Philip Baba Adongo

University of Ghana

Head of Department, University of Ghana School of Public Health, since 2009per ORCID

Publishing since 1995, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions
Nutrition and Dietetics
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases

Publications: 1001995–2026
Citations: 4,323to those papers
h-index: 41i10-index 72
Field-weighted impact: 4.211.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 54%53 of 99 scored papers
Open access: 76%76 papers free to read

14 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

Head of Department, Social and Behavioural SciencesUniversity of Ghana School of Public Healthsince 2009

Education

PhD, Epidemiology and Population HealthLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine2000–2004
MSc, Medical AnthroplogyKeele University1992–1993
BA Arts, SociologyUniversity of Ghana1989–1991

Honours, memberships and service

ChairmanNational Immunisation Technical Advisory Group

Publications

100 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 accessSenior author1 citation10.1186/s13006-025-00793-7
Programme for the Effective Promotion of Maternal Psychosocial Wellbeing (PREPWELL) in Ghana: Development and field-testing of a mHealth Intervention in a rural setting

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4646%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3939%
General Health Professions2929%
Nutrition and Dietetics1717%
Epidemiology1111%
Infectious Diseases1111%
Obstetrics and Gynecology88%
Safety Research77%
Economics and Econometrics66%
Health66%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health44
Child Nutrition and Water Access17
Malaria Research and Control15
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health10
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions8
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare7
Blood donation and transfusion practices6
Mosquito-borne diseases and control6
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy6
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research6
Diabetes Management and Education5
Global Health and Surgery5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

67% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written23456712Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States50
United Kingdom17
Switzerland12
Malaysia6
Kenya4
Canada4
Tanzania4
South Africa4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Navrongo Health Research CentreGH37 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH26 papers
University of MichiganUS12 papers
Columbia UniversityUS9 papers
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUS9 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH9 papers
Michigan MedicineUS8 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB7 papers
Syracuse UniversityUS6 papers
Monash University MalaysiaMY6 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE7
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth5
Malaria Journal5
Tropical Medicine & International Health5
BMC Health Services Research4
Studies in Family Planning4
BMJ Open

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being39
5Gender equality12
1No poverty5
2Zero hunger4
11Sustainable cities and communities3
17Partnerships for the goals3
4Quality education2
10

Most cited

‘They treat you like you are not a human being’: Maltreatment during labour and delivery in rural northern Ghana
Midwifery5
2013224 citationsWorld top 10%
Domestic waste disposal practice and perceptions of private sector waste management in urban Accra
BMC Public Health11
2014219 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

How it can be read

76% free to read

Diamond 8 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 55 · 55%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 5 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 24 · 24%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

48 of 100 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation10
University of Ghana7
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute5
World Health Organization5
Comic Relief3
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation3
United States Agency for International Development3
FHI 3602