Elvis Junior Dun-Dery

University of Ghana

Instructor/GTA, Oregon State University, since 2023per ORCID
Senior Research Consultant, Research Web Africa, since 2015per ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2025

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
General Health Professions
Epidemiology
Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Hepatology

In their own words

Researcher

Publications: 92016–2025
Citations: 195to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 1.501.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 11%1 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 100%9 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

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.

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Instructor/GTA, Public HealthOregon State Universitysince 2023
Senior Research Consultant, Research and EvaluationResearch Web Africasince 2015
Deputy Director, Research and ProgrammesPreventive Health Awareness Network Ghanasince 2004
Research/Teaching Assistant, Population, Family and Reproductive HealthUniversity of Ghana2013–2014
Project Manager, Project ManagementEnactus Ghana2012–2013

Publications

9 in all

Are internal migrants (head porters) sexually vulnerable due to the coronavirus pandemic? A qualitative study of the situation in Ghana
2025Journal of Biosocial ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1017/s0021932025000070
Maternal physical and social characteristics that influence the occurrence of preeclampsia/eclampsia and hemorrhage in Eastern Region of Ghana. A prospective cohort study

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health556%
General Health Professions444%
Epidemiology333%
Nutrition and Dietetics333%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health222%
Hepatology111%
Infectious Diseases111%
Obstetrics and Gynecology111%
Pollution111%
Reproductive Medicine111%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health5
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health2
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences1
Energy and Environment Impacts1
Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management1
Hepatitis B Virus Studies1
Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology1
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk1
Infant Nutrition and Health1
Male Reproductive Health Studies1
Maternal and fetal healthcare1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

67% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

Canada4
United States2
Germany2
Switzerland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH7 papers
University of CalgaryCA4 papers
University for Development StudiesGH3 papers
Heidelberg Institute of Global HealthDE2 papers
Heidelberg UniversityDE2 papers
Oregon State UniversityUS1 paper
Purdue University West LafayetteUS1 paper
World Health OrganizationCH1 paper
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH1 paper
Catholic University College of GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

SAGE Open Medicine2
Advances in Reproductive Sciences1
BMC Pediatrics1
BMC Public Health1
BMC Research Notes1
International Breastfeeding Journal1
Journal of Biosocial Science

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
1No poverty1

Most cited

Exclusive breastfeeding among city-dwelling professional working mothers in Ghana
International Breastfeeding Journal3
2016118 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Correlates of domestic waste management and related health outcomes in Sunyani, Ghana: a protocol towards enhancing policy
BMC Public Health
201738 citationsOpen access · Gold
Maternal and neonatal characteristics that influence very early neonatal mortality in the Eastern Regional Hospital of Ghana, Koforidua: a retrospective review

Ph.D student, Public Health PolicyOregon State University2024–2027
Certificate, Monitoring and Evaluation, Department of Global HealthUniversity of Washington2024
Master of Public Health (Family and Community Health)Purdue University West Lafayette2021–2023
Master of Public Health, Population, Family and Reproductive HealthUniversity of Ghana2014–2015
Certificate, Child NutritionUniversity of Southampton2013–2014
BSc. Public Health, Public HealthUniversity of Ghana2009–2013

Honours, memberships and service

Permanent, Family and Reproductive HealthAmerican Public Health Associationsince 2021
Active MemberResearch, Methodology and statistics in the social sciencessince 2016
Active MemberGlobal Public Health Groupsince 2016
Active Member, Global HealthWHO Health Security Learning Platformsince 2014
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologistssince 2014
Trial MemberAmerican Medical Informatics Associationsince 2013

Exclusive breastfeeding among city-dwelling professional working mothers in Ghana

2016International Breastfeeding JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author118 citations10.1186/s13006-016-0083-8

PLOS Global Public Health1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Diamond 1 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 89%In an open-access journal

Who funds it

2 of 9 papers name a funder

University of Ghana1
World Health Organization1

201822 citationsOpen access · Gold