Thomas Hormenu

Teaching and Research/Dr, University of Cape Coast, since 2016per ORCID
Teaching and Research/Dr, University of Cape Coast, since 2016per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

General Health Professions
Infectious Diseases
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Physiology
Epidemiology

In their own words

Epidemiology of Cardiometabolic Health
Health Promotion
School Health Education
Adolescent health
Diabetes
cardiometabolic disease epidemiology
school health promotion

Publications: 722014–2026
Citations: 691to those papers
h-index: 15i10-index 19
Field-weighted impact: 1.771.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 26%11 of 42 scored papers
Open access: 98%41 of the 42 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 947 citations, h-index 16 and i10-index 24 (892 citations and h-index 15 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

Teaching and Research/Dr, Health, Physical Education and RecreationUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2016
Teaching and Research/Dr, Health, Physical Education and RecreationUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2016

Education

Postdoc. in Cardiometabolic Disease Epidemiology, PhD (Health Promotion in Maternal and Child Health), MPhil Health Educaation, Health, Physical Education and RecreationUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2017

Publications

72 in all

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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 Professions1419%
Infectious Diseases1115%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism913%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health811%
Physiology710%
Epidemiology68%
Nutrition and Dietetics68%
Sociology and Political Science68%
Health57%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health57%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health10
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions10
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins6
Global Maternal and Child Health6
Child Nutrition and Water Access5
Physical Activity and Health4
Diabetes Management and Education3
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications3
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet3
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare3
Sex work and related issues3
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

40% of their 42 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12457810Home

Most frequent partner countries

Germany11
Australia7
United States5
Rwanda3
United Kingdom2
Canada1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Bielefeld UniversityDE11 papers
University of Technology SydneyAU7 papers
James Cook UniversityAU5 papers
National Institutes of HealthUS4 papers
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesUS3 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH3 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
University of Global Health EquityRW3 papers
University of GhanaGH3 papers
City University of New YorkUS2 papers

Where they publish

Diabetes9
PLoS ONE5
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health4
BMC Public Health3
Circulation3
Frontiers in endocrinology3
Frontiers in Public Health

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being8
1No poverty5
2Zero hunger3
5Gender equality3
10Reduced inequalities2
17Partnerships for the goals2
4Quality education1
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Most cited

Impact of climate change and heat stress on workers’ health and productivity: A scoping review
The Journal of Climate Change and Health
2023101 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Access to Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Information and Services in Ghana: A Community-Based Case-Control Study
Frontiers in Public Health
201953 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Maternal healthcare utilization and full immunization coverage among 12–23 months children in Benin: a cross sectional study using population-based data

Risk factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women in the Adaklu District, Ghana

2024Frontiers in Global Women s HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding26 citations10.3389/fgwh.2023.1140867

Unmasking the Risk Factors Associated with Undiagnosed Diabetes and Prediabetes in Ghana: Insights from Cardiometabolic Risk (CarMeR) Study-APTI Project

2024International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.3390/ijerph21070836

Risk factors for cardiometabolic health in Ghana: Cardiometabolic Risks Study Protocol-APTI Project

2024Frontiers in EndocrinologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.3389/fendo.2024.1337895

Impact of climate change and heat stress on workers’ health and productivity: A scoping review

2023The Journal of Climate Change and HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author101 citations10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100249

Instructional supervision and practices of teachers in physical exercise and sports programmes in public primary schools of Volta Region, Ghana

2023Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences Journal of Mathematics, and Science EducationJournal2 citations

Sleep and Economic Status Are Linked to Daily Life Stress in African-Born Blacks Living in America

2022International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.3390/ijerph19052562

Lived Experiences of Diabetics with the Health Care System in the Rural Areas

2022Research Article Received: JanuaryJournal0 citations

2021International Journal of Physiology, Nutrition and Physical EducationJournal9 citations

Stress measured by allostatic load varies by reason for immigration, age at immigration, and number of children: the Africans in America study

2020International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalFirst author24 citations

University of Cape Coast3

How it can be read

98% free to read, of the 42 recorded

Diamond 6 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 31 · 43%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 1 · 1%Behind a paywall
Unknown 30 · 42%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

15 of 72 papers name a funder

Universität Bielefeld8
African Academy of Sciences4
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2
City University of New York2
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases2
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities2
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft1
National Institutes of Health1

Archives of Public Health1

202150 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold