Jonathan Quartey

Associate Professor, University of Ghana, since 2023per ORCID

Publishing since 2009, latest 2026

Jonathan Quartey is an academic, clinician, and leader whose career embodies the essence of Health Professions Education (HPE). With a unique triad of a PhD in Physiotherapy, an MSc in Health Professions Education and an MSc in Sports and Orthopaedics Physiotherapy, I seamlessly bridge the gap between clinical expertise, educational theory, and transformative leadership. I am Associate Professor of Physiotherapy at the Department of Physiotherapy, SBAHS, University of Ghana… More on ORCID

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Economics and Econometrics
Pharmacology
Rehabilitation
General Health Professions
Occupational Therapy

In their own words

Physiotherapy and Health Professions Education

Publications: 692009–2026
Citations: 504to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 0.841.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%3 of 39 scored papers
Open access: 85%33 of the 39 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 641 citations, h-index 12 and i10-index 15 (440 citations and h-index 11 since 2021), as of October 12, 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

Associate Professor, PhysiotherapyUniversity of Ghanasince 2023

Education

PhD, PhysiotherapyUniversity of Pretoria2011–2016

On their papers

Publications

69 in all

Efficacy of behavioural graded activity compared with conventional exercise therapy in chronic nonspecific low back pain: Implication for direct health care cost
2015Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access36 citations10.4314/gmj.v49i3.8
Association between bag weight, carrying style and low back pain and spinal curvatures among school children in Ablekuma South

Download CV:PDFWord

Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health812%
Economics and Econometrics710%
Pharmacology57%
Rehabilitation57%
General Health Professions46%
Occupational Therapy46%
Pollution46%
Complementary and alternative medicine34%
Education34%
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine34%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation5
Energy and Environment Impacts4
Innovations in Medical Education4
Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies3
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth3
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth3
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum3
Occupational Therapy Practice and Research3
Sports injuries and prevention3
Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery3
Cardiovascular and exercise physiology2
Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

26% of their 39 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234567Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa3
Australia2
Brazil2
Germany2
Netherlands2
United Kingdom2
United States1
Switzerland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH8 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH7 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH6 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
University of PretoriaZA3 papers
Maastricht UniversityNL2 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH2 papers
Arthritis UKGB1 paper
Heidelberg UniversityDE1 paper
Johannes Gutenberg University MainzDE1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Preventive and Rehabilitative Medicine14
South African Journal of Physiotherapy7
African Journal of Health Professions Education4
Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal3
Physiotherapy3
Asian Development Policy Review2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being7
4Quality education6
17Partnerships for the goals3
5Gender equality2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
1No poverty1
8Decent work and economic growth1

Most cited

Understanding cultural influences on back pain and back pain research
Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology4
201663 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Nosocomial infections: knowledge and source of information among clinical health care students in Ghana
International Journal of General Medicine4
201159 citationsOpen access · Gold

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Natural Resource Conservation in Ghana: an Economic Assessment of Lake Bosomtwi

2015Harnessing Land and Water Resources for Improved Food Security and Ecosystem Services in AfricaBook chapterFirst author0 citations

Harnessing Land and Water Resources for

2015African Books CollectiveReport0 citations

Linking FLegt and Redd+ to improve forest governance—a synthesis

2014marieke wit (eds.).(2014)Journal21 citations

Energy poverty and climate change mitigation in Ghana: An economic assessment

2014Journal of Economics and Sustainable DevelopmentJournalFirst author11 citations

Knowledge of pregnant women about birth defects

2013BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access39 citations10.1186/1471-2393-13-45

Engineering Education as a tool for human welfare improvement in Africa: A multidimensional model analysis

2013International Journal of Development and Economic SustainabilityJournalFirst author2 citations

Ghana’s Elmina Beach and Economic Welfare Improvement

2013Journal of Economics and Sustainable DevelopmentJournalFirst author3 citations

The demand for energy and economic welfare in Ghana

2011A Paper presented at the International Conference on Energy and People: Futures, Complexity and Challenges, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, OxfordJournalFirst author6 citations

4.6 chainsaw milling in Ghana: assessing its economic impact

2010Chainsaw milling: supplier to local marketsJournalFirst author4 citations

International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management

Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development2

How it can be read

85% free to read, of the 39 recorded

Diamond 18 · 26%Free to read and to publish
Gold 13 · 19%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 1%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 1%A copy in a repository
Closed 6 · 9%Behind a paywall
Unknown 30 · 43%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

14 of 69 papers name a funder

University of Ghana11
University of Health and Allied Sciences3
International Growth Centre1
London School of Economics and Political Science1
Novartis1

201356 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Knowledge of pregnant women about birth defects

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth3

201339 citationsOpen access · Gold