Samuel Amponsah
- Professor, University of Ghana, since 2022per ORCID
Publishing since 2010, latest 2026
Samuel Amponsah is a Professor of Open Distance Learning (ODL), Inclusive Online Education and Curriculum Decolonisation, with a diverse career spanning Ghana, South Africa, Egypt, the USA, and the UK. He holds a Doctorate in Curriculum Studies and a Master of Education in Open Distance Learning, both from the University of South Africa, as well as a Master of Philosophy in Adult Education from the University of Ghana. Currently, Samuel leads the Distance Education… More on ORCID
- Education
- Political Science and International Relations
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Computer Science Applications
- Information Systems
- Safety Research
In their own words
- Open Distance Learning
- Inclusive Online Education
- Curriculum Decolonisation
- Adult Learning
- Publications
- 602010–2026
- Citations
- 618to those papers
- h-index
- 14i10-index 19
- Field-weighted impact
- 4.451.00 is the world average
- World top 10%
- 41%21 of 51 scored papers
- Open access
- 35%18 of the 51 whose access is recorded
4 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 958 citations, h-index 17 and i10-index 21 (900 citations and h-index 16 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
Positions
- Professor, Open Distance Learning & Inclusive Online EducationUniversity of Ghanasince 2022
Education
- DEd, Curriculum StudiesUniversity of South Africa College of Education2011–2014
Publications
60 in all
- Ghanaian mature students’ motivation to pursue degree programmes through distance education
2018International Review of EducationJournalFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.1007/s11159-018-9728-8
- Information Assimilation by Adult Learners in a Ghanaian Tertiary Institution: The use of Lecture Method
2018African Journal of Pedagogy and Curriculum