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Deborah Armah

University of Ghana

Also at Ghana Health Servicefrom their recent papers

Lecturer, University of Ghanaper ORCID
Lecturer, UTAGper ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

Deborah is an innovative, competent, committed, active and easily adaptable young woman who is also hard working. She had a PhD degree in Nursing from University of Pretoria, South Africa, and an MPhil degree in Nursing from University of Ghana, Legon. She is a lecturer working with University of Ghana (Legon, Accra). She lectures both masters and degree nursing students. Aside her lecturing she undertakes supervision of both masters and degree nursing students, directing… More on ORCID

Reproductive Medicine
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Clinical Psychology
Demography
Epidemiology
Safety Research

In their own words

Maternal and Child Health
infertility
women

Publications: 242016–2026
Citations: 178to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 2.521.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 35%7 of 20 scored papers
Open access: 85%17 of the 20 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 297 citations, h-index 10 and i10-index 10 (273 citations and h-index 10 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

Citations received each year

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Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Maternal and child healthUniversity of Ghana
Lecturer, Maternal and child healthUTAG

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

24 in all

Giving children the best start in life: promoting young children's mental health in Ghana
2026The Lancet Regional Health - AfricaJournalOpen access1 citation10.1016/j.lanafr.2025.100010
Complementary and Alternative Management of Female Infertility in African Women: A Systematic Review Protocol
2026SAGE Open Nursing

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Reproductive Medicine1250%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health625%
Clinical Psychology417%
Demography417%
Epidemiology417%
Safety Research417%
Gender Studies313%
History313%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health313%
Cognitive Neuroscience28%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Reproductive Health and Technologies12
Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy4
Family Dynamics and Relationships4
Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences3
Hepatitis B Virus Studies3
Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes3
Autism Spectrum Disorder Research2
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Family and Disability Support Research2
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues2
Global Maternal and Child Health2
Infection Control in Healthcare2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

35% of their 20 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223455Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa6
Canada1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of PretoriaZA6 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers
Nurses' Training College, HoGH5 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH3 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH2 papers
McGill UniversityCA1 paper
Northumbria UniversityGB1 paper
Pentecost University CollegeGH1 paper

Where they publish

BMJ Open2
Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare2
Asian Journal of Science and Technology1
BMC Pediatrics1
BMC Public Health1
Fertility Research and Practice1
Figshare

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality12
3Good health and well-being3
1No poverty1
10Reduced inequalities1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

“I am anxious and desperate”: psychological experiences of women with infertility in The Greater Accra Region, Ghana
Fertility Research and Practice5
201746 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus infection and associated factors among health care workers in Southern Ghana
IJID Regions3
202330 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold