Leveana Gyimah

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

Also at World Health Organizationfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2019, latest 2026

General Health Professions
Clinical Psychology
Social Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Publications: 262019–2026
Citations: 263to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 3.401.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 62%16 of 26 scored papers
Open access: 96%25 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

26 in all

Prevalence and distribution of depression in Ghana: A nationwide survey using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
2026PLOS mental health.JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1371/journal.pmen.0000498
A qualitative study of the impact of the World Health Organisation QualityRights human rights and mental health Training on changing attitudes to mental health and human rights in Ghana

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Subfields

General Health Professions1246%
Clinical Psychology1142%
Social Psychology1142%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health519%
Infectious Diseases415%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health415%
Finance312%
Health312%
Psychiatry and Mental health312%
Emergency Medicine28%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Mental Health Treatment and Access11
Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints7
Family Caregiving in Mental Illness6
Global Maternal and Child Health4
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions4
Mental Health and Patient Involvement4
Healthcare Systems and Reforms3
Homelessness and Social Issues3
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum3
Schizophrenia research and treatment3
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health2
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

81% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2347101112Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom13
Switzerland12
United States11
Congo10
Australia7
Italy7
Germany4
Nigeria3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH18 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH18 papers
World Health OrganizationCH12 papers
Mental Health AuthorityGH11 papers
World Health Organization Regional Office for AfricaCG10 papers
Ministry of HealthGH8 papers
University of CagliariIT7 papers
The University of MelbourneAU7 papers
Ghana Standards AuthorityGH7 papers
Institute of Mental HealthGB6 papers

Where they publish

BJPsych Open2
BMC Psychiatry2
BMC Public Health2
BMJ Open2
PLOS mental health.2
BMC Health Services Research1
BMC Women s Health1
BMJ Global Health1

How it can be read

96% free to read

Diamond 1 · 4%Free to read and to publish
Gold 22 · 85%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 4%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty5
16Peace, justice and strong institutions5
3Good health and well-being4
10Reduced inequalities3
14Life below water1

Frontiers in Health Services

Exploring the Impact of Human Rights and Mental Health Training on Practice in Ghana

2025Journal of Human Rights and Social WorkBook chapterOpen access2 citations10.1007/s41134-024-00351-x

Who funds it

23 of 26 papers name a funder

World Health Organization13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office7
Medical Research Council7
Wellcome Trust6
European Commission5
Economic and Social Research Council4
Regione Autonoma della Sardegna2
Università degli Studi di Cagliari2