Felix Yirdong

Doctoral Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY, since 2023per ORCID

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Genetics
Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Reproductive Medicine
Sociology and Political Science
Demography

In their own words

Clinical Health Psychology
Psychology of Religion
Psychology of Emotions
Psychological Distress and HIV/AIDS
Suicidal Studie

Publications: 172012–2026
Citations: 80to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.101.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 7 scored papers
Open access: 71%5 of the 7 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 123 citations, h-index 6 and i10-index 4 (100 citations and h-index 6 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

Doctoral Student, PsychologyThe Graduate Center, CUNYsince 2023

Publications

17 in all

fyirdong@ucc.edu.ghPublic on their ORCID record

yirdf177@newschool.eduPublic on their ORCID record

felix.yirdong31@login.cuny.eduPublic on their ORCID record

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Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Genetics212%
Health212%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health212%
Reproductive Medicine212%
Sociology and Political Science212%
Demography16%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism16%
Epidemiology16%
Health Information Management16%
Hepatology16%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders2
Ovarian function and disorders2
Religion, Society, and Development2
Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology2
Reproductive Health and Technologies2
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins1
Family Dynamics and Relationships1
Global Health and Epidemiology1
Hepatitis B Virus Studies1
Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology1
Mental Health Treatment and Access1
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

57% of their 7 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written4444444Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

New SchoolUS2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
City University of New YorkUS1 paper
Howard Community CollegeUS1 paper
The Graduate Center, CUNYUS1 paper
University of GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

Mental Health Religion & Culture2
University of Cape Coast2
BMC Psychology1
British Journal of Clinical Psychology1
Child Psychiatry & Human Development1
Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty2
3Good health and well-being2
2Zero hunger1
5Gender equality1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Prevalence of psychological symptoms among adults with sickle cell disease in Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana
BMC Psychology1
201621 citationsOpen access · Gold
Impact of universal childhood vaccination against hepatitis B in Ghana: A pilot study
Journal of Public Health in Africa3
201814 citationsOpen access · Gold
Psychological distress of Ghanaian couples after unsuccessful treatment for infertility

Child Psychiatry & Human Development

Dimensions of emotion dysregulation and childhood adversities differentiate young adults with histories of suicide ideation and attempts.

2026Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide PreventionJournalFirst author2 citations

Anthropometric indices and cardiometabolic risk factors in a Ghanaian adolescent population

2020Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and MetabolismJournalOpen access3 citations10.1515/jpem-2020-0273

Impact of universal childhood vaccination against hepatitis B in Ghana: A pilot study

2018Journal of Public Health in AfricaJournalOpen accessCorresponding14 citations10.4081/jphia.2018.721

Effects of sleep deprivation on students’ learning: a study of medical students in University of Cape Coast

2013Journal of Counselling, Education, and PsychologyJournalSenior author4 citations

A Study of Work Related Depression, Anxiety and Stress of Nurses at

2012University of Cape CoastReportFirst author0 citations

Ghana Medical Journal1

How it can be read

71% free to read, of the 7 recorded

Diamond 1 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 18%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 2 · 12%Behind a paywall
Unknown 10 · 59%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

1 of 17 papers name a funder

University of Michigan1

Ghana Medical Journal14

20239 citationsOpen access · Diamond