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 2010, 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
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Epidemiology

In their own words

Epidemiology
research
public health

Publications: 1292010–2026
Citations: 2,890to those papers
h-index: 28i10-index 51
Field-weighted impact: 2.451.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 32%33 of 104 scored papers
Open access: 89%93 of the 104 whose access is recorded

16 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

129 in all

Stigmatization, Status Disclosure and Support among HIV Positive Women in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana; a Qualitative Study
2018Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.9734/jammr/2018/41278
2.1-O7Cardiovascular disease risk prediction in sub-Saharan African migrant and home populations – comparative analysis of risk algorithms in the RODAM study

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2922%
General Health Professions2822%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism2318%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1713%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine1612%
Epidemiology129%
Infectious Diseases119%
Finance97%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management97%
Clinical Psychology86%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Diabetes Management and Education12
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins12
Global Maternal and Child Health11
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet11
Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors9
Healthcare Systems and Reforms9
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies8
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology8
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions7
Migration, Health and Trauma7
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications7
Nutritional Studies and Diet6

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

74% of their 104 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written234572127Home

Most frequent partner countries

Netherlands60
South Africa37
United Kingdom27
Germany22
United States21
Uganda11
Belgium7
Kenya6

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
Amsterdam Public HealthNL19 papers
University of GhanaGH19 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH17 papers
Amsterdam University Medical CentersNL16 papers
Amsterdam UMC Location University of AmsterdamNL14 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB13 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE6
BMC Health Services Research5
BMC Public Health5
International Journal of Integrated Care5
European Journal of Public Health4
BMJ Open3
International Journal of Cardiology

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty23
3Good health and well-being12
10Reduced inequalities8
4Quality education7
2Zero hunger6
17Partnerships for the goals4
5Gender equality3
6

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

89% free to read, of the 104 recorded

Diamond 8 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 53 · 41%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 21 · 16%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 8 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 9%Behind a paywall
Unknown 25 · 19%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

46 of 129 papers name a funder

European Commission19
National Institutes of Health9
Universiteit Utrecht7
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology6
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases6
National Human Genome Research Institute5
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht4
Universiteit van Amsterdam4