Ohene Adjei

University of Ghana

Publishing since 1988, latest 2015

Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Parasitology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Insect Science

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 811988–2015
Citations: 5,623to those papers
h-index: 42i10-index 78
Field-weighted impact: 3.581.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 43%35 of 81 scored papers
Open access: 58%47 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

81 in all

Immune responses after single‐dose sulphadoxine–pyrimethamine indicate underestimation of protective efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment in infants
2007Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournal14 citations10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01902.x
Doxycycline Reduces Plasma VEGF-C/sVEGFR-3 and Improves Pathology in Lymphatic Filariasis
2006PLoS Pathogens

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases5264%
Epidemiology3240%
Parasitology1923%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1822%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis1620%
Insect Science1620%
Small Animals1215%
Surgery1215%
Ecology79%
Oncology56%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment33
Mycobacterium research and diagnosis27
Parasites and Host Interactions17
Insects and Parasite Interactions16
Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences15
Malaria Research and Control15
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology15
Infectious Diseases and Mycology12
Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis10
Mosquito-borne diseases and control10
Parasite Biology and Host Interactions7
Lymphatic System and Diseases4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

95% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Germany67
United Kingdom21
Netherlands7
France5
United States4
Switzerland4
Belgium3
Italy3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH63 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH61 papers
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical MedicineDE48 papers
University of BonnDE23 papers
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenDE16 papers
University Hospital BonnDE14 papers
Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineGB11 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH10 papers
Ministry of HealthGH10 papers
St George's, University of LondonGB9 papers

Where they publish

Clinical Infectious Diseases7
Tropical Medicine & International Health7
Parasitology Research5
PLoS neglected tropical diseases5
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene4
Emerging infectious diseases4

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being50
2Zero hunger10
15Life on land3
17Partnerships for the goals3
14Life below water2
6Clean water and sanitation1

Most cited

Endosymbiotic bacteria in worms as targets for a novel chemotherapy in filariasis
The Lancet3
2000310 citationsWorld top 10%
Depletion of wolbachia endobacteria in Onchocerca volvulus by doxycycline and microfilaridermia after ivermectin treatment
The Lancet3
2001283 citationsWorld top 10%
Antimicrobial treatment for early, limited Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: a randomised controlled trial

A stepwise approach to the laboratory diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease

2006Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalSenior author42 citations10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01761.x

Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in Kumasi, Ghana

2006Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author39 citations10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.08.014

Mycobacterium tuberculosisDrug Resistance, Ghana

2006Emerging infectious diseasesJournalOpen access39 citations10.3201/eid1207.051028

Mycobacterium ulcerans disease.

2005PubMedJournalOpen access210 citations

Urinary tract infections in African infants

2004International Journal of Antimicrobial AgentsJournalFirst authorCorresponding64 citations10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2004.02.007

Reliable and frequent detection of adult Wuchereria bancrofti in Ghanaian women by ultrasonography

2004Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding33 citations10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01304.x

An outreach education and treatment project in Ghana for the early stage of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease

2003Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal26 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90105-2

Squamous cell carcinoma secondary to Buruli ulcer

1999Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal26 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(99)90181-5

Phenytoin in the treatment of Buruli ulcer

1998Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst authorCorresponding31 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(98)90977-4

Scabies and Streptococcal Skin Infection in Ghana

1988Tropical DoctorJournalSenior author13 citations10.1177/004947558801800403

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Medical Microbiology and Immunology4

How it can be read

58% free to read

Diamond 4 · 5%Free to read and to publish
Gold 14 · 17%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 9 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 14 · 17%Free to read, no open licence
Green 6 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 34 · 42%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

48 of 81 papers name a funder

European Commission20
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst11
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft8
Pfizer6
Volkswagen Foundation6
Medical Research Council5
Wellcome Trust5
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation4

2010282 citationsWorld top 10%