Ghana Center for Democratic Development

Nonprofit · Accra · Ghana

Official siteGRID grid.463670.0ROR

Publications

114

2001–2026

Citations

731

To those publications

Scholars

108

54 carry an ORCID — 50% of them.

Research impact, 2016–2025

Field-weighted against the world’s papers

Publications: 912016–2025
Citations: 529to papers published 2016–2025
Field-weighted impact: 2.741.00 is the world average · median 0.76
World top 10%: 22%20 of 91 papers, by citations in their field and year
Open access: 73%66 papers free to read

Diamond 20 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Gold 28 · 31%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 13 · 14%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 2%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

Medicine3336%FWCI 2.61
Social Sciences3134%FWCI 2.51
Economics, Econometrics and Finance2022%FWCI 2.56
Health Professions1415%FWCI 5.71
Nursing1415%

Who it works with

62% of papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States35
United Kingdom16
South Africa8
Nigeria8
Sweden5
Netherlands4
China4
Switzerland4

Papers with at least one author in that country. 62% of all papers have a co-author abroad.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH27 papers
Oakland UniversityUS13 papers
University for Development StudiesGH9 papers
Ministry of HealthGH8 papers
University of Cape CoastGH8 papers
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS7 papers
University of South CarolinaUS7 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH7 papers
Michigan State UniversityUS6 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH6 papers
University of Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentGH5 papers
Ghana Standards AuthorityGH5 papers

Research for the Sustainable Development Goals

51 papers address at least one goal

1No poverty55.5% of papers
2Zero hunger66.6% of papers
3Good health and well-being1112.1% of papers
4Quality education22.2% of papers

Who funds it

33 of 91 papers name a funder

Thrasher Research Fund4 papers
European Commission3 papers
National Institute of Mental Health3 papers
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation3 papers
World Health Organization3 papers
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2 papers
Oklahoma State University2 papers
Regione Autonoma della Sardegna2 papers
American Political Science Association1 paper
American Red Cross1 paper

Most published scholars

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