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Josephine Akpalu · Sankore

University of Ghana

Josephine Akpalu

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-2873-3703

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Publications

25

Citations

123

h-index

7

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

4

Works published 2022 onward have been swept for this country. Figures are complete within that window, to the extent the open indexes are.

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Every institution this scholar has appeared with on a work, by how many.

University of Ghana22 works
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital4 works
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2 works
University of Health and Allied Sciences1 works

Publications

25 works in the graph, newest first.

Factors Associated With Health‐Related Quality of Life in Ghanaian Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross‐Sectional Study
2026Health Science ReportsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1002/hsr2.72435
Antecedent sedative use is independently associated with stroke occurrence among west Africans: Evidence from the SIREN case-control study
2025eNeurologicalSciJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.ensci.2025.100573
A cross-sectional analysis of patient-based records on mortality among patients with diabetic ketoacidosis in a tertiary hospital in Ghana
2025Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gmj.v59i2.1
Attaining Comprehensive Diabetes Care in Ghana: Insights of Policymakers and Diabetes Experts
2025Current Medical IssuesJournalOpen access0 citations10.4103/cmi.cmi_83_25

Renal manifestations and diabetes mellitus: the missing link

2025Elsevier eBooksBook ChapterFirst author0 citations10.1016/b978-0-443-33090-2.00009-6

Renal osteodystrophy: new developments and challenges

2025Elsevier eBooksBook Chapter0 citations10.1016/b978-0-443-33090-2.00019-9

Lipid mediators in genitourinary impairment: current developments and future perspectives

2025Elsevier eBooksBook ChapterFirst author0 citations10.1016/b978-0-443-33090-2.00012-6

Novel functional insights into ischemic stroke biology provided by the first genome-wide association study of stroke in indigenous Africans

2024Genome MedicineJournalOpen access21 citations10.1186/s13073-023-01273-5

Factors associated with frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption among selected sub-Saharan African populations: evidence from the Cardiovascular H3Africa Innovation Resource Project

2024International Journal of EpidemiologyJournalOpen access9 citations10.1093/ije/dyad171

Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus infection among women with diabetes mellitus in Accra, Ghana

2024BMC Women s HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.1186/s12905-024-03078-z

A national audit of facilities, human and material resources for the comprehensive management of diabetes in Ghana-A 2023 update

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access4 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0303624

Clinical Approach to Adrenal Insufficiency

2024Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.60014/pmjg.v13i1.329

Patient-level and system-level determinants of stroke fatality across 16 large hospitals in Ghana and Nigeria: a prospective cohort study

2023The Lancet Global HealthJournalOpen access35 citations10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00038-4

Clinical characteristics and severity of diabetic ketoacidosis: A cross‐sectional study from a tertiary hospital in Ghana

2023Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen access4 citations10.1111/tmi.13919

Quality of life in Ghanaian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus compared with non diabetic controls and caregivers’ report

2023Journal of Advanced Pediatrics and Child HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding2 citations10.29328/journal.japch.1001055

Clinical and neuroimaging factors associated with 30-day fatality among indigenous West Africans with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

2023Journal of the Neurological SciencesJournalOpen access3 citations10.1016/j.jns.2023.122848

A multi-centre investigation of macrovascular and non-ocular microvascular complications in children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus in southern Ghana

2023Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/gmj.v57i2.2

Parathyroid Hormone Resistance: An Uncommon Cause of Hypocalcaemia in an Adult Ghanaian Female.

2023PubMedJournalFirst author0 citations

Dietary patterns associated with stroke among West Africans: A case–control study

2022International Journal of StrokeJournal16 citations10.1177/17474930221094933

A Cross-Sectional Study of Ocular Changes in Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus in Selected Health Facilities in Ghana

2022International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen access10 citations10.3390/ijerph19095295

Secondhand smoke exposure is independently associated with stroke among non-smoking adults in West Africa

2022Journal of the Neurological SciencesJournalOpen access7 citations10.1016/j.jns.2022.120489

Differential associations between pre-diabetes, diabetes and stroke occurrence among West Africans

2022Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular DiseasesJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106805

International collaboration for the development of clinical guidelines in low and middle-income countries: case study on the development of a national framework and clinical guidelines for diabetic retinopathy in Ghana

2022EyeJournalOpen access1 citations10.1038/s41433-022-02002-9

Management of recurrent pheochromocytoma in pregnancy in a young Ghanaian

2022Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/gmj.v56i4.14

Visual Impairment in Ghanaian Patients with Brain Tumours, Factors Affecting This and Their Prognostic Significance

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen access0 citations10.60014/pmjg.v6i1.103