Emmanuel Opoku

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

PhD Student, University of Bremen, since 2023per ORCID
Research Assistant, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2022per ORCID

Publishing since 2021, latest 2026

Economics and Econometrics
Accounting
Finance
Information Systems
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Sociology and Political Science

Publications: 82021–2026
Citations: 153to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 4.181.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 50%4 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 63%5 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

Economics and Econometrics563%

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

PhD Student, Faculty of Business Studies and EconomicsUniversity of Bremensince 2023
Research Assistant, Accounting and FinanceKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2022

Education

MPhil Finance, Accounting and FinanceKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2021–2022
BSc Business Administration (Banking and Finance Option), Accounting and FinanceKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2014–2018

On their papers

Publications

8 in all

Institutional quality and the effect of remittances on unemployment: evidence from Africa
2026International Journal of ManpowerJournalOpen access0 citations10.1108/ijm-07-2025-0546
Financial Inclusion, Human Capital Development and Economic Growth in Africa: An Examination of the Transmission Channel
2024SAGE Open

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Information Systems225%

General Economics, Econometrics and Finance113%

Sociology and Political Science113%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Banking stability, regulation, efficiency3
Corporate Finance and Governance3
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies3
Economic Growth and Development2
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth2
Housing Market and Economics2
Economic Growth and Productivity1
Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling1
Firm Innovation and Growth1
Global trade and economics1
Insurance and Financial Risk Management1
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

38% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Germany1
United Kingdom1
Norway1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM3 papers
NLA University CollegeNO1 paper
University of BremenDE1 paper
University of SouthamptonGB1 paper
University of the WitwatersrandZA1 paper

Where they publish

Asian Journal of Economics and Banking1
China Finance Review International1
Cogent Business & Management1
Cogent Economics & Finance1
International Journal of Manpower1
Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance1
SAGE Open1
SN Business & Economics1

How it can be read

63% free to read

Diamond 1 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 38%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 13%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 3 · 38%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

10Reduced inequalities2
8Decent work and economic growth1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

The influence of government expenditure on economic growth in Ghana: An Ardl approach
Cogent Economics & Finance8
202263 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Corporate governance and the performance of manufacturing firms in Ghana: Does ownership structure matter?
Cogent Business & Management
202234 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Risk-taking behavior, competition, diversification and performance of frontier and emerging economy banks
Asian Journal of Economics and Banking
202118 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Financial Inclusion, Human Capital Development and Economic Growth in Africa: An Examination of the Transmission Channel
SAGE Open10
202411 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Capital regulation, liquidity risk, efficiency and banks performance in emerging economies
Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance
202211 citations

Every institution they have given on a paper.