Solomon Sika-Bright

Lecturer, University of Cape Coastper ORCID

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

Clinical Psychology
Education
Epidemiology
General Health Professions
Modeling and Simulation
Demography

In their own words

Maternal and Child health
Social Demography
Sociological theory
social deviance

Publications: 202010–2026
Citations: 369to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 1.491.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 30%3 of 10 scored papers
Open access: 90%9 of the 10 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 485 citations, h-index 9 and i10-index 9 (374 citations and h-index 7 since 2021), as of October 3, 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

Lecturer, Sociology and AnthropologyUniversity of Cape Coast

Education

PhD, Sociology and AnthropologyUniversity of Cape Coast2013–2017

Publications

20 in all

Determinants of alcohol consumption among the Ghanaian youth: An examination of motivational and socio-demographic drivers
2026African journal of alcohol and drug abuse.JournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/ajada.v14i1.10
Perceptions of Family Caregivers About Mental Illness and Mental Healthcare Utilisation at Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital, 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

Clinical Psychology420%
Education420%
Epidemiology210%
General Health Professions210%
Modeling and Simulation210%
Demography15%
Economics and Econometrics15%
Health15%
Infectious Diseases15%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law15%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

COVID-19 epidemiological studies2
Early Childhood Education and Development2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects1
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences1
Child Abuse and Trauma1
Child and Adolescent Health1
Coastal and Marine Management1
COVID-19 and Mental Health1
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts1
Education, Leadership, and Health Research1
Family Caregiving in Mental Illness1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

20% of their 10 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Russia1
United States1
Switzerland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Johns Hopkins Center for Communication ProgramsUS1 paper
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS1 paper
Russian State Social UniversityRU1 paper
Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteCH1 paper
U.S. President's Malaria InitiativeUS1 paper
University of BaselCH1 paper
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentGH1 paper

Where they publish

Global Journal of Social Sciences2
Advances in Applied Sociology1
African Journal of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (AJADA)1
African journal of alcohol and drug abuse.1
African Journal of Social Issues1
African Journal of Social Work1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being3
5Gender equality1
10Reduced inequalities1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Understanding the gap between access and use: a qualitative study on barriers and facilitators to insecticide-treated net use in Ghana
Malaria Journal3
2019112 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
The influence of work-life balance on employees’ commitment among bankers in Accra, Ghana
African Journal of Social Work
201899 citations
Challenges of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty programme in the Upper West region of Ghana: The institutional perspective

Principals under the Microscope: A harmonious chorus or discordant melody on their Leadership Styles in Colleges of Education, Ghana

2025Research Journal of Education Teaching and Curriculum StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.58721/rjetcs.v3i1.964

To take or not to take: determinants of student’s preparedness to take Covid-19 jabs in Ghana

2023African Journal of Social IssuesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/ajosi.v5i1.18

Infant feeding practices in Cape Coast, Ghana: A sociological perspective

2015Oguaa Journal of Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.47963/joss.v7i2.328

Infant feeding practices in Cape Coast: A sociological approach

2015Ghana: University of Cape CoastReportFirst author5 citations

Exclusive breastfeeding practices of mothers in Duakor, a traditional migrant community in Cape Coast, Ghana

2014Journal of Global Initiatives Policy Pedagogy PerspectiveJournalFirst author20 citations

Socio-cultural factors influencing infant feeding practices of mothers attending welfare clinic in Cape Coast, Ghana

2010Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape CoastJournalFirst author10 citations

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape Coast1

How it can be read

90% free to read, of the 10 recorded

Diamond 5 · 25%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 20%In an open-access journal
Closed 1 · 5%Behind a paywall
Unknown 10 · 50%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

1 of 20 papers name a funder

President's Malaria Initiative1
United States Agency for International Development1

UDS International Journal of Development

Traditional Beliefs and Sea Fishing in Selected Coastal Communities in the Western Region of Ghana

Ghana Journal of Geography14

201920 citationsWorld top 10%