Joseph Arkorful

Assistant Lecturer · Dept. of Diagnostic Imaging and Sonography

PhD Candidate, University Medical Center Utrecht, since 2024per ORCID
Assistant Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2021per ORCID

In their own words

Obstetrics & Gynecology ultrasound
Ultrasound Doppler in hypertensive disorders
Pre-eclampsia
AI in Imaging

Publications: 142021–2026
Citations: 44to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.551.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 14 scored papers
Open access: 86%12 papers free to read

In 2016–2025: 10 publications, 44 citations to them, h-index 3.

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

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health643%
Surgery536%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health429%
Obstetrics and Gynecology321%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine17%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience17%
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine17%
Epidemiology17%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology17%
Gastroenterology17%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Maternal and fetal healthcare3
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies3
Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery2
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies2
Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics2
Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments1
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes1
Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy1
Cancer Risks and Factors1
Cardiac Health and Mental Health1
Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus1
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies1

Who they write with

49 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country
No African institution

The 30 most frequent of 49 co-authors. Circle area and line width are papers written together; the strongest ties sit nearest. “No African institution” is anyone the papers place outside Africa’s institutions; Peerford records affiliations only there.

Where their co-authors are

29% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom3
Netherlands2
Uganda1
Gambia1
Indonesia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH7 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH6 papers
University Medical Center UtrechtNL2 papers
University of OxfordGB2 papers
Utrecht UniversityNL2 papers
Wilhelmina Children's HospitalNL2 papers
York St John UniversityGB2 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH2 papers
Airlangga UniversityID1 paper
37 Military HospitalGH1 paper

Where they publish

Radiology Case Reports6
Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica1
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology1
BMJ Open1
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound1
PLoS ONE1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being3
2Zero hunger2
1No poverty1
5Gender equality1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Diagnostic value of the sonographic whirlpool sign in the diagnosis of ovarian torsion: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Joseph Arkorful
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
202120 citations
Differentiating placenta accreta spectrum from scar dehiscence with underlying, non‐adherent placenta: A systematic review of scoring systems and primary data analysis
Joseph Arkorful
Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica10
202413 citationsOpen access · Gold

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

PhD Candidate, Obstetrics, Division Woman and Baby, Wilhelmina Children HospitalUniversity Medical Center Utrechtsince 2024
Assistant Lecturer, Imaging Technology & SonographyUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2021
Part time lecturer, Medical Imaging and SonographyUniversity of Cape Coast2020–2021

Education

Msc Medical Ultrasound, College of Health and Social CareUniversity of Derby2017–2020
Bsc Sonography, Medical DiagnosticsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2009–2013

Honours, memberships and service

Full membership. ID: 182765American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonographysince 2014
International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology