Paapa Asante

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Publishing since 2018, latest 2024

General Health Professions
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Social Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

Publications: 132018–2024
Citations: 229to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 2.731.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 38%5 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 69%9 papers free to read

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

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What they work on

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

13 in all

Determinants of men’s perspectives on women contraceptive use in Ghana: an analysis of the 2022 Ghana demographic and health survey
2024Contraception and Reproductive MedicineJournalOpen access11 citations10.1186/s40834-024-00300-z
Integrated urban governance of COVID-19 interventions in Ghanaian cities: insight from marketplaces in Accra and Kumasi

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Health Professions754%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health431%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism323%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health323%
Social Psychology323%
Sociology and Political Science323%
Clinical Psychology215%
Health215%
Developmental and Educational Psychology18%
Economics and Econometrics18%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Community Health and Development5
Global Maternal and Child Health4
Diabetes Management and Education2
Health Policy Implementation Science2
Mental Health Treatment and Access2
Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology1
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Counseling Practices and Supervision1
COVID-19 and Mental Health1
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins1
Disaster Management and Resilience1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

69% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom6
United States5
Canada1
Australia1
Netherlands1
Niger1
Burkina Faso1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH11 papers
University College LondonGB4 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH3 papers
University of LeedsGB2 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
Institute of Mental HealthGB1 paper
Middlesex University LondonGB1 paper
New York UniversityUS1 paper
Northwestern UniversityUS1 paper

Where they publish

Malaria Journal2
BMJ Open1
Cogent Psychology1
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine1
Global Health Action1
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology1
Journal of Health Psychology1
Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications1

How it can be read

69% free to read

Diamond 1 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 62%In an open-access journal
Closed 4 · 31%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 13 papers name a funder

International Development Research Centre4
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation4

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty6
5Gender equality3
11Sustainable cities and communities1
13Climate action1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Factors associated with treatment-seeking for malaria in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana
Malaria Journal1
201868 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Building cardiovascular disease competence in an urban poor Ghanaian community: A social psychology of participation approach
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology1
202031 citationsWorld top 10%
Premarital Counseling Practices among Christian and Muslim Lay Counselors in Ghana
Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications5
202027 citations
Community and individual sense of trust and psychological distress among the urban poor in Accra, Ghana
PLoS ONE1
201822 citationsOpen access · Gold
Lay knowledge of cardiovascular disease and risk factors in three communities in Accra, Ghana: a cross-sectional survey
BMJ Open1
202118 citationsOpen access · Gold

Premarital Counseling Practices among Christian and Muslim Lay Counselors in Ghana

2020Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publicationsJournal27 citations10.1177/1542305020916721

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Medical Research Council2

University of Ghana2

Department of Health and Social Care1

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft1

Foreign and Commonwealth Office1