John Kuumuori Ganle

University of Ghana

LECTURER, University of Ghana College of Health Sciences, since 2015per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions
Safety Research
Sociology and Political Science
Clinical Psychology

Publications: 932014–2026
Citations: 2,779to those papers
h-index: 29i10-index 51
Field-weighted impact: 3.701.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 43%40 of 93 scored papers
Open access: 76%71 papers free to read

33 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF POPULATION, FAMILY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHUniversity of Ghana College of Health Sciencessince 2015

Education

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC HEALTH, NUFFIELD DEPARTMENT OF POPULATION HEALTHUniversity of Oxford2010–2013

On their papers

Publications

93 in all

‘My mother said it is not good, so I poured that one away’: mixed methods study on breastfeeding perceptions and practices in Ghana’s urban slums
2026International Breastfeeding JournalJournalOpen access1 citation10.1186/s13006-025-00793-7
Factors Associated With Induced Abortion Among Childbearing‐Aged Women in Nepal: Evidence From the 2022 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4548%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3335%
General Health Professions3133%
Safety Research2325%
Sociology and Political Science1213%
Clinical Psychology1011%
Nutrition and Dietetics1011%
Obstetrics and Gynecology1011%
Epidemiology89%
Infectious Diseases78%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health41
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health19
Disability Rights and Representation15
Reproductive Health and Contraception11
Child Nutrition and Water Access10
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare9
Down syndrome and intellectual disability research7
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions6
Ethics in Clinical Research5
Healthcare Systems and Reforms5
Family and Disability Support Research4
Global Health and Surgery4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

57% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written23456710Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa24
United Kingdom20
Australia10
United States10
Bangladesh4
Turkey4
Vietnam3
Germany3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH20 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH15 papers
Stellenbosch UniversityZA14 papers
University of Cape CoastGH8 papers
University of OxfordGB7 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB5 papers
University of Cape TownZA5 papers
University of Technology SydneyAU4 papers
Koç UniversityTR4 papers
James Cook UniversityAU4 papers

Where they publish

Reproductive Health9
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth7
BMC Medical Ethics6
International Journal for Equity in Health6
PLoS ONE4
BMJ Open3
PLOS Global Public Health

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being20
5Gender equality20
1No poverty12
10Reduced inequalities4
17Partnerships for the goals3
2Zero hunger2
4Quality education1
11

Most cited

Microcredit: Empowerment and Disempowerment of Rural Women in Ghana
World Development5
2014279 citationsWorld top 10%
How intra-familial decision-making affects women’s access to, and use of maternal healthcare services in Ghana: a qualitative study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth5
2015193 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

How it can be read

76% free to read

Diamond 3 · 3%Free to read and to publish
Gold 57 · 61%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 6 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 1%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 22 · 24%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

36 of 93 papers name a funder

University of Ghana8
Wellcome Trust8
University of Oxford7
Universiteit Stellenbosch5
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation3
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population3
National Institutes of Health3
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung2