Kwabena Frimpong-Manso
Also at University of Suffolk, University of Massachusetts Lowell, University of Johannesburg, Suffolk University and Makerere Universityfrom their recent papers
Publishing since 2012, latest 2026
Kwabena is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work. His research embraces issues affecting the children and young people in and out of child protection system. Specifically, his work focuses on children in residential and foster care, child protection mechanisms (both statutory and community-based), young people transitioning from care to adulthood and child care reform. He has undertaken cross national studies and is currently a principal investigator on a UNICEF funded… More on ORCID
- Safety Research
- Sociology and Political Science
- Clinical Psychology
- General Health Professions
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
- Economics and Econometrics
In their own words
- social work
- care leaving
- deinstitutionalization
- care reform
- alternative care
- Publications
- 562012–2026
- Citations
- 774to those papers
- h-index
- 16i10-index 19
- Field-weighted impact
- 3.111.00 is the world average
- World top 10%
- 36%12 of 33 scored papers
- Open access
- 38%13 of the 34 whose access is recorded
3 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 946 citations, h-index 16 and i10-index 22 (740 citations and h-index 15 since 2021), as of October 12, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.
By year
Papers, and the citations to them
Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress
Education
- PhD, Social WorkQueen's University Belfast2009–2013
- MPhil, Social WorkUniversity of Ghana2007–2009
- MSSW in International Social Work, Department of Social WorkUniversity of Gothenburg2004–2005
- BA in Social Work, Department of Social WorkUniversity of Ghana1996–1999
Honours, memberships and service
- Senior Research Associate, Social Work
Publications
56 in all
- Child welfare in Ghana: The past, present and future
2014Journal of educational and social researchJournalFirst author57 citations
- Employment, education and housing outcomes for care leavers from a children's village in Ghana.
2014Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Soziale Arbeit/Revue suisse de travail socialJournalFirst author5 citations