| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Overweight and obesity epidemic in Ghana—a systematic review and meta-analysis | BMC Public Health | 2016 | 141 |
| 2 | Obesity and type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans – Is the burden in today’s Africa similar to African migrants in Europe? The RODAM study | BMC Medicine | 2016 | 132 |
| 3 | Knowledge and awareness of and perception towards cardiovascular disease risk in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review | PLoS ONE | 2017 | 122 |
| 4 | Prevalence of postpartum depression and interventions utilized for its management | Annals of General Psychiatry | 2018 | 110 |
| 5 | Reconnecting for our future: The Lancet One Health Commission | Lancet, The | 2020 | 79 |
| 6 | The Berlin principles on one health – Bridging global health and conservation | Science of the Total Environment | 2021 | 68 |
| 7 | Epigenome-wide association study in whole blood on type 2 diabetes among sub-Saharan African individuals: findings from the RODAM study | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2019 | 62 |
| 8 | Access and utilization of maternal healthcare in a rural district in the forest belt of Ghana | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 2019 | 61 |
| 9 | An epigenome-wide association study in whole blood of measures of adiposity among Ghanaians: the RODAM study | Clinical Epigenetics | 2017 | 55 |
| 10 | What is the recovery rate and risk of long-term consequences following a diagnosis of COVID-19? A harmonised, global longitudinal observational study protocol | BMJ Open | 2021 | 51 |
| 11 | Prevalence of anaemia and low intake of dietary nutrients in pregnant women living in rural and urban areas in the Ashanti region of Ghana | PLoS ONE | 2020 | 50 |
| 12 | Variations in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control among Ghanaian migrants living in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, and nonmigrant Ghanaians living in rural and urban Ghana – the RODAM study | Journal of Hypertension | 2018 | 47 |
| 13 | Association between maternal depression and child stunting in Northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study | BMC Public Health | 2016 | 44 |
| 14 | Prevalence of, and barriers to the disclosure of HIV status to infected children and adolescents in a district of Ghana | BMC International Health and Human Rights | 2017 | 43 |
| 15 | Menstrual Hygiene Management and School Absenteeism among Adolescents in Ghana: Results from a School-Based Cross-Sectional Study in a Rural Community | International Journal of Reproductive Medicine | 2020 | 42 |
| 16 | A qualitative assessment of perceived barriers to effective therapeutic communication among nurses and patients | BMC Nursing | 2019 | 40 |
| 17 | Preterm care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative risk analysis of neonatal deaths averted by kangaroo mother care versus mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 infection | EClinicalMedicine | 2021 | 38 |
| 18 | Integrating herbal medicine into mainstream healthcare in Ghana: clients’ acceptability, perceptions and disclosure of use | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 2017 | 37 |
| 19 | Enablers and barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive health services among visually impaired women in the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions of Ghana | Reproductive Health Matters | 2018 | 37 |
| 20 | COVID-19 information-related digital literacy among online health consumers in a low-income country | International Journal of Medical Informatics | 2021 | 36 |
| 21 | Cardiovascular disease risk prediction in sub-Saharan African populations — Comparative analysis of risk algorithms in the RODAM study | International Journal of Cardiology | 2018 | 34 |
| 22 | Home birth without skilled attendants despite millennium villages project intervention in Ghana: insight from a survey of women’s perceptions of skilled obstetric care | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 2015 | 32 |
| 23 | Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in an area of extended seasonal transmission in Ashanti, Ghana: an individually randomised clinical trial | Tropical Medicine and International Health | 2016 | 31 |
| 24 | Narratives on why pregnant women delay seeking maternal health care during delivery and obstetric complications in rural Ghana | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 2019 | 31 |
| 25 | Quality of referrals for elective surgery at a tertiary care hospital in a developing country: An opportunity for improving timely access to and cost-effectiveness of surgical care | International Journal of Surgery | 2015 | 29 |
| 26 | Non-falciparum malaria infections in pregnant women in West Africa | Malaria Journal | 2016 | 29 |
| 27 | Maternal and perinatal outcomes among women with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in Kumasi, Ghana | PLoS ONE | 2019 | 29 |
| 28 | “I wouldn’t have hit you, but you would have killed your baby:” exploring midwives’ perspectives on disrespect and abusive Care in Ghana | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 2020 | 29 |
| 29 | Ebola Virus Epidemic in West Africa: Global Health Economic Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Policy Recommendations | Value in Health Regional Issues | 2017 | 28 |
| 30 | Improving Benchmarks for Global Surgery: Nationwide Enumeration of Operations Performed in Ghana | Annals of Surgery | 2018 | 28 |
| 31 | Predisposing factors influencing occupational injury among frontline building construction workers in Ghana | BMC Research Notes | 2019 | 26 |
| 32 | Nutritional composition and acceptability of biscuits fortified with palm weevil larvae (Rhynchophorus phoenicis Fabricius) and orange‐fleshed sweet potato among pregnant women | Food Science and Nutrition | 2019 | 26 |
| 33 | Estimating the incidence of abortion: using the Abortion Incidence Complications Methodology in Ghana, 2017 | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 25 |
| 34 | Hemopexin deficiency promotes acute kidney injury in sickle cell disease | Blood | 2020 | 25 |
| 35 | ‘The medicine is not for sale’: Practices of traditional healers in snakebite envenoming in Ghana | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 2021 | 25 |
| 36 | Barriers and facilitators to Electronic Medical Records usage in the Emergency Centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi-Ghana | African Journal of Emergency Medicine | 2017 | 24 |
| 37 | Household Willingness-to-Pay for Improved Solid Waste Management Services in Four Major Metropolitan Cities in Ghana | Journal of Environmental and Public Health | 2019 | 24 |
| 38 | Estimating the incidence of abortion: a comparison of five approaches in Ghana | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 24 |
| 39 | Can performance-based incentives improve motivation of nurses and midwives in primary facilities in northern Ghana? A quasi-experimental study | Global Health Action | 2016 | 23 |
| 40 | Factors influencing the practice of exclusive breastfeeding among nursing mothers in a peri-urban district of Ghana | BMC Research Notes | 2017 | 23 |
| 41 | The Correlation Between Poverty and Access to Essential Surgical Care in Ghana: A Geospatial Analysis | World Journal of Surgery | 2017 | 22 |
| 42 | Chromosomal and plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone resistance in human Salmonella enterica infection in Ghana | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2019 | 22 |
| 43 | Midwives’ experiences of implementing respectful maternity care knowledge in daily maternity care practices after participating in a four-day RMC training | BMC Nursing | 2021 | 22 |
| 44 | The Severe Typhoid Fever in Africa Program: Study Design and Methodology to Assess Disease Severity, Host Immunity, and Carriage Associated With Invasive Salmonellosis | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2019 | 21 |
| 45 | Multi-Theory Model and Predictors of Likelihood of Accepting the Series of HPV Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study among Ghanaian Adolescents | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2020 | 21 |
| 46 | Sponsorship in non-commercial clinical trials: definitions, challenges and the role of Good Clinical Practices guidelines | BMC International Health and Human Rights | 2015 | 20 |
| 47 | Insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Kumasi, Ghana | Parasites and Vectors | 2016 | 20 |
| 48 | Prevalence and knowledge of hypertension among people living in rural communities in Ghana: a mixed method study | African Health Sciences | 2018 | 20 |
| 49 | Prevalence and determinants of type 2 diabetes among lean African migrants and non-migrants: the RODAM study | Journal of Global Health | 2019 | 20 |
| 50 | Injury rate and risk factors among small-scale gold miners in Ghana | BMC Public Health | 2019 | 20 |
