Kwabena Doku-Amponsah

University of Ghana

Publishing since 2010, latest 2025

Mathematical Physics
Economics and Econometrics
Statistics and Probability
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Management Science and Operations Research

Publications: 332010–2025
Citations: 141to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 0.671.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 3%1 of 33 scored papers
Open access: 67%22 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

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Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Education

PhD Statistics, Mathematical SciencesUniversity of Bath2003–2006
MSc Mathematical Finance, MathematicsUniversity of Kaiserslautern2001–2003
BA(Hons) Mathematics and Statistics, Statistics DepartmentUniversity of Ghana1997–2000

Publications

33 in all

Estimating Default in Microfinance Institutions: A Model for Bad Planning, Unforeseen Circumstances, and Strategic Default
2025Journal of the Knowledge EconomyJournalSenior author3 citations10.1007/s13132-025-02746-1
Pharmaceutical perspective of drivers of antimicrobial resistance and control strategies in Ghana: a best-worst scaling experiment modeling
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Mathematical Physics1133%
Economics and Econometrics927%
Statistics and Probability927%
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics515%
Computational Theory and Mathematics412%
Management Science and Operations Research412%
Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics39%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering39%
Accounting26%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology26%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics11
Complex Network Analysis Techniques5
Economic and Environmental Valuation3
Limits and Structures in Graph Theory3
Topological and Geometric Data Analysis3
Antibiotic Use and Resistance2
Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms2
Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks2
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis2
Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling2
Groundwater and Watershed Analysis2
Housing Market and Economics2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

6% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Kenya1
Italy1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH3 papers
Ca' Foscari University of VeniceIT1 paper
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental ProcessesIT1 paper
National Research CouncilIT1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
Ghana Space Science and Technology InstituteGH1 paper
University of Professional StudiesGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
University for Development StudiesGH1 paper
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences4
International Journal of Statistics and Probability3
Journal of Mathematics and Statistics3
South African Statistical Journal2
SpringerPlus2
Arabian Journal of Geosciences1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth3
10Reduced inequalities3
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
6Clean water and sanitation1
7Affordable and clean energy1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Modeling inflation rates and exchange rates in Ghana: application of multivariate GARCH models
SpringerPlus8
201529 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Evaluation of the DWT-PCA/SVD Recognition Algorithm on Reconstructed Frontal Face Images
Journal of Applied Mathematics10
202114 citationsOpen access · Gold
Perceived antimicrobial dispensing practices in medicine outlets in Ghana: A maximum difference experiment design

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Penalized Likelihood Estimation for Current Status Data with Informative Censoring

2024Biomedical Statistics and InformaticsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.11648/j.bsi.20240903.11

Stochastic Modeling of Inflation and Interest Rates for Defined Benefit Pension Plan Projections in Ghana

2022Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.9734/jamcs/2022/v37i121731

Approximate and Exact Optimal Designs for Paired Comparison Experiments

2022Calcutta Statistical Association BulletinJournalSenior author4 citations10.1177/00080683221079965

Estimation of the Tail Index of Pareto‐Type Distributions Using Regularisation

2022Journal of MathematicsJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.1155/2022/5064875

Joint large deviation principle for some empirical measures of the d-regular random graphs

2021Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and CryptographyJournalSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.1080/09720529.2021.1891696

Large deviations, asymptotic equipartition property for super-critical SINR random networks

2021Journal of Information and Optimization SciencesJournalSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.1080/02522667.2021.1960546

Large deviation principle for empirical measures of multitype random networks

2021Journal of Statistics and Management SystemsJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1080/09720510.2021.1961984

Lossy asymptotic equipartition property for geometric networked data structures

2019Journal of Information and Optimization SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1080/02522667.2018.1424090

Local Large Deviations: A McMillian Theorem for Typed Random Graph Processes

2017Journal of Mathematics and StatisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.3844/jmssp.2017.347.352

Lossy Asymptotic Equipartition Property for Networked Data Structures

2017Journal of Mathematics and StatisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.3844/jmssp.2017.152.158

Large Deviation, Basic Information Theory for Wireless Sensor Networks

2017Journal of Mathematics and StatisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.3844/jmssp.2017.325.329

Statistical model for overdispersed count outcome with many zeros : an approach for marginal inference

2016South African Statistical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations

Paired Comparison Choice Data Approach in Addressing the Issue of Teacher Force Recruitment in Ghana

2016Journal of Education Society and Behavioural ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.9734/bjesbs/2016/28831

Large Deviation Result for the Empirical Locality Measure of Typed Random Geometric Graphs

2015International Journal of Statistics and ProbabilityJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.5539/ijsp.v4n1p94

Exponential Approximation, Method of Types for Empirical Neighbourhood Distributions of Random Graphs by Random Allocations

2014International Journal of Statistics and ProbabilityJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.5539/ijsp.v3n2p110

Large Deviations, Basic Information Theorem for Fitness Preferential Attachment Random Networks

2014International Journal of Statistics and ProbabilityJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.5539/ijsp.v3n2p101

Asymptotic equipartition properties for simple hierarchical and networked structures

2010ESAIM Probability and StatisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1051/ps/2010016

Biomedical Statistics and Informatics

Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin1

How it can be read

67% free to read

Diamond 11 · 33%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 12%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 9%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 33%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

8 of 33 papers name a funder

University of Ghana5
Carnegie Corporation of New York2
University of Bath2

202312 citationsOpen access · Gold

Asymptotic equipartition properties for simple hierarchical and networked structures

ESAIM Probability and Statistics

201011 citationsOpen access · Bronze

Modeling the Amount of Waste Generated by Households in the Greater Accra Region Using Artificial Neural Networks

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

20219 citationsOpen access · Hybrid