Sawudatu Zakariah-Akoto

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchfrom their recent papers

Research Fellow, University of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchper ORCID

Publishing since 2007, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
General Health Professions
Health Information Management
Nutrition and Dietetics

Publications: 172007–2026
Citations: 265to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.381.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 12%2 of 17 scored papers
Open access: 88%15 papers free to read

6 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Research Fellow, Department of NutritionUniversity of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

Education

Ph.D, School of Public HealthUniversity of Ghana2013–2019

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

17 in all

Being active in Ghana: facilitators, barriers and preferences for being physically active in community settings among Ghanaian adults
2026BMJ Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1136/bmjph-2025-002680
Promoting lifestyle medicine research in Ghana: lessons learned from Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB) Ghana hybrid workshop
2025

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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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1165%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism953%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management529%
General Health Professions424%
Health Information Management424%
Nutrition and Dietetics318%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health212%
Sociology and Political Science212%
Economics and Econometrics16%
Epidemiology16%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins6
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology5
Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention5
Global Health and Epidemiology4
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet3
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health2
Diabetes Management and Education2
Global Maternal and Child Health2
Hormonal and reproductive studies2
Menstrual Health and Disorders2
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

76% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12346710Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom12
Netherlands10
Ireland7
Canada6
United States2
Kenya2
France1
Switzerland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH13 papers
Utrecht UniversityNL8 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH8 papers
University of LeicesterGB7 papers
University College CorkIE7 papers
University of ManitobaCA6 papers
University of LiverpoolGB6 papers
Birkbeck, University of LondonGB5 papers
University Medical Center UtrechtNL5 papers
University of SheffieldGB3 papers

Where they publish

Figshare4
Frontiers in Reproductive Health2
World Nutrition2
African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development1
BMC Family Practice1
BMC Public Health1
BMJ Public Health

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger3
5Gender equality2
1No poverty1
3Good health and well-being1
4Quality education1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

The Experience of Ghana in Implementing a User Fee Exemption Policy to Provide Free Delivery Care
Reproductive Health Matters1
2007209 citationsWorld top 10%
Using Ethnography to Identify Barriers and Facilitators to Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding in Rural Ghana: Implications for Programs
Food and Nutrition Bulletin2
201830 citations
Hypertension and diabetes control: faith-based centres offer a promise for expanding screening services and linkage to care in Ghana

Frontiers in Public Health

Socio-cultural norms in the local food system and potential implications for women’s dietary quality in rural northern Ghana

2024African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.18697/ajfand.126.23305

Food and Nutrition Bulletin1

How it can be read

88% free to read

Diamond 3 · 18%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 41%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 24%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 12%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 17 papers name a funder

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana4
National Institute for Health and Care Research3
NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre3
European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes2
AstraZeneca1
AXA Research Fund1
Eli Lilly and Company1
Novo Nordisk1

20247 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Socio-cultural norms in the local food system and potential implications for women’s dietary quality in rural northern Ghana

African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development5

20244 citationsOpen access · Gold