Collins Adu

Also at Northwestern Polytechnical University and UNSW Sydneyfrom their recent papers

UNSW Sydneyper ORCID

Publishing since 2020, latest 2026

My name is Collins Adu, and I am a PhD Candidate at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, as well as a Health Promotion Officer at Clinic 16 (HIV and Sexual Health) within the Northern Sydney Local Health District. I hold a Master of Public Health in Health Education and Promotion and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Sociology. My research interests span HIV/AIDS and its associated stigma, migrant health, violence prevention policies targeting… More on ORCID

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

In their own words

HIV
Health promotion
Sexual health
Migrant health

Publications: 652020–2026
Citations: 1,525to those papers
h-index: 25i10-index 43
Field-weighted impact: 4.031.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 49%32 of 65 scored papers
Open access: 94%61 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

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

UNSW Sydney

Education

PhD, Centre for Social Research in HealthUNSW Sydneysince 2023
UNSW Sydney
MPH, Health Education and PromotionKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2019–2021
B.A Economics and Sociology, Faculty of Social ScienceUniversity of Cape Coast2013–2017

On their papers

Publications

65 in all

c.adu@unsw.edu.auPublic on their ORCID record

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Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

General Health Professions2538%

Nutrition and Dietetics1422%

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1422%

Clinical Psychology914%

Infectious Diseases914%

Obstetrics and Gynecology914%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health34
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health19
Child Nutrition and Water Access13
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions8
Intimate Partner and Family Violence8
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development7
Healthcare Systems and Reforms7
Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression5
Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences5
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues5
Genital Health and Disease5
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction4

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

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Most frequent partner countries

Australia65
United Kingdom32
Canada26
Germany16
United States10
Hong Kong SAR6
Kenya4
South Africa4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH60 papers
James Cook UniversityAU55 papers
University of Technology SydneyAU48 papers
Takoradi Technical UniversityGH25 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH25 papers
UNSW SydneyAU20 papers
The George Institute for Global HealthGB19 papers
University of OttawaCA19 papers
Bielefeld UniversityDE16 papers
Imperial College LondonGB13 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE13
Journal of Biosocial Science8
International Health5
Archives of Public Health4
BMC Women s Health4
BMJ Open4
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth2
BMC Psychiatry2

How it can be read

94% free to read

Diamond 1 · 2%Free to read and to publish
Gold 49 · 75%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 9 · 14%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 4 · 6%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality17
3Good health and well-being15
1No poverty11
2Zero hunger4
16Peace, justice and strong institutions4
4Quality education3
17Partnerships for the goals1

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Children and Youth Services Review

The role of digital surveillance during outbreaks: the Ghana experience from COVID‑19 response

2023Journal of Public Health in AfricaJournalOpen accessCorresponding9 citations10.4081/jphia.2023.2755

Sexual autonomy and self-reported sexually transmitted infections among women in sexual unions

2022Archives of Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding31 citations10.1186/s13690-022-00796-4

Intimate partner violence and timely antenatal care visits in sub-Saharan Africa

2022Archives of Public HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding18 citations10.1186/s13690-022-00853-y

Safer sex negotiation and parity among women in sub-Saharan Africa

2022Journal of Biosocial ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1017/s0021932021000651

Child Marriage and Sexual Autonomy among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from 31 Demographic and Health Surveys

2021International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen access59 citations10.3390/ijerph18073754

Who funds it

15 of 65 papers name a funder

Universität Bielefeld9
World Health Organization3
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention2
United Nations2
Australian Government1
Department of Social Services, Australian Government1
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft1
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1