Steve Tonah

University of Ghana

University of Ghanaper ORCID

Publishing since 2003, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
Anthropology
Soil Science
Political Science and International Relations
Demography
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Publications: 152003–2026
Citations: 146to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 0.321.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 15 scored papers
Open access: 47%7 papers free to read

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

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

SociologyUniversity of Ghana

Publications

15 in all

Integrated but Unique:Social Policy in Ghana During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2026Ghana Journal of Sociology & AnthropologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.13169/gjsa.9.1.153
Integrated But Unique: The Afro-Brazilian Tabon Community In Central Accra, Ghana
2026Ghana Journal of Sociology & Anthropology

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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

Sociology and Political Science853%
Anthropology533%
Soil Science427%
Political Science and International Relations320%
Demography213%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law213%
Clinical Psychology17%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics17%
Economics and Econometrics17%
Education17%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Land Rights and Reforms4
African history and culture studies3
Migration and Labor Dynamics3
Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy3
African studies and sociopolitical issues2
Diaspora, migration, transnational identity2
Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology2
African cultural and philosophical studies1
African history and culture analysis1
African Studies and Ethnography1
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Anthropological Studies and Insights1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

13% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2222222Home

Most frequent partner countries

Germany2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Max Planck Institute for Social AnthropologyDE2 papers
Max Planck SocietyDE2 papers

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Sociology & Anthropology2
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)1
Ghana Journal of Development Studies1
IBADAN JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES1
MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society)1
Nations and Nationalism1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

10Reduced inequalities6
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
3Good health and well-being1
8Decent work and economic growth1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Integration or exclusion of Fulbe pastoralists in West Africa: a comparative analysis of interethnic relations, state and local policies in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire
The Journal of Modern African Studies10
200339 citations
Managing Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Ghana’s Volta Basin
IBADAN JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
200626 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Ghanaians abroad and their ties home. Cultural and religious dimensions of transnational migration
Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)10

“I Want to Go Gently”

2015OMEGA - Journal of Death and DyingJournalSenior author2 citations10.1177/0030222815575010

The Politicisation of a Chieftaincy Conflict

2012DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.53228/njas.v21i1.177

Ghanaians abroad and their ties home. Cultural and religious dimensions of transnational migration

2007Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)PublicationOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding22 citations

Managing Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Ghana’s Volta Basin

2006IBADAN JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCESJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding26 citations10.36108/ijss/6002.40.0130

The presidential special initiative on cassava: a bane or blessing to Ghana's smallholder farmers

2006Ghana Journal of Development StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.4314/gjds.v3i1.35034

Chieftaincy succession disputes and the challenge to traditional authority in Mamprugu - northern Ghana

2005Research Review of the Institute of African StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding14 citations10.4314/rrias.v21i1.22932

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

Research Review of the Institute of African Studies1

How it can be read

47% free to read

Diamond 3 · 20%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 7%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 53%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 15 papers name a funder

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft1
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen1

200722 citationsOpen access · Green

Do Transnational Links Matter after Return? Labour Market Participation among Ghanaian Return Migrants

The Journal of Development Studies810

201616 citationsOpen access · Green

Chieftaincy succession disputes and the challenge to traditional authority in Mamprugu - northern Ghana

Research Review of the Institute of African Studies16

200514 citations