J C Dakubo

University of Ghana

Publishing since 2007, latest 2025

Surgery
Oncology
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Cancer Research

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 422007–2025
Citations: 608to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 15
Field-weighted impact: 0.551.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 2%1 of 42 scored papers
Open access: 86%36 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

42 in all

Effectiveness of betamethasone dipropionate versus methylprednisolone acetate intra-articular injection in the management of pain in primary osteoarthritis of the knee
2025Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access4 citations10.4314/gmj.v59i2.6
Assessing Colorectal Care Capacity at an Urban Tertiary Hospital in Ghana
2025Annals of Global Health

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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

Surgery2457%
Oncology1433%
Epidemiology614%
Infectious Diseases37%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine37%
Cancer Research25%
Ecology25%
Emergency Medical Services25%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism25%
Gastroenterology25%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection8
Diverticular Disease and Complications5
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening4
Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments3
Esophageal and GI Pathology3
Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments3
Microscopic Colitis3
Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques3
Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes2
Breast Cancer Treatment Studies2
Breast Implant and Reconstruction2
Cancer survivorship and care2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

7% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States2
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH27 papers
University of Ghana Medical CentreGH6 papers
University of MichiganUS2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH2 papers
Ghana College of Physicians and SurgeonsGH2 papers
37 Military HospitalGH2 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH2 papers
Michigan MedicineUS1 paper
University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesUS1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Medical Journal7
PubMed7
Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana5
East African Medical Journal3
International Journal of Clinical Medicine3
Journal of the West African College of Surgeons2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being30
1No poverty2
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Why do breast cancer patients report late or abscond during treatment in ghana? A pilot study.
PubMed3
2009126 citationsOpen access · Green
Psychosocial aspects of breast cancer treatement in Accra, Ghana
East African Medical Journal3
201060 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Gastro-duodenal peptic ulcer perforation

The prevalence and management outcomes of diverticular disease in a tertiary facility in Ghana

2024Journal of the West African College of SurgeonsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4103/jwas.jwas_235_22

Anorectal malignant mucosal melanoma

2022Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.4314/gmj.v56i4.12

Mucinous adenocarcinoma of a tailgut cyst

2022Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.4314/gmj.v56i1.8

Gossypiboma: a Preventable Continuing Surgical Error

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.60014/pmjg.v2i2.39

In-hospital Mortalities in General Surgery Unit, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.60014/pmjg.v3i1.52

Human Pentastomiasis in Upper East Region of Ghana: Report of Two Cases

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.60014/pmjg.v3i1.59

Surgical Oncological Mortalities: A Fifteen Year Analysis in Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.60014/pmjg.v5i2.160

Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Histopathological Review in Accra, Ghana

2017Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.9734/bjmmr/2017/31822

Day Case Haemorrhoidectomy under Local Anaesthesia and Conscious Sedation

2015International Journal of Clinical MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.4236/ijcm.2015.66051

Utilisation and diagnostic yield of large bowel endoscopy at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital

2014Journal of Medical and Biomedical SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.4314/jmbs.v3i1.2

Mastectomy Blood Loss: Can We Predict the Need for Blood Transfusion?

2014International Journal of Clinical MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.4236/ijcm.2014.520164

Update of Aetiological Patterns of Adult Gastric Outlet Obstruction in Accra, Ghana

2014International Journal of Clinical MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.4236/ijcm.2014.517136

Spontaneous extra-hepatic bile duct perforation postpartum.

2013PubMedJournalOpen access6 citations

Colorectal Carcinoma: An Update of Current Trends in Accra

2011West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author37 citations10.4314/wajm.v29i3.68218

Psychosocial aspects of breast cancer treatement in Accra, Ghana

2010East African Medical JournalJournalOpen access60 citations10.4314/eamj.v86i7.54152

Gastro-duodenal peptic ulcer perforation

2010East African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author51 citations10.4314/eamj.v86i3.54964

During treatment in Ghana? A pilot study

2010Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access24 citations10.4314/gmj.v43i3.55338

An intra-abdominal gossypiboma.

2009PubMedJournalOpen accessFirst author16 citations

Outcome of barium enema in patients with colorectal symptoms

2009Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.4314/gmj.v42i3.43610

Totemism and the transmission of human pentastomiasis.

2008PubMedJournalOpen accessFirst author18 citations

Human pentatomiasis: A case report

2007West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author13 citations10.4314/wajm.v25i2.28271

West African Journal of Medicine2

How it can be read

86% free to read

Diamond 24 · 57%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 7%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 6 · 14%A copy in a repository
Closed 6 · 14%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 42 papers name a funder

National Cancer Institute1
Yale University1

East African Medical Journal

201051 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Distinct molecular features of colorectal cancer in Ghana

Cancer Epidemiology3

201342 citationsOpen access · Green

Colorectal Carcinoma: An Update of Current Trends in Accra

West African Journal of Medicine3

201137 citationsOpen access · Diamond