Paul Narh Doku

University of Cape Coast

Also at American University of Ras Al Khaimahfrom their recent papers

Associate Professor of Psychology, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, since 2025per ORCID
Associate Professor in Mental Health and Psychology, University of Cape Coast, since 2023per ORCID

Publishing since 2009, latest 2026

Safety Research
Sociology and Political Science
General Health Professions
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Clinical Psychology

Publications: 172009–2026
Citations: 361to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 6.401.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 59%10 of 17 scored papers
Open access: 71%12 papers free to read

3 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor of Psychology, Humanities and Social SciencesAmerican University of Ras Al Khaimahsince 2025
Associate Professor in Mental Health and Psychology, Mental Health NursingUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2023
Associate Professor, PsychologyAmerican University in Dubai2024–2025
Visiting Scholar, PsychologyZayed University2023–2024
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Mental HealthUniversity of Cape Coast

Publications

17 in all

paul.doku@ucc.edu.ghPublic on their ORCID record

pndoku@gmail.comPublic on their ORCID record

paul.doku@aurak.ac.aePublic on their ORCID record

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Safety Research741%
Sociology and Political Science741%
General Health Professions635%
Infectious Diseases529%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health424%
Clinical Psychology318%
Economics and Econometrics212%
Education212%
Health212%
Nutrition and Dietetics212%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare7
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health6
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions5
Family Support in Illness4
Child Abuse and Trauma3
Global Maternal and Child Health3
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Child Welfare and Adoption2
Health Education and Validation2
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses2
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research1
Behavioral Health and Interventions1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

53% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom6
United Arab Emirates2
South Africa2
Norway2
Canada1
United States1
Korea1
Uganda1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH8 papers
University of GlasgowGB5 papers
Regent University College of Science and TechnologyGH5 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH4 papers
American University of Ras Al KhaimahAE2 papers
Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNO2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
Al-Zaytoonah University of JordanJO1 paper
American Society for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Healthcare (ASIDE)US1 paper
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud MentalES1 paper

Where they publish

BMC Public Health2
PLOS Global Public Health2
African Journal of Psychiatry1
AIDS Care1
BMC International Health and Human Rights1
BMC Research Notes1
Health Science Reports

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
1No poverty2
10Reduced inequalities2
2Zero hunger1
5Gender equality1

Most cited

Parental HIV/AIDS status and death, and children's psychological wellbeing
International Journal of Mental Health Systems3
200982 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Cultural adaptation of the Condom Use Self Efficacy Scale (CUSES) in Ghana
BMC Public Health10
201055 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Education

PhD, Institute of Health and WellbeingUniversity of Glasgow2021
MPhil, Psychology and Human DevelopmentNorwegian University of Science and Technology2007
Bachelor of Arts, PsychologyUniversity of Ghana - GH2004

Honours, memberships and service

Professional, Health, Clinical and Psychometric DivisionGhana Psychological Associationsince 2012

Health Science Reports

Social Support Disparities among Children affected by HIV/AIDS in Ghana

2015African Journal of PsychiatryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4172/psychiatry.1000202

Factors associated with reproductive health care utilization among Ghanaian women

2012BMC International Health and Human RightsJournalOpen accessSenior author52 citations10.1186/1472-698x-12-29

Cultural adaptation of the Condom Use Self Efficacy Scale (CUSES) in Ghana

2010BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding55 citations10.1186/1471-2458-10-227

Psychosocial adjustment of children affected by HIV/AIDS in Ghana

2010Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental HealthJournalFirst authorCorresponding22 citations10.2989/17280583.2010.493662

Cultural adaptation of condom use self efficacy scale in Ghana

2010Journal of Human Sciences - Journal of Human SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations

Parental HIV/AIDS status and death, and children's psychological wellbeing

2009International Journal of Mental Health SystemsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding82 citations10.1186/1752-4458-3-26

International Journal of Mental Health Systems1

How it can be read

71% free to read

Gold 8 · 47%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 12%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 12%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 29%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 17 papers name a funder

University of Ghana2
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
St. Baldrick's Foundation1
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital1

Factors associated with reproductive health care utilization among Ghanaian women

BMC International Health and Human Rights3

201252 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold