Kofi Awusabo‐Asare

Professor/Director of Academic Planning, University of Cape Coast, since 1980per ORCID

Publishing since 1916, latest 2025

General Health Professions
Infectious Diseases
Safety Research
Sociology and Political Science
Economics and Econometrics
Epidemiology

In their own words

Adolescent Reproductive Health
Ageing
Social Dimensions of HIV and AIDS

Publications: 951916–2025
Citations: 3,304to those papers
h-index: 31i10-index 55
Field-weighted impact: 3.721.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 39%13 of 33 scored papers
Open access: 64%21 of the 33 whose access is recorded

11 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 4,567 citations, h-index 35 and i10-index 62 (1,582 citations and h-index 21 since 2021), as of October 5, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Professor/Director of Academic Planning, Population and HealthUniversity of Cape Coastsince 1980

Education

GeographyUniversity of Liverpool1985–1988

Publications

95 in all

Household structure in Ghana
2025Demographic ResearchJournal13 citations
Acceptance of and Adherence to a Four-Dose RTS,S/AS01 Schedule: Findings from a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation Study for the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme
2023VaccinesJournalOpen access19 citations10.3390/vaccines11121801

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Health Professions1819%
Infectious Diseases1314%
Safety Research99%
Sociology and Political Science88%
Economics and Econometrics77%
Epidemiology77%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health66%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health55%
Oncology44%
Nutrition and Dietetics33%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health17
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions12
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare9
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses7
Global Maternal and Child Health6
Sex work and related issues6
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research4
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening4
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk2
Reproductive Health and Contraception2
Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

48% of their 33 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States14
Kenya5
Peru3
United Kingdom3
Finland2
South Africa1
Malawi1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Guttmacher InstituteUS8 papers
African Population and Health Research CenterKE4 papers
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH4 papers
Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaPE3 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH3 papers
University of SouthamptonGB2 papers
The University of Texas at San AntonioUS2 papers
University of TampereFI2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Brown UniversityUS1 paper

Where they publish

Health Transition Review7
PubMed5
2017 International Population Conference4
African Journal of Reproductive Health4
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Occasional Report3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being13
5Gender equality6
17Partnerships for the goals3
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
6Clean water and sanitation1

Most cited

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ghana: Results from the 2004 National Survey of Adolescents
Occasional Report
2006240 citations
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Ghana: A synthesis of research evidence
Alan Guttmacher Institute
2004197 citations
Role of Parents in Adolescent Sexual Activity And Contraceptive Use in Four African Countries
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health3
2009178 citations

Global Research

2020Community PractitionerJournal0 citations

Sexuality Education Policies and Implementation in Ghana: From Paper to Practice

2017< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: Africa …ReportFirst author0 citations

Contraceptive method choice and fertility

20172017 International Population ConferenceConferenceFirst author0 citations

Role of men in family planning

20172017 International Population ConferenceConferenceSenior author0 citations

Fertility transitions in Africa

20172017 International Population ConferenceConferenceFirst author0 citations

Perceptions about sexuality education in Ghana

20172017 International Population Conference, IUSSPJournal2 citations

Perception of Risk of HIV among Adolescents’ Living in an Urban Slum in Ghana

2016African Journal of Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author27 citations10.29063/ajrh2016/v20i1.6

The burden of avoidable mortality profile of Kassena–Nankana District, Ghana

2015Journal of Arts and Social Sciences [JASS]JournalOpen access0 citations

Tuberculosis Control in The Gold Coast, 1900-1960

2015Transactions of the Historical Society of GhanaJournal1 citation

Determinants of unintended pregnancies in rural Ghana

2014BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessSenior author88 citations10.1186/1471-2393-14-261

Correlates of HIV Testing Among Young People in Ghana

2014Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social ServicesJournalSenior author17 citations10.1080/15381501.2012.748583

Reflections on tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes in Ghana

2013Archives of Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author32 citations10.1186/2049-3258-71-22

Ocular Health of the emerging elderly population in Ghana: evidence from a peri-urban community

2013Healthy Aging & Clinical Care in the ElderlyJournal18 citations

Refugee-Host Interaction in the Krisan Refugee Settlement in Ghana

2011Ghana Journal of GeographyJournalSenior author1 citation

Role of Parents in Adolescent Sexual Activity And Contraceptive Use in Four African Countries

2009International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access178 citations10.1363/3507209

Change and Continuity: Using indigenous knowledge to achieve environmental sustainability in Ghana

20097th International Science Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change held in Germany, Bonn, on 26th-30th AprilJournal17 citations

The Trans Atlantic slave trade: memories, attitudes and issues for tourism development

2009Drumspeak: international journal of research in the humanitiesJournalFirst author0 citations

Urbanization and Environmental Quality: Insights from Ghana on sustainable policies

2009Urban population-Environment dynamics in the developing World: Case studies and lessons learned,: Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography (CICRED), ParisJournal11 citations

Wealth Status and Risky Sexual Behaviour in Ghana and Kenya

2008Applied Health Economics and Health PolicyJournalFirst author59 citations10.2165/00148365-200806010-00003

Community and household determinants of water quality in coastal Ghana

2008Journal of Water and HealthJournalOpen access47 citations10.2166/wh.2008.057

National Survey of Adolescents, 2004: Ghana

2008Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social ResearchReportFirst author2 citations

Spatial and socio-economic dimensions of clients of microfinance institutions in Ghana

2008Journal of Geography and Regional PlanningJournal19 citations

Coerced First Sex among Adolescent Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: Prevalence and Context

2007African Journal of Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access161 citations10.2307/25549732

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth2

How it can be read

64% free to read, of the 33 recorded

Diamond 3 · 3%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 9%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 12 · 13%Behind a paywall
Unknown 62 · 65%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

10 of 95 papers name a funder

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development4
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken3
National Institutes of Health3
Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete3
African Population and Health Research Center2
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development2
Rockefeller Foundation2

World top 10%Open access · Bronze

Coerced First Sex among Adolescent Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: Prevalence and Context

African Journal of Reproductive Health5

2007161 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

Matriliny and the new intestate succession law of Ghana

Canadian Journal of African Studies/La Revue Canadienne des études Africaines

1990161 citations