Simon Nyarko

Publishing since 2022, latest 2026

I am an early-career researcher with training in pharmaceutical sciences and public health, and the Founder of DRUGGS Ghana, a non-profit organization advancing research, advocacy, and community engagement in substance use and harm reduction. My research focuses on substance use, addiction, adolescent health, health policy, and health systems strengthening, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. I have experience in mixed-methods research, systematic reviews,… More on ORCID

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology
General Health Professions
Analytical Chemistry
Ecology
Economics and Econometrics

In their own words

Substance Use
Harm Reduction
Health policy & systems
Global Health
Adolescent/youth health
Implementation science
Pharmacoepidemiology

Publications: 152022–2026
Citations: 13to those papers
h-index: 2i10-index 0
Field-weighted impact: 3.251.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 13%2 of 15 scored papers
Open access: 93%14 papers free to read

4 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are 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

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health640%

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Project Manager, Research Capacity Enhancement ProgramResearch and Grant Institute of Ghana2025–2026

Education

Master of Philosophy (MPHIL), PharmaceuticsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2021–2023

On their papers

Publications

15 in all

Digital health system integration in Ghana: a scoping review of governance arrangements, interoperability aspirations, and regulatory gaps
2026BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1186/s12913-026-14324-5
Circular Economy—Sustainable City Nexus: The Place of Circular Economy in Advancing Sustainable Ghanaian Cities

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General Health Professions320%

Analytical Chemistry213%

Economics and Econometrics213%

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine17%

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology17%

Applied Psychology17%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting3
Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals2
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy2
Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography1
Antibiotic Use and Resistance1
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education1
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions1
Cancer Research and Treatments1
Cognitive Abilities and Testing1
Congenital heart defects research1
Currency Recognition and Detection1
Digital Mental Health Interventions1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

33% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written3333444Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom4
India3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH9 papers
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentGH5 papers
University for Development StudiesGH4 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH4 papers
Andhra UniversityIN2 papers
Furness General HospitalGB2 papers
University of the West of ScotlandGB2 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH2 papers
Swami Vivekanand Subharti UniversityIN1 paper
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustGB1 paper

Where they publish

Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences2
Asian Journal of Pediatric Research1
BMC Health Services Research1
BMC Public Health1
Discover Mental Health1
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)1
Health Policy and Planning1
INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing1

How it can be read

93% free to read

Diamond 5 · 33%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 53%In an open-access journal
Green 1 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 7%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 15 papers name a funder

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being5
10Reduced inequalities2
17Partnerships for the goals2

Most cited

Digital health system integration in Ghana: a scoping review of governance arrangements, interoperability aspirations, and regulatory gaps
BMC Health Services Research10
20263 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Development of the RP-HPLC Method for Simultaneous Determination and Quantification of Artemether and Lumefantrine in Fixed-Dose Combination Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences17
20243 citationsOpen access · Gold
Circular Economy—Sustainable City Nexus: The Place of Circular Economy in Advancing Sustainable Ghanaian Cities
The Journal of Environment & Development
20262 citationsWorld top 10%
Efficacy of Anthelmintics Against Canine Hookworm Infections in the Bono East Region of Ghana
Journal of Parasitology Research
20252 citationsOpen access · Gold
Review of Experimental Models of Schizophrenia
International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal3
20231 citationOpen access · Diamond

Every institution they have given on a paper.

The Journal of Environment & Development

Investigating the Presence of Falsified and Poor-Quality Fixed-Dose Combination Artemether-Lumefantrine Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms in Kumasi, Ghana

2024Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1155/2024/2650540

Review of Experimental Models of Schizophrenia

2023International Neuropsychiatric Disease JournalJournalOpen access1 citation10.9734/indj/2023/v19i1362

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices among Muslim Leaders in Relation to Sustainable Development Goal 6 in Tamale

2023HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations

The Role Microbiome and Oncolytic Viruses Play in Controlling Cancer

2022Journal of Cancer and Tumor InternationalJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.9734/jcti/2022/v12i130169

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology