Emmanuel Yeboah‐Assiamah

University of Ghana

Associate Professor, University of Ghanaper ORCID

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
Global and Planetary Change
Strategy and Management
Public Administration
Information Systems
Business and International Management

Publications: 422013–2026
Citations: 531to those papers
h-index: 15i10-index 21
Field-weighted impact: 2.421.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 31%13 of 42 scored papers
Open access: 19%8 papers free to read

17 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, Political ScienceUniversity of Ghana

Education

PhD; Public & Development Management, School of Public LeadershipStellenbosch University
Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Global Development InstituteUniversity of Manchester

On their papers

Publications

42 in all

Local governments and sustainable flood risk governance in Ghana: organizational learning theory perspective
2026Urban Research & PracticeJournalSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1080/17535069.2026.2625087
The Media’s Role in Strengthening Electoral Democracy: an Analysis of Ghana’s 2020 Elections
2026African and Asian Studies

eyeboah-assiamah@ug.edu.ghPublic on their ORCID record

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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

Sociology and Political Science1433%
Global and Planetary Change921%
Strategy and Management717%
Public Administration614%
Information Systems512%
Business and International Management410%
Economics and Econometrics410%
Political Science and International Relations410%
Anthropology37%
Building and Construction37%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Corruption and Economic Development7
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management5
Economic Growth and Development5
Public Policy and Administration Research5
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development4
Public Procurement and Policy4
Public-Private Partnership Projects4
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance4
Community Development and Social Impact3
Forest Management and Policy3
Global and Cross-Cultural Management3
Mining and Resource Management3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

48% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1368101215Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa17
United Kingdom4
United States1
Iraq1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Stellenbosch UniversityZA17 papers
University of ManchesterGB4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH2 papers
University of AlabamaUS1 paper
University of RaparinIQ1 paper
University of Professional StudiesGH1 paper
Mountcrest University CollegeGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Public Affairs4
Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal3
SN Social Sciences3
African and Asian Studies2
African Journal of Economic and Management Studies2
Environment Development and Sustainability2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

16Peace, justice and strong institutions10
8Decent work and economic growth7
13Climate action3
17Partnerships for the goals3
1No poverty2
15Life on land2
5Gender equality1
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Most cited

“Ubuntu philosophy” for public leadership and governance praxis
Journal of Global Responsibility16
201969 citationsWorld top 10%
Institutional assessment in natural resource governance: A conceptual overview
Forest Policy and Economics8
201655 citations
Decades of public-private partnership in solid waste management

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Sustainability under constraint: Assessing barriers to sustainable management practices among SMEs in Ghana

2026Journal of the International Council for Small BusinessJournalSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1080/26437015.2026.2687120

In search of Ubuntu in an African SME: A case of a transitional entrepreneur

2024Africa Journal of ManagementJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1080/23322373.2024.2349482

State-business relations for entrepreneurial takeoff in Africa: institutional analysis

2023African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournalOpen access10 citations10.1108/ajems-10-2022-0402

Lessons from the past: a forest policy reform in Ghana through the feedback loop

2023Environment Development and SustainabilityJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1007/s10668-023-04021-2

On the question of entrepreneurial breakthrough or failure in Africa: a framework for analysis

2023African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.1108/ajems-05-2022-0184

Start Small, Dream Big:Socio-Technical Resources and Digitalization as Drivers of Firm Growth and Agility in Africa.

2023Research Explorer (The University of Manchester)Book chapterFirst author0 citations

“Ubuntu philosophy” for public leadership and governance praxis

2019Journal of Global ResponsibilityJournalSenior author69 citations10.1108/jgr-01-2019-0008

Rural Poverty and Artisanal Mining in Sub-Saharan Africa

2017International Journal of Rural ManagementJournalSenior author15 citations10.1177/0973005217730274

Transdisciplinary approach to natural resource governance research: a conceptual paper

2017Management of Environmental Quality An International JournalJournalFirst author7 citations10.1108/meq-04-2016-0034

Decades of public-private partnership in solid waste management

2016Management of Environmental Quality An International JournalJournalFirst author48 citations10.1108/meq-05-2015-0098

Institutional assessment in natural resource governance: A conceptual overview

2016Forest Policy and EconomicsJournalFirst authorCorresponding55 citations10.1016/j.forpol.2016.10.006

A socio-cultural approach to public sector corruption in Africa: key pointers for reflection

2016Journal of Public AffairsJournalFirst authorCorresponding33 citations10.1002/pa.1587

The ‘silent pistol’ in Ghana’s local government system: presiding members vs. chief executives

2016Commonwealth Journal of Local GovernanceJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.5130/cjlg.v0i18.4849

The ‘Third Sector’ and Poverty Reduction in Developing Societies

2015International Journal of Rural ManagementJournalFirst authorCorresponding15 citations10.1177/0973005215601944

Involvement of private actors in the provision of urban sanitation services; potential challenges and precautions

2015Management of Environmental Quality An International JournalJournalFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1108/meq-08-2014-0130

Enhancing Public Sector Productivity in Ghana: A Qualitative Study

2013Journal of Public Administration and GovernanceJournalOpen accessSenior author14 citations10.5296/jpag.v3i3.4378

Demons of Transitional Democracies: Politics of Insults and Acrimony in Ghana

2013Journal of Social Science StudiesJournalOpen access18 citations10.5296/jsss.v1i1.4725

Forest Policy and Economics

International Journal of Rural Management2

How it can be read

19% free to read

Diamond 1 · 2%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 2 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 34 · 81%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 42 papers name a funder

Baidu1
European Commission1
Universiteit Stellenbosch1

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

10Reduced inequalities1

12Responsible consumption and production1

Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal

201648 citationsWorld top 10%