National Folklore Board
College · Accra · Ghana · founded 1975
Publications
98
1998–2026
Citations
479
To those publications
Scholars
49
26 carry an ORCID — 53% of them.
Research impact, 2016–2025
Field-weighted against the world’s papers
- Publications
- 552016–2025
- Citations
- 199to papers published 2016–2025
- Field-weighted impact
- 2.521.00 is the world average · median 0.63
- World top 10%
- 20%11 of 55 papers, by citations in their field and year
- Open access
- 80%44 papers free to read
- Diamond 15 · 27%Free to read and to publish
- Gold 14 · 25%In an open-access journal
- Hybrid 5 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
- Bronze 9 · 16%Free to read, no open licence
- Green 1 · 2%A copy in a repository
- Closed 11 · 20%
Output and citations by year
Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress
What it publishes in
By field, with field-weighted impact
- Social Sciences4582%FWCI 2.14
- Psychology1425%FWCI 0.76
- Business, Management and Accounting1324%FWCI 2.12
- Decision Sciences59%FWCI 6.37
- Health Professions59%
Who it works with
20% of papers have a co-author abroad
Most frequent partner countries
- United States3
- South Africa3
- Mozambique2
- Australia1
- Brazil1
- Ireland1
- Norway1
- Ethiopia1
Papers with at least one author in that country. 20% of all papers have a co-author abroad.
Institutions written with most
- University of Cape CoastGH54 papers
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH4 papers
- University of the Western CapeZA3 papers
- Our Lady of Apostles College of EducationGH2 papers
- Ghana Communication Technology UniversityGH2 papers
- Eduardo Mondlane UniversityMZ2 papers
- Center for Global DevelopmentUS1 paper
- Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do AmapáBR1 paper
- Kansas State UniversityUS1 paper
- The Ohio State UniversityUS1 paper
- University College CorkIE1 paper
- University of California San DiegoUS1 paper
Research for the Sustainable Development Goals
39 papers address at least one goal
- 1No poverty0No papers yet
- 2Zero hunger0No papers yet
- 3Good health and well-being35.5% of papers
- 4Quality education2138.2% of papers
Who funds it
6 of 55 papers name a funder
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2 papers
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office2 papers
- Carnegie Corporation of New York1 paper
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1 paper
- New York University1 paper
- University of Ghana1 paper
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