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Benedict Calys‐Tagoe · Sankore

University of Ghana

Benedict Calys‐Tagoe

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-6133-240X

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Publications

46

Citations

197

h-index

9

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

i10-index

7

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 Ghana41 works
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital12 works
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2 works
University of Health and Allied Sciences1 works
University College Hospital, Ibadan1 works

Publications

46 works in the graph, newest first.

Dose–response association between vegetable consumption and dyslipidaemia among continental Africans in five countries: evidence from the SIREN and AWI-Gen studies
2026Cardiovascular ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.1093/cvr/cvag032
Coffee and tea intake and stroke events among West Africans: findings from the SIREN Study
2026BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12913-026-14379-4
Building qualitative research capacity in the global health workforce and developing a community of practice in parts of sub-Saharan Africa: a case study
2026BMC Medical EducationJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12909-026-09190-y
Additional file 1 of Building qualitative research capacity in the global health workforce and developing a community of practice in parts of sub-Saharan Africa: a case study
2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32583990.v1

Additional file 1 of Building qualitative research capacity in the global health workforce and developing a community of practice in parts of sub-Saharan Africa: a case study

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32583990

Additional file 2 of Building qualitative research capacity in the global health workforce and developing a community of practice in parts of sub-Saharan Africa: a case study

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32583996

Additional file 2 of Building qualitative research capacity in the global health workforce and developing a community of practice in parts of sub-Saharan Africa: a case study

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32583996.v1

Patients’ Satisfaction with Post Stroke Care at the Stroke Unit of a Tertiary Health Facility in Ghana (P9-5.007)

2026NeurologyJournal0 citations10.1212/wnl.0000000000213093

The role of community advisory boards in enhancing recruitment and retention in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia research in Africa: Experience from the READD‐ADSP study

2025Alzheimer s & DementiaJournalOpen access3 citations10.1002/alz.70529

Research participants’ perception of ethical issues in stroke genomics and neurobiobanking research in Africa

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0292906

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and severity of intracerebral hemorrhage: Insights from the SIREN study

2025Journal of the Neurological SciencesJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.jns.2025.123555

Low vegetable consumption doubles the odds of stroke among people with hypertension: Findings from the SIREN Study in West Africa

2025International Journal of StrokeJournal1 citations10.1177/17474930251349474

Exploring Knowledge, Beliefs, And Misconceptions on Breast Cancer in an Urban Fishing Community in Ghana - A Qualitative Study

2025Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen access0 citations10.60014/pmjg.v14i1.394

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

Communicating the ethical, legal, and social issues in neurobiobanking and stroke genomic research in Africa: Project intervention tools development and evaluation procedures

2025Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular DiseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2025.108378

Knowledge and perceptions about Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, mother-to-child transmission of HIV and HIV prevalence among antenatal attendees of a Ghanaian tertiary health institution: a cross sectional study

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12889-025-24399-0

Law Versus What People Want: Stroke Neurobiobanking and Genomics Research in Nigeria and Ghana

2025Journal of African LawJournalOpen access0 citations10.1017/s0021855325100685

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

Dietary patterns associated with hypertension among stroke-free indigenous Africans: insights from the Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network study

2024Journal of HypertensionJournalOpen access5 citations10.1097/hjh.0000000000003662

Health-seeking behaviour of breast cancer patients receiving care at a tertiary institution in Ghana

2024ecancermedicalscienceJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.3332/ecancer.2024.1756

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

Knowledge of breast cancer among patients undergoing breast cancer treatment at a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana

2024ecancermedicalscienceJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.3332/ecancer.2024.1808

Satisfaction levels and associated influencing factors among inpatients and outpatients with breast cancer at a tertiary health facility in Ghana

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citations10.4314/gmj.v58i1.3

Lung Cancer in Ghana

2024Journal of Thoracic OncologyJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.jtho.2024.03.018

Association between alcohol consumption and stroke in Nigeria and Ghana: A case–control study

2024International Journal of StrokeJournalOpen access1 citations10.1177/17474930241308458

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

Determinants of First‐Ever Stroke Severity in West Africans: Evidence From the SIREN Study

2023Journal of the American Heart AssociationJournalOpen access11 citations10.1161/jaha.122.027888

Family Needs Assessment of Patients with Cerebral Palsy Attending Two Hospitals in Accra, Ghana

2023ChildrenJournalOpen access9 citations10.3390/children10081313

Risk Assessment Score and Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detection Algorithm for Hypertension Among Africans: Models From the SIREN Study

2023HypertensionJournalOpen access3 citations10.1161/hypertensionaha.122.20572

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

Non-cigarette Tobacco Use and Stroke Among West Africans: Evidence From the SIREN Study

2023Nicotine & Tobacco ResearchJournalOpen access1 citations10.1093/ntr/ntad239

Are there differences in perceptions, preferences and attitudes towards disclosure of genetic testing for Stroke? A qualitative study among stroke-free SIREN-SIBS genomics study participants

2023Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular DiseasesJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2023.106978

COMMUNICATING ELSI ISSUES IN NEUROBIOBANKING AND STROKE GENOMIC RESEARCH IN AFRICA: PROJECT INTERVENTION TOOLS DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION PROCEDURES

2023Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular DiseasesJournal0 citations10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2023.107011

Comparative analysis of clinical characteristics of COVID-19 among vaccinated and unvaccinated patients in a major treatment facility in Ghana

2023Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/gmj.v57i4.6

Predictors of in-hospital mortality of patients with COVID-19 infection in a major treatment facility in Ghana.

2023Health Sciences Investigations JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.46829/hsijournal.2023.12.4.2.525-532

Biological sample donation and informed consent for neurobiobanking: Evidence from a community survey in Ghana and Nigeria

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen access15 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0267705

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

2022International Journal of StrokeJournal16 citations10.1177/17474930221094933

Home-Based Remedies to Prevent COVID-19-Associated Risk of Infection, Admission, Severe Disease, and Death: A Nested Case-Control Study

2022Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineJournalOpen access15 citations10.1155/2022/4559897

Determinants of metabolic syndrome and its prognostic implications among stroke patients in Africa: Findings from the Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network (SIREN) study

2022Journal of the Neurological SciencesJournal5 citations10.1016/j.jns.2022.120360

Anxiety and Depression Among Breast Cancer Patients in A Tertiary Hospital in Ghana

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessFirst author11 citations10.60014/pmjg.v6i1.112

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

Factors Influencing Self-Medication Among Students of University of Ghana, Legon

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen access5 citations10.60014/pmjg.v10i1.247

Capacity-Building for Stroke Genomic Research Data Collection: The African Neurobiobank Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Project Experience

2022Biopreservation and BiobankingJournalOpen access4 citations10.1089/bio.2021.0144

Carotid and Vertebral Atherosclerosis in West African Stroke Patients: Findings from the Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network.

2022PubMedJournalOpen access1 citations

The Use of Misoprostol for the Induction of Labour in a Private General Hospital in Ghana

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.60014/pmjg.v3i1.51

Sex and Rural-urban Disparities in Prevalence of Self-reported Chronic Non-communicable Diseases and Health Risks among Older Adults in Ghana: Implications for the National Aging Policy

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen access1 citations10.60014/pmjg.v4i2.148