Francisca Ama Hammond

Also at Duke Universityfrom their recent papers

Research Study Coordinator, University of Tennessee Medical Center, since 2025per ORCID

Publishing since 2021, latest 2026

Dr. Francisca Ama Hammond is a graduate student at Duke University studying Population Health Science. She's interested in research addressing health disparities. From ORCID

Cognitive Neuroscience
Social Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Epidemiology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
General Health Professions

Publications: 52021–2026
Citations: 63to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.811.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 20%1 of 5 scored papers
Open access: 60%3 papers free to read

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.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Cognitive Neuroscience240%

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Research Study Coordinator, Department of AnesthesiologyUniversity of Tennessee Medical Centersince 2025
Senior Optometrist, Eye ClinicEyeSmith Centre, GH2021–2023
clinical Intern, Optometry and Vision ScienceUniversity of Cape Coast2019–2020

Education

Masters, Population Health SciencesDuke University2023–2025
OD, Department of Optometry and Vision ScienceUniversity of Cape Coast

Publications

5 in all

Assessment of visual performance and colour vision awareness among graphic designers in Ghana
2026Scientific ReportsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1038/s41598-026-61785-z
Smartphones as a Multimodal Communication Tool for Interprofessional Communication among Optometrists in Ghana
2024International Journal of Clinical and Medical Education Research

amahammond@outlook.comPublic on their ORCID record

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Social Psychology240%

Clinical Psychology120%

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology120%

General Health Professions120%

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis120%

Information Systems120%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research1
Categorization, perception, and language1
Color perception and design1
Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders1
Family and Disability Support Research1
Health and Wellbeing Research1
ICT in Developing Communities1
Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation1
Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies1
Safety Warnings and Signage1
Urban Green Space and Health1
Visual perception and processing mechanisms1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

20% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Duke UniversityUS1 paper
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH1 paper
Klintaps University College of Health and Allied SciencesGH1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Clinical and Medical Education Research1
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics1
Journal of Optometry1
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness1
Scientific Reports1

How it can be read

60% free to read

Gold 2 · 40%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 20%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 2 · 40%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty2
5Gender equality1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Computer vision syndrome and its associated ergonomic factors among bank workers
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics1
202140 citationsWorld top 10%
Convergence insufficiency symptom survey (CISS) scores are predictive of severity and number of clinical signs of convergence insufficiency in young adult Africans
Journal of Optometry1
202117 citationsOpen access · Gold
Psychological Factors Associated With Visual Impairment
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness10
20236 citations
Assessment of visual performance and colour vision awareness among graphic designers in Ghana
Scientific Reports5
20260 citationsOpen access · Gold
Smartphones as a Multimodal Communication Tool for Interprofessional Communication among Optometrists in Ghana
International Journal of Clinical and Medical Education Research
20240 citationsOpen access · Bronze

Honours, memberships and service

APHA

Psychological Factors Associated With Visual Impairment

2023Journal of Visual Impairment & BlindnessJournal6 citations10.1177/0145482x231184435

Computer vision syndrome and its associated ergonomic factors among bank workers

2021International Journal of Occupational Safety and ErgonomicsJournal40 citations10.1080/10803548.2021.1897260