Isaac Osei‐Akoto

Senior Research Fellow and Head, Economics Division, University of Ghanaper ORCID

Publishing since 1997, latest 2026

Economics and Econometrics
Safety Research
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Nutrition and Dietetics
General Health Professions
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

In their own words

Development Economics

Publications: 841997–2026
Citations: 3,524to those papers
h-index: 20i10-index 33
Field-weighted impact: 5.311.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 54%15 of 28 scored papers
Open access: 63%19 of the 30 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 5,374 citations, h-index 26 and i10-index 48 (2,670 citations and h-index 22 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Research Fellow and Head, Economics Division, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic ResearchUniversity of Ghana

Publications

84 in all

Poor mental health in Ghana: who is at risk?
2013BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access127 citations10.1186/1471-2458-13-288
Psychological distress in Ghana: associations with employment and lost productivity
2013International Journal of Mental Health SystemsJournalOpen access

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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

Economics and Econometrics1315%
Safety Research1113%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health78%
Nutrition and Dietetics67%
General Health Professions56%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences45%
Soil Science45%
Accounting34%
Finance34%
Social Psychology34%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare11
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion8
Global Maternal and Child Health7
Child Nutrition and Water Access6
Agricultural Innovations and Practices3
Agricultural risk and resilience3
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis3
Healthcare Systems and Reforms3
Agriculture and Rural Development Research2
Economic and Environmental Valuation2
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations2
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

63% of their 30 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States16
United Kingdom3
Korea2
Kenya2
Japan1
Germany1
Colombia1
Niger1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUS7 papers
Imperial College LondonGB3 papers
Yale UniversityUS3 papers
Washington University in St. LouisUS3 papers
International Food Policy Research InstituteUS3 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH3 papers
Northwestern UniversityUS2 papers
Incheon National UniversityKR2 papers
United Nations Children's FundUS2 papers
Institute for Healthcare ImprovementUS1 paper

Where they publish

International Food Policy Research Institute4
Institute of Statistical3
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BMC Health Services Research2
European Review of Agricultural Economics2
Health Policy2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty11
2Zero hunger3
8Decent work and economic growth3
6Clean water and sanitation2
10Reduced inequalities2
3Good health and well-being1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints *
The Quarterly Journal of Economics1
20141,060 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
The effect of Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme on health care utilisation
Ghana medical journal
2012569 citations
Livelihood empowerment against poverty program impact evaluation
Chapel Hill: Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina

Farmer training and household labour use

2013Pentvars Business JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.62868/pbj.v7i1.102

Livelihood empowerment against poverty program impact evaluation

2013Chapel Hill: Carolina Population Center, University of North CarolinaJournal248 citations

Tertiary education and industrial development in Ghana

2013Policy BriefJournal82 citations

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS YALE UNIVERSITY

2012NotesJournal1 citation

Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Program Assessment of LEAP Operations

2012Carolina Population CenterJournalSenior author6 citations

The effect of Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme on health care utilisation

2012Ghana medical journalJournalSenior author569 citations

Cost Structure of Yam Farmers in Ghana: The Case of the Forest Savannah Transition Agro-ecological zone

2011Presentation at the first conference of the West African Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP)Journal2 citations

Training and Farmer Productivity: An Evaluation using RCT for the MCA-Ghana Programme

2011Conference on Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Enhancing Food security in Africa, NovemberJournalSenior author10 citations

Health Insurance and Vulnerability to Health Shocks in Ghana

20114th European Conference on African Studies, Uppsala, SwedenJournalFirst author10 citations

Ethnic and religious diversity as determinants of health insurance uptake in Ghana

2011Fourth European Conference for African Studies (ECAS 4)JournalFirst author20 citations

Market Participation and Rural Poverty in Ghana in the Era of Globalization

2008African Development ReviewJournalSenior authorCorresponding16 citations10.1111/j.1467-8268.2008.00178.x

Tackling Child Poverty in Ghana

2008Poverty Reduction Strategies in Action: Perspectives and Lessons from GhanaJournalSenior author2 citations

Customary Land Tenure Practices, Investment, and Agricultural Production in Ghana

2008Institute of StatisticalReportFirst author2 citations

Public spending at the district level in Ghana

2007International Food Policy Research InstituteReportFirst author9 citations

Public spending in Ghana: An assessment of national level data (1995–2005)

2007International Food Policy Research InstituteReport14 citations

Market Participation and Rural Poverty in Ghana During Globalization

2007< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: United …ReportSenior author0 citations

GLOWA-Volta common sampling frame–selection of survey sites

2002Bonn, ZEF unpublished Research DocumentationJournalSenior author10 citations

Trade-Off between Price and Improvement in Quality of Service on Utilisation of Public Health Facilities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

1998Unpublished MPhil. Thesis, Department of Economics, University of Ghana, Legon, GhanaJournalFirst author0 citations

Administración de medicamentos y comportamiento de los agentes de salud [carta]

1997Foro mundial de la salud 1997; 18 (1): 79-81Journal0 citations

Délivrance des médicaments et comportement des agents de la santé [lettre]

1997Forum mondial de la santé 1997; 18 (1): 78-79Journal0 citations

Drug delivery and health workers' behaviour.

1997World Health ForumJournal0 citations

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How it can be read

63% free to read, of the 30 recorded

Diamond 1 · 1%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 7%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 13%Behind a paywall
Unknown 54 · 64%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

14 of 84 papers name a funder

University of Ghana4
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation3
Economic and Social Research Council3
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development3
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2
UNICEF2
Yale University2
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab1

Cost recovery in Ghana: Are there Any changes in health care seeking behaviour?

Health Policy and Planning3

1998173 citationsWorld top 10%