Vivian Afoko

University for Development Studies

Publishing since 2021, latest 2025

General Health Professions
Molecular Biology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Rheumatology
Surgery
Clinical Psychology

Publications: 82021–2025
Citations: 18to those papers
h-index: 2i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 0.661.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 13%1 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 75%6 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

General Health Professions338%

Publications

8 in all

Effects of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Therapy on Gonadal Function in Men Clinically Confirmed with Subfertility: An Interventional Study at a Teaching Hospital, Ghana
2025Open Journal of UrologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.4236/oju.2025.153010
Examining the enabling and barrier factors to nursing staff involvement of children in care activities
2024

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Molecular Biology225%

Psychiatry and Mental health225%

Clinical Psychology113%

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health113%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Sexual Differentiation and Disorders2
Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes1
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences1
Child Abuse and Trauma1
Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues1
Child Welfare and Adoption1
Cultural Competency in Health Care1
Dialysis and Renal Disease Management1
Educational Methods and Impacts1
Ethics in medical practice1
Family and Disability Support Research1
Genital Health and Disease1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

25% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom1
Iran1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Tamale Teaching HospitalGH5 papers
Tehran University of Medical SciencesIR1 paper
University of BirminghamGB1 paper
Ghana Health ServiceGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper

Where they publish

Open Journal of Urology3
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)1
International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences1
International Journal of Nursing and Health Care Research1
Journal of research in nursing1
PubMed1

How it can be read

75% free to read

Diamond 3 · 38%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 13%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 13%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 25%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being2
2Zero hunger1
5Gender equality1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences

Moral distress in nurses in developing economies: an integrative literature review

2023Journal of research in nursingJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.1177/17449871231216606

Investigating Knowledge Level, Attitude, Perceptions and other Factors Influencing Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices

2023International Journal of Nursing and Health Care ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.29011/26889501.101427

Fournier’s Gangrene: Experience with Two Severe Cases

2021Open Journal of UrologyJournalOpen access3 citations10.4236/oju.2021.117025

Circumcision and Meatal Stenosis of Boys with Bladder/Urethral Stones in a Hospital in Northern Ghana: Case Series

2021HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)JournalSenior author0 citations