Kobina Esia-Donkoh

Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Coast Faculty of Social Sciences, since 2007per ORCID

Publishing since 2009, latest 2026

General Health Professions
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Health Information Management
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Sociology and Political Science
Epidemiology

In their own words

• School Leadership
Administration and Management • School Climate and Culture • Teacher Identity

Publications: 532009–2026
Citations: 866to those papers
h-index: 15i10-index 18
Field-weighted impact: 3.851.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 39%7 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 78%14 of the 18 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 756 citations, h-index 13 and i10-index 18 (545 citations and h-index 11 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

Senior Lecturer, Population and HealthUniversity of Cape Coast Faculty of Social Sciencessince 2007

Education

Senior LecturerUniversity of Cape Coast Faculty of Social Sciencessince 2014
PhD, African and General StudiesUniversity for Development Studies2009–2017

Publications

53 in all

College Culture and Tutor Job Satisfaction in Public Colleges of Education in Ghana
2026Journal of Education Management and Leadership (JEML)JournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.51317/jeml.v5i1.903
Challenges Associated With the Use of Electronic Health Record Systems for Health Service Delivery in Ghana
2026

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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

General Health Professions1019%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health713%
Health Information Management611%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health59%
Sociology and Political Science36%
Epidemiology24%
Nutrition and Dietetics24%
Safety Research24%
Applied Psychology12%
Demography12%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health7
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health5
Electronic Health Records Systems5
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications4
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk2
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare2
Reproductive Health and Contraception2
Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation2
Child and Adolescent Health1
Competency Development and Evaluation1
Data Quality and Management1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

17% of their 18 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom2
United States1
Hong Kong SAR1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Education, WinnebaGH3 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH2 papers
Durham UniversityGB1 paper
Lingnan UniversityHK1 paper
Marie Stopes InternationalGB1 paper
University of Massachusetts AmherstUS1 paper
Ghana AIDS CommissionGH1 paper
Ministry of HealthGH1 paper

Where they publish

Advances in Health Information Science and Practice2
BMC Public Health2
Ghana Journal of Geography2
International Journal of Education, Learning and Development2
Journal of African Education2
Journal of Education and Practice2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality5
4Quality education2
1No poverty1
3Good health and well-being1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Effects of Large Class Size on Effective Teaching and Learning at the Winneba Campus of the UEW (University of Education, Winneba), Ghana.
Online Submission
2012108 citations
Coping with stress: Strategies adopted by students at the Winneba Campus of University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
Online Submission
2011105 citations
Mobility, education and livelihood trajectories for young people in rural Ghana: a gender perspective
Children s Geographies
201186 citationsWorld top 10%

Advances in Health Information Science and Practice

Emerging Culture And Tutor Job Satisfaction In Public Colleges Of Education In Ghana

2023University of Cape CoastThesisFirst author0 citations

A Comparative Study of SAM and ADDIE Models in Simulating STEM Instruction.

2021African Educational Research JournalJournalSenior author51 citations

UNDERGRADUATE SANDWICH STUDENTS’CONCEPTUALISATION OF LEADERSHIP

2020International Journal of Psychology and EducationJournalFirst author0 citations

Learning style preferences as determinants of academic achievement among public junior high school pupils in the Effutu Municipality

2019International Journal of Education, Learning and DevelopmentJournalSenior author7 citations

Study habits of students: keys to good academic performance in public junior high schools in the Ekumfi district of Ghana

2018Published in International Journal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research …Journal27 citations

Sexuality Education Policies and Implementation in Ghana: From Paper to Practice

2017< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: Africa …Report0 citations

Perceptions about sexuality education in Ghana

20172017 International Population Conference, IUSSPJournalFirst author2 citations

Study Habits of Pupils of Public Basic Schools: Perceptions of the Present and the Future

2017European Journal of Research and Reflection in Education SciencesJournalFirst author9 citations

Problems of Teaching and Learning in Basic Schools-The Case of Ewusa Demonstration Basic School, Ghana

2016Advances in Social Sciences Research JournalJournalSenior author9 citations

Reproductive health decision making among Ghanaian women

2014Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author83 citations10.1186/1742-4755-11-23

Coping in Silence: Challenges Faced By Pregnant-Students at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

2014International Journal of Education and PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.18488/journal.61/2014.2.10/61.10.222.233

Child-rearing practices among student-mothers at University of Cape Coast, Ghana

2014Soc Biol Human AffairsJournalFirst author33 citations

Attaining school and educational goals: Duties of headteachers of public basic schools in Ghana

2014Journal of Education and PracticeJournalFirst author44 citations

Children as ‘invisible’contributors to household poverty reduction in Ghana

2013University of Cape CoastReportFirst author0 citations

The Plight of Working Children at Mankessim, Ghana

2011Ghana Journal of GeographyJournalFirst author1 citation

Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences

How it can be read

78% free to read, of the 18 recorded

Diamond 3 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 15%In an open-access journal
Green 3 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 8%Behind a paywall
Unknown 35 · 66%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

2 of 53 papers name a funder

Economic and Social Research Council1
United States Agency for International Development1

Open access · Green

Reproductive health decision making among Ghanaian women

Reproductive Health5

201483 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold