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: 3,307to 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 4,576 citations, h-index 35 and i10-index 62 (1,592 citations and h-index 21 since 2021), as of October 14, 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

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs in Ghana
2007< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …Report0 citations
The CORONIS Trial. International study of caesarean section surgical techniques: a randomised fractional, factorial trial
2007BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournal105 citations10.1186/1471-2393-7-24

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Citations received each year

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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
The University of Texas at San AntonioUS2 papers
University of SouthamptonGB2 papers
University of TampereFI2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineGB1 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
2006242 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

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ghana: Qualitative Evidence

2007< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …ReportFirst author0 citations

Adolescents' sexual and reproductive health: qualitative evidence from Ghana

2007Occasional ReportJournalFirst author5 citations

The Kaya yei phenomenon in Ghana: female migration from the upper west region to Kumasi and Accra

2007The Oguaa Journal of Social ScienceJournalSenior author19 citations

Determinants of household water quality in coastal Ghana

2006AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENEConference1 citation

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Uganda: 2004 National Survey

2006< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …Report0 citations

Urbanization, Development, and Environmental Quality: Insights from Coastal Ghana

2005International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)Journal1 citation

Coercive first sex among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence and context

2005IUSSP XXV Conference on PopulationJournal2 citations

PERCEPTIONS OF ADOLESCENTS ON HIV/AIDS AND PREGNANCY IN GHANA: VOICES OF THE YOUTH

2005Reproductive Change in Ghana: Recent Patterns and Future ProspectsJournalFirst author0 citations

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Ghana: A synthesis of research evidence

2004Alan Guttmacher InstituteReportFirst author197 citations

SOCIAL SETTING, BIRTH TIMING, AND SUBSEQUENT

2003Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Collection of Micro-Demographic StudiesJournalSenior author7 citations

HIV/AIDS in tertiary institutions in Ghana

2002Draft produced for the National Council for Tertiary Education, Accra in collaboration with the World Bank. Accra: National Council for Tertiary Education/World BankJournalSenior author10 citations

Push and pull factors of international migration

2000Country Report: GhanaJournal32 citations

Obstacles and challenges to sexual behaviour change

1999Resistances to Behavioural Change to Reduce HIV/AIDS Infection, Canberra: Health Transition CentreJournalFirst author12 citations

Rethinking the circumstances surrounding the first sexual experience in the era of AIDS in Ghana

1999The Continuing HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Africa: Responses and Coping StrategiesJournalFirst author24 citations

infection in Ghana

1999Resistances to behavioural change to reduce HIV/AIDS infection in predominantly heterosexual epidemics in third world countriesJournalFirst author56 citations

Health-seeking behaviour of persons with HIV/AIDS in Ghana.

1997PubMedJournalFirst author50 citations

Postpartum sexual abstinence in the era of AIDS in Ghana: prospects for change.

1997PubMedJournalOpen accessFirst author23 citations

Routes to HIV Transmission and Intervention: an analytical framework

1997Health Transition ReviewJournalFirst author5 citations

b Department of Geography, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast

1997Vulnerability to STD/HIV Infection and Effects of AIDS in Sub-Saharan AfricaJournal0 citations

Evidence of the Socio-demographic Impact of AIDS in Africa

1997Health Transition ReviewJournal14 citations

The making of HIV epidemics: what are the driving forces?

1997AIDSReportSenior author70 citations

Report on Social Dimensions of HIV/AIDS Infection in Ghana

1995Department of GeographyReportFirst author1 citation

HIV/AIDS education and counselling: experiences from Ghana

1995Health Transition ReviewJournalFirst author24 citations

Family life education in the new educational system of Ghana

1993Department of Special EducationReportFirst author3 citations

Social science research and challenge of the AIDS epidemic, Ghanaian data

1993International Population Conference, MontrealJournalFirst author4 citations

Experimental research on sexual networking in some selected areas of Ghana

1993Health transition reviewJournalSenior author77 citations

Women's control over their sexuality and the spread of STDs and HIV/AIDS in Ghana

1993Health Transition ReviewJournalFirst author112 citations

African families and AIDS: context, reactions and potential interventions

1993Health Transition ReviewJournal151 citations

Matriliny and the new intestate succession law of Ghana

1990Canadian Journal of African Studies/La Revue Canadienne des études AfricainesJournalFirst author161 citations10.1080/00083968.1990.10803849

Interpretations of demographic concepts: the case of Ghana

1988Population and Development ReviewJournalFirst author26 citations

Education and fertility in Ghana

1988University of LiverpoolThesisFirst author5 citations

Urbanization, Population Growth, and Environmental Quality

1916Brown University, Providence, RIThesis0 citations

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