Irène Akua Agyepong

Dodowa Health Research Centre

Also at Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeonsfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1994, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
General Health Professions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Finance
Economics and Econometrics
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Publications: 1761994–2026
Citations: 8,271to those papers
h-index: 46i10-index 111
Field-weighted impact: 4.611.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 52%91 of 175 scored papers
Open access: 82%144 papers free to read

20 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

Publications

176 in all

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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 Health11465%
General Health Professions8247%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4526%
Finance4324%
Economics and Econometrics2112%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management169%
Obstetrics and Gynecology137%
Nutrition and Dietetics127%
Social Psychology116%
Infectious Diseases106%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health111
Healthcare Systems and Reforms43
Global Health and Surgery24
Primary Care and Health Outcomes22
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology16
Health Policy Implementation Science14
Child Nutrition and Water Access12
Global Health Care Issues12
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life11
Mental Health Treatment and Access11
Malaria Research and Control10
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications10

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

88% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written57810141747Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom74
Netherlands53
South Africa47
United States17
Switzerland17
Australia15
Burkina Faso14
Niger10

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH120 papers
University of GhanaGH106 papers
Ghana College of Physicians and SurgeonsGH75 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB46 papers
University Medical Center UtrechtNL31 papers
University of LeedsGB27 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA26 papers
Utrecht UniversityNL19 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH18 papers
Wageningen University & ResearchNL12 papers

Where they publish

Health Policy and Planning19
Health Research Policy and Systems10
PLoS ONE10
Tropical Medicine & International Health10
BMC Health Services Research9
BMJ Open9
The Lancet

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty28
3Good health and well-being25
17Partnerships for the goals18
5Gender equality11
16Peace, justice and strong institutions10
10Reduced inequalities8
11Sustainable cities and communities7
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Most cited

Republished research: Implementation research: what it is and how to do it
British Journal of Sports Medicine
20131,151 citationsWorld top 10%
Building the Field of Health Policy and Systems Research: Framing the Questions
PLoS Medicine1
2011444 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Public social policy development and implementation: a case study of the Ghana National Health Insurance scheme

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Health Research Policy and Systems

Postings and transfers in the Ghanaian health system: a study of health workforce governance

2017International Journal for Equity in HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author38 citations10.1186/s12939-017-0583-1

Perinatal outcomes after hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in a low resource setting

2015Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen access59 citations10.1111/tmi.12606

The path dependence of district manager decision-space in Ghana

2015Health Policy and PlanningJournalOpen accessSenior author37 citations10.1093/heapol/czv069

Making sense of health estimates

2015The LancetJournalFirst author12 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(15)60024-1

A systems view and lessons from the ongoing Ebola Virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa

2014Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding27 citations10.4314/gmj.v48i3.9

Republished research: Implementation research: what it is and how to do it

2013British Journal of Sports MedicineJournal1,151 citations10.1136/bmj.f6753

Profile: The Dodowa HDSS

2013International Journal of EpidemiologyJournalOpen access56 citations10.1093/ije/dyt197

Frontiers in Public Health8

How it can be read

82% free to read

Diamond 11 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 95 · 54%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 12 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 11 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 15 · 9%A copy in a repository
Closed 32 · 18%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

116 of 176 papers name a funder

Government of the United Kingdom22
International Development Research Centre21
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek21
Medical Research Council20
National Institute for Health and Care Research20
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office15
University of Ghana12
Department of Health and Social Care11

8Decent work and economic growth2

9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Health Policy and Planning

2007375 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Building the Field of Health Policy and Systems Research: Social Science Matters

PLoS Medicine

2011329 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold