Philomena Nyarko

University of Ghana

Publishing since 2001, latest 2018

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Surgery
Cell Biology
Demography

Publications: 112001–2018
Citations: 529to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 4.241.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 63%5 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 91%10 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Education

PhD, Social StatisticsUniversity of Southampton1996–1999

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

11 in all

Contemporary female migration in Ghana: Analyses of the 2000 and 2010 Censuses
2018Demographic ResearchJournalOpen access16 citations10.4054/demres.2018.39.44
Is a woman’s first pregnancy outcome related to her years of schooling? An assessment of women’s adolescent pregnancy outcomes and subsequent educational attainment in Ghana
2017

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health873%
Nutrition and Dietetics545%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health436%
Surgery218%
Cell Biology19%
Demography19%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism19%
Epidemiology19%
Finance19%
General Health Professions19%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health7
Child Nutrition and Water Access5
Global Health and Surgery3
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins1
Healthcare Systems and Reforms1
Hemoglobin structure and function1
Immune responses and vaccinations1
Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management1
Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health1
Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment1
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

73% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written3344445Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom5
United States5
India3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Population CouncilUS3 papers
Population CouncilIN3 papers
University of OxfordGB3 papers
University of SouthamptonGB3 papers
Navrongo Health Research CentreGH3 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH3 papers
University of Cape CoastGH2 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH2 papers
London School of Economics and Political ScienceGB1 paper
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS1 paper

Where they publish

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry2
BMC Public Health1
Demographic Research1
PLoS Medicine1
PLoS ONE1
Reproductive Health1
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being7
1No poverty1
5Gender equality1
6Clean water and sanitation1

Most cited

Geographical access to care at birth in Ghana: a barrier to safe motherhood
BMC Public Health1
2012156 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Immunization status and child survival in rural Ghana
3
200185 citationsOpen access · Gold
The effect of community nurses and health volunteers on child mortality: The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project