Daniel Boateng

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2021per ORCID
Assistant Professor, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, since 2019per ORCID

Publishing since 2004, latest 2026

Daniel Boateng is an epidemiologist and an enthusiastic research scientist with 8+ years’ experience in global health research, focusing on non-communicable diseases particularly among migrants and low- and middle-income country populations. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana and an Assistant Professor of Global Health at the University Medical Centre… More on ORCID

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions
Aquatic Science
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Ecology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

In their own words

Epidemiology
research
public health

Publications: 1872004–2026
Citations: 3,877to those papers
h-index: 31i10-index 81
Field-weighted impact: 2.191.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 28%41 of 147 scored papers
Open access: 80%118 of the 147 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 3,928 citations, h-index 32 and i10-index 54 (2,997 citations and h-index 30 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

Lecturer, Epidemiology and BiostatisticsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2021
Assistant Professor, Global Public HealthUniversitair Medisch Centrum Utrechtsince 2019

Education

PhD Epidemiology, University Medical Center UtrechtUniversiteit Utrecht2016–2019
MSc Epidemiology, EpidemiologyUniversiteit Utrecht2014–2016
MPH Public Health, Community HealthKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publications

187 in all

Barriers and Facilitators to the implementation and scale-up of a mHealth integrated care program for diabetes and hypertension in Ghana: a qualitative study of the Akoma Pa program
2026BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access1 citation10.1186/s12913-026-14175-0
Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Finfish and Shellfish Samples From Tano River, Ghana: A Food Safety Issue

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3016%
General Health Professions2815%
Aquatic Science2312%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism2312%
Ecology2011%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine179%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health179%
Epidemiology126%
Infectious Diseases116%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis105%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth17
Diabetes Management and Education12
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins12
Global Maternal and Child Health11
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet11
Fish Biology and Ecology Studies10
Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors9
Healthcare Systems and Reforms9
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies8
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology8
Aquaculture disease management and microbiota7
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions7

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

68% of their 147 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written3456102229Home

Most frequent partner countries

Netherlands60
South Africa37
United Kingdom29
United States24
Germany22
Uganda11
Denmark10
Belgium7

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University Medical Center UtrechtNL58 papers
Utrecht UniversityNL50 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA33 papers
University of AmsterdamNL23 papers
University of GhanaGH22 papers
Amsterdam Public HealthNL19 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH17 papers
Amsterdam University Medical CentersNL16 papers
Amsterdam UMC Location University of AmsterdamNL14 papers
German Institute of Human NutritionDE13 papers

Where they publish

Aquaculture Research7
PLoS ONE6
BMC Health Services Research5
BMC Public Health5
International Journal of Integrated Care5
European Journal of Public Health4
BMJ Open

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty23
14Life below water17
2Zero hunger13
3Good health and well-being13
10Reduced inequalities8
4Quality education7
6Clean water and sanitation6
17

Most cited

Overweight and obesity epidemic in Ghana—a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMC Public Health2
2016271 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Multimorbidity of non-communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ Open1
2022245 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

How it can be read

80% free to read, of the 147 recorded

Diamond 15 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 64 · 34%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 24 · 13%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 5 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 10 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 29 · 16%Behind a paywall
Unknown 40 · 21%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

68 of 187 papers name a funder

European Commission19
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology19
National Institutes of Health9
Danish International Development Agency8
Universiteit Utrecht7
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases6
Danida Fellowship Centre5
National Human Genome Research Institute5