Jonathan Mensah Dapaah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

General Health Professions
Infectious Diseases
Sociology and Political Science
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Safety Research
Economics and Econometrics

In their own words

Medical Sociology
Medical Anthropology
Qualitative research
Health research
culture and health

Publications: 632012–2026
Citations: 492to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 1.591.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 21%11 of 53 scored papers
Open access: 68%36 of the 53 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 828 citations, h-index 18 and i10-index 25 (667 citations and h-index 15 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

63 in all

Psychometric evaluation of gender norm beliefs and attitudes among students in Ghana: evidence from the GNAS and GEM Scales
2026BMC PsychologyJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.1186/s40359-026-05085-1
Training outcome of postnatal mothers’ knowledge on early recognition of clinical signs of childhood pneumonia at Komfo Anokye teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Health Professions2032%
Infectious Diseases1829%
Sociology and Political Science1117%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1016%
Safety Research914%
Economics and Econometrics711%
Epidemiology610%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health610%
Gender Studies46%
Genetics46%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions17
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health14
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare7
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses5
Global Maternal and Child Health4
Gender Roles and Identity Studies3
Global Health and Epidemiology3
Homelessness and Social Issues3
Sex work and related issues3
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research2
BRCA gene mutations in cancer2
Child Nutrition and Water Access2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

25% of their 53 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

Germany4
Netherlands3
Nigeria2
United Kingdom2
China1
Hong Kong SAR1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH6 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM5 papers
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenDE4 papers
University of AmsterdamNL3 papers
LMU KlinikumDE2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH2 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH2 papers
Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth SciencesNG2 papers
University of IbadanNG2 papers

Where they publish

Health3
Advances in Sexual Medicine2
Africa Today2
Children and Youth Services Review2
Children s Geographies2
Ghana Studies2
International Journal for Innovation Education and Research

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being15
5Gender equality12
1No poverty7
10Reduced inequalities4
4Quality education3
2Zero hunger1
8Decent work and economic growth1
11

Most cited

HIV/AIDS clients, privacy and confidentiality; the case of two health centres in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
BMC Medical Ethics3
201684 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Attitudes and Behaviours of Health Workers and the Use of HIV/AIDS Health Care Services
Nursing Research and Practice3
201653 citationsOpen access · Gold

Discover Social Science and Health

Men’s Knowledge of Male Breast Cancer in Ghana

2026Journal of Social Science StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.5296/jsss.v13i1.23280

Demographic determinants of patronage of medicine hawkers by commercial vehicle passengers in Ghana

2025International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)JournalOpen access0 citations10.11591/ijphs.v14i2.24606

Voicing the Struggles: Exploring Male Breast Cancer Challenges in Ghana

2024International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social ScienceJournalSenior author0 citations

Self-Esteem Assessment among Adolescents Living with HIV and Seeking Healthcare at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital-Kumasi, Ghana

2020Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC)JournalOpen access24 citations10.1177/2325958220976828

A Phenomenological Account of HIV Disclosure Experiences of Children and Adolescents from Northern and Southern Ghana

2019International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author24 citations10.3390/ijerph16040595

Socio-economic Performance of Manufacturing Companies in Urban Ghana

2019European Journal of Business and ManagementJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.7176/ejbm/11-15-09

Avoided Family Care, Diverted Intimacy

2019Africa TodayJournal0 citations

Experiences of an Ethnographer in Two Ghanaian Hospitals

2018International Journal of Humanities and Social ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.30845/ijhss.v8n9p4

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy2

How it can be read

68% free to read, of the 53 recorded

Diamond 14 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Gold 17 · 27%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 17 · 27%Behind a paywall
Unknown 10 · 16%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

11 of 63 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology3
Center for International Health2
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst2
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek2
University of Ghana2
African Union1
African Union Commission1
Danida Fellowship Centre1

Sustainable cities and communities

17Partnerships for the goals1

201949 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Gender and leadership positions: understanding women's experiences and challenges in patriarchal societies in Northern Ghana

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy5

202326 citationsWorld top 10%

Self-Esteem Assessment among Adolescents Living with HIV and Seeking Healthcare at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital-Kumasi, Ghana

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC)5

202024 citationsOpen access · Gold