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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyper ORCID

Publishing since 2003, latest 2026

General Health Professions
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Emergency Medical Services
Education
Clinical Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

In their own words

Public health
maternal and childhealth
emergency care

Publications: 672003–2026
Citations: 1,037to those papers
h-index: 21i10-index 27
Field-weighted impact: 3.751.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 42%25 of 59 scored papers
Open access: 92%54 of the 59 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 1,634 citations, h-index 24 and i10-index 31 (1,368 citations and h-index 23 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

Professor, Public Health NursingKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Honours, memberships and service

Foundation Fellow, NursingGhana College of Nurses and Midwives

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

67 in all

Self-assessed competencies of nurses at an emergency department in Ghana
2019African Journal of Emergency MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding22 citations10.1016/j.afjem.2019.09.002
Knowledge, Attitude And Practice of Nurses in paediatric units on pain assessment and management in selected facilities in Kumasi and Pramso

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Health Professions1725%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1725%
Emergency Medical Services1116%
Education1015%
Clinical Psychology913%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health913%
Research and Theory812%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism710%
Emergency Medicine69%
Obstetrics and Gynecology57%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Pediatric Pain Management Techniques9
Nursing education and management8
Diabetes Management and Education7
Global Maternal and Child Health7
Health Education and Validation7
Disaster Response and Management6
Malaria Research and Control5
COVID-19 and Mental Health4
Emergency and Acute Care Studies4
Global Health Workforce Issues4
Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout4
Pain Management and Opioid Use4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

58% of their 59 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Finland16
United States12
Korea5
Australia2
United Kingdom2
South Africa2
Brazil1
Denmark1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of TurkuFI16 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH10 papers
Nurses' Training College, HoGH8 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH8 papers
University for Development StudiesGH6 papers
University of MichiganUS5 papers
Yonsei UniversityKR5 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers
University of GhanaGH5 papers
Presbyterian University, GhanaGH4 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE9
Nursing Open8
BMC Public Health4
Paediatric and Neonatal Pain3
ACTA TROPICA2
BMC Health Services Research2
BMC Nursing

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being16
4Quality education8
5Gender equality4
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure3
2Zero hunger2
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
1No poverty1
13

Most cited

Analysis of nursing education in G hana: Priorities for scaling‐up the nursing workforce
Nursing and Health Sciences9
201378 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Medication adherence and self-care behaviours among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ghana
PLoS ONE4
202075 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

How it can be read

92% free to read, of the 59 recorded

Diamond 1 · 1%Free to read and to publish
Gold 44 · 66%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 1%Free to read, no open licence
Green 5 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 7%Behind a paywall
Unknown 8 · 12%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

15 of 67 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology8
Fogarty International Center5
College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal3
National Institutes of Health3
Academy of Finland1
Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University1
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke1
National Institute of Nursing Research1