Kofi Awusabo-Asare

Professor of Population Studies

Professor/Director of Academic Planning, University of Cape Coast, since 1980per ORCID

In their own words

Adolescent Reproductive Health
Ageing
Social Dimensions of HIV and AIDS

Publications: 951916–2025
Citations: 3,304to those papers
h-index: 31i10-index 55
Field-weighted impact: 3.721.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 39%13 of 33 scored papers
Open access: 64%21 of the 33 whose access is recorded

In 2016–2025: 20 publications, 571 citations to them, h-index 10.

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Google Scholar shows 4,567 citations, h-index 35 and i10-index 62 (1,582 citations and h-index 21 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

General Health Professions1819%
Infectious Diseases1314%
Safety Research99%
Sociology and Political Science88%
Economics and Econometrics77%
Epidemiology77%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health66%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health55%
Oncology44%
Nutrition and Dietetics33%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health17
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions12
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare9
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses7
Global Maternal and Child Health6
Sex work and related issues6
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research4
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening4
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk2
Reproductive Health and Contraception2
Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare1

Who they write with

70 co-authors, here and elsewhere

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

The 30 most frequent of 70 co-authors. 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

48% of their 33 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States14
Kenya5
Peru3
United Kingdom3
Finland2
South Africa1
Malawi1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Guttmacher InstituteUS8 papers
African Population and Health Research CenterKE4 papers
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH4 papers
Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaPE3 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH3 papers
University of SouthamptonGB2 papers
The University of Texas at San AntonioUS2 papers
University of TampereFI2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Brown UniversityUS1 paper

Where they publish

Health Transition Review7
PubMed5
2017 International Population Conference4
African Journal of Reproductive Health4
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Occasional Report3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being13
5Gender equality6
17Partnerships for the goals3
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
6Clean water and sanitation1

Most cited

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ghana: Results from the 2004 National Survey of Adolescents
Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Kofi Awusabo-Asare
Occasional Report
2006240 citations
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Ghana: A synthesis of research evidence
Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Kofi Awusabo-Asare
Alan Guttmacher Institute
2004197 citations
Role of Parents in Adolescent Sexual Activity And Contraceptive Use in Four African Countries

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Professor/Director of Academic Planning, Population and HealthUniversity of Cape Coastsince 1980

Education

GeographyUniversity of Liverpool1985–1988

Recent publications

All publications →Download: BibTeX · RIS

Household structure in Ghana
Kofi Awusabo-Asare
Demographic Research
202513 citations
Acceptance of and Adherence to a Four-Dose RTS,S/AS01 Schedule: Findings from a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation Study for the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme
Kofi Awusabo-Asare
Vaccines3
202319 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Global Research
Kofi Awusabo-Asare
Community Practitioner
20200 citations
Barriers to the Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment among Rural Women in Ghana
David Teye Doku, Kofi Awusabo-Asare
BioMed Research International
2019108 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Male support for cervical cancer screening and treatment in rural Ghana
David Teye Doku, Kofi Awusabo-Asare
PLoS ONE
201954 citationsOpen access · Gold
Measuring the quality of sexuality education implementation at the school level in low- and middle-income countries
Kofi Awusabo-Asare
Sex Education5
201935 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Challenges to implementing national comprehensive sexuality education curricula in low- and middle-income countries: Case studies of Ghana, Kenya, Peru and Guatemala
Kofi Awusabo-Asare
PLoS ONE
2018128 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Towards comprehensive sexuality education: a comparative analysis of the policy environment surrounding school-based sexuality education in Ghana, Peru, Kenya and Guatemala
Kofi Awusabo-Asare
Sex Education17
201872 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
“I always tried to forget about the condition and pretend I was healed”: coping with cervical cancer in rural Ghana
David Teye Doku, Kofi Awusabo-Asare
BMC Palliative Care
201834 citationsOpen access · Gold
Sex composition of living children in a matrilineal inheritance system and its association with pregnancy intendedness and postpartum family planning intentions in rural Ghana
Derek Anamaale Tuoyire, Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Sebastian Eliason
Reproductive Health3
201810 citationsOpen access · Gold

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth2

How it can be read

64% free to read, of the 33 recorded

Diamond 3 · 3%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 9%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 12 · 13%Behind a paywall
Unknown 62 · 65%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

10 of 95 papers name a funder

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development4
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken3
National Institutes of Health3
Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete3
African Population and Health Research Center2
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development2
Rockefeller Foundation2

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health3

2009178 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Coerced First Sex among Adolescent Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: Prevalence and Context

Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Kofi Awusabo-Asare

African Journal of Reproductive Health5

2007161 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

Matriliny and the new intestate succession law of Ghana