Margaret Amankwah‐Poku

University of Ghana

Associate Professor, University of Ghana, since 2025per ORCID

Publishing since 2018, latest 2025

Clinical Psychology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Cognitive Neuroscience
Sociology and Political Science
General Health Professions
Infectious Diseases

Publications: 192018–2025
Citations: 340to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 1.321.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 16%3 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 84%16 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, PsychologyUniversity of Ghanasince 2025

Publications

19 in all

Managing type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana: a qualitative study
2025Cardiovascular Diabetology – Endocrinology ReportsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1186/s40842-024-00213-5
Common mental health outcomes and access to support services among adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol for a systematic review

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Clinical Psychology526%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism526%
Cognitive Neuroscience421%
Sociology and Political Science421%
General Health Professions316%
Infectious Diseases316%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health316%
Social Psychology316%
Epidemiology211%
Nutrition and Dietetics211%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Diabetes Management and Education5
Memory Processes and Influences4
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions3
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health2
Cancer survivorship and care2
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life2
Chronic Disease Management Strategies2
COVID-19 and Mental Health2
Cultural Differences and Values2
Diabetes Management and Research2
Obesity and Health Practices2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

58% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written4455556Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa6
United Kingdom6
Netherlands4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Maastricht UniversityNL4 papers
University of PortsmouthGB4 papers
Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNL4 papers
University of the Free StateZA4 papers
Birmingham City UniversityGB2 papers
Stellenbosch UniversityZA2 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH2 papers
University of BirminghamGB1 paper
University of LeedsGB1 paper
University of JohannesburgZA1 paper

Where they publish

Applied Cognitive Psychology2
Lifestyle Medicine2
AIDS Research and Therapy1
BMC Nutrition1
BMC Public Health1
BMJ Open1
Cancer Investigation1
Cardiovascular Diabetology – Endocrinology Reports1

How it can be read

84% free to read

Diamond 2 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 47%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 21%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 3 · 16%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
1No poverty3
10Reduced inequalities2
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1

Most cited

Sources of nutrition information and level of nutrition knowledge among young adults in the Accra metropolis
BMC Public Health2
2018100 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Cross‐cultural differences in eyewitness memory reports
Applied Cognitive Psychology16
202060 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Disclosure and health-related outcomes among children living with HIV and their caregivers
AIDS Research and Therapy1
202137 citationsOpen access · Gold
Psychosocial distress, clinical variables and self-management activities associated with type 2 diabetes: a study in Ghana
Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology3
202034 citationsOpen access · Gold
A cross-sectional study of knowledge and awareness of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a student population in Ghana: do demographics and lifestyle make a difference
Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine4
201923 citationsOpen access · Gold

Disclosure and health-related outcomes among children living with HIV and their caregivers

2021AIDS Research and TherapyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding37 citations10.1186/s12981-021-00337-z

Psychosocial barriers to well‐being and quality of life among type 2 diabetes patients in Ghana

2021Lifestyle MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1002/lim2.33

Cross‐cultural differences in eyewitness memory reports

2020Applied Cognitive PsychologyJournalOpen access60 citations10.1002/acp.3637

The acculturation effect and eyewitness memory reports among migrants

2020Legal and Criminological PsychologyJournalOpen access16 citations10.1111/lcrp.12179

2020Health Sciences Investigations JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.46829/hsijournal.2020.12.1.2.135-138

Who funds it

4 of 19 papers name a funder

University of Ghana2
Erasmus+1
Templeton World Charity Foundation1