Nicholas Kofi Adjei

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Senior Research Fellow, University of Liverpool, since 2020per ORCID

Publishing since 2018, latest 2025

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
General Health Professions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Finance
Health
Nutrition and Dietetics

Publications: 192018–2025
Citations: 443to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 12
Field-weighted impact: 4.021.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 63%12 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 100%19 papers free to read

5 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Research Fellow, Public Health, Policy and SystemsUniversity of Liverpoolsince 2020
Research Fellow, Social EpidemiologyLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS2016–2020
Research Assistant, DemographyInstitute for Future Studies2012–2015
Research Assistant, DemographyGhana Statistical Service2008–2010

Education

Associate Fellow Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)Higher Education Academy

Publications

19 in all

Impact of family childhood adversity on risk of violence and involvement with police in adolescence: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
2025Journal of Epidemiology & Community HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1136/jech-2024-223168
Systematic review of interventions to reduce ethnic health inequalities in maternal and perinatal health in the UK

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Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1158%
General Health Professions737%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health526%
Finance421%
Health421%
Nutrition and Dietetics421%
Clinical Psychology316%
Sociology and Political Science316%
Epidemiology211%
Infectious Diseases211%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health11
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health4
Child Nutrition and Water Access4
Healthcare Systems and Reforms4
Intimate Partner and Family Violence3
Child Abuse and Trauma2
Global Health and Surgery2
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions2
Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare1
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences1
Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression1
Crime Patterns and Interventions1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

100% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12345714Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom17
Canada14
Australia10
Germany7
United States5
Nigeria4
Zimbabwe4
Ethiopia3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of LiverpoolGB14 papers
University of OttawaCA13 papers
University of Technology SydneyAU9 papers
Imperial College LondonGB9 papers
The George Institute for Global HealthGB9 papers
University of Cape CoastGH8 papers
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPSDE7 papers
James Cook UniversityAU7 papers
University of BremenDE4 papers
Africa UniversityZW4 papers

Where they publish

BMC Public Health2
BMJ Global Health2
International Health2
Tropical Medicine and Health2
BMC International Health and Human Rights1
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth1
BMJ Public Health1
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Diamond 1 · 5%Free to read and to publish
Gold 16 · 84%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 11%Open in a subscription journal

Who funds it

2 of 19 papers name a funder

Department of Health and Social Care2
Medical Research Council2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being5
5Gender equality5
1No poverty3
4Quality education1
10Reduced inequalities1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Trends in prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence against women in Zimbabwe, 2005–2015
BMC International Health and Human Rights5
2020100 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Predictors of skilled birth attendance among married women in Cameroon: further analysis of 2018 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey
Reproductive Health1
202155 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Health care seeking behaviour for children with acute childhood illnesses and its relating factors in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from 24 countries
Tropical Medicine and Health3
202143 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Association between women’s household decision-making autonomy and health insurance enrollment in sub-saharan Africa
BMC Public Health
202340 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Trends in Prevalence and Related Risk Factors of Overweight and Obesity among Women of Reproductive Age in Zimbabwe, 2005–2015
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health3
201938 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

PhD, Public HealthUniversity of Bremen

MSc, DemographyStockholm University2010–2015

Honours, memberships and service

European Public Health Association
Society for Social Medicine and Population Health
European Association for Population Studies
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

Trends in prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence against women in Zimbabwe, 2005–2015

2020BMC International Health and Human RightsJournalOpen accessSenior author100 citations10.1186/s12914-019-0220-8

Trends in Prevalence and Related Risk Factors of Overweight and Obesity among Women of Reproductive Age in Zimbabwe, 2005–2015

2019International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author38 citations10.3390/ijerph16152758

National Institute for Health and Care Research

School for Public Health Research2

National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West1