Adriana A. E. Biney

Associate Professor, University of Ghana, since 2024per ORCID

Publishing since 2007, latest 2026

General Health Professions
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
Sociology and Political Science
Gender Studies

In their own words

adolescent health
sexual health
reproductive health
gender
health systems

Publications: 552007–2026
Citations: 782to those papers
h-index: 17i10-index 22
Field-weighted impact: 3.441.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 31%15 of 48 scored papers
Open access: 73%35 of the 48 whose access is recorded

8 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 1,058 citations, h-index 19 and i10-index 27 (742 citations and h-index 17 since 2021), as of October 12, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, Regional Institute for Population StudiesUniversity of Ghanasince 2024
Senior Lecturer, Regional Institute for Population StudiesUniversity of Ghana2019–2024
Lecturer, Regional Institute for Population StudiesUniversity of Ghana2015–2019

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Population Studies, Regional Institute for Population StudiesUniversity of Ghana2011–2013

Publications

55 in all

Does education mitigate the adverse impact of bridewealth on women’s reproductive autonomy
2014GenusJournalSenior author28 citations
Exploring contraceptive knowledge and use among women experiencing induced abortion in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana.
2011PubMedJournalFirst authorCorresponding36 citations

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Health Professions3360%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health2851%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1935%
Infectious Diseases815%
Sociology and Political Science815%
Gender Studies611%
Clinical Psychology47%
Economics and Econometrics35%
Health35%
Obstetrics and Gynecology35%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health28
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health26
Reproductive Health and Contraception14
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions7
Sex work and related issues5
Community Health and Development4
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction3
Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences3
Intimate Partner and Family Violence3
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare3
Child Abuse and Trauma2
Child Nutrition and Water Access2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

58% of their 48 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States23
South Africa3
Kenya2
Netherlands2
Austria1
Australia1
Burkina Faso1
Canada1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Pennsylvania State UniversityUS13 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH7 papers
Columbia UniversityUS6 papers
University of California, Santa BarbaraUS5 papers
Emory UniversityUS3 papers
University of TwenteNL2 papers
University of WashingtonUS2 papers
Slippery Rock UniversityUS2 papers
International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth ObservationNL2 papers
University of PretoriaZA2 papers

Where they publish

BMC Health Services Research2
BMC Public Health2
BMC Women s Health2
Genus2
GLOBAL HEALTH-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE2
International Journal of Sexual Health2
Journal of Global Health Science

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being12
5Gender equality12
1No poverty9
2Zero hunger1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Endocrine function and neurobiology of the longest-living rodent, the naked mole-rat
Experimental gerontology
2011118 citations
Factors associated with treatment-seeking for malaria in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana
Malaria Journal1
201868 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
A qualitative appraisal of stakeholders’ perspectives of a community-based primary health care program in rural Ghana

How it can be read

73% free to read, of the 48 recorded

Diamond 4 · 7%Free to read and to publish
Gold 20 · 36%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 6 · 11%A copy in a repository
Closed 13 · 24%Behind a paywall
Unknown 7 · 13%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

26 of 55 papers name a funder

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development7
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation6
International Development Research Centre5
University of Ghana5
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation4
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases4
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation3
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst3