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Gifty Dufie Ampofo · Peerford

University of Health and Allied Sciences / Scholars

GA

Gifty Dufie Ampofo

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Publishing since 2018, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Parasitology
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Obstetrics and Gynecology

ORCID 0000-0002-8769-6578
Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 272018–2026
Citations: 353to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 2.791.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 37%10 of 27 scored papers
Open access: 100%27 papers free to read

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

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Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

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What they work on

Publications

27 in all

Newest Most cited Oldest Title

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Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and future intentions to use intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women in southern Ghana
2026BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12884-026-09063-8
Additional file 3 of Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and future intentions to use intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women in southern Ghana

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1970%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1141%
Parasitology830%
Epidemiology622%
Infectious Diseases622%
Obstetrics and Gynecology519%
Hematology27%
Nutrition and Dietetics27%
Safety Research27%
Education14%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control18
Global Maternal and Child Health11
Parasites and Host Interactions8
Mosquito-borne diseases and control5
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment4
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment3
Pregnancy and Medication Impact3
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Iron Metabolism and Disorders2
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions2
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

56% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Denmark8
United Kingdom4
Senegal3
Burkina Faso2
United States1
Australia1
Zambia1
Mali1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of CopenhagenDK8 papers
University of Cape CoastGH3 papers
Cheikh Anta Diop UniversitySN3 papers
Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineGB2 papers
Ho Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH2 papers
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la SantéBF2 papers
Medical Research CouncilGB1 paper
Menzies School of Health ResearchAU1 paper
University of AntwerpBE1 paper

Where they publish

Malaria Journal7
PLoS ONE5
Figshare3
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth2
BMC Health Services Research1
BMC Medical Education1
BMC Medical Genomics1
BMC Public Health1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Diamond 1 · 4%Free to read and to publish
Gold 23 · 85%In an open-access journal
Green 3 · 11%A copy in a repository

Who funds it

12 of 27 papers name a funder

Wellcome Trust9
African Academy of Sciences5
Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being16
5Gender equality4
1No poverty1
6Clean water and sanitation1

Most cited

Health system, socio-cultural, economic, environmental and individual factors influencing bed net use in the prevention of malaria in pregnancy in two Ghanaian regions
Malaria Journal3
201953 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Trends of malaria infection in pregnancy in Ghana over the past two decades: a review
Malaria Journal3
202234 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Malaria in pregnancy control and pregnancy outcomes: a decade’s overview using Ghana’s DHIMS II data
Malaria Journal3
202230 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Artemisinin-based combination therapy during pregnancy: outcome of pregnancy and infant mortality: a cohort study
Malaria Journal3
201930 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
An ethnographic study of how health system, socio-cultural and individual factors influence uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in a Ghanaian context
PLoS ONE3
202129 citationsOpen access · Gold

2026

Figshare

Journal

Open access

0 citations

10.6084/m9.figshare.32353731

Additional file 1 of Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and future intentions to use intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women in southern Ghana

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32353725

Additional file 2 of Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and future intentions to use intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women in southern Ghana

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32353728.v1

The Persistence of High Maternal Anaemia and Low Birthweight Despite Declining Malaria Transmission and Prevalence in Ghana

2026PathogensJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.3390/pathogens15060618

Malaria and anaemia prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women initiating antenatal care in two regions in Ghana: an analytical cross-sectional study

2025BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1186/s12884-025-07735-5

Health seeking behaviour of caregivers of children under five and its determinants in Ho West and Adaklu districts, Volta Region, Ghana: a community-based cross-sectional study

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.1186/s12889-025-22393-0

Influence of genetic factors of humans, mosquitoes and parasites, on the evolution of Plasmodium falciparum infections, malaria transmission and genetic control methods: a review of the literature

2025BMC Medical GenomicsJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s12920-025-02165-w

Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of preterm live births in a tertiary health facility in Ghana

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0331223

Knowledge of female genital schistosomiasis and urinary schistosomiasis among final-year midwifery students in the Volta Region of Ghana

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access11 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0302554

Medical students’ perceptions of a community-engaged learning approach to community health in Ghana: the Students’ Community Engagement Programme (SCEP)

2024BMC Medical EducationJournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.1186/s12909-024-06409-8

Stillbirth incidence and determinants in a tertiary health facility in the Volta Region of Ghana

2023PLoS ONEJournalOpen access14 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0296076

An assessment of the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) situation in rural Volta Region, Ghana

2023PLOS WaterJournalOpen access13 citations10.1371/journal.pwat.0000134

Interventions for malaria prevention in pregnancy; factors influencing uptake and their effect on pregnancy outcomes among post-natal women in a tertiary facility in the Volta Region of Ghana

2023SAGE Open MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author8 citations10.1177/20503121231199653

Community delivery of malaria chemoprevention in pregnancy

2023The Lancet Global HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00126-2

Malaria in pregnancy control and pregnancy outcomes: a decade’s overview using Ghana’s DHIMS II data

2022Malaria JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding30 citations10.1186/s12936-022-04331-2

Trends of malaria infection in pregnancy in Ghana over the past two decades: a review

2022Malaria JournalJournalOpen access34 citations10.1186/s12936-021-04031-3

Motivators and demotivators to accessing malaria in pregnancy interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-ethnographic review

2022Malaria JournalJournalOpen access18 citations10.1186/s12936-022-04205-7

Assessment and determinants of acute post-caesarean section pain in a tertiary facility in Ghana

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author13 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0268947

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and its determinants in the Bono Region of Ghana

2022Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.4314/gmj.v56i4.2

Willingness to Test for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection among First-Year Students of a Public University in the Volta Region of Ghana

2022VenereologyJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding6 citations10.3390/venereology1020015

An ethnographic study of how health system, socio-cultural and individual factors influence uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in a Ghanaian context

2021PLoS ONEJournalOpen access29 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0257666

Improving the effectiveness of point of care tests for malaria and anaemia: a qualitative study across three Ghanaian antenatal clinics

2020BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author18 citations10.1186/s12913-020-05274-7

Managing intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy challenges: an ethnographic study of two Ghanaian administrative regions

2020Malaria JournalJournalOpen access6 citations10.1186/s12936-020-03422-2

Artemisinin-based combination therapy during pregnancy: outcome of pregnancy and infant mortality: a cohort study

2019Malaria JournalJournalOpen access30 citations10.1186/s12936-019-2737-7

Health system, socio-cultural, economic, environmental and individual factors influencing bed net use in the prevention of malaria in pregnancy in two Ghanaian regions

2019Malaria JournalJournalOpen access53 citations10.1186/s12936-019-2994-5

Effectiveness of pregnant women’s active participation in their antenatal care for the control of malaria and anaemia in pregnancy in Ghana: a cluster randomized controlled trial

2018Malaria JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding27 citations10.1186/s12936-018-2387-1

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New Partnership for Africa's Development5

Government of the United Kingdom4

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership1

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1