Kwasi Torpey

Publishing since 2003, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
General Health Professions
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology

In their own words

Public health programming
HIV
Malaria
TB and Non Communicable Diseases

Publications: 1922003–2026
Citations: 4,385to those papers
h-index: 35i10-index 86
Field-weighted impact: 2.011.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 27%42 of 155 scored papers
Open access: 91%141 of the 155 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 5,680 citations, h-index 40 and i10-index 107 (3,518 citations and h-index 28 since 2021), as of October 12, 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

192 in all

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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

Infectious Diseases9248%
General Health Professions4825%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4322%
Epidemiology3418%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2714%
Obstetrics and Gynecology2111%
Emergency Medicine1910%
Sociology and Political Science179%
Virology158%
Health147%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions80
Global Maternal and Child Health41
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health35
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk22
HIV-related health complications and treatments19
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction18
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment18
HIV Research and Treatment15
Sex work and related issues15
Reproductive Health and Contraception11
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses10
Intimate Partner and Family Violence7

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

70% of their 155 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written3589111215Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States86
Nigeria21
Switzerland15
Zambia14
Belgium12
South Africa12
Kenya11
United Kingdom11

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH29 papers
Yale UniversityUS25 papers
Family Health International 360US23 papers
World Health OrganizationCH14 papers
Harvard UniversityUS14 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH13 papers
Instituut voor Tropische GeneeskundeBE12 papers
University of RochesterUS12 papers
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS12 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH12 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE25
Journal of the International AIDS Society15
Reproductive Health10
BMC Public Health8
Figshare5
BMC Infectious Diseases4
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being87
5Gender equality21
1No poverty7
17Partnerships for the goals6
2Zero hunger2
10Reduced inequalities2

Most cited

Psychotropic medication non-adherence and its associated factors among patients with major psychiatric disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Systematic Reviews
2020566 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Role and outcomes of community health workers in HIV care in sub‐Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Journal of the International AIDS Society
2013394 citationsOpen access · Gold
Antiretroviral therapy enrollment characteristics and outcomes among HIV-infected adolescents and young adults compared with older adults--seven African countries, 2004-2013.

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 accessCorresponding4 citations10.18697/ajfand.126.23305

Utilisation of Reproductive Health Services among Adolescents in Ghana: Analysis of the 2007 and 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Surveys

2024International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.3390/ijerph21050526

Assessing the diet quality of people living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana

2023ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISMConference0 citations

Variations in the Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation Among Reproductive-aged Women in Nigeria Across Three Generations

2022International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDSJournalOpen access10 citations10.21106/ijma.548

Hepatitis C Prevalence and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Score for Targeted Screening among People Living with HIV in Ghana

2021Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC)JournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.1177/23259582211022469

Patient-level factors influencing hypertension control in adults in Accra, Ghana

2020BMC Cardiovascular DisordersJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding42 citations10.1186/s12872-020-01370-y

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes4

How it can be read

91% free to read, of the 155 recorded

Diamond 11 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 105 · 55%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 8 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 5 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 12 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 14 · 7%Behind a paywall
Unknown 37 · 19%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

108 of 192 papers name a funder

World Health Organization29
University of Ghana24
United States Agency for International Development20
U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief19
UNICEF19
National Institute of Mental Health17
National Institutes of Health15
Fogarty International Center14

2014122 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green