Elijah Yendaw

Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies

Publishing since 2013, latest 2025

Sociology and Political Science
General Health Professions
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Economics and Econometrics
Urban Studies
Demography

Publications: 232013–2025
Citations: 139to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 1.391.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 26%6 of 23 scored papers
Open access: 65%15 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

23 in all

Unveiling the human security crisis in the Global South: a scoping review
2025SN Social SciencesJournal2 citations10.1007/s43545-025-01124-7
Determinants of Gender Preferences for Candidates Standing in Representative Democratic Elections in Ghana
2025Journal of Economics Race and PolicyJournal0 citations

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science1357%
General Health Professions626%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health626%
Economics and Econometrics313%
Urban Studies313%
Demography29%
Finance29%
Nutrition and Dietetics29%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health29%
Soil Science29%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Migration and Labor Dynamics10
Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy8
Global Maternal and Child Health5
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health4
Urban and Rural Development Challenges3
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration2
Diaspora, migration, transnational identity2
Global Health Care Issues2
Healthcare Systems and Reforms2
Reproductive Health and Contraception2
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

30% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Australia2
Canada2
Hong Kong SAR2
Belgium1
United Kingdom1
India1
Nigeria1
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University for Development StudiesGH23 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers
University of Cape CoastGH4 papers
Lingnan UniversityHK2 papers
Charles Sturt UniversityAU1 paper
Domus MedicaBE1 paper
Family Health International 360US1 paper
James Cook UniversityAU1 paper
University of AberdeenGB1 paper
University of CalgaryCA1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Education Society and Behavioural Science2
Journal of global entrepreneurship research2
Journal of Planning and Land Management2
SN Social Sciences2
Advances in Reproductive Sciences1
African Geographical Review1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth5
5Gender equality4
10Reduced inequalities3
3Good health and well-being2
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Effect of the National School Feeding Programme on Pupils’ Enrolment, Attendance and Retention: A Case Study of Nyoglo of the Savelugu-Nantong Municipality, Ghana
Journal of Education Society and Behavioural Science2
201426 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Analysis of livelihood activity amongst itinerant west African migrant traders in the Accra metropolitan area
Journal of global entrepreneurship research
201917 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Knowledge and Perception of Adolescents on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Ghana: A Case Study of Yamoransa in the Mfantseman Municipality

Emotional impacts and coping strategies of left-behind husbands in the Wa West District, Ghana

2025Journal of Planning and Land ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.36005/jplm.v4i2.131

Driving factors and sources of capital for immigrant entrepreneurs in Ghana

2022Journal of global entrepreneurship researchJournalFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1007/s40497-022-00314-4

Analysis of livelihood activity amongst itinerant west African migrant traders in the Accra metropolitan area

2019Journal of global entrepreneurship researchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.1186/s40497-018-0126-2

Understanding the implications of migrant retail trading in Ghana: a stakeholder perspective

2019Ghana Journal of Development StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.4314/gjds.v16i2.11

Assessing the Motivations for Migration Among West African Immigrants in Itinerant Retail Trading in Ghana

2019Journal of Planning and Land ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.36005/jplm.v1i1.12

Drivers of north-south migration in the Wa West District: Economic returns or migrants sub-culture

2016Journal of African Studies and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.5897/jasd2016.0391

Factors Correlate with Low Birth Weight in Ghana

2016Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.9734/bjmmr/2016/24881

A study of the underlying determinants of return migration of international return migrants to the Berekum Municipality, Ghana

2013International Journal of Sociology and AnthropologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding15 citations10.5897/ijsa2013.0475

Culture Health & Sexuality1

How it can be read

65% free to read

Diamond 10 · 43%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 13%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 8 · 35%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 23 papers name a funder

UNICEF1
University of Ghana1

Journal of Education Society and Behavioural Science5

201516 citationsOpen access · Diamond

A study of the underlying determinants of return migration of international return migrants to the Berekum Municipality, Ghana

International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology10

201315 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond