Sampson Opoku Agyemang

Assistant Lecturer · Department of Mental Health

Assistant Lecturer, Department on mental Health

Also at Topfaith University and Syracuse Universityfrom their recent papers

Assistant Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2021per ORCID

In their own words

Mental Health
Nursing
Psychology

Publications: 82018–2024
Citations: 139to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 3.741.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 67%4 of 6 scored papers
Open access: 83%5 of the 6 whose access is recorded

Google Scholar shows citations, h-index and i10-index (212 citations and h-index 6 since 2021), as of October 5, 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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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases450%
General Health Professions338%
Clinical Psychology225%
Emergency Medicine225%
Economics and Econometrics113%
Epidemiology113%
Health113%
Hepatology113%
Occupational Therapy113%
Research and Theory113%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions4
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health2
Family Caregiving in Mental Illness2
HIV-related health complications and treatments2
Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout1
Hepatitis B Virus Studies1
Hepatitis C virus research1
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses1
Mental Health and Patient Involvement1
Nursing education and management1
Occupational Health and Burnout1
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy1

Who they write with

26 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country
Elsewhere in Africa
No African institution

Circle area and line width are papers written together; the strongest ties sit nearest. “No African institution” is anyone the papers place outside Africa’s institutions; Peerford records affiliations only there.

Where their co-authors are

17% of their 6 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa1
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Cape Coast Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
University of GhanaGH4 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH3 papers
University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkUS1 paper
University of California, San FranciscoUS1 paper
University of CincinnatiUS1 paper
Wake Forest UniversityUS1 paper
Ghana AIDS CommissionGH1 paper
University of the WitwatersrandZA1 paper
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH1 paper

Where they publish

BMC Nursing1
BMC Psychiatry1
BMC Public Health1
Health Science Reports1
International Journal of STD & AIDS1
NUMID HORIZON: An International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery1
PLOS mental health.

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being2
14Life below water1

Most cited

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Assistant Lecturer, Department of Mental HealthUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2021

Education

Master of Nursing, NursingUniversity of Cape Coast2018–2020
B.Sc. Mental Health Nursing, Department of Mental Health NursingUniversity of Cape Coast2014–2016
B.Sc. Psychology and Linguistics, Psychology and LinquisticsUniversity of Ghana2009–2013

Honours, memberships and service

Lecturer, Mental HealthUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2021
MemberNursing and Midwifery Council, Ghanasince 2008

Recent publications

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Depression and its associated factors among people living with HIV in the Volta region of Ghana
Sampson Opoku Agyemang
PLOS mental health.3
20243 citationsOpen access · Gold
An exploratory qualitative study of the psychological effects of HIV diagnosis; the need for early involvement of mental health professionals to improve linkage to care
Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Frederick Nsatimba, Isaac Tetteh Commey, Prof. Jerry Paul Ninnoni, Sampson Opoku Agyemang
BMC Public Health
202328 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Coping with loneliness and stigma associated with HIV in a resource-limited setting, making a case for mental health interventions; a sequential mixed methods study
Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Francis Annor, Prof. Jerry Paul Ninnoni, Sampson Opoku Agyemang
BMC Psychiatry14
202318 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Prevalence and determinants of depression, anxiety and stress among psychiatric nurses in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Prof. Jerry Paul Ninnoni, Prof. Nancy Innocentia Ebu Enyan, Sampson Opoku Agyemang
BMC Nursing
202248 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Prevalence and associations of depression, anxiety, and stress among people living with HIV: A hospital‐based analytical cross‐sectional study
Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Prof. Jerry Paul Ninnoni, Sampson Opoku Agyemang
Health Science Reports3
202229 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Living with hepatitis B virus infection; media messaging matters
Andrews Druye, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Evelyn Asamoah Ampofo, Sampson Opoku Agyemang, Susanna Aba Abraham
International Journal of STD & AIDS
20216 citations
Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Nurses in Public Psychiatric Hospitals in Ghana
Sampson Opoku Agyemang
University of Cape Coast
20202 citations
The Effects of Stigma on Mental Health Nurses: A study at Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital
Prof. Jerry Paul Ninnoni, Sampson Opoku Agyemang
NUMID HORIZON: An International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery
20185 citations

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