African University College of Communications

University · Accra · Ghana · founded 2002

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Publications

160

2005–2026

Citations

958

To those publications

Scholars

168

100 carry an ORCID — 60% of them.

Research impact, 2016–2025

Field-weighted against the world’s papers

Publications: 1132016–2025
Citations: 701to papers published 2016–2025
Field-weighted impact: 2.531.00 is the world average · median 0.97
World top 10%: 27%31 of 113 papers, by citations in their field and year
Open access: 63%71 papers free to read

Diamond 22 · 19%Free to read and to publish
Gold 19 · 17%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 17 · 15%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 10 · 9%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 3%A copy in a repository
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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 Sciences5246%FWCI 2.87
Computer Science2119%FWCI 2.62
Medicine2018%FWCI 2.10
Business, Management and Accounting1917%FWCI 3.28
Psychology1412%

Who it works with

52% of papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States31
South Africa9
United Kingdom8
China7
Nigeria7
Australia4
Vietnam3
Brazil3

Papers with at least one author in that country. 52% of all papers have a co-author abroad.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH26 papers
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences GhanaGH13 papers
University of Media, Arts and CommunicationGH13 papers
UniMAC-GIJGH10 papers
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious PathogensGH9 papers
University of FloridaUS6 papers
Accra Technical UniversityGH6 papers
Ghana Communication Technology UniversityGH5 papers
University of Cape CoastGH5 papers
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH4 papers
University of South CarolinaUS3 papers

Research for the Sustainable Development Goals

56 papers address at least one goal

1No poverty21.8% of papers
2Zero hunger76.2% of papers
3Good health and well-being98.0% of papers
4Quality education65.3% of papers

Who funds it

26 of 113 papers name a funder

National Institutes of Health4 papers
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation3 papers
Medical Research Council3 papers
Wellcome Trust3 papers
World Bank Group3 papers
Francis Crick Institute2 papers
Government of the United Kingdom2 papers
National Institute for Health and Care Research2 papers
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases2 papers
Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province2 papers

Most published scholars

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