Derek Oppong
Also at Central Universityfrom their recent papers
- Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2021per ORCID
- Lecturer, Central University, since 2016per ORCID
Publishing since 1970, latest 2026
- Sociology and Political Science
- Clinical Psychology
- Accounting
- Business and International Management
- Information Systems
- Applied Psychology
In their own words
- Addictions
- Cultural Competence
- Social Media
- Publications
- 81970–2026
- Citations
- 21to those papers
- h-index
- 2i10-index 1
- Field-weighted impact
- 3.531.00 is the world average
- World top 10%
- 29%2 of 7 scored papers
- Open access
- 71%5 of the 7 whose access is recorded
9 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 37 citations, h-index 3 and i10-index 1 (37 citations and h-index 3 since 2021), as of October 3, 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
Positions
- Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Educational FoundationsUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2021
- Lecturer, PsychologyCentral Universitysince 2016
- Lecturer, BusinessData Link Iinstitutesince 2008
Education
- Ph D, psychologyUniversity of Ghana School of Graduate Studies2015–2019
On their papers
Publications
8 in all
- Psychometric validation of selected scales assessing mental health conditions among Ghanaian youth
2026Cambridge Prisms Global Mental HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1017/gmh.2026.10128
- Social media flow and academic procrastination (SoMe FlAP) project across cultures: A protocol for measurement and structural modeling in three regions
2026