Raphael Baffour Awuah

University of Ghana

Also at Vital Strategiesfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

General Health Professions
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health

Publications: 342014–2026
Citations: 587to those papers
h-index: 14i10-index 17
Field-weighted impact: 2.501.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 32%11 of 34 scored papers
Open access: 85%29 papers free to read

11 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

34 in all

Prevalence of diabetes and associated risk factors in Ga Mashie, Accra, Ghana: a cross-sectional CARE Diabetes community-based survey
2026BMJ OpenJournalOpen access0 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2026-119125
Changes in food quality and habits in urban Ghana: evidence from a mixed-methods study
2025BMC Public Health

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Health Professions1338%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism1235%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management1235%
Nutrition and Dietetics618%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health618%
Health515%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine412%
Clinical Psychology412%
Hematology39%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health39%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology12
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins10
Diabetes Management and Education9
Child Nutrition and Water Access5
Community Health and Development4
Health disparities and outcomes4
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies3
Census and Population Estimation3
Global Maternal and Child Health3
Health Policy Implementation Science3
Iron Metabolism and Disorders3
Migration, Health and Trauma3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

85% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written123491018Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States23
United Kingdom18
Netherlands9
South Africa9
Australia3
Uganda3
Germany1
Ethiopia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University College LondonGB16 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH12 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB11 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH11 papers
Vital StrategiesUS10 papers
University of UtahUS9 papers
Stellenbosch UniversityZA9 papers
University of AmsterdamNL8 papers
University of OxfordGB7 papers
University of GreenwichGB6 papers

Where they publish

BMC Public Health4
BMJ Open2
Ethnicity and Health2
European Journal of Public Health2
Global Health Action2
Maternal and Child Nutrition2
PLoS ONE

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty13
2Zero hunger4
3Good health and well-being4
4Quality education1
5Gender equality1
10Reduced inequalities1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana
Journal of Hypertension1
2014100 citationsWorld top 10%
Factors associated with treatment-seeking for malaria in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana
Malaria Journal1
201868 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Perceptions and knowledge of diabetes in poor urban communities in Accra, Ghana

2025Global Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1080/17441692.2025.2516700

Estimating Road Traffic Deaths in Accra, Ghana Using the Capture-Recapture Method

2025Transportation research procediaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.trpro.2025.05.089

Perceptions and beliefs about anaemia: A qualitative study in three agroecological regions of Ghana

2021Maternal and Child NutritionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding22 citations10.1111/mcn.13181

Non-communicable disease comorbidities in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

2021South African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.7196/samj.2021.v111i2.14744

Psychosocial stressors among Ghanaians in rural and urban Ghana and Ghanaian migrants in Europe

2020Journal of Health PsychologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1177/1359105320963549

Transportation research procedia2

How it can be read

85% free to read

Diamond 2 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 22 · 65%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 15%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

26 of 34 papers name a funder

Medical Research Council8
UK Research and Innovation6
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation5
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development4
European Commission3
International Development Research Centre3
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation3
Bloomberg Family Foundation2

Smart Learning Environments4

201655 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Hypertension awareness, treatment and control in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Ethnicity and Health

201849 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green