F K Nkrumah

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

Publishing since 1972, latest 2019

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Oncology
Immunology
Genetics

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 1201972–2019
Citations: 5,345to those papers
h-index: 42i10-index 91
Field-weighted impact: 2.141.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 23%28 of 120 scored papers
Open access: 33%40 papers free to read

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

120 in all

Health education and community participation in the control of urinary schistosomiasis in Ghana.
1999PubMedJournal23 citations
A study on the provocative day test effect of ivermectin and albendazole on nocturnal periodic Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia
1999Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal5 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(99)90066-4

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4941%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine2420%
Infectious Diseases2218%
Oncology2218%
Immunology1916%
Genetics1613%
Parasitology1613%
Hematology1311%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1210%
Epidemiology108%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control41
Mosquito-borne diseases and control26
Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment23
Viral-associated cancers and disorders18
Parasites and Host Interactions16
Global Maternal and Child Health9
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders9
Parasite Biology and Host Interactions9
CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment8
Complement system in diseases8
Iron Metabolism and Disorders7
Child Nutrition and Water Access6

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

57% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written123461013Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States43
Zimbabwe19
Denmark13
United Kingdom12
Japan10
Australia9
Uganda6
Brazil3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH75 papers
National Cancer InstituteUS23 papers
National Institutes of HealthUS20 papers
University of ZimbabweZW19 papers
University of CopenhagenDK13 papers
Copenhagen University HospitalDK12 papers
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics11 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH11 papers
Navrongo Health Research CentreGH9 papers
RigshospitaletDK8 papers

Where they publish

PubMed21
International Journal of Cancer11
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene11
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics10
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene5
The Lancet4

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being70
2Zero hunger12
14Life below water7
6Clean water and sanitation2
17Partnerships for the goals2
1No poverty1
4Quality education1
11

Most cited

Sub-Saharan Africa's Mothers, Newborns, and Children: Where and Why Do They Die?
PLoS Medicine
2010446 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Low plasma concentrations of interleukin 10 in severe malarial anaemia compared with cerebral and uncomplicated malaria
The Lancet3
1998331 citationsWorld top 10%
Malaria‐related beliefs and behaviour in southern Ghana: implications for treatment, prevention and control

Risk Factors for the Prevalence of Malnutrition among Urban Children in Ghana.

1998Journal of Nutritional Science and VitaminologyJournalOpen accessSenior author46 citations10.3177/jnsv.44.391

Exfoliative skin manifestations in acute lymphatic filariasis

1998Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal10 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(98)90905-1

Immunity to malaria in African infants

1998Parasitology InternationalJournalSenior author0 citations10.1016/s1383-5769(98)80131-1

A monoclonal antibody-based dipstick assay for diagnosis of urinary schistosomiasis

1997Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal28 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(97)90024-9

Fever in Africa and WHO recommendation

1997The LancetJournalSenior author11 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(05)63981-5

Lymphatic filariasis on the coast of Ghana

1996Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal88 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90414-9

A longitudinal study of malaria infection, morbidity and antibody titres in infants of a rural community in Ghana

1995Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author20 citations10.1016/0035-9203(95)90107-8

Seasonality of rotavirus infection in Ghana

1994Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalSenior author45 citations10.1080/02724936.1994.11747721

A three-year prospective study of 137 cases of acute leukaemia in Zimbabwe.

1992PubMedJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations

The challenges of ambiguous genitalia.

1992PubMedJournalSenior author1 citation

Wilms' tumour (nephroblastoma) in Zimbabwe

1989Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst author12 citations10.1080/02724936.1989.11748604

Congenital syphilis in the newborn.

1988Archives of Disease in ChildhoodJournalOpen accessSenior author58 citations10.1136/adc.63.11.1393

Paediatric oncology in the developing world: an African perspective

1987Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1080/02724936.1987.11748498

Paediatric intensive care in Harare

1987Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalSenior author3 citations10.1080/02724936.1987.11748526

Recent Trends in Child Health and Survival in Zimbabwe

1987Journal of Tropical PediatricsJournalFirst author1 citation10.1093/tropej/33.3.153

Tropical Medicine & International Health

How it can be read

33% free to read

Diamond 2 · 2%Free to read and to publish
Gold 10 · 8%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 1%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 12 · 10%Free to read, no open licence
Green 15 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 80 · 67%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

41 of 120 papers name a funder

National Institutes of Health12
National Cancer Institute10
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana10
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases9
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services7
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute5
Japan International Cooperation Agency5
Naval Medical Research Center4

Sustainable cities and communities

Tropical Medicine & International Health3

1997217 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Malaria transmission dynamics at a site in northern Ghana proposed for testing malaria vaccines

Tropical Medicine & International Health

2004164 citationsWorld top 10%