J.D. Seffah

University of Ghana

Also at Korle Bu Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Professor, University of Ghana, since 1997per ORCID

Publishing since 1994, latest 2025

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions
Epidemiology
Nutrition and Dietetics

Publications: 591994–2025
Citations: 1,175to those papers
h-index: 19i10-index 24
Field-weighted impact: 1.271.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 17%10 of 59 scored papers
Open access: 49%29 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Professor, Dept of Obstetrics and GynaecologyUniversity of Ghanasince 1997

Education

FWACS, Dept of Obstetrics and GynaecologyUniversity of Ghana1988–1994

On their papers

Publications

59 in all

Respectful maternity care and mistreatment: Women’s experiences during induction of labor and childbirth in Ghana
2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0314990
Lived experiences of women during induction of labour at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: A qualitative study
2024

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3559%
Obstetrics and Gynecology3153%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1729%
General Health Professions1017%
Epidemiology814%
Nutrition and Dietetics47%
Sociology and Political Science35%
Urology35%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine23%
Clinical Psychology23%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health19
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions14
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies11
Maternal and fetal healthcare10
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health5
Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis5
Reproductive Health and Contraception5
Gestational Diabetes Research and Management4
Neonatal and fetal brain pathology4
Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics4
Uterine Myomas and Treatments4
Birth, Development, and Health3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

37% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written14710121518Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States21
Finland2
Canada1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH26 papers
Harvard UniversityUS13 papers
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterUS11 papers
University of MichiganUS4 papers
University of Ghana Medical CentreGH4 papers
University for Development StudiesGH3 papers
Michigan MedicineUS2 papers
Finnish Institute of Occupational HealthFI2 papers
University of Eastern FinlandFI2 papers
University of California San DiegoUS1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics17
Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana6
PubMed5
Ghana Medical Journal3
African Health Sciences2
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being34
1No poverty8
5Gender equality6
8Decent work and economic growth2
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Association of maternal sleep practices with pre‐eclampsia, low birth weight, and stillbirth among Ghanaian women
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics3
2013133 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Perinatal outcomes of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy at a tertiary hospital in Ghana
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth3
201793 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Every institution they have given on a paper.

PLOS Global Public Health

Massive subchorionic thrombohematoma: a case report demonstrating serial sonographic changes

2022International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and GynecologyJournalOpen access1 citation10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20220582

Adolescent Female Genital Tract Congenital Anomalies in Northern Ghana

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.60014/pmjg.v3i2.67

Perinatal outcomes of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy at a tertiary hospital in Ghana

2017BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessSenior author93 citations10.1186/s12884-017-1575-2

PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS IN PREGNANCY AT KORLE-BU TEACHING HOSPITAL IN GHANA

2017Journal of Gynecology & Neonatal BiologyJournalOpen accessSenior author24 citations10.15436/2380-5595.17.1243

Fetal middle cerebral artery Doppler indices and clinical application at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

2016International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.11.027

857: Perinatal Factors Increasing Preterm Delivery Risk among Adolescent Mothers in Ghana

2015American Journal of Obstetrics and GynecologyJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.1016/j.ajog.2015.10.907

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2015Pregnancy HypertensionJournalSenior author0 citations10.1016/j.preghy.2014.10.201

Maternal outcomes of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana

2014International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalSenior author53 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.06.010

Sexual and reproductive health in Accra, Ghana.

2012PubMedJournalOpen access21 citations

Clinic visits and cervical cancer screening in Accra

2011Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access61 citations10.4314/gmj.v44i2.68885

692: Improved perinatal outcomes with fetal monitoring in Ghana

2011American Journal of Obstetrics and GynecologyJournal0 citations10.1016/j.ajog.2011.10.710

Obstetric Ultrasonography in Low-income Countries

2009Clinical Obstetrics & GynecologyJournalFirst author40 citations10.1097/grf.0b013e3181a4c2d5

Prevalence of Obesity in Women of Accra, Ghana

2008African Journal of Health SciencesJournalOpen access39 citations10.4314/ajhs.v14i3.30855

Indications for gynecologic surgery and their implications for sexual function in menopausal women

2008International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.07.007

Health of urban Ghanaian women as identified by the Women's Health Study of Accra

2007International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournal78 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.05.024

Emergency peripartum hysterectomy in the nulliparous patient

2007International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2006.11.018

Sonographic findings in women with complications after hysterectomy

2007International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.07.025

Secular trends in menarcheal age among Ghanaian women in Accra

2006Journal of Obstetrics and GynaecologyJournal21 citations10.1080/01443610600811425

Prenatal, labor and delivery characteristics of mothers with macrosomic babies

2006International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalSenior author11 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2005.11.006

Hysterectomy for uterine fibroids in Nullipara at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana

2006Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and GynaecologyJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.4314/tjog.v22i2.14510

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How it can be read

49% free to read

Diamond 15 · 25%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 10%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 30 · 51%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

8 of 59 papers name a funder

National Institutes of Health3
National Institute on Aging2
Carnegie Corporation of New York1
Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation1
Dalhousie University1
Fogarty International Center1
Government of Canada1
Grand Challenges Canada1

Health of urban Ghanaian women as identified by the Women's Health Study of Accra

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics1

200778 citationsWorld top 10%

Re‐laparotomy after Cesarean section

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

200577 citations