Irene Akwo Kretchy

Associate Professor, University of Ghana School of Pharmacyper ORCID

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Family Practice
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions
Clinical Psychology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

In their own words

Medication adherence
Social and Behavioural Pharmacy
Mental Health
Complementary and Alternative

Publications: 1402013–2026
Citations: 7,602to those papers
h-index: 30i10-index 72
Field-weighted impact: 14.321.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 31%37 of 119 scored papers
Open access: 84%100 of the 119 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 8,939 citations, h-index 35 and i10-index 78 (8,226 citations and h-index 33 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, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical PharmacyUniversity of Ghana School of Pharmacy

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

140 in all

Pharmacy premises licensing policy formulation: experience from Ghana
2021Health Research Policy and SystemsJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.1186/s12961-021-00680-7
A qualitative study exploring community pharmacists’ perspectives of child and adolescent mental healthcare
2021Scientific African

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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

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism2719%
Family Practice2518%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2518%
General Health Professions2417%
Clinical Psychology2014%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine1611%
Geriatrics and Gerontology1511%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1410%
Psychiatry and Mental health1410%
Economics and Econometrics139%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Medication Adherence and Compliance25
Diabetes Management and Education21
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins15
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies14
Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes13
Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting12
Antibiotic Use and Resistance11
Global Maternal and Child Health11
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy11
Schizophrenia research and treatment9
Chronic Disease Management Strategies8
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology8

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

44% of their 119 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written23456714Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States36
United Kingdom28
South Africa14
Australia10
Netherlands4
Belgium3
Kenya3
Korea2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH19 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH19 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB18 papers
University College LondonGB18 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH17 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH16 papers
University of UtahUS14 papers
Stellenbosch UniversityZA13 papers
Hull York Medical SchoolGB9 papers
University of YorkGB9 papers

Where they publish

The Lancet10
BMC Public Health8
Health Sciences Investigations Journal5
Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy4
BMJ Open3
Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy3
Ghana Medical Journal

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty28
3Good health and well-being20
2Zero hunger8
5Gender equality7
16Peace, justice and strong institutions5
17Partnerships for the goals5
4Quality education2
6

Most cited

Medication management and adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives and experiences from low-and middle-income countries

2020Research in Social and Administrative PharmacyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding317 citations10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.04.007

The evolution of pharmacy practice regulation in Ghana, 1892-2013

2020Pharmaceutical HistorianJournalSenior author6 citations

The experiences of providing caregiving for patients with schizophrenia in the Ghanaian context

2018Archives of Psychiatric NursingJournalSenior authorCorresponding66 citations10.1016/j.apnu.2018.06.005

Managing mental illness in Ghana: the state of commonly prescribed psychotropic medicines

2016International Journal of Mental Health SystemsJournalOpen accessCorresponding30 citations10.1186/s13033-016-0061-y

Mental health in hypertension: assessing symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress on anti-hypertensive medication adherence

2014International Journal of Mental Health SystemsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding268 citations10.1186/1752-4458-8-25

Locus of control and anti-hypertensive medication adherence in Ghana

2014Europe PMC (PubMed Central)JournalOpen accessFirst author22 citations10.11694/pamj.supp.2014.17.1.3433

Global Health Action3

How it can be read

84% free to read, of the 119 recorded

Diamond 15 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Gold 69 · 49%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 7 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 19 · 14%Behind a paywall
Unknown 21 · 15%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

47 of 140 papers name a funder

University of Ghana18
Medical Research Council13
UK Research and Innovation9
International Development Research Centre7
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation5
National Institute for Health and Care Research5
African Population and Health Research Center4
Department of Health and Social Care4

Clean water and sanitation

9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

11Sustainable cities and communities1