John Kuumuori Ganle

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

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

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

In their own words

Public Health
Maternal &Child Health
Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
Gender & Health

Publications: 1032012–2026
Citations: 2,935to those papers
h-index: 30i10-index 56
Field-weighted impact: 3.701.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 43%40 of 93 scored papers
Open access: 76%71 of the 93 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 4,277 citations, h-index 34 and i10-index 64 (3,054 citations and h-index 28 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

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

103 in all

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Citations received each year

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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

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4544%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3332%
General Health Professions3130%
Safety Research2322%
Sociology and Political Science1212%
Clinical Psychology1010%
Nutrition and Dietetics1010%
Obstetrics and Gynecology1010%
Epidemiology88%
Infectious Diseases77%

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 93 papers with recorded affiliations 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

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Representing Health: An Afrocentric Perspective from Ghana

2021Global perspectives on health geographyBook chapter1 citation10.1007/978-3-030-63471-1_7

Predictors of maternal mortality in Ghana: evidence from the 2017 GMHS Verbal Autopsy data

2020The International Journal of Health Planning and ManagementJournalSenior author10 citations10.1002/hpm.3054

Chasing out traditional birth attendants in Ghana – implications for maternal and newborn health

2020The Columbia University Journal of Global HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.7916/thejgh.v4i2.5273

Factors influencing the use of supervised delivery services in Garu-Tempane District, Ghana

2019BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding36 citations10.1186/s12884-019-2295-6

Understanding factors influencing home delivery in the context of user‐fee abolition in Northern Ghana: Evidence from 2014 DHS

2019The International Journal of Health Planning and ManagementJournalFirst authorCorresponding29 citations10.1002/hpm.2731

Community health workers in Ghana: the need for greater policy attention

2016BMJ Global HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author69 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000141

Why Muslim women in Northern Ghana do not use skilled maternal healthcare services at health facilities: a qualitative study

2015BMC International Health and Human RightsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding83 citations10.1186/s12914-015-0048-9

Addressing health system barriers to access to and use of skilled delivery services: perspectives from Ghana

2015The International Journal of Health Planning and ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding38 citations10.1002/hpm.2291

Reaching out to a community to improve maternal health in Ghana: the story of one midwife

2014Global Health: Science and PracticeJournalFirst author4 citations

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management3

How it can be read

76% free to read, of the 93 recorded

Diamond 3 · 3%Free to read and to publish
Gold 57 · 55%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 · 21%Behind a paywall
Unknown 10 · 10%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

36 of 103 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

Sustainable cities and communities

Reproductive Health1

2015192 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold