Kathryn Spangenberg

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Publishing since 2006, latest 2026

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

Publications: 232006–2026
Citations: 355to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 12
Field-weighted impact: 1.061.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 9%2 of 23 scored papers
Open access: 87%20 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

23 in all

Validation of the patient-doctor relationship questionnaire: a cross-sectional study among exit patients in Ghana
2026BMC Family PracticeJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12875-026-03363-w
Additional file 1 of Validation of the patient-doctor relationship questionnaire: a cross-sectional study among exit patients in Ghana
2026

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1043%
Clinical Psychology730%
General Health Professions626%
Infectious Diseases417%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health417%
Epidemiology313%
Oncology313%
Social Psychology313%
Emergency Medicine29%
Geriatrics and Gerontology29%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health4
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues4
Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout3
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions3
Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units2
Frailty in Older Adults2
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening2
Nursing education and management2
Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare2
Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare2
Reproductive Health and Contraception2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1

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

United States10
Germany3
Kenya2
Uganda2
Congo (DRC)2
Nigeria2
United Kingdom2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH9 papers
University of MichiganUS6 papers
University of GhanaGH5 papers
Michigan MedicineUS4 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH3 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB2 papers
RWTH Aachen UniversityDE2 papers
King's College LondonGB2 papers
Indiana University IndianapolisUS2 papers
Indiana University School of Medicine2 papers

Where they publish

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine3
ecancermedicalscience2
Ghana Medical Journal2
African Journal of Current Medical Research1
BMC Family Practice1
BMC Women s Health1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being7
1No poverty4
17Partnerships for the goals2
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Contraceptive use and unmet need for family planning among HIV positive women on antiretroviral therapy in Kumasi, Ghana
BMC Women s Health3
201457 citationsOpen access · Gold
Depression and risk factors for depression among mothers of sick infants in Kumasi, Ghana
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics3
201248 citationsOpen access · Bronze
You have no Choice but to go on: How Physicians and Midwives in Ghana Cope with High Rates of Perinatal Death

A cross-sectional self-assessment of burnout amongst a sample of doctors in Ghana

2020African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author20 citations10.4102/phcfm.v12i1.2336

Exploring the illness experiences amongst families living with 2019 coronavirus disease in Ghana: Three case reports

2020African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.4102/phcfm.v12i1.2682

Establishing the First Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program in Ghana

2019Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyJournalOpen access22 citations10.1111/jgs.16014

Human Rabies in Kumasi: A Growing Public Health Concern

2017African Journal of Current Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.31191/afrijcmr.v1i1.9

Characteristics and contributory factors for injectable contraceptive usage among women in Kumasi, Ghana

2016Contraception and Reproductive MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author13 citations10.1186/s40834-016-0019-0

Intimate Partner Violence Among Mothers of Sick Newborns in Ghana

2015Health Care For Women InternationalJournalOpen accessFirst author20 citations10.1080/07399332.2015.1037444

Depression and risk factors for depression among mothers of sick infants in Kumasi, Ghana

2012International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalOpen access48 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.09.016

Utilization of health services by the injured residents in Kumasi, Ghana

2006International Journal of Injury Control and Safety PromotionJournalFirst author15 citations10.1080/17457300500294455

Contraception and Reproductive Medicine

How it can be read

87% free to read

Diamond 2 · 9%Free to read and to publish
Gold 11 · 48%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 9%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 13%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

12 of 23 papers name a funder

National Institute of Mental Health4
National Institutes of Health4
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology3
University of Michigan3
University of Ghana2
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft1
Fogarty International Center1
King's College London1

Maternal and Child Health Journal

201627 citationsWorld top 10%

Attrition of Nursing Professionals in Ghana: An Effect of Burnout on Intention to Quit

Nursing Research and Practice

202226 citationsOpen access · Gold

Perception and risk factors for cervical cancer among women in northern Ghana

Ghana Medical Journal3

201624 citationsOpen access · Diamond