolic syndrome among patients with cardiovascular disease in Accra, Ghana.
PubMed