Vida Nyagre Yakong

University of Ghana

Also at University for Development Studiesfrom their recent papers

Lecturer, University for Development Studies, since 2003per ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

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

Publications: 452016–2026
Citations: 519to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 2.251.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 30%13 of 44 scored papers
Open access: 93%42 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

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

Lecturer, MidwiferyUniversity for Development Studiessince 2003

Education

past Phd Student, Faculty of Health and Social DevelopmentUniversity of British Columbia Okanagan2008–2013

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

45 in all

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health2351%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1227%
General Health Professions1124%
Obstetrics and Gynecology920%
Epidemiology511%
Nutrition and Dietetics511%
Demography49%
Oncology49%
Research and Theory49%
Clinical Psychology37%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health19
Child Nutrition and Water Access4
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening4
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions4
Nursing education and management4
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health3
Aging and Gerontology Research3
Infant Development and Preterm Care3
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum3
Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management2
BRCA gene mutations in cancer2
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

56% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234568Home

Most frequent partner countries

Korea8
Canada8
United Kingdom5
United States4
Australia4
India3
Netherlands2
Portugal2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University for Development StudiesGH44 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH12 papers
Yonsei UniversityKR8 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH6 papers
University of DundeeGB5 papers
University of TorontoCA5 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH5 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers
Presbyterian University, GhanaGH4 papers
James Cook UniversityAU3 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE6
Advances in Research2
Asian Journal of Medicine and Health2
Asian Journal of Pediatric Research2
BMC Health Services Research2
BMC Nursing2
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being10
5Gender equality6
1No poverty2
4Quality education2
2Zero hunger1
10Reduced inequalities1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Preparing nurses and nursing students to care for older adults in lower and middle-income countries: A scoping review
International Journal of Nursing Studies
201993 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Health system barriers influencing timely breast cancer diagnosis and treatment among women in low and middle-income Asian countries: evidence from a mixed-methods systematic review
BMC Health Services Research17
202278 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Nursing staff involvement of children in care activities: A cross-sectional study

2023International Journal of Nursing Studies AdvancesJournalOpen access4 citations10.1016/j.ijnsa.2023.100160

Community Involvement In Child Birth: The Case Of West Gonja District In The Northern Region Of Ghana

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.60014/pmjg.v6i2.128

Self-Directed Female Migration in Ghana: Health and Wellness of Elderly Family Caregivers Left Behind. An Ethnographic Study

2020International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.3390/ijerph17218127

Awareness and Utilization of Emergency Contraceptives: A Survey among Ghanaian Tertiary Students

2019HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)JournalSenior author3 citations

Obesity and hypertension among market men and women in the Tamale metropolis

2016Journal of Medical and Biomedical SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.4314/jmbs.v4i3.2

How it can be read

93% free to read

Diamond 11 · 24%Free to read and to publish
Gold 29 · 64%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 3 · 7%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

7 of 45 papers name a funder

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada2
University of Toronto2
Canadian Institutes of Health Research1
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior1
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council1
UNICEF1
United States Agency for International Development1
University of Alberta1

202249 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Clinical learning environment of nursing and midwifery students in Ghana

BMC Nursing4

202142 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold