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Selina Defor · Peerford

Dodowa Health Research Centre / Scholars

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Selina Defor

Dodowa Health Research Centre

Also at Ghana Health Service and University of the Western Capefrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2017, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases

ORCID 0000-0003-3709-1439
Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 92017–2026
Citations: 87to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.801.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 33%3 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 100%9 papers free to read

2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are 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

Citations received each year

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Career

On their papers

University of the Western Cape8 works
Ghana Health Service5 works
Dodowa Health Research Centre3 works
African Field Epidemiology Network2 works
Western Cape Department of Health1 work

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

9 in all

Newest Most cited Oldest Title

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Evolution of health policy and systems research (HPSR) capacity in West Africa and authorship pattern: A bibliometric analysis from 2015 to 2024
2026SSM - Health SystemsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.ssmhs.2026.100224
Peer-learning and support among health policy and systems research actors in West Africa: a social network analysis

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health9100%
General Health Professions667%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health667%
Epidemiology111%
Infectious Diseases111%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Health and Surgery9
Global Maternal and Child Health6
Health Policy Implementation Science6
Community Health and Development3
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences1
Health and Medical Research Impacts1
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

89% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223455Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa6
Burkina Faso3
Canada1
Nigeria1
Benin1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana College of Physicians and SurgeonsGH6 papers
University of the Western CapeZA6 papers
South African Medical Research CouncilZA5 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers
West African Health OrganisationBF3 papers
African Field Epidemiology NetworkUG2 papers
University of AlbertaCA1 paper
National Primary Health Care Development AgencyNG1 paper
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH1 paper
Western Cape Department of HealthZA1 paper

Where they publish

Figshare3
Health Research Policy and Systems3
Ghana Medical Journal2
SSM - Health Systems1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Diamond 2 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 44%In an open-access journal
Green 3 · 33%A copy in a repository

Who funds it

6 of 9 papers name a funder

International Development Research Centre6
Canadian Institutes of Health Research1
Global Affairs Canada1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

17Partnerships for the goals2
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Understanding the state of health policy and systems research in West Africa and capacity strengthening needs: scoping of peer-reviewed publications trends and patterns 1990–2015
Health Research Policy and Systems16
201743 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Spanning maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and health systems research boundaries: conducive and limiting health systems factors to improving MNCH outcomes in West Africa
Health Research Policy and Systems17
201739 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Peer-learning and support among health policy and systems research actors in West Africa: a social network analysis
Health Research Policy and Systems
20253 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Historical and contemporary factors that influenced the emergence and continuity of WANEL: Lessons for sustainable HPSR network formation in LMICs
Ghana Medical Journal
20222 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Evolution of health policy and systems research (HPSR) capacity in West Africa and authorship pattern: A bibliometric analysis from 2015 to 2024
SSM - Health Systems17
20260 citationsOpen access · Gold

2025

Health Research Policy and Systems

Journal

Open access

First author

Corresponding

3 citations

10.1186/s12961-025-01417-6

Additional file 2 of Peer-learning and support among health policy and systems research actors in West Africa: a social network analysis

2025FigshareJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.30616495

Additional file 1 of Peer-learning and support among health policy and systems research actors in West Africa: a social network analysis

2025FigshareJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.30616492

Additional file 3 of Peer-learning and support among health policy and systems research actors in West Africa: a social network analysis

2025FigshareJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.30616498

Historical and contemporary factors that influenced the emergence and continuity of WANEL: Lessons for sustainable HPSR network formation in LMICs

2022Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.4314/gmj.v56i3s.4

The experience of a regional network of health policy and systems actors in translating evidence into policy and action in West Africa

2022Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gmj.v56i3s.11

Understanding the state of health policy and systems research in West Africa and capacity strengthening needs: scoping of peer-reviewed publications trends and patterns 1990–2015

2017Health Research Policy and SystemsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding43 citations10.1186/s12961-017-0215-7

Spanning maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and health systems research boundaries: conducive and limiting health systems factors to improving MNCH outcomes in West Africa

2017Health Research Policy and SystemsJournalOpen access39 citations10.1186/s12961-017-0212-x