Adobea Yaa Owusu

University of Ghana

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

General Health Professions
Sociology and Political Science
Health
Infectious Diseases
Economics and Econometrics
Epidemiology

Publications: 472010–2026
Citations: 1,126to those papers
h-index: 20i10-index 31
Field-weighted impact: 2.481.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 40%19 of 47 scored papers
Open access: 32%15 papers free to read

2 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

47 in all

Sexual Behaviour and HIV Transmission Risk of Older Adults Living with HIV in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality, Ghana
2026Ghana Journal of Sociology & AnthropologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.13169/gjsa.9.1.032
Food Insecurity Over the Life Course and Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Living With HIV / AIDS in Ghana
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Health Professions2655%
Sociology and Political Science2043%
Health1532%
Infectious Diseases1328%
Economics and Econometrics613%
Epidemiology613%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health511%
Gender Studies49%
Safety Research49%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management36%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health17
Intimate Partner and Family Violence14
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions13
Sex work and related issues11
Crime Patterns and Interventions6
Global Maternal and Child Health5
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk5
Homelessness and Social Issues5
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare4
Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies4
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues3
Crime, Deviance, and Social Control3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

66% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1469121517Home

Most frequent partner countries

Canada20
United States12
South Africa1
Nigeria1
United Kingdom1
Cameroon1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Memorial University of NewfoundlandCA20 papers
University of North TexasUS7 papers
The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUS3 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
University of Cape CoastGH3 papers
University of ManitobaCA2 papers
Western UniversityCA2 papers
University of Nebraska at OmahaUS1 paper
East Carolina UniversityUS1 paper
Yale UniversityUS1 paper

Where they publish

AIDS Care3
Journal of Family Issues3
PLoS ONE3
African Geographical Review2
African Journal of AIDS Research2
BMC Public Health2
Ghana Journal of Geography

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality15
3Good health and well-being9
1No poverty7
11Sustainable cities and communities4
10Reduced inequalities2

Most cited

Factors Influencing Domestic and Marital Violence against Women in Ghana
Journal of Family Violence5
2013164 citationsWorld top 10%
The Making of a Sexual Being in Ghana: The State, Religion and the Influence of Society as Agents of Sexual Socialization
Sexuality & Culture5
201069 citationsWorld top 10%
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Against HIV-Positive Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Mixed-Method Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sociological Inquiry

Measuring Lineage: Implications for Family Violence Research in Sub-Saharan Africa

2024Sociology of Race and EthnicityJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1177/23326492241239027

Experiences of new diagnoses among HIV-positive persons: implications for public health

2022BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding22 citations10.1186/s12889-022-12809-6

Profile of Victims of Neighbourhood Crimes in Ghanaian Cities

2021Ghana Journal of GeographyJournalOpen access2 citations10.4314/gjg.v13i2.1

Representing Health: An Afrocentric Perspective from Ghana

2021Global perspectives on health geographyBook chapter1 citation10.1007/978-3-030-63471-1_7

A gendered analysis of living with HIV/AIDS in the Eastern Region of Ghana

2020BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding40 citations10.1186/s12889-020-08702-9

Social Contexts of Living with HIV/AIDS in the Eastern Region of Ghana

2019İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi / İstanbul University Journal of SociologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.26650/sj.2019.39.2.0109

Does Economic Abuse Affect the Health Outcomes of Women in Ghana?

2018Health Education & BehaviorJournalSenior author26 citations10.1177/1090198118806970

Can Poor Neighbourhoods be Correlated with Crime? Evidence from Urban Ghana

2016Ghana Journal of GeographyJournal12 citations

Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Accra, Ghana and Lome, Togo: Sexual History and HIV Risk Behavior

2016Cross-cultural research in health, illness and well-beingBook chapterSenior author3 citations10.1007/978-3-319-29936-5_11

Health Education & Behavior2

How it can be read

32% free to read

Diamond 4 · 9%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 17%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 32 · 68%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

24 of 47 papers name a funder

International Development Research Centre10
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada7
Department for International Development4
Government of the United Kingdom4
Memorial University of Newfoundland4
University of Ghana3
African Population and Health Research Center1
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation1

Trauma Violence & Abuse5

Kinship and Intimate Partner Violence Against Married Women in Ghana: A Qualitative Exploration

Journal of Interpersonal Violence5

201651 citationsWorld top 10%