Alim Swarray‐Deen

University of Ghana

Also at Korle Bu Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology
Reproductive Medicine
Genetics

Publications: 552010–2026
Citations: 368to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 2.371.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 22%12 of 55 scored papers
Open access: 85%47 papers free to read

10 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

55 in all

Addressing learning gaps to improve access to assisted reproductive technology in low-resource settings: Development and evaluation of a low-cost oocyte retrieval simulator
2026African Journal of Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.29063/ajrh2026/v30i8.2
Attitudes and perspectives of autopsy after a stillbirth: a qualitative study of mothers in Ghana

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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 Health3360%
Obstetrics and Gynecology1935%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1425%
Epidemiology713%
Reproductive Medicine713%
Genetics611%
General Health Professions59%
Hematology59%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging59%
Surgery59%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health17
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies12
Maternal and fetal healthcare7
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders6
Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy5
Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes5
Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management5
Reproductive Health and Technologies5
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies4
Iron Metabolism and Disorders4
Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics4
Child Nutrition and Water Access3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

55% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States29
South Africa7
Kenya6
United Kingdom6
Mozambique4
Bangladesh4
Spain4
Sierra Leone4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH39 papers
University of MichiganUS13 papers
Michigan MedicineUS9 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH6 papers
Vanderbilt UniversityUS5 papers
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterUS5 papers
Barcelona Institute for Global HealthES4 papers
University of Maryland, BaltimoreUS4 papers
Universitat de BarcelonaES4 papers
Emory UniversityUS4 papers

Where they publish

AJOG Global Reports5
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics5
Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana5
Fertility and Sterility3
Blood2
Blood Advances2
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being20
1No poverty5
2Zero hunger3
5Gender equality3
8Decent work and economic growth2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
10Reduced inequalities1
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Most cited

Causes of death identified in neonates enrolled through Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), December 2016 –December 2021
PLOS Global Public Health3
202368 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Prioritizing Health Care Strategies to Reduce Childhood Mortality
JAMA Network Open3
202264 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Frontiers in Global Women s Health

The learning health system imperative in low‐resource contexts

2025Learning Health SystemsJournalOpen access2 citations10.1002/lrh2.70002

Ultrasound - Assisted Removal of Impalpable Contraceptive Implants at The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

2025Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.60014/pmjg.v14i1.373

A Parasitic Twin Diagnosed Prenatally As a Sacrococcygeal Teratoma: A Case Report

2025Journal of Pediatrics Research Reviews & ReportsJournalOpen access0 citations10.47363/jprrr/2025(7)186

Preterm birth in low-middle income Countries

2024Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & GynaecologyJournalOpen accessFirst author47 citations10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2024.102518

Acute uterine inversion following an induced abortion

2023Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology researchJournalFirst author4 citations10.1111/jog.15562

Advanced secondary abdominal pregnancy: a case report

2023Health Sciences Investigations JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.46829/hsijournal.2023.12.4.2.572-576

Factors Associated with Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy: A 10-Year Review at a District Hospital in Ghana

2022Obstetrics and Gynecology InternationalJournalOpen accessCorresponding18 citations10.1155/2022/1491419

Perinatal autopsy in Ghana: Healthcare workers knowledge and attitude

2022Frontiers in Global Women s HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.3389/fgwh.2022.1021474

Need For A Surgical Plan In Ghana

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.60014/pmjg.v9i1.223

Massive subchorionic thrombohematoma: a case report demonstrating serial sonographic changes

2022International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and GynecologyJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20220582

How it can be read

85% free to read

Diamond 12 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Gold 26 · 47%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 6 · 11%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 15%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

19 of 55 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center5
University of Ghana5
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation4
National Institutes of Health3
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention2
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health2
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute2
School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University2

Partnerships for the goals

Preterm birth in low-middle income Countries

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology1

202447 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Rare complication of fibroids in pregnancy: Spontaneous fibroid rupture

Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research3

201721 citations