Obed Ofori Nyarko

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

PhD, University of Colorado Denver University of Colorado Medicine, since 2022per ORCID
Medical Doctor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2020per ORCID

Publishing since 2019, latest 2024

Physician, physiologist, Ph.D candidate, editorial manager of the AfriJCMR, multiple grant awarded physician-scientist and published author studying the mechanism of heart failure and hypertension From ORCID

Infectious Diseases
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Nutrition and Dietetics
Epidemiology
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Modeling and Simulation

In their own words

Physiology
Hypertension

Publications: 162019–2024
Citations: 92to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 0.651.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 13%2 of 16 scored papers
Open access: 100%16 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

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

PhD, Integrated physiologyUniversity of Colorado Denver University of Colorado Medicinesince 2022
Medical DoctorKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2020
Dr., Department of MedicineKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospitalsince 2019
Instructor, Science Summer campUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus2023–2032

Education

PhD, Integrated physiologyUniversity of Colorado Denver University of Colorado Medicine

Publications

16 in all

Addressing the challenges in laboratory confirmation of paediatric tuberculosis: the role of induced sputum specimen
2024African Journal of Current Medical ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.31191/afrijcmr.v7i1.119
Awareness of and participation in mass drug administration programs used for onchocerciasis control in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District, Ghana

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Subfields

Infectious Diseases744%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine425%
Nutrition and Dietetics425%
Epidemiology319%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis213%
Modeling and Simulation213%
Oncology213%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management213%
Parasitology213%
Surgery213%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies4
Sodium Intake and Health3
COVID-19 epidemiological studies2
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology2
Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis2
Parasites and Host Interactions2
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment2
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections2
Acute Kidney Injury Research1
Antibiotic Use and Resistance1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Climate Change and Health Impacts1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

50% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States4
Denmark2
United Kingdom2
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH12 papers
University of Colorado DenverUS2 papers
Imperial College LondonGB2 papers
University of CopenhagenDK2 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH2 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Arizona State UniversityUS1 paper
University of UtahUS1 paper
University of PittsburghUS1 paper

Where they publish

African Journal of Current Medical Research5
European Heart Journal Supplements2
African Journal of Nephrology1
Clinical Medicine Insights Cardiology1
Global Health Research and Policy1
Journal of Public Health in Africa1
Journal of the Pan African Thoracic Society1
JRSM Cardiovascular Disease1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Diamond 9 · 56%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 25%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 19%Open in a subscription journal

Who funds it

4 of 16 papers name a funder

Danish International Development Agency2
International Society of Hypertension2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being14
4Quality education1

Most cited

Burden of hypertension in Ghana – Analysis of awareness and screening campaign in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
JRSM Cardiovascular Disease3
202225 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Prevalence of Hypertension in Ghana: Analysis of an Awareness and Screening Campaign in 2019
Clinical Medicine Insights Cardiology
202222 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Mass drug administration targeting Onchocerca volvulus in Owabi catchment area in Ashanti Region, Ghana: Determinants of drug coverage and drug uptake.
Parasite Epidemiology and Control3
202118 citationsOpen access · Gold
May Measurement Month 2018: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Ghana
European Heart Journal Supplements3
202011 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Ghana-Sub-Saharan Africa
European Heart Journal Supplements3
20216 citationsOpen access · Hybrid

Medicine and Surgery, School of Medical SciencesKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2016–2019

MBCHB Medicine and Surgery, School of Medical SciencesKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Health Sciences2013–2019

Honours, memberships and service

Early career researcherAmerican Society of Nephrologysince 2023
Early career researcher, Cardiovascular physiologyInternational Society for Heart Researchsince 2023
Ghana Medical Associationsince 2019
American Physiological Society

Global Health Research and Policy

Exploring the knowledge, attitude, and practices of over-the-counter medical sellers in Ghana

2023Journal of Public Health in AfricaJournalOpen accessCorresponding1 citation10.4081/jphia.2023.2122

Prevalence of Hypertension in Ghana: Analysis of an Awareness and Screening Campaign in 2019

2022Clinical Medicine Insights CardiologyJournalOpen accessCorresponding22 citations10.1177/11795468221120092

Morel-Lavallée Lesion on the Left Calf of a Young Ghanaian Female – A Case Report

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.60014/pmjg.v11i1.281

A broken bone no longer a burden to carry: a destination in sight

2021African Journal of Current Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.31191/afrijcmr.v4i2.70

Preparedness of Africa for the Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19)

2020African Journal of Current Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.31191/afrijcmr.v4i1.55

Insights into an H1N1 outbreak in a developing country

2020African Journal of Current Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.31191/afrijcmr.v4i1.40

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