Lauren J. Wallace

University of Ghana

Publishing since 2019, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Economics and Econometrics
General Health Professions
Infectious Diseases
Applied Psychology
Clinical Psychology

Publications: 192019–2026
Citations: 178to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 1.751.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 33%6 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 84%16 papers free to read

2 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

19 in all

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Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1158%
Economics and Econometrics316%
General Health Professions316%
Infectious Diseases316%
Applied Psychology211%
Clinical Psychology211%
Modeling and Simulation211%
Sociology and Political Science211%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology15%
Development15%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health11
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health2
COVID-19 and Mental Health2
COVID-19 epidemiological studies2
Digital Mental Health Interventions2
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research2
Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare1
Antibiotic Use and Resistance1
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes1
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts1
Disaster Management and Resilience1
Emergency and Acute Care Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

84% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom10
Canada7
Nigeria5
Bangladesh4
United States3
Kenya2
Uganda2
Niger2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Dodowa Health Research CentreGH14 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH13 papers
Ghana College of Physicians and SurgeonsGH11 papers
University of LeedsGB6 papers
University of YorkGB5 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH5 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB4 papers
University of NigeriaNG4 papers
ARK FoundationBD3 papers
Hull York Medical SchoolGB3 papers

Where they publish

African Journal of Reproductive Health2
Frontiers in Public Health2
PubMed2
BMC Health Services Research1
BMC Public Health1
Canadian Journal of Public Health1
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness1
Figshare1

How it can be read

84% free to read

Diamond 3 · 16%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 47%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality5
1No poverty3
3Good health and well-being3
11Sustainable cities and communities2
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Implementation of the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in rural and urban Ghana: a history and systematic review of what works, for whom and why
Frontiers in Public Health11
202344 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: impacts on vulnerable populations and sustaining home-grown solutions
Canadian Journal of Public Health1
202031 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
The Role of the Private Sector in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences From Four Health Systems
Frontiers in Public Health17
202227 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Prevalence and Correlates of Likely Major Depressive Disorder among the Adult Population in Ghana during the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health3
202124 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Beyond cost-effectiveness, morbidity and mortality: a comprehensive evaluation of priority setting for HIV programming in Uganda
BMC Public Health
201917 citationsOpen access · Gold

2026Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)ReportOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.5281/zenodo.18328265

Introduction

2022Global maternal and child healthBook chapterOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-030-84514-8_1

Prevalence and Correlates of Likely Major Depressive Disorder among the Adult Population in Ghana during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen access24 citations10.3390/ijerph18137106

COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: impacts on vulnerable populations and sustaining home-grown solutions

2020Canadian Journal of Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding31 citations10.17269/s41997-020-00399-y

Green 2 · 11%A copy in a repository

Closed 3 · 16%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 19 papers name a funder

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office4
International Development Research Centre4
Government of the United Kingdom3
Medical Research Council3
Department of Health and Social Care2
UNICEF2
Canadian Institutes of Health Research1
Foreign and Commonwealth Office1