Abena Y. Tannor

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at University of Lucerne and Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeonsfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

Psychiatry and Mental health
Rehabilitation
Epidemiology
General Health Professions
Safety Research
Clinical Psychology

Publications: 122013–2026
Citations: 127to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 1.381.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%3 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 58%7 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

12 in all

From Primary to Tertiary Care: Implementing the WHO Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation
2026Journal of the Pakistan Medical AssociationJournalOpen access0 citations10.47391/jpma.26-59
Incidence And Burden Of Injury At The Accra 2023 First African Paralympic Games
2025Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

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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

Psychiatry and Mental health542%
Rehabilitation542%
Epidemiology217%
General Health Professions217%
Safety Research217%
Clinical Psychology18%
Cognitive Neuroscience18%
Emergency Medical Services18%
Emergency Medicine18%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism18%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders5
Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation3
Disability Rights and Representation2
Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery2
Acute Ischemic Stroke Management1
Adrenal Hormones and Disorders1
Autism Spectrum Disorder Research1
Child and Adolescent Health1
Chronic Disease Management Strategies1
Electrolyte and hormonal disorders1
Emergency and Acute Care Studies1
Family and Disability Support Research1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

42% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States3
Malaysia2
Belgium2
Ethiopia1
Pakistan1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH7 papers
University of MichiganUS2 papers
Medical College of WisconsinUS2 papers
National University of MalaysiaMY2 papers
Spaulding Rehabilitation HospitalUS2 papers
University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical CentreMY2 papers
AZ RivierenlandBE2 papers
Harvard UniversityUS2 papers
Ghana College of Physicians and SurgeonsGH2 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH2 papers

Where they publish

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America2
African Journal of Current Medical Research1
Elsevier eBooks1
European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine1
Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences1
Ghana Medical Journal1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being2
10Reduced inequalities2
17Partnerships for the goals2

Most cited

Barriers and facilitators for increased accessibility to quality rehabilitation services in low- and middle- income countries: a systematic review
European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
202437 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Facilitators and Barriers to the Rehabilitation Workforce Capacity Building in Low- to Middle-Income Countries
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America10
201935 citationsWorld top 10%
Rehabilitation in Africa

Africa region: Ghana

2023Elsevier eBooksBook chapterFirst author2 citations10.1016/b978-0-323-91931-9.00003-7

Building PRM in sub-Saharan Africa

2022Frontiers in Rehabilitation SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.3389/fresc.2022.910841

Rehabilitation in Africa

2019Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North AmericaJournal31 citations10.1016/j.pmr.2019.07.002

7.6 The Organizations of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine in the World

2019The Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.4103/jisprm.jisprm_35_19

Lumbar Spine X-Ray as a Standard Investigation for all Low back Pain in Ghana: Is It Evidence Based?

2017Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.4314/gmj.v51i1.5

Millenium development goals and rehabilitation in Ghana

2013International Journal of Therapy and RehabilitationJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.12968/ijtr.2013.20.10.477

International Journal of Nephrology

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation1

How it can be read

58% free to read

Diamond 3 · 25%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 25%In an open-access journal
Green 1 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 42%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 12 papers name a funder

Seventh Framework Programme1
U.S. National Library of Medicine1

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America17

Building PRM in sub-Saharan Africa

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences

20226 citationsOpen access · Gold