Ernestina Dankyi

University of Ghana

Publishing since 2011, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
General Health Professions
Safety Research
Clinical Psychology
Demography
Education

Publications: 202011–2026
Citations: 321to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 2.771.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 40%8 of 20 scored papers
Open access: 65%13 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Publications

20 in all

Returned but Not Restored: Experiences of Health and Access to Care Among Return Migrants in Sub‐Saharan Africa—A Scoping Review
2026Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1111/tmi.70180
Young migrants on the move: Ethics and methods of conducting qualitative research ‘in the moment’
2025Qualitative Research

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science1260%
General Health Professions840%
Safety Research735%
Clinical Psychology630%
Demography315%
Education210%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism210%
Anthropology15%
Biochemistry15%
Complementary and alternative medicine15%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Migration and Labor Dynamics9
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare7
Migration, Health and Trauma4
Community Health and Development3
Homelessness and Social Issues3
Children's Rights and Participation2
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration2
Diabetes Management and Education2
Diaspora, migration, transnational identity2
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations2
Migration, Refugees, and Integration2
African Studies and Geopolitics1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

65% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom7
United States4
Netherlands4
Australia2
Denmark1
Kenya1
Ethiopia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of SheffieldGB4 papers
Anglia Ruskin UniversityGB4 papers
Maastricht UniversityNL3 papers
New York UniversityUS2 papers
The University of MelbourneAU2 papers
University of UtahUS2 papers
University College LondonGB2 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH2 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH2 papers
University of GreenwichGB1 paper

Where they publish

Child Psychiatry & Human Development2
Ghana Studies2
Children and Youth Services Review1
Frontiers in Nutrition1
Global Health Action1
Global Networks1
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

10Reduced inequalities8
1No poverty4
2Zero hunger1
5Gender equality1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Navigating transnational childcare relationships: migrant parents and their children's caregivers in the origin country
Global Networks10
201665 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Parental Wellbeing, Parenting and Child Development in Ghanaian Families with Young Children
Child Psychiatry & Human Development1
201853 citationsOpen access · Green

Considering an agency–vulnerability nexus in the lives of street children and youth

2022Third World Thematics A TWQ JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.1080/23802014.2022.2059100

The Health Experiences of Young Internal Migrants in Ghana—Identifying Priorities for Sustainable Health Promotion

2022International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen access4 citations10.3390/ijerph192215229

Mapping Transnational Networks of Care from a Multi-actor and Multi-sited Perspective

2017Life course research and social policiesBook chapterOpen access7 citations10.1007/978-94-024-1141-6_14

Aging Policies in Ghana

2016Ghana StudiesJournal1 citation10.3368/gs.19.1.154

Reciprocity in global social protection: providing care for migrants’ children

2015Oxford Development StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding43 citations10.1080/13600818.2015.1124078

Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Migration in Ghana

2011JournalSenior author14 citations

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences1

How it can be read

65% free to read

Gold 4 · 20%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 15%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 5 · 25%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 35%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

11 of 20 papers name a funder

University of Ghana3
British Academy2
Universiteit Maastricht2
Anglia Ruskin University1
Carnegie Corporation of New York1
Medical Research Council1
National Institute of Mental Health1
National Institutes of Health1

202051 citationsWorld top 10%

Reciprocity in global social protection: providing care for migrants’ children

Oxford Development Studies10

201543 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Street Children in Ghana’s Golden Triangle Cities: Mental Health Needs and Associated Risks

Child Psychiatry & Human Development

202122 citationsWorld top 10%