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Irene Akua Agyepong

Irene Akua Agyepong

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
47
Citations
9627
World Ranking
3384
National Ranking
2

Irene Akua Agyepong 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 Irene Akua Agyepong sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 138 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Irene Akua Agyepong 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 Irene Akua Agyepong sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Irene Akua Agyepong is affiliated with the University of Ghana in Ghana. The researcher's work spans multiple fields, prominently including Medicine, Health Professions, and Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their subfields of study further specify focuses in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions, Finance, Economics and Econometrics, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The core topics addressed in their publications encompass a range of global health and healthcare policy issues. These include Global Maternal and Child Health, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Diabetes Management and Education, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, and Global Health Care Issues.

Several recent papers reflect the scope and thematic concerns of their research:

  • 'It's far too complicated': why fragmentation persists in global health (2020, Globalization and Health)
  • Systematic review of prediction models for gestational hypertension and preeclampsia (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Learning health systems: an empowering agenda for low-income and middle-income countries (2020, The Lancet)
  • Rural healthcare providers coping with clinical care delivery challenges: lessons from three health centres in Ghana (2021, BMC Family Practice)
  • Strengthening capacities and resource allocation for co-production of health research in low and middle income countries (2021, BMJ)

The researcher has frequently published in several venues, highlighting areas of continued interest and contributions to the field. These key journals include:

  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • BMJ Open
  • PLoS ONE
  • Health Policy and Planning
  • Ghana Medical Journal

Collaborative work features prominently in the career of Irene Akua Agyepong, with repeated co-authorship alongside respected researchers such as:

  • Tolib Mirzoev
  • Tim Ensor
  • Anthony Danso-Appiah
  • Lauren J. Wallace
  • Anna Cronin de Chavez

Best Publications

  • Implementation research: what it is and how to do it

    David H Peters;Taghreed Adam;Olakunle Alonge;Irene Akua Agyepong

  • Building the Field of Health Policy and Systems Research: Framing the Questions

    Kabir Sheikh;Lucy Gilson;Lucy Gilson;Irene Akua Agyepong;Kara Hanson

  • Countdown to 2030: tracking progress towards universal coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health

    Ties Boerma;Jennifer Requejo;Cesar G Victora;Agbessi Amouzou

  • Public social policy development and implementation: a case study of the Ghana National Health Insurance scheme

    Irene Akua Agyepong;Sam Adjei

  • Building the field of health policy and systems research: social science matters.

    Lucy Gilson;Lucy Gilson;Kara Hanson;Kabir Sheikh;Irene Akua Agyepong

  • Equity aspects of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: Who is enrolling, who is not and why?

    Caroline Jehu-Appiah;Genevieve Aryeetey;Ernst Spaan;Thomas de Hoop

  • Household perceptions and their implications for enrolment in the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana

    Caroline Jehu-Appiah;Genevieve Aryeetey;Irene Agyepong;Ernst Spaan

  • The path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030: the Lancet Commission on the future of health in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Irene Akua Agyepong;Nelson Sewankambo;Agnes Binagwaho;Awa Marie Coll-Seck

  • Health worker (internal customer) satisfaction and motivation in the public sector in Ghana.

    Irene Akua Agyepong;Patricia Anafi;Ebenezer Asiamah;Evelyn K. Ansah

  • Malaria: ethnomedical perceptions and practice in an Adangbe farming community and implications for control.

    Irene Akua Agyepong

  • Building the field of health policy and systems research: an agenda for action.

    Sara Bennett;Irene Akua Agyepong;Kabir Sheikh;Kara Hanson

  • Improving adherence to malaria treatment for children: the use of pre-packed chloroquine tablets vs. chloroquine syrup.

    E. K. Ansah;J. O. Gyapong;I. A. Agyepong;D. B. Evans

  • Can health insurance protect against out-of-pocket and catastrophic expenditures and also support poverty reduction? Evidence from Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme

    Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey;Judith Westeneng;Ernst Spaan;Caroline Jehu-Appiah

  • Individual and community determinants of neonatal mortality in Ghana: a multilevel analysis

    Gbenga A Kayode;Evelyn Ansah;Irene Akua Agyepong;Mary Amoakoh-Coleman

  • Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: realist evaluation of the Leadership Development Programme for district manager decision-making in Ghana

    Aku Kwamie;Aku Kwamie;Han van Dijk;Irene Akua Agyepong

  • Reforming health service delivery at district level in Ghana: the perspective of a district medical officer.

    Irene A Agyepong

  • “We charge them; otherwise we cannot run the hospital” front line workers, clients and health financing policy implementation gaps in Ghana

    Irene Akua Agyepong;Richard A. Nagai

  • MOSQUITO AVOIDANCE AND BED NET USE IN THE GREATER ACCRA REGION, GHANA

    Irene Akua Agyepong;Lenore Manderson

  • The “Universal” in UHC and Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme: policy and implementation challenges and dilemmas of a lower middle income country

    Irene Akua Agyepong;Daniel Nana Yaw Abankwah;Angela Abroso;ChangBae Chun

  • The diagnosis and management of fever at household level in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

    Irene Akua Agyepong;Lenore Manderson

  • Rethinking health systems in the context of urbanisation: challenges from four rapidly urbanising low-income and middle-income countries

    Helen Elsey;Irene Agyepong;Rumana Huque;Zahidul Quayyem

Frequent Co-Authors

Diederick E. Grobbee
Diederick E. Grobbee Utrecht University
Lucy Gilson
Lucy Gilson University of Cape Town
Rob Baltussen
Rob Baltussen Radboud University
Lenore Manderson
Lenore Manderson University of the Witwatersrand
Sara Bennett
Sara Bennett Johns Hopkins University
Kara Hanson
Kara Hanson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Taghreed Adam
Taghreed Adam World Health Organization
David H. Peters
David H. Peters Johns Hopkins University
Benjamin Uzochukwu
Benjamin Uzochukwu University of Nigeria
Tumani Corrah
Tumani Corrah Medical Research Council

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