Alfred O. Ankrah

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

Surgery
Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Emergency Medicine

Publications: 572010–2026
Citations: 928to those papers
h-index: 16i10-index 25
Field-weighted impact: 1.681.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 20%11 of 55 scored papers
Open access: 74%42 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

57 in all

Quantification of radionuclide uptake levels for primary bone tumors
2015Journal of Radiation Research and Applied SciencesJournalOpen access6 citations10.1016/j.jrras.2014.12.011
The added value of 18F-FDG PET for the staging of patients with invasive fungal infections
2015University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology)

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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

Surgery2442%
Infectious Diseases1933%
Epidemiology1730%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging1526%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1018%
Emergency Medicine814%
Oncology814%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism611%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine59%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine59%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis15
Antifungal resistance and susceptibility9
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology9
Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis7
Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications7
Orthopedic Infections and Treatments7
Fungal Infections and Studies6
Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment6
Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications5
Hematological disorders and diagnostics4
HIV-related health complications and treatments4
Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

68% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12345931Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa48
Netherlands31
Nigeria9
Belgium7
United States4
United Kingdom3
Oman2
Switzerland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of PretoriaZA48 papers
Steve Biko HospitalZA39 papers
University Medical Center GroningenNL30 papers
University of GroningenNL27 papers
University of IlorinNG8 papers
AZ GroeningeBE6 papers
Ghent UniversityBE5 papers
Emory UniversityUS4 papers
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH4 papers
York St John UniversityGB3 papers

Where they publish

World Journal of Nuclear Medicine10
Seminars in Nuclear Medicine6
Clinical and Translational Imaging3
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging3
Journal of Nuclear Medicine3
Nuclear Medicine Communications3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being44
2Zero hunger3
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

PET/CT imaging of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Clinical and Translational Imaging3
2016125 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Tuberculosis
Seminars in Nuclear Medicine3
201794 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Comparative Study of Radionuclide Uptake Levels between Primary and Metastatic Bone Tumors

2014World Journal of Nuclear MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.4103/1450-1147.138575

Association between plasma homocysteine and myocardial SPECT abnormalities in patients referred for suspected myocardial ischaemia

2012Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.5830/cvja-2011-048

How it can be read

74% free to read

Diamond 10 · 18%Free to read and to publish
Gold 10 · 18%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 5 · 9%Free to read, no open licence
Green 12 · 21%A copy in a repository
Closed 15 · 26%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

8 of 57 papers name a funder

University of Pretoria5
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen2
Forschungszentrum Jülich1

201776 citationsWorld top 10%

Role of FDG PET/CT in monitoring treatment response in patients with invasive fungal infections

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging16

201865 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Metabolic Imaging of Infection

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

201751 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze