George Benson

University of Education, Winnebaper ORCID

Publishing since 2020, latest 2024

I am currently an Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Conflict, Human Rights and Peace Studies; University of Education, Winneba-Ghana. I was also a Minister of State of the Republic of Ghana from 2005-2009 From ORCID

Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Economics and Econometrics
Education
Law
Safety Research

Publications: 122020–2024
Citations: 58to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 1.841.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%3 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 92%11 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

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What they work on

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Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

University of Education, Winneba

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

12 in all

Mediation as a 21st century conflict resolution mechanism: Exploring procedural fairness experiences of mediation users in Ghanaian courts
2024Conflict Resolution QuarterlyJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.1002/crq.21429
An assessment of the conflict resolution mechanisms in use by Ghanaian public universities
2024

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Sociology and Political Science

Political Science and International Relations433%

Economics and Econometrics325%

Religious studies18%

Topics most written on

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare3
Conflict Management and Negotiation2
Education and Critical Thinking Development2
Legal Education and Practice Innovations2
Peace and Human Rights Education2
Peacebuilding and International Security2
Political Conflict and Governance2
Religion, Society, and Development2
African cultural and philosophical studies1
African Education and Politics1
Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography1
Biblical Studies and Interpretation1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

0% of their papers have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University for Development StudiesGH4 papers

Where they publish

American Journal of Environment Studies1
American Journal of Leadership and Governance1
Conflict Resolution Quarterly1
EAST AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES1
European Journal of Conflict Management1
International Journal of Childhood Education1
International Journal of Conflict Management1
International Multidisciplinary Research Journal1

How it can be read

92% free to read

Diamond 7 · 58%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 8%In an open-access journal
Bronze 3 · 25%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 1 · 8%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

16Peace, justice and strong institutions9
12Responsible consumption and production1
15Life on land1

Most cited

AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF TOTEMS AND DEITY WORSHIP IN GHANA
American Journal of Environment Studies1215
202118 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Indigenous Conflict Resolution and the Protection of Human Rights among the Talensi of Ghana
EAST AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES16
20208 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Peacekeeping Operations in Africa: Liberian Lessons, a Platform for Deepening Future UN Peacekeeping Engagements.
European Journal of Conflict Management
20216 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Linking the Peace-loving Nature of Ghanaians to Traditional Peace Educational Practices: Myth or Reality?
International Journal of Conflict Management
20216 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Traditional Peace Education and its Conflict Prevention Role among Indigenous Ghanaian Societies
16
20235 citationsOpen access · Gold

Electoral Dispute Resolution in Ghana since 1992: An Assessment of the Role of the Judiciary Arm of State

2022Journal of Advanced Research in Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.33422/jarss.v5i4.616

AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF TOTEMS AND DEITY WORSHIP IN GHANA

2021American Journal of Environment StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding18 citations10.47672/ajes.652

Peacekeeping Operations in Africa: Liberian Lessons, a Platform for Deepening Future UN Peacekeeping Engagements.

2021European Journal of Conflict ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.47672/ejcm.720

Linking the Peace-loving Nature of Ghanaians to Traditional Peace Educational Practices: Myth or Reality?

2021International Journal of Conflict ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.47941/ijcm.564

Students and Africa’s Democratization Process: From Colonial to Post-Independence Eras

2021The International Journal of Humanities & Social StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.24940/theijhss/2021/v9/i1/hs2101-006

POLITICAL PARTY PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RECENT GHANAIAN PROPOSAL

2021International Multidisciplinary Research JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.47722/imrj.2001.02

Indigenous Conflict Resolution and the Protection of Human Rights among the Talensi of Ghana

2020EAST AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCESJournalOpen access8 citations10.46606/eajess2020v01i03.0037