Sebastian Eliason

University of Cape Coast

Publishing since 2013, latest 2025

Epidemiology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
General Health Professions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Emergency Medicine

Publications: 272013–2025
Citations: 632to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 1.711.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 22%6 of 27 scored papers
Open access: 93%25 papers free to read

6 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

27 in all

Sero-prevalence of Hepatitis B and C at a Primary Health Care Facility in Ghana
2025African Health SciencesJournalOpen access1 citation10.4314/ahs.v24i4.5
Dietary Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Consumption and Risk of Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
2024Environmental Health Perspectives

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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

Epidemiology830%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health830%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism622%
General Health Professions622%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health622%
Emergency Medicine311%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis311%
Infectious Diseases311%
Obstetrics and Gynecology311%
Sociology and Political Science311%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health7
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health5
Reproductive Health and Contraception4
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins3
Hepatitis B Virus Studies3
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research2
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening2
Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology2
HIV-related health complications and treatments2
Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment2
Thyroid Disorders and Treatments2
AI in cancer detection1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

37% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223455Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States6
Australia1
India1
Finland1
South Africa1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH6 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH4 papers
Cape Coast Teaching HospitalGH3 papers
Howard Community CollegeUS2 papers
Colorado State UniversityUS1 paper
Columbia UniversityUS1 paper
Georgia State UniversityUS1 paper
James Cook UniversityAU1 paper
University of FloridaUS1 paper
University of Florida HealthUS1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Medical Journal4
Reproductive Health3
PLoS ONE2
African Health Sciences1
Annals of Oncology1
BioMed Research International1
Biomedical Human Kinetics

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being14
2Zero hunger3
14Life below water3
1No poverty2
5Gender equality2
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Determinants of modern family planning use among women of reproductive age in the Nkwanta district of Ghana: a case–control study
Reproductive Health3
2014137 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Factors influencing the intention of women in rural Ghana to adopt postpartum family planning
Reproductive Health3
2013122 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Anthropometric indices and cardiometabolic risk factors in a Ghanaian adolescent population

2020Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and MetabolismJournalOpen access3 citations10.1515/jpem-2020-0273

Postpartum fertility behaviours and contraceptive use among women in rural Ghana

2018Contraception and Reproductive MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding22 citations10.1186/s40834-018-0066-9

Impact of universal childhood vaccination against hepatitis B in Ghana: A pilot study

2018Journal of Public Health in AfricaJournalOpen accessCorresponding14 citations10.4081/jphia.2018.721

The female partners’ perspective on vasectomy in the central region of Ghana

2018Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.4314/gmj.v52i4.3

Determinants of unintended pregnancies in rural Ghana

2014BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding88 citations10.1186/1471-2393-14-261

How it can be read

93% free to read

Diamond 5 · 19%Free to read and to publish
Gold 17 · 63%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 2 · 7%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 27 papers name a funder

Alberta Gambling Research Institute, University of Calgary1
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior1
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership1
United States Agency for International Development1
University of Michigan1
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1
World Anti-Doping Agency1

Determinants of unintended pregnancies in rural Ghana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth3

201488 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Pattern of Breast Cancer Distribution in Ghana: A Survey to Enhance Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment

International Journal of Breast Cancer3

201674 citationsOpen access · Gold