Samuel Blankson

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 767 citations indexed

About

Samuel Blankson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Hematology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel Blankson has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 767 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 2 papers in Hematology and 2 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Samuel Blankson's work include Malaria Research and Control (6 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (4 papers) and Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms (2 papers). Samuel Blankson is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (6 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (4 papers) and Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms (2 papers). Samuel Blankson collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, Benin and France. Samuel Blankson's co-authors include Andrew Hughes, A. J. Lees, S. E. Daniel, Ruth Ayanful‐Torgby, Yaw Aniweh, Lucas Amenga–Etego, Linda Eva Amoah, Gordon A. Awandare, Philippe Deloron and Jacqueline Milet and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Malaria Journal.

In The Last Decade

Samuel Blankson

8 papers receiving 722 citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

A Clinicopathologic Study of 100 Cases of Parkinson's Disease

1993 712 citations Andrew Hughes, S. E. Daniel et al. Archives of Neurology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samuel Blankson Ghana	5	635	200	123	113	91	10	767
Jorge Hernández‐Vara Spain	17	522 0.8×	153 0.8×	94 0.8×	62 0.5×	73 0.8×	42	679
Liana S. Rosenthal United States	16	549 0.9×	259 1.3×	121 1.0×	107 0.9×	98 1.1×	63	810
Mary Ann Thenganatt United States	11	687 1.1×	287 1.4×	74 0.6×	125 1.1×	73 0.8×	13	825
Rebecca Gilbert United States	10	427 0.7×	120 0.6×	169 1.4×	67 0.6×	82 0.9×	14	631
Bart Post Netherlands	12	710 1.1×	223 1.1×	92 0.7×	88 0.8×	108 1.2×	16	865
Manuel Delgado‐Alvarado Spain	15	365 0.6×	95 0.5×	92 0.7×	95 0.8×	70 0.8×	40	640
Wisam Reid Australia	11	460 0.7×	109 0.5×	115 0.9×	144 1.3×	60 0.7×	17	613
Matěj Škorvánek Slovakia	18	699 1.1×	167 0.8×	86 0.7×	165 1.5×	57 0.6×	56	995
Nataliya Titova Russia	17	797 1.3×	209 1.0×	71 0.6×	86 0.8×	79 0.9×	49	947
Mirdhu Wickremaratchi United Kingdom	8	436 0.7×	121 0.6×	66 0.5×	46 0.4×	60 0.7×	13	620

Countries citing papers authored by Samuel Blankson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Samuel Blankson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samuel Blankson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Samuel Blankson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Samuel Blankson 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 Samuel Blankson. Samuel Blankson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Blankson, Samuel, et al.. (2025). Gossypol is a natural product with good antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 1469–1469. 1 indexed citations

2.

Blankson, Samuel, Bernard Tornyigah, Azizath Moussiliou, et al.. (2023). High Plasma Levels of Neopterin Are Associated with Increased Mortality among Children with Severe Malaria in Benin. Diagnostics. 13(3). 528–528.

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Blankson, Samuel, Bernard Tornyigah, Azizath Moussiliou, et al.. (2022). Association of Endothelial Protein C Receptor (EPCR) rs867186 Gene Polymorphism With Increased Levels of Soluble EPCR and High Risk of Severe Malaria and Fatality in Beninese Children. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 227(2). 179–182.

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Tornyigah, Bernard, Samuel Blankson, Azizath Moussiliou, et al.. (2022). Specific Combinations of Inflammatory, Angiogenesis and Vascular Integrity Biomarkers Are Associated with Clinical Severity, Coma and Mortality in Beninese Children with Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria. Diagnostics. 12(2). 524–524. 4 indexed citations

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Blankson, Samuel, Philippe Deloron, Nicaise Tuikue Ndam, et al.. (2022). ICAM-1 Kilifi variant is not associated with cerebral and severe malaria pathogenesis in Beninese children. Malaria Journal. 21(1). 115–115. 3 indexed citations

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Blankson, Samuel, et al.. (2021). Development of Cooperative Primer-Based Real-Time PCR Assays for the Detection of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 23(10). 1393–1403. 6 indexed citations

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Amoah, Linda Eva, et al.. (2019). Diversity and immune responses against Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in non-febrile school children living in Southern Ghana. Malaria Journal. 18(1). 265–265. 4 indexed citations

8.

Blankson, Samuel. (2007). A Brief History Of Taxation. 1 indexed citations

9.

Blankson, Samuel. (2005). Taking Action. 36 indexed citations

10.

Hughes, Andrew, S. E. Daniel, Samuel Blankson, & A. J. Lees. (1993). A Clinicopathologic Study of 100 Cases of Parkinson's Disease. Archives of Neurology. 50(2). 140–148. 712 indexed citations breakdown →

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