Florence Akumiah

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Physician Specialist/Cardiology Fellow-In-Training, National Cardiothoracic Centre, since 2018per ORCID
Physician Specialist/ Cardiology Fellow-In-Training, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, since 2018per ORCID

Publishing since 2023, latest 2026

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medicine

Publications: 172023–2026
Citations: 67to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.351.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 29%5 of 17 scored papers
Open access: 88%15 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine741%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Physician Specialist/Cardiology Fellow-In-Training, CardiologyNational Cardiothoracic Centresince 2018
Physician Specialist/ Cardiology Fellow-In-Training, Department of Medicine and TherapeuticsKorle Bu Teaching Hospitalsince 2018

Education

MPH, Global and International HealthKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2025–2026
Member, Internal MedicineWest African College of Physicians2019–2022

Publications

17 in all

Perspectives of patients, caregivers and health care practitioners on heart failure management: a narrative review with lessons for Ghana
2026Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.5830/cvja-2025-100
2026 ISH guidelines for the management of hypertension in Africa: the International Society of Hypertension (ISH) African Regional Advisory Group and the Pan African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR)

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health529%

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism318%

Emergency Medical Services212%

Emergency Medicine212%

General Health Professions212%

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health212%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies5
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology5
Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention3
Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors2
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins2
Global Health Care Issues2
Global Maternal and Child Health2
Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health2
Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases1
Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes1
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation1
Cardiac Health and Mental Health1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

65% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria7
United Kingdom5
United States4
Kenya4
Netherlands4
Tanzania4
Mozambique3
Sierra Leone2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH9 papers
University of AmsterdamNL4 papers
Amsterdam University Medical CentersNL4 papers
Muhimbili Orthopaedic InstituteTZ4 papers
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied SciencesTZ4 papers
Ladoke Akintola University of TechnologyNG4 papers
Olusegun Agagu University of Science and TechnologyNG3 papers
University of AbujaNG3 papers
University of Medical Sciences, OndoNG3 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH3 papers

Where they publish

Cureus3
Global Heart3
Journal of Hypertension2
African Journal of Bioethics1
American Journal of Preventive Cardiology1
Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa1
Developing World Bioethics1
Discover Public Health1

How it can be read

88% free to read

Diamond 7 · 41%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 29%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 12%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 2 · 12%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being5
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Member, Internal Medicine

MSc, Preventative Cardiovascular MedicineUniversity of South Wales2017–2018

Post-graduate Diploma, Preventative Cardiovascular MedicineUniversity of South Wales2016–2017

2026Journal of HypertensionJournal0 citations10.1097/hjh.0000000000004411

Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Burden in Ghana: A Scoping Review

2023Journal of Clinical and Preventive CardiologyJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.4103/jcpc.jcpc_1_23

The Equitability of Universal Vaccine Mandates – A Bioethical Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine

2023African Journal of BioethicsJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.58177/ajb230004

Who funds it

1 of 17 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center1