Adadow Yidana

University for Development Studies

Publishing since 2009, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Epidemiology
General Health Professions
Nutrition and Dietetics
Sociology and Political Science
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Publications: 252009–2026
Citations: 633to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 2.371.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 28%7 of 25 scored papers
Open access: 88%22 papers free to read

8 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

Publications

25 in all

Socio-medical consequences of living with obstetric fistula: a phenomenological study of the lived experiences of women in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana
2026BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12884-026-09305-9
Determinants of family planning services uptake among women within the reproductive age in the Yendi municipality in Northern Ghana

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1248%
Epidemiology416%
General Health Professions416%
Nutrition and Dietetics416%
Sociology and Political Science416%
Obstetrics and Gynecology312%
Safety Research312%
Emergency Medicine28%
Environmental Engineering28%
Gender Studies28%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health12
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health4
Child Nutrition and Water Access4
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare3
Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management2
Blood donation and transfusion practices2
Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences2
Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry2
Groundwater and Watershed Analysis2
Iron Metabolism and Disorders2
Ureteral procedures and complications2
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines1

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

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Most frequent partner countries

Uganda3
United States1
Japan1
Iran1
Switzerland1
South Africa1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers
African Field Epidemiology NetworkUG2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Nagano Chuo HospitalJP1 paper
Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteCH1 paper
Tehran University of Medical SciencesIR1 paper
University of BaselCH1 paper
Utah Geological SurveyUS1 paper
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH1 paper
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH1 paper

Where they publish

Central African Journal of Public Health3
Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies2
BMC Public Health2
Environmental Earth Sciences2
World Journal of Public Health2
AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being11
2Zero hunger2
5Gender equality2
6Clean water and sanitation1
8Decent work and economic growth1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Assessing water quality using water quality index and multivariate analysis
Environmental Earth Sciences6
2009307 citationsWorld top 10%
Assessing the impact of an educational intervention program on sexual abstinence based on the health belief model amongst adolescent girls in Northern Ghana, a cluster randomised control trial
Reproductive Health3
201977 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Adolescents Uptake of Family Planning Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2024Asian Journal of Medicine and HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71057

A four-year retrospective assessment of neonatal mortality in a neonatal intensive care unit

2024International Journal of Community Medicine and Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20242162

Healthcare Seeking Behaviour of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

2023Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.9734/jammr/2023/v35i205175

Exposure and Determinants of Mosquito’s Bite Within Health Facilities in Northern Ghana

2022Central African Journal of Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.11648/j.cajph.20220802.15

Descriptive epidemiology of anaemia among pregnant women initiating antenatal care in rural Northern Ghana

2019African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family MedicineJournalOpen access61 citations10.4102/phcfm.v11i1.1892

Health-seeking behaviour among migrant female head porters in the City of Accra, Ghana

2019Ghana Journal of Development StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author12 citations10.4314/gjds.v16i2.7

The Migration Processes in Ghana: The Case of Northern Migrants

2019AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEWJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.14426/ahmr.v5i1.876

Family Planning Use Among Women Attending a Health Care Facility in Rural Ghana

2018Central African Journal of Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.11648/j.cajph.20180404.14

Soothsaying as Health Seeking Behaviour: Implications for Medical Treatment of Diseases Perceived to be Supernatural

2015Asian Journal of Humanities and Social StudiesJournalOpen access0 citations

From Divine Word to Divine Wealth: Sociological Analysis of the Developmental Phases of Pentecostal Churches in Ghana

2014Asian Journal of Humanities and Social StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine

Asian Journal of Medicine and Health1

How it can be read

88% free to read

Diamond 11 · 44%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 32%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 12%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 25 papers name a funder

Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services1

201961 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold