John Kwasi Akortiakumah

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Publishing since 2021, latest 2026

Clinical Psychology
General Health Professions
Emergency Medical Services
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Publications: 82021–2026
Citations: 30to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 0
Field-weighted impact: 0.621.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 13%1 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 75%6 papers free to read

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

Peerford

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

Clinical Psychology338%

Publications

8 in all

Nurses’ experiences of triage in two resource-constrained facilities in Ho Municipality, Ghana: a qualitative descriptive study
2026BMC Emergency MedicineJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12873-026-01781-8
Death on the table: how do operating room staff experience intraoperative deaths? A narrative synthesis of qualitative evidence
2025

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General Health Professions338%

Emergency Medical Services225%

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis225%

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health225%

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine113%

Emergency Medicine113%

Infectious Diseases113%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health2
Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure2
Disaster Response and Management1
Emergency and Acute Care Studies1
Employment and Welfare Studies1
Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout1
Homelessness and Social Issues1
Infection Control and Ventilation1
Infection Control in Healthcare1
Migration, Health and Trauma1
Music Therapy and Health1
Occupational exposure and asthma1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

25% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom2
Australia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH3 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH2 papers
Edinburgh Napier UniversityGB1 paper
Lancaster UniversityGB1 paper
Northumbria UniversityGB1 paper
University of Southern QueenslandAU1 paper
Ho Technical UniversityGH1 paper
Holy Family HospitalGH1 paper
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH1 paper

Where they publish

BMC Emergency Medicine1
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care1
East African Scholars Journal of Medical Sciences1
INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing1
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics1
Journal of Hospital Infection1
SAGE Open1
SAGE Open Medicine1

How it can be read

75% free to read

Diamond 1 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 50%In an open-access journal
Green 1 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 25%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty1
5Gender equality1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

A qualitative exploratory study on the effects of formalin on mortuary attendants
SAGE Open Medicine
20229 citationsOpen access · Gold
Work Conditions of the Mortuary Attendant in Ghana: A Qualitative Study
INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing1
20219 citationsOpen access · Gold
Qualitative study on the biological hazards associated with mortuary work: the Ghanaian perspective
Journal of Hospital Infection
20228 citations
Perception of Dieners Regarding Social Acceptance and the Right to Work: A Qualitative Study
SAGE Open5
20242 citationsOpen access · Gold
Exploring Pediatric Procedural Pain Assessment Practices, Knowledge, and Attitude among Nurses in a Tertiary Health Facility in Ghana
East African Scholars Journal of Medical Sciences
20241 citationOpen access · Diamond

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care

Ergonomic challenges of mortuary attendants in Ghana: an exploratory study

2024International Journal of Occupational Safety and ErgonomicsJournalSenior author1 citation10.1080/10803548.2024.2391647

Work Conditions of the Mortuary Attendant in Ghana: A Qualitative Study

2021INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and FinancingJournalOpen access9 citations10.1177/00469580211060263