D. Adu

University of Ghana

Publishing since 1976, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Nephrology
Physiology
Genetics
Genetics
Management of Technology and Innovation

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 131976–2026
Citations: 128to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 1.261.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%1 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 46%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

13 in all

Beverage patterns, blood pressure, and proteinuria among West Africans with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional analysis of the diet, CKD, and apolipoprotein L1 study
2026Frontiers in NutritionJournalOpen access0 citations10.3389/fnut.2026.1724375
APOL1 kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

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Citations received each year

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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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health538%
Nephrology431%
Physiology323%
Genetics215%
Genetics215%
Management of Technology and Innovation215%
Nutrition and Dietetics215%
Clinical Biochemistry18%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism18%
Epidemiology18%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Nutritional Studies and Diet4
Blood donation and transfusion practices2
Dialysis and Renal Disease Management2
Diet and metabolism studies2
Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies2
Sodium Intake and Health2
Actinomycetales infections and treatment1
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing1
Blood groups and transfusion1
Celiac Disease Research and Management1
Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes1
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

54% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234456Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States7
Nigeria7
Canada5
United Kingdom1
Belgium1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Kansas Medical CenterUS6 papers
University of IbadanNG6 papers
Boston UniversityUS5 papers
Duke Medical CenterUS5 papers
Duke UniversityUS5 papers
Women's College HospitalCA5 papers
University of NigeriaNG5 papers
University of KansasUS4 papers
University of AbujaNG4 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH4 papers

Where they publish

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology4
BMC Nephrology1
BMJ1
Frontiers in Nutrition1
Ghana Medical Journal1
Journal of Medical Case Reports1
Kidney International

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger6
3Good health and well-being4

Most cited

Acute renal failure in tropical Africa.
BMJ3
197640 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Hypertension and end-stage renal failure in tropical Africa.
PubMed3
199337 citations
APOL1 kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference
Kidney International

Kidney International

Association of Macronutrients with CKD Progression in West Africans

2024Journal of the American Society of NephrologyJournal0 citations10.1681/asn.20245vyyq71s

Dietary Patterns and Kidney Function in West Africans with CKD

2023Journal of the American Society of NephrologyJournal0 citations10.1681/asn.20233411s1347d

Hypertension and end-stage renal failure in tropical Africa.

1993PubMedJournalSenior author37 citations

Acute renal failure in tropical Africa.

1976BMJJournalOpen accessFirst author40 citations10.1136/bmj.1.6014.890

Nuclear Medicine Communications1

How it can be read

46% free to read

Diamond 1 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 23%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 7 · 54%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 13 papers name a funder

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases3
National Institutes of Health2
National Human Genome Research Institute1

World top 10%Open access · Hybrid

SINGLE BLOOD SAMPLE ESTIMATION OF GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE

Nuclear Medicine Communications

198010 citations