Joylene John‐Sowah

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Joylene John‐Sowah is a scholar working on Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joylene John‐Sowah has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Genetics, 2 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 2 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Joylene John‐Sowah's work include Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (3 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (2 papers) and Clinical practice guidelines implementation (1 paper). Joylene John‐Sowah is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (3 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (2 papers) and Clinical practice guidelines implementation (1 paper). Joylene John‐Sowah collaborates with scholars based in United States. Joylene John‐Sowah's co-authors include Barbara P. Yawn, Allison James, Kathryn L. Hassell, George R. Buchanan, Sophie Lanzkron, Samir K. Ballas, Richard Lottenberg, Lanetta Jordan, Paula Tanabe and Jonathan C. Goldsmith and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, PEDIATRICS and Ethnicity & Disease.

In The Last Decade

Joylene John‐Sowah

6 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Management of Sickle Cell Disease 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Management of Sickle Cell Disease
    2014 1.0k citations Barbara P. Yawn, George R. Buchanan et al. JAMA profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joylene John‐Sowah United States 4 1.1k 889 362 106 76 6 1.2k
Lanetta Jordan United States 9 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 437 1.2× 120 1.1× 87 1.1× 12 1.4k
Araba Afenyi‐Annan United States 8 1.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 365 1.0× 201 1.9× 82 1.1× 15 1.4k
Jeffrey D. Lebensburger United States 17 894 0.8× 717 0.8× 326 0.9× 64 0.6× 44 0.6× 90 1.1k
Ifeyinwa Osunkwo United States 19 637 0.6× 469 0.5× 326 0.9× 77 0.7× 74 1.0× 29 1.0k
Sherron M. Jackson United States 18 568 0.5× 452 0.5× 184 0.5× 47 0.4× 35 0.5× 30 726
Yih‐Ming Yang United States 13 544 0.5× 422 0.5× 175 0.5× 65 0.6× 32 0.4× 22 693
Susan E. Creary United States 13 583 0.5× 443 0.5× 214 0.6× 30 0.3× 55 0.7× 67 745
Jeremie H. Estepp United States 14 362 0.3× 328 0.4× 151 0.4× 43 0.4× 46 0.6× 56 580
Philippa G. Sprinz United States 14 447 0.4× 310 0.3× 290 0.8× 18 0.2× 38 0.5× 29 687
Anne Yardumian United Kingdom 13 393 0.4× 278 0.3× 138 0.4× 18 0.2× 19 0.3× 22 684

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joylene John‐Sowah

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joylene John‐Sowah

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All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Peprah, Emmanuel, Maria Lopez‐Class, Susan T. Shero, Joylene John‐Sowah, & Michael M. Engelgau. (2016). A Global Perspective on Using Implementation Research to Address Hypertension-Associated Target Organ Damage. Ethnicity & Disease. 26(3). 395–395. 3 indexed citations
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Yawn, Barbara P., George R. Buchanan, Araba Afenyi‐Annan, et al.. (2015). Management of Sickle Cell Disease Summary of the 2014 Evidence-Based Report by Expert Panel Members. Survey of Anesthesiology. 59(4). 203–204. 150 indexed citations
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Yawn, Barbara P. & Joylene John‐Sowah. (2015). Management of Sickle Cell Disease: Recommendations from the 2014 Expert Panel Report.. PubMed. 92(12). 1069–76. 38 indexed citations
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Yawn, Barbara P., George R. Buchanan, Araba Afenyi‐Annan, et al.. (2014). Management of Sickle Cell Disease. JAMA. 312(10). 1033–1033. 1024 indexed citations breakdown →
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John‐Sowah, Joylene. (2007). Introduction. PEDIATRICS. 120(Supplement_4). S163–S163. 3 indexed citations
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John‐Sowah, Joylene. (2005). Implications of Viewing Obesity as a Disease. The AMA Journal of Ethic. 7(11). 2 indexed citations

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