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

Re‐laparotomy after Cesarean section
2005International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding77 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2004.12.014
HIV PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS IN WOMEN OF ACCRA, GHANA: RESULTS FROM THE WOMEN’S HEALTH STUDY OF ACCRA
2005American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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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

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.

Sonographic determination of uterine size in young Ghanaian women

2004International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2004.04.009

Ruptured uterus and the partograph

2003International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1016/s0020-7292(02)00307-7

Ultrasonography and ectopic pregnancy - a review

2000International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1016/s0020-7292(00)00278-2

Maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity associated with transverse lie

1999International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.1016/s0020-7292(99)00012-0

Antenatal ultrasonography for breech delivery

1999International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst author8 citations10.1016/s0020-7292(99)00164-2

Amniotic fluid index for screening late pregnancies.

1999PubMedJournalFirst author6 citations

The use of the partograph in monitoring labor in a prior cesarean section

1994International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1016/0020-7292(94)90255-0

TSpace (University of Toronto)2

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