Joshua Awienagua Gariba

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
Anthropology
Soil Science
Health
Religious studies
Clinical Psychology

In their own words

Land Conflicts
Youth agency
autochthony and politics of othering
Intersection between Traditional

Publications: 222015–2026
Citations: 38to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 0
Field-weighted impact: 0.441.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 88%7 of the 8 whose access is recorded

2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 67 citations, h-index 5 and i10-index 1 (62 citations and h-index 5 since 2021), as of October 12, 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

Citations received each year

Publications

22 in all

We are Part of the Family: Disabled Women and Othering in Urban Accra
2026Journal of Disability StudiesJournalFirst author0 citations
Celebrating the past in peacetime: The Leelik War dance of the Bulsa of Northern Ghana
2025Legon Journal of the HumanitiesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/ljh.v36i1.5

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science418%
Anthropology314%
Soil Science314%
Health29%
Religious studies29%
Clinical Psychology15%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics15%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences15%
Political Science and International Relations15%

Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

African history and culture studies3
Land Rights and Reforms3
Religion, Society, and Development2
African history and culture analysis1
African studies and sociopolitical issues1
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development1
Christian Theology and Mission1
Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education1
Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints1
Intimate Partner and Family Violence1
Religion and Society Interactions1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

25% of their 8 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2222222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Graduate Theological UnionUS2 papers
Catholic University College of GhanaGH1 paper
Accra Institute of TechnologyGH1 paper
African University College of CommunicationsGH1 paper
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

Anthropos3
Ghana Journal of Religion and Theology3
Ghana Social Science Journal2
Legon Journal of the Humanities2
African Anthropologist1
African Journal of Social Issues1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality2
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
4Quality education1
10Reduced inequalities1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Syncretism and Inculturation.: The Encounter Between Christian Theology and Ghanaian Religious Culture
Ghana Journal of Religion and Theology
20236 citations
Appropriating land, worldviews, and spiritual navigation: The dynamics and praxis of everyday life in the Alavanyo-Nkonya land dispute in Ghana
Anthropos
20176 citations
The Role of Religion in Transforming Ghanaian Society: A Christian Perspective
E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies16
20235 citations

Celebrating the past in peacetime

2025Legon Journal of the HumanitiesJournalFirst author0 citations

The Role of Religion in Transforming Ghanaian Society: A Christian Perspective

2023E-Journal of Religious and Theological StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.38159/erats.2023922

Syncretism and Inculturation.

2023Ghana Journal of Religion and TheologyJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/gjrt.v13i1.2

One Lord, One Body: Rethinking Disability in Ghana through Biblical and Theological Anthropology

2023Ghana Journal of Religion and TheologyJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/gjrt.v13i2.4

Syncretism and Inculturation.: The Encounter Between Christian Theology and Ghanaian Religious Culture

2023Ghana Journal of Religion and TheologyJournalFirst author6 citations

Youth and social navigation in the Alavanyo and Nkonya land conflict in Ghana

2023Nordic Journal of African StudiesJournalFirst author4 citations

Naam Making in Dagbon and the Legitimation of Traditional Authority

2022Open Journal of Social SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.4236/jss.2022.1012041

Owners versus Strangers: The Land Conflict Between the People of Alavanyo and Nkonya and the Practice of Othering

2021Ghana Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (GJSA)JournalFirst author2 citations

Land struggle, power and the challenges of belonging

2015The Evolution and Dynamics of the Nkonya-Alavanyo Land Dispute in GhanaJournalFirst author5 citations

Contemporary Journal of African Studies

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies1

How it can be read

88% free to read, of the 8 recorded

Diamond 5 · 23%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 5%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 1 · 5%Behind a paywall
Unknown 14 · 64%Not recorded by the source

Land struggle, power and the challenges of belonging

The Evolution and Dynamics of the Nkonya-Alavanyo Land Dispute in Ghana

20155 citations