E. Gyimah‐Boadi

Ghana Center for Democratic Development

Publishing since 1989, latest 2025

Sociology and Political Science
Development
Political Science and International Relations
Communication
Economics and Econometrics
Information Systems

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 241989–2025
Citations: 901to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 5.581.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 29%7 of 24 scored papers
Open access: 4%1 papers free to read

8 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

24 in all

Africa's Unfinished Democratic Journey: My Modest Part
2025Annual Review of Political ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1146/annurev-polisci-040623-114353
Routledge Handbook of African Politics
2014African AffairsJournal

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science1042%
Development625%
Political Science and International Relations625%
Communication28%
Economics and Econometrics28%
Information Systems28%
Applied Psychology14%
Demography14%
Information Systems and Management14%
Management Science and Operations Research14%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

International Development and Aid6
Political Conflict and Governance6
Economic Growth and Development2
Globalization and political ideologies2
Religion, Society, and Development2
Social Media and Politics2
Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice1
Corruption and Economic Development1
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies1
Economic Policies and Impacts1
Education, Management, Technology, Human Resources1
Evaluation and Performance Assessment1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

79% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1469111416Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States19
South Africa16
Finland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH23 papers
Michigan State UniversityUS17 papers
University of Cape TownZA16 papers
AfrobarometerGH2 papers
American UniversityUS1 paper
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics ResearchFI1 paper
University of California, DavisUS1 paper
University of VirginiaUS1 paper

Where they publish

Cambridge University Press eBooks15
Africa1
African Affairs1
Annual Review of Political Science1
Current History1
Foreign Affairs1
Oxford University Press eBooks

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth2
10Reduced inequalities2
13Climate action2

Most cited

Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa
Foreign Affairs
2005406 citationsWorld top 10%
Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa
Cambridge University Press eBooks
2004332 citationsWorld top 10%
Ghana: The Limits of External Democracy Assistance
Oxford University Press eBooks
201348 citations

Ghana: The Limits of External Democracy Assistance

2013Oxford University Press eBooksBook chapterFirst author48 citations10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199686285.003.0010

Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa

2005Foreign AffairsJournalSenior author406 citations10.2307/20034405

South Africa and Ghana

2005JournalSenior author2 citations

Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBookSenior author332 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324

Performance Evaluations

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author1 citation10.1017/cbo9780511617324.010

Introduction

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324.001

Deciphering Regime Consolidation

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324.014

Attitudes to Democracy

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324.004

Studying Public Opinion in Africa

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324.003

The Structure of Society

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324.007

Awareness of Public Affairs

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324.009

Economic and Political Behavior

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324.006

Modeling Attitudes to Reform

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324.012

Africa's Hybrid Regimes

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324.002

Predicting Political Participation

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324.013

Attitudes to a Market Economy

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324.005

Conclusions

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324.015

Institutional Influences

2004Cambridge University Press eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1017/cbo9780511617324.011

Constituencies for reform in Ghana

2001The Journal of Modern African StudiesJournalSenior author32 citations10.1017/s0022278x01003603

Economic recovery and politics in the PNDC's Ghana

1990The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative PoliticsJournalFirst authorCorresponding34 citations10.1080/14662049008447595

Populism in Ghana and Burkina Faso

1989Current HistoryJournalSenior author12 citations10.1525/curh.1989.88.538.221

The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics1

How it can be read

4% free to read

Hybrid 1 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 23 · 96%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 24 papers name a funder

Department for International Development1
Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete1
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research1

Economic recovery and politics in the PNDC's Ghana

The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics8

199034 citationsWorld top 10%

Constituencies for reform in Ghana

The Journal of Modern African Studies

200132 citationsWorld top 10%