🏆 Finalist — NIH Data Sharing Index (“S-Index”) Challenge

Palwendé Romuald Boua

University of the Witwatersrand

ORCID: 0000-0001-8325-2665

Also affiliated with MRC Unit the Gambia, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMedicineNursingEnvironmental Science

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

Top 2%percentile
3.6Author DataRank

Indexed papers

6in pilot corpus
datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology
Why this DataRank?

An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 6 indexed papers attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

Author scores recompute whenever paper DataRanks are refreshed, so this number lags the underlying paper scores by at most one batch run.

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Top data-sharing exemplar

The highest-impact dataset this researcher has shared, ranked by DataRank — the single contribution doing the most to lift their data-sharing standing.

Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa

Nature(2025)10.1038/s41586-024-08485-8
Top 18%
1.1DataRank
Top 18%59 citations

Ovokeraye H. Oduaran, Luicer A. Ingasia, J. Cook, Natalie Smyth, Theophilous Mathema +20 more

Papers

Driven by 26 papers — median percentile 72. Top paper: “Meta-analysis of sub-Saharan African studies provides insights into genetic architecture of lipid traits”.

Meta-analysis of sub-Saharan African studies provides insights into genetic architecture of lipid traits

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-30098-w
N/A
1.2DataRank · unranked
55 citations

Jean‐Tristan Brandenburg, Tinashe Chikowore, Dhriti Sengupta, Palwendé Romuald Boua, Nigel J. Crowther +18 more

Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa

Nature(2025)10.1038/s41586-024-08485-8
Top 18%
1.1DataRank
Top 18%59 citations

Ovokeraye H. Oduaran, Luicer A. Ingasia, J. Cook, Natalie Smyth, Theophilous Mathema +20 more

Identifying the prevalence and correlates of multimorbidity in middle-aged men and women: a cross-sectional population-based study in four African countries

BMJ Open(2023)10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067788
Top 20%
1.0DataRank
Top 20%25 citations

Richard J. Munthali, Godfred Agongo, Gershim Asiki, Palwendé Romuald Boua, Solomon Choma +14 more

Genome-wide association study meta-analysis of blood pressure traits and hypertension in sub-Saharan African populations: an AWI-Gen study

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-44079-0
Top 28%
0.719DataRank
Top 28%30 citations

Ananyo Choudhury, Scott Hazelhurst, Nigel J. Crowther, Palwendé Romuald Boua, Hermann Sorgho +12 more

Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-021-27917-x
N/A
0.677DataRank · unranked
90 citations

Dylan G. Maghini, Ovokeraye H. Oduaran, Ryan Brewster, Michaella Hulley, Venesa Sahibdeen +53 more

Genetic associations with carotid intima-media thickness link to atherosclerosis with sex-specific effects in sub-Saharan Africans

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-28276-x
N/A
0.510DataRank · unranked
29 citations

Jean‐Tristan Brandenburg, Ananyo Choudhury, Hermann Sorgho, Engelbert A. Nonterah, Godfred Agongo +11 more

Poor cardiovascular health is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in apparently healthy sub-Saharan African populations: an H3Africa AWI-Gen study

BMC Medicine(2021)10.1186/s12916-021-01909-6
N/A
0.494DataRank · unranked
26 citations

Engelbert A. Nonterah, Nigel J. Crowther, Abraham Oduro, Godfred Agongo, Lisa K. Micklesfield +12 more

Estimating the burden of cardiovascular risk in community dwellers over 40 years old in South Africa, Kenya, Burkina Faso and Ghana

BMJ Global Health(2021)10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003499
N/A
0.477DataRank · unranked
23 citations

Nigel J. Crowther, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Palwendé Romuald Boua, Engelbert A. Nonterah, Felistas Mashinya +6 more

Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.03.13.584859
Top 41%
0.466DataRank
Top 41%5 citations

Ovokeraye H. Oduaran, Jakob Wirbel, Luicer Anne Ingasia Olubayo, Natalie Smyth, Theophilous Mathema +19 more

Genetic insights into smoking behaviours in 10,558 men of African ancestry from continental Africa and the UK

Scientific Reports(2022)10.1038/s41598-022-22218-9
N/A
0.345DataRank · unranked
9 citations

Palwendé Romuald Boua, Chisom Soremekun, Nick Shrine, Kayesha Coley, Jean‐Tristan Brandenburg +6 more

Cohort Profile: Africa Wits-INDEPTH partnership for Genomic studies (AWI-Gen) in four sub-Saharan African countries

International Journal of Epidemiology(2024)10.1093/ije/dyae173
Top 55%
0.300DataRank
Top 55%6 citations

Godfred Agongo, Vukosi Baloyi, Palwendé Romuald Boua, Isaac Kisiangani, Moussa Lingani +33 more

Genome-wide association study identifying novel risk variants associated with glycaemic traits in the continental African AWI-Gen cohort

Diabetologia(2025)10.1007/s00125-025-06395-6
N/A
0.241DataRank · unranked
4 citations

Alisha N. Wade, Nigel J. Crowther, Engelbert A. Nonterah, Godfred Agongo, Z. Simayi +6 more

Carotid Atherosclerosis, Microalbuminuria, and Estimated 10-Year Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa

JAMA Network Open(2022)10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7559
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
24 citations

Daniel Boateng, Nigel J. Crowther, Kerstin Klipstein‐Grobusch, Abraham Oduro, Godfred Agongo +9 more

Characterization of CYP2D6 Pharmacogenetic Variation in Sub‐Saharan African Populations

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics(2022)10.1002/cpt.2749
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
44 citations

Britt I. Drögemöller, Galen E.B. Wright, Clement Adebamowo, Godfred Agongo, Palwendé Romuald Boua +9 more

Genetic insights into smoking behaviours in 10,558 men of African ancestry from continental Africa and the UK

medRxiv(2021)10.1101/2021.12.09.21267119
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
0 citations

Palwendé Romuald Boua, Chisom Soremekun, Nick Shrine, Kayesha Coley, Jean‐Tristan Brandenburg +6 more

Genetic associations with carotid intima-media thickness link to atherosclerosis biology with sex-differences in sub-Saharan Africans

Research Square(2021)10.21203/rs.3.rs-147838/v1
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
0 citations

Jean‐Tristan Brandenburg, Ananyo Choudhury, Hermann Sorgho, Engelbert A. Nonterah, Godfred Agongo +10 more

Cardiometabolic disease risk factors in pre- and postmenopausal women from four sub-Saharan African countries: A cross-sectional study

Maturitas(2023)10.1016/j.maturitas.2023.04.005
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
13 citations

Nasrin Goolam Mahyoodeen, Nicole G. Jaff, Michèle Ramsay, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Alisha N. Wade +7 more

Characterization of CYP2B6 and CYP2A6 Pharmacogenetic Variation in Sub‐Saharan African Populations

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics(2023)10.1002/cpt.3124
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
6 citations

Britt I. Drögemöller, Galen E.B. Wright, Clement Adebamowo, Godfred Agongo, Palwendé Romuald Boua +9 more

Adiposity Phenotypes and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Adults from Sub–Saharan Africa: An H3Africa AWI–Gen Study

Global Heart(2021)10.5334/gh.863
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
6 citations

Michiel L. Bots, Abraham Oduro, Godfred Agongo, Cassandra Claire Soo, Lisa K. Micklesfield +13 more

Prevalence and Socio-Demographic Correlates of Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study of Middle-Aged Adults

Research Square(2020)10.21203/rs.3.rs-51638/v1
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
3 citations

Cassandra Claire Soo, Cornelius Debpuur, Innocent Maposa, Shai Nkoana, Shukri F. Mohamed +9 more

Genetic Association and Transferability for Urinary Albumin-Creatinine Ratio as a Marker of Kidney Disease in four Sub-Saharan African Populations and non-continental Individuals of African Ancestry

medRxiv(2024)10.1101/2024.01.17.24301398
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
0 citations

Wenlong Carl Chen, Palwendé Romuald Boua, M Govender, Godfred Agongo, Lisa K. Micklesfield +9 more

Autozygosity influences cardiometabolic disease-associated traits in the AWI-Gen sub-Saharan African study

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-19595-y
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
31 citations

Scott Hazelhurst, David W. Clark, Godfred Agongo, Gershim Asiki, Palwendé Romuald Boua +6 more

Incident type 2 diabetes and its risk factors in men and women aged 40–60 years from four sub-Saharan African countries: results from the AWI-Gen study

The Lancet Global Health(2025)10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00520-5
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
11 citations

Nigel J. Crowther, Michèle Ramsay, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Shane A. Norris, Kagiso Peace Seakamela +15 more

Obesity phenotypes and dyslipidemia in adults from four African countries: An H3Africa AWI-Gen study

PLoS ONE(2025)10.1371/journal.pone.0316527
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
3 citations

Godfred Agongo, Nigel J. Crowther, Shukri F. Mohamed, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Palwendé Romuald Boua +13 more

Leveraging data science to understand and address multimorbidity in sub-Saharan Africa: the MADIVA protocol

BMJ Health & Care Informatics(2025)10.1136/bmjhci-2024-101294
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
2 citations

T. S. Osler, Kayode E. Adetunji, Tanya Akumu, Gershim Asiki, Diana Awuor +45 more

Novel and Known Gene-Smoking Interactions With cIMT Identified as Potential Drivers for Atherosclerosis Risk in West-African Populations of the AWI-Gen Study

Frontiers in Genetics(2020)10.3389/fgene.2019.01354
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
20 citations

Jean‐Tristan Brandenburg, Ananyo Choudhury, Scott Hazelhurst, Dhriti Sengupta, Godfred Agongo +7 more