African Center for Economic Transformation

Nonprofit · Accra · Ghana · founded 2008

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Publications

114

2008–2026

Citations

1,287

To those publications

Scholars

47 carry an ORCID — 56% of them.

Research impact, 2016–2025

Field-weighted against the world’s papers

Publications: 872016–2025
Citations: 627to papers published 2016–2025
Field-weighted impact: 2.271.00 is the world average · median 1.01
World top 10%: 29%25 of 86 papers, by citations in their field and year
Open access: 44%38 papers free to read

Diamond 12 · 14%Free to read and to publish
Gold 14 · 16%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 7 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 49 · 56%

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

Economics, Econometrics and Finance3641%FWCI 2.00
Business, Management and Accounting3136%FWCI 1.86
Social Sciences3034%FWCI 2.99
Agricultural and Biological Sciences2124%FWCI 1.20
Computer Science1618%

Who it works with

64% of papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Argentina12
Switzerland12
United States11
South Africa11
United Kingdom7
Kenya5
Canada5
Australia3

Papers with at least one author in that country. 64% of all papers have a co-author abroad.

Institutions written with most

Universidad Nacional de La PlataAR12 papers
HES-SO GenèveCH11 papers
University of GhanaGH11 papers
University of Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentGH6 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA5 papers
Central UniversityGH5 papers
Accra Technical UniversityGH5 papers
University for Development StudiesGH4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH4 papers
Simon Fraser UniversityCA3 papers
Overseas Development InstituteGB3 papers
University of Cape TownZA3 papers

Research for the Sustainable Development Goals

48 papers address at least one goal

1No poverty44.6% of papers
2Zero hunger1314.9% of papers
3Good health and well-being44.6% of papers
4Quality education0No papers yet

Who funds it

17 of 87 papers name a funder

Consortium pour la recherche économique en Afrique2 papers
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung2 papers
Addis Ababa University1 paper
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1 paper
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research1 paper
Comparative and International Education Society1 paper
Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit1 paper
Direktoratet for Utviklingssamarbeid1 paper
Economic and Social Research Council1 paper
Ford Motor Company1 paper

Most published scholars

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