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Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

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2025

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Rising Stars 49 335 335 19 19 449 21493
Social Sciences and Humanities 55 1946 1761 144 135 402 31603

Bright Opoku Ahinkorah publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Bright Opoku Ahinkorah between 2017 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Bright Opoku Ahinkorah published across 9 years, from 2017 to 2025, averaging 51.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 148 publications in 2021. 71 of the 462 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2017 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 148. Peak 148 publications in 2021. 2017: 1 publication 2018: 4 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 69 publications 2021: 148 publications 2022: 94 publications 2023: 67 publications 2024: 49 publications 2025: 22 publications
2017 2025

462 publications in total across all disciplines

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Bright Opoku Ahinkorah: publications per year, 2017 to 2025
Year Publications
2017 1
2018 4
2019 8
2020 69
2021 148
2022 94
2023 67
2024 49
2025 22
Total 462
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Bright Opoku Ahinkorah publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bright Opoku Ahinkorah sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 394–403 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 402 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27 402
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Bright Opoku Ahinkorah D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bright Opoku Ahinkorah sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 55 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137 55
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Bright Opoku Ahinkorah is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with significant contributions across several subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions, Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Health.

The scientist has contributed to a broad range of topics within global health, with notable emphasis on:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Bright Opoku Ahinkorah's work appears frequently in reputable journals including:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Reproductive Health
  • International Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • BMJ Open

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, most notably:

  • Abdul-Aziz Seidu
  • Edward Kwabena Ameyaw
  • Richard Gyan Aboagye
  • Eugene Budu
  • Sanni Yaya

Their work aligns with major systematic analyses and burden of disease studies, as reflected in recently published papers of high citation impact, including:

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, 2023, The Lancet
  • Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, 2024, The Lancet
  • Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019, 2021, JAMA Oncology
  • Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, 2024, The Lancet

The range of their contributions spans vital areas impacting global health metrics, disease burden assessments, and public health risks, often through collaborations on systematic and comprehensive analyses conducted within the scope of the Global Burden of Disease Studies.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

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  • Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

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  • Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Unknown

  • Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Marissa B Reitsma;Parkes J Kendrick;Emad Ababneh;Cristiana Abbafati

  • The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010–19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Unknown

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Unknown

  • Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

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  • Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Unknown

  • Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

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  • Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

    Katherine R Paulson;Aruna M Kamath;Tahiya Alam;Kelly Bienhoff

  • Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1

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  • Assessing performance of the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, overall and by select age groups, for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Unknown

  • Women decision-making capacity and intimate partner violence among women in sub-Saharan Africa

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Kwamena Sekyi Dickson;Abdul-Aziz Seidu

  • Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis of demographic and health surveys

    Edward Kwabena Ameyaw;Eugene Budu;Francis Sambah;Linus Baatiema

  • Global, regional, and national sex differences in the global burden of tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Jorge R Ledesma;Jianing Ma;Avina Vongpradith;Emilie R Maddison

  • Tracking development assistance for health and for COVID-19: a review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 countries and territories, 1990-2050.

    Angela E Micah;Ian E Cogswell;Brandon Cunningham;Satoshi Ezoe

  • Prevalence of first adolescent pregnancy and its associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis.

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Melissa Kang;Lin Perry;Fiona Brooks

  • Global, regional, and national sex-specific burden and control of the HIV epidemic, 1990–2019, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2019

    Deepa Jahagirdar;Magdalene K Walters;Amanda Novotney;Edmond D Brewer

  • Factors associated with modern contraceptive use among women with no fertility intention in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from cross-sectional surveys of 29 countries.

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Eugene Budu;Richard Gyan Aboagye;Ebenezer Agbaglo

  • Rising Above Misinformation or Fake News in Africa: Another Strategy to Control COVID-19 Spread

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Edward Kwabena Ameyaw;John Elvis Jr. Hagan;John Elvis Jr. Hagan;Abdul-Aziz Seidu

  • Mapping subnational HIV mortality in six Latin American countries with incomplete vital registration systems

    Michael A. Cork;Nathaniel J. Henry;Nathaniel J. Henry;Stefanie Watson;Andrew J. Croneberger

  • Dietary Diversity and Undernutrition in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Richard Gyan Aboagye;Abdul-Aziz Seidu;Abdul-Aziz Seidu;Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Francis Arthur-Holmes

  • Predictors of modern contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed effects multilevel analysis of data from 29 demographic and health surveys.

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

  • Socio-economic and demographic predictors of unmet need for contraception among young women in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from cross-sectional surveys

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Edward Kwabena Ameyaw;Abdul-Aziz Seidu;Abdul-Aziz Seidu

  • Prevalence and determinants of Acute Lower Respiratory Infections among children under-five years in sub–Saharan Africa: Evidence from demographic and health surveys

    Abdul-Aziz Seidu;Kwamena Sekyi Dickson;Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Hubert Amu;Hubert Amu

  • One country, two crises: what Covid-19 reveals about health inequalities among BAME communities in the United Kingdom and the sustainability of its health system?

    Akaninyene Otu;Akaninyene Otu;Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Edward Kwabena Ameyaw;Abdul Aziz Seidu;Abdul Aziz Seidu

  • Polygyny and intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from 16 cross-sectional demographic and health surveys.

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

  • Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Parkes J Kendrick;Marissa B Reitsma;Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari;Amir Abdoli

  • Predictors of unmet need for contraception among adolescent girls and young women in selected high fertility countries in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel mixed effects analysis.

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdul-Aziz Seidu
Abdul-Aziz Seidu James Cook University
Sanni Yaya
Sanni Yaya University of Ottawa
Thomas Schack
Thomas Schack Bielefeld University
Sanjay Basu
Sanjay Basu Stanford University
Shafiu Mohammed
Shafiu Mohammed Ahmadu Bello University
Amir Masoud Rahmani
Amir Masoud Rahmani National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
Maciej Banach
Maciej Banach John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Irina Filip
Irina Filip Kaiser Permanente
Salman Rawaf
Salman Rawaf Imperial College London
Florian Fischer
Florian Fischer Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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