Venus Frimpong

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicinefrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2018, latest 2026

Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Surgery
Small Animals
Clinical Biochemistry
Microbiology

Publications: 82018–2026
Citations: 60to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 1.321.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%2 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 100%8 papers free to read

4 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

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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

8 in all

Field deployment of a mobile suitcase laboratory for Buruli ulcer diagnosis in Ghana
2026PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0013683
Comparative performance of portable DNA extraction protocols and bioinformatics workflows for rapid detection of gram-negative bacteria and antimicrobial resistance using Oxford Nanopore sequencing

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology675%
Infectious Diseases450%
Surgery338%
Small Animals225%
Clinical Biochemistry113%
Microbiology113%
Molecular Biology113%
Molecular Medicine113%
Water Science and Technology113%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis5
Dermatological diseases and infestations2
Infectious Diseases and Mycology2
Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis2
Actinomycetales infections and treatment1
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria1
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing1
Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research1
Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research1
Fecal contamination and water quality1
Fungal Infections and Studies1
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

88% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom4
Germany2
Switzerland1
Cameroon1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH5 papers
Leipzig UniversityDE2 papers
St George's, University of LondonGB2 papers
Presbyterian University, GhanaGH2 papers
Hospital for Tropical DiseasesGB1 paper
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB1 paper
University of CambridgeGB1 paper
World Health OrganizationCH1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper

Where they publish

PLoS neglected tropical diseases3
BMC Public Health1
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1
Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases1
Microbiology Spectrum1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Gold 8 · 100%In an open-access journal

Who funds it

6 of 8 papers name a funder

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership3
European Commission2
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2
American Leprosy Missions1
Medical Research Council1
National Institute for Health and Care Research1
University of Cambridge1
World Health Organization1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being4
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

Multi-centric evaluation of Biomeme Franklin Mobile qPCR for rapid detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical specimens
PLoS neglected tropical diseases9
202317 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Role and capacity needs of community based surveillance volunteers in the integrated management of skin neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs): a qualitative study from central Ghana
BMC Public Health
202313 citationsOpen access · Gold
Evaluating the Contribution of Nocardia spp. and Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Pulmonary Infections among HIV and Non-HIV Patients at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology3
201812 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Barriers to Buruli ulcer treatment completion in the Ashanti and Central Regions, Ghana
PLoS neglected tropical diseases3
202011 citationsOpen access · Gold
Clinical and microbiological predictors of healing in Buruli ulcer disease
Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases3
20247 citationsOpen access · Gold

Microbiology Spectrum

Clinical and microbiological predictors of healing in Buruli ulcer disease

2024Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial DiseasesJournalOpen access7 citations10.1016/j.jctube.2024.100415