Dennis Chirawurah

University for Development Studies

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Sociology and Political Science
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Infectious Diseases
Plant Science

Publications: 192014–2026
Citations: 331to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 2.431.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 32%6 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 95%18 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

Publications

19 in all

Health system solutions to barriers to family planning access in rural Northern Ghana
2026Journal of Global Health ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.35500/jghs.2026.8.e8
Exploring the Association Between Household Toilet Facility Type and Chronic Malnutrition in Children Under 5 years in Ghana’s Northern Zone

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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

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health842%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health632%
Sociology and Political Science421%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis316%
Infectious Diseases316%
Plant Science316%
Clinical Psychology211%
General Health Professions211%
Health Information Management211%
Nutrition and Dietetics211%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health8
Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology3
Global Health and Surgery3
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research3
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction2
Disaster Management and Resilience2
Global Health and Epidemiology2
Migration, Health and Trauma2
Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies2
Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity2
Agricultural risk and resilience1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

47% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223344Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States5
Benin4
Rwanda1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH6 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers
Université de ParakouBJ4 papers
Columbia UniversityUS2 papers
United States Agency for International DevelopmentUS2 papers
Nurses' Training College, HoGH2 papers
Stanford UniversityUS1 paper
University of BonnDE1 paper
Ghana Center for Democratic DevelopmentGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper

Where they publish

PLoS ONE3
Annals of Global Health1
Asian Journal of Medicine and Health1
Asian Journal of Pediatric Research1
BMC Nutrition1
BMC Public Health1
Climate and Development

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being5
2Zero hunger4
6Clean water and sanitation2
11Sustainable cities and communities1
13Climate action1
14Life below water1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Domestic waste disposal practice and perceptions of private sector waste management in urban Accra
BMC Public Health11
2014219 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Vulnerability of smallholder agriculture to environmental change in North-Western Ghana and implications for development planning
Climate and Development2
202140 citationsWorld top 10%

Environmental Health Insights

Adolescents Uptake of Family Planning Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2024Asian Journal of Medicine and HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71057

Deliberation for Development: Ghana’s First Deliberative Poll

2019Journal of Deliberative DemocracyJournalOpen accessFirst author13 citations10.16997/jdd.314

Environmental Health Insights1

How it can be read

95% free to read

Diamond 4 · 21%Free to read and to publish
Gold 11 · 58%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 5%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 19 papers name a funder

American Red Cross1
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1
United States Agency for International Development1
University of Ghana1

201913 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Equitable global health research collaborations with a mind of human dignity

Frontiers in Education17

20239 citationsOpen access · Gold