Listowel Ferka

Publishing since 2023, latest 2026

General Health Professions
Hematology
Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Clinical Psychology

In their own words

Maternal Health
Health Education and Promotion
Community Health

Publications: 82023–2026
Citations: 25to those papers
h-index: 2i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 3.201.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 29%2 of 7 scored papers
Open access: 86%6 of the 7 whose access is recorded

2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 40 citations, h-index 2 and i10-index 1 (40 citations and h-index 2 since 2021), as of October 3, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

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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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

General Health Professions450%
Hematology3

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Department of Population and HealthUniversity of Cape Coast2020–2034

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Population and HealthUniversity of Cape Coast2009–2016

Publications

8 in all

Pathways to life satisfaction (happiness): well-being among older adults in Ghana
2026Aging & Mental HealthJournal1 citation10.1080/13607863.2026.2621786
Feeding practices and anaemia among children aged 0–23 months in Ghana
2025British Journal of MidwiferyJournalOpen access

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Nutrition and Dietetics338%

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health338%

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health225%

Clinical Psychology113%

Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology113%

Obstetrics and Gynecology113%

Social Psychology113%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Child Nutrition and Water Access3
Iron Metabolism and Disorders3
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health2
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations2
Global Maternal and Child Health2
Reproductive Health and Contraception2
Aging and Gerontology Research1
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health1
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders1
Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving1
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions1
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

29% of their 7 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States1
Malawi1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

United Nations Children's FundUS1 paper
Kamuzu University of Health SciencesMW1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
Sunyani Technical UniversityGH1 paper
University of GhanaGH1 paper
Kamuzu Central HospitalMW1 paper

Where they publish

British Journal of Midwifery3
African Journal of Midwifery and Women s Health1
Aging & Mental Health1
Correspondence: Listowel Ferka, Department of Population and Health, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, Tel:+ 233544066730. Received1
Gynecology & Reproductive Health1
Reproductive Health1

How it can be read

86% free to read, of the 7 recorded

Diamond 1 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 13%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 38%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 13%Free to read, no open licence

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being1

Most cited

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health needs and utilisation of health services in the Bono East Region, Ghana
Reproductive Health3
202421 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Pregnant women's perceptions of daily iron supplementation in rural Ghana
British Journal of Midwifery
20242 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Pathways to life satisfaction (happiness): well-being among older adults in Ghana
Aging & Mental Health
20261 citationWorld top 10%
Compliance with oral iron supplementation among pregnant women in the Tain district, Ghana
African Journal of Midwifery and Women s Health
20231 citationOpen access · Hybrid
Feeding practices and anaemia among children aged 0–23 months in Ghana
British Journal of Midwifery
20250 citationsOpen access · Hybrid

Pregnant women's perceptions of daily iron supplementation in rural Ghana

2024British Journal of MidwiferyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.12968/bjom.2024.32.2.77

Educational Attainment, Media and Pregnancy Termination Among Women of Reproductive Age in Ghana. Gynecol Reprod Health. 2025; 9 (2): 1-9

2024Correspondence: Listowel Ferka, Department of Population and Health, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, Tel:+ 233544066730. ReceivedJournalFirst author0 citations

Compliance with oral iron supplementation among pregnant women in the Tain district, Ghana

2023African Journal of Midwifery and Women s HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.12968/ajmw.2022.0010

Unknown 1 · 13%Not recorded by the source