Geoffrey K. Amedofu

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Publishing since 1996, latest 2023

Sensory Systems
Molecular Biology
Speech and Hearing
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 141996–2023
Citations: 422to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 1.081.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%2 of 14 scored papers
Open access: 64%9 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

14 in all

Development of audiology in Ghana: past, present, and future
2023International Journal of AudiologyJournalSenior author1 citation10.1080/14992027.2023.2263813
Exome sequencing of families from Ghana reveals known and candidate hearing impairment genes
2022Communications BiologyJournalOpen access

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sensory Systems964%
Molecular Biology643%
Speech and Hearing429%
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems321%
Cognitive Neuroscience214%
Neurology214%
Cell Biology17%
Developmental and Educational Psychology17%
Genetics17%
Genetics17%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics9
Connexins and lens biology5
Noise Effects and Management4
Neuroscience of respiration and sleep3
Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation2
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study2
RNA regulation and disease2
Vestibular and auditory disorders2
Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies1
Ear Surgery and Otitis Media1
Hearing Impairment and Communication1
melanin and skin pigmentation1

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-written1223344Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa5
Germany2
Canada1
United States1
Korea1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH12 papers
University of Cape TownZA5 papers
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious PathogensGH5 papers
University of GhanaGH5 papers
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical MedicineDE2 papers
Altonaer KinderkrankenhausDE1 paper
Columbia UniversityUS1 paper
Columbia University Irving Medical CenterUS1 paper
Johns Hopkins MedicineUS1 paper
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS1 paper

Where they publish

African Journal of Health Sciences3
PubMed2
Communications Biology1
Experimental Biology and Medicine1
Frontiers in Genetics1
Genes1
Human Mutation

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being4
4Quality education3
17Partnerships for the goals2
5Gender equality1
8Decent work and economic growth1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Pattern of connexin 26 (GJB2) mutations causing sensorineural hearing impairment in Ghana
Human Mutation3
2001140 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Selection for deafness?
Nature Medicine10
200261 citations
Industrial noise pollution and its effects on the hearing capabilities of workers: A study from saw mills, printing presses and corn mills

GJB4 and GJC3 variants in non-syndromic hearing impairment in Ghana

2020Experimental Biology and MedicineJournalOpen access4 citations10.1177/1535370220931035

Characteristics of hearing-impairment among patients in Ghana

2006African Journal of Health SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author20 citations10.4314/ajhs.v12i3.30804

Hearing-impairment among workers in a surface gold mining company in Ghana

2004African Journal of Health SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding48 citations10.4314/ajhs.v9i1.30759

Utilization of Hearing Aids by the Hearing-Impaired in Ghana

2004Tropical DoctorJournalFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1177/004947550403400228

Selection for deafness?

2002Nature MedicineJournal61 citations10.1038/nm1202-1332

Perspective on noise induced hearing loss in Africa.

1996PubMedJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

International Journal of Audiology1

How it can be read

64% free to read

Diamond 3 · 21%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 21%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 36%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 14 papers name a funder

National Human Genome Research Institute5
Wellcome Trust5
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute3
National Institutes of Health3
African Academy of Sciences1
Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa1
King's College London1
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders1

African Journal of Health Sciences

200553 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Hearing-impairment among workers in a surface gold mining company in Ghana

African Journal of Health Sciences8

200448 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

GJB2 and GJB6 Mutations in Non-Syndromic Childhood Hearing Impairment in Ghana

Frontiers in Genetics4

201947 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold