David Owiredu

University of Ghana

Also at University of South Carolinafrom their recent papers

Senior Research Assistant, University of Ghana Centre for Evidence Synthesis and Policy, since 2021per ORCID

Publishing since 2022, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology
Clinical Psychology
Infectious Diseases
Building and Construction
Demography

In their own words

Epidemiology
Maternal and Child Health
Evidence Synthesis
Public Health

Publications: 212022–2026
Citations: 115to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 0.771.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 21 scored papers
Open access: 100%21 papers free to read

4 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

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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health838%

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Research AssistantUniversity of Ghana Centre for Evidence Synthesis and Policysince 2021

Education

Master of Public Health, Epidemiology and Disease ControlUniversity of Ghana2019–2021

Publications

21 in all

Access to healthcare amongst adolescent girls and young women in Ugandan artisanal and small-scale mining communities
2026International Journal for Equity in HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12939-025-02717-7
A systematic review of dietary factors and predominant eye diseases in sub-Saharan Africa identifies key ocular nutritional evidence gaps
2026

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Clinical Psychology314%

Infectious Diseases314%

Building and Construction210%

Emergency Medicine210%

Nutrition and Dietetics210%

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health210%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions3
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum3
Child Abuse and Trauma2
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Global Maternal and Child Health2
Malaria Research and Control2
Mental Health Treatment and Access2
Mining and Resource Management2
Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies2
Parasites and Host Interactions2
Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery2
Acute Ischemic Stroke Management1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

76% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States6
United Kingdom4
Uganda3
Zambia3
Canada3
Australia2
China2
South Africa2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH10 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers
McMaster UniversityCA3 papers
University Teaching HospitalZM3 papers
Makerere UniversityUG3 papers
The University of MelbourneAU2 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB2 papers
Purdue University West LafayetteUS2 papers
Northumbria UniversityGB2 papers
University of South CarolinaUS2 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE6
BMJ Open3
AIDS and Behavior2
PLOS Global Public Health2
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation1
Dialogues in Health1
Frontiers in Public Health1
Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Gold 17 · 81%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 19%Open in a subscription journal

Who funds it

16 of 21 papers name a funder

University of Ghana9
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology3
International Development Research Centre2
Medical Research Council2
University of South Carolina

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
4Quality education2
5Gender equality2
10Reduced inequalities2
2Zero hunger1
6Clean water and sanitation1

Global Perspectives on Nutrition

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1

Economic and Social Research Council1