Richmond Afoakwah

Senior Lecturer · Department of Forensic Sciences

In their own words

Forensic Science
Public Health

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 312011–2026
Citations: 428to those papers
h-index: 14i10-index 15
Field-weighted impact: 1.061.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 11%2 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 79%15 of the 19 whose access is recorded

In 2016–2025: 14 publications, 268 citations to them, h-index 9.

Google Scholar shows 525 citations, h-index 13 and i10-index 16 (283 citations and h-index 9 since 2021), as of October 3, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1135%
Parasitology516%
Genetics310%
Hematology310%
Economics and Econometrics26%
General Health Professions26%
Genetics26%
Immunology26%
Ophthalmology26%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health26%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control10
Mosquito-borne diseases and control4
Forensic and Genetic Research3
Parasites and Host Interactions3
Blood groups and transfusion2
Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection2
Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods2
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders2
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy2
Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting2
Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies2
Child Nutrition and Water Access1

Who they write with

61 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country
No African institution

The 30 most frequent of 61 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.