K Owusu-Darko

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2002, latest 2018

Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Clinical Biochemistry
Food Science
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Biomedical Engineering

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 82002–2018
Citations: 618to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 1.751.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 13%1 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 63%5 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

8 in all

First Nationwide Survey on the Resistance to First Line Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs in Ghana
2018Journal of Tuberculosis ResearchJournalOpen access2 citations10.4236/jtr.2018.61007
Diagnosis of tuberculosis in Ghana: The role of laboratory training
2011Ghana Medical JournalJournal

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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

Infectious Diseases563%
Epidemiology338%
Clinical Biochemistry225%
Food Science225%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health225%
Biomedical Engineering113%
Endocrinology113%
Family Practice113%
Organic Chemistry113%
Surgery113%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology5
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing2
Food Safety and Hygiene2
Malaria Research and Control2
Mycobacterium research and diagnosis2
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections2
Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology2
Antimicrobial agents and applications1
Biosensors and Analytical Detection1
Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills1
Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis1
Escherichia coli research studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their papers have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH7 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Medical Journal3
PubMed3
Journal of Tuberculosis Research1
West African Journal of Medicine1

How it can be read

63% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being2
4Quality education1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Street foods in Accra, Ghana: how safe are they?
PubMed
2002472 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Mycobacterial species causing pulmonary tuberculosis At the korle bu teaching hospital, Accra,
Ghana Medical Journal10
201042 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Microbiological quality of “Khebab” consumed in the Accra metropolis

Evaluation of two novel Ziehl-Neelsen methods for tuberculosis diagnosis

2006West African Journal of MedicineJournalSenior author15 citations10.4314/wajm.v24i4.28224

Diamond 4 · 50%Free to read and to publish

Green 1 · 13%A copy in a repository

Closed 3 · 38%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 8 papers name a funder

Department for International Development2
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria2
Japan International Cooperation Agency2
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana2
African Academy of Sciences1
Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa1
Government of the United Kingdom1
New Partnership for Africa's Development1

Ghana Medical Journal

200628 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Diagnosis of tuberculosis in Ghana: The role of laboratory training

Ghana Medical Journal

201122 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Improving the laboratory diagnosis of TB in Ghana: the impact of a quality assurance system.

PubMed4

200621 citations