Joseph Afful

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 793 citations indexed

About

Joseph Afful is a scholar working on Periodontics, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Afful has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 793 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Periodontics, 3 papers in General Health Professions and 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Joseph Afful's work include Dental Health and Care Utilization (5 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (4 papers) and Dental Research and COVID-19 (2 papers). Joseph Afful is often cited by papers focused on Dental Health and Care Utilization (5 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (4 papers) and Dental Research and COVID-19 (2 papers). Joseph Afful collaborates with scholars based in United States and Ghana. Joseph Afful's co-authors include Eleanor Fleming, Bruce A. Dye, Kirsten Herrick, Rosemary L. Schleicher, Christine M Pfeiffer, Renee Storandt, Nancy Potischman, Jaime Gahche, Timothy Iafolla and Gina Thornton‐Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, AIDS and Journal of Periodontology.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Afful

13 papers receiving 757 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Vitamin D status in the United States, 2011–2014

2019 249 citations Kirsten Herrick, Renee Storandt et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph Afful United States	11	318	226	146	140	111	14	793
Amanda Rodrigues Amorim Adegboye United Kingdom	22	149 0.5×	101 0.4×	616 4.2×	166 1.2×	165 1.5×	62	1.7k
Sakda Arj-Ong Vallibhakara Thailand	12	192 0.6×	52 0.2×	152 1.0×	29 0.2×	72 0.6×	31	732
Tor Österberg Sweden	21	774 2.4×	35 0.2×	172 1.2×	33 0.2×	131 1.2×	29	1.2k
Ana Marlúcia Oliveira Assis Brazil	19	31 0.1×	456 2.0×	405 2.8×	375 2.7×	161 1.5×	42	1.4k
Lisa Bøge Christensen Denmark	21	1.1k 3.4×	44 0.2×	249 1.7×	80 0.6×	217 2.0×	54	1.3k
Olga Maria Silvério Amâncio Brazil	17	58 0.2×	25 0.1×	140 1.0×	310 2.2×	92 0.8×	68	851
Marit Slåttelid Skeie Norway	19	671 2.1×	25 0.1×	102 0.7×	67 0.5×	144 1.3×	58	1.0k
Barbara Broffitt United States	31	1.5k 4.8×	38 0.2×	812 5.6×	330 2.4×	254 2.3×	65	2.6k
R. Constance Wiener United States	17	317 1.0×	20 0.1×	153 1.0×	46 0.3×	143 1.3×	114	872
Anne B. Skaare Norway	23	469 1.5×	17 0.1×	263 1.8×	110 0.8×	66 0.6×	55	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Joseph Afful

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joseph Afful

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Afful

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joseph Afful. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joseph Afful based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Joseph Afful. Joseph Afful is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Afful, Joseph, et al.. (2021). Schematic Structure of Letters of Recommendation Written by Lecturers of a Public University in Ghana. 10(2). 37–54.

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Afful, Joseph. (2020). The discourse of thesis assessment reports in a disciplinary community at the University of Cape Coast: An exploratory study. 9(1). 117–134. 2 indexed citations

3.

Fleming, Eleanor, Joseph Afful, & Susan O. Griffin. (2020). Prevalence of Tooth Loss Among Older Adults: United States, 2015-2018.. PubMed. 1–8. 29 indexed citations

4.

Herrick, Kirsten, Renee Storandt, Joseph Afful, et al.. (2019). Vitamin D status in the United States, 2011–2014. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 110(1). 150–157. 249 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dye, Bruce A., Joseph Afful, Gina Thornton‐Evans, & Timothy Iafolla. (2019). Overview and quality assurance for the oral health component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2011–2014. BMC Oral Health. 19(1). 95–95. 86 indexed citations

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Fleming, Eleanor & Joseph Afful. (2018). Prevalence of Total and Untreated Dental Caries Among Youth: United States, 2015-2016.. PubMed. 1–8. 152 indexed citations

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Terry, Ana L, Kirsten Herrick, Joseph Afful, & Namanjeet Ahluwalia. (2018). Seafood Consumption in the United States, 2013-2016.. PubMed. 1–8. 21 indexed citations

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Herrick, Kirsten, Ana L Terry, & Joseph Afful. (2018). Beverage Consumption Among Youth in the United States, 2013-2016.. PubMed. 1–8. 10 indexed citations

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Nguyễn, Dương, et al.. (2018). Prevalence of daily flossing among adults by selected risk factors for periodontal disease—United States, 2011–2014. Journal of Periodontology. 89(8). 933–939. 35 indexed citations

10.

Dye, Bruce A., et al.. (2016). Prevalence and Measurement of Dental Caries in Young Children.. PubMed. 37(3). 200–16. 79 indexed citations

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Kreyenbuhl, Julie, Eric P. Slade, Deborah R. Medoff, et al.. (2011). Time to discontinuation of first- and second-generation antipsychotic medications in the treatment of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 131(1-3). 127–132. 53 indexed citations

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Himelhoch, Seth, Clayton H. Brown, James Walkup, et al.. (2009). HIV patients with psychiatric disorders are less likely to discontinue HAART. AIDS. 23(13). 1735–1742. 51 indexed citations

13.

Agurs‐Collins, Tanya, Duane T. Smoot, Joseph Afful, Kepher H. Makambi, & Lucile L. Adams‐Campbell. (2006). Legume intake and reduced colorectal adenoma risk in African-Americans.. PubMed. 17(2). 6–12. 23 indexed citations

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Apprey, Victor, Joseph Afful, Jules P. Harrell, Robert E. Taylor, & George E. Bonney. (2005). Genes, age, and alcoholism: analysis of GAW14 data. BMC Genetics. 6(S1). 3 indexed citations

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