Mary Ann Alua

University for Development Studies

Assistant Librarian, University for Development Studies, since 2018per ORCID

Publishing since 2020, latest 2025

Education
Library and Information Sciences
Safety Research
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Health Informatics
Information Systems

Publications: 62020–2025
Citations: 30to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 1.061.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 17%1 of 6 scored papers
Open access: 67%4 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

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Assistant Librarian, LibraryUniversity for Development Studiessince 2018

Education

MPhil, Information StudiesUniversity of Ghana2021–2022
MA, Information StudiesUniversity of Ghana2019–2020
MPhil, Environment and Resource StudiesUniversity for Development Studies2014–2017
BA, Geography and Resource Development

Publications

6 in all

Academic Libraries and the Development Agenda: Librarying the First Aspiration of Agenda 2063 in Ghana
2025Open Information ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1515/opis-2025-0018
Exploring the effect of Covid-19 on usage of virtual library services at the University for Development Studies Library
2024

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Library and Information Sciences233%

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics117%

Health Informatics117%

Information Systems117%

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law117%

Ocean Engineering117%

Water Science and Technology117%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Academic integrity and plagiarism1
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education1
Climate change impacts on agriculture1
Environmental Education and Sustainability1
Gender, Education, and Development Issues1
Library Science and Administration1
Library Science and Information Literacy1
Online and Blended Learning1
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare1
Water resources management and optimization1
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies1
Web and Library Services1

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 of Technology and Applied SciencesGH3 papers
Accra Technical UniversityGH1 paper
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH1 paper
University of GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Geography1
Ghana Library Journal1
Journal of Library Administration1
Open Information Science1
The International Information & Library Review1
UDS International Journal of Development1

How it can be read

67% free to read

Diamond 3 · 50%Free to read and to publish
Bronze 1 · 17%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 2 · 33%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education2
1No poverty1
3Good health and well-being1

Honours, memberships and service

CharteredGhana Library Associationsince 2019

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Ghana Library Journal