Emmanuel Obed Acquah

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Music
Education
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology

In their own words

Music and music education

Publications: 422008–2026
Citations: 181to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 1.111.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 36%5 of 14 scored papers
Open access: 100%14 of the 14 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 222 citations, h-index 9 and i10-index 7 (193 citations and h-index 8 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

42 in all

Music Therapy and Healthcare: Insight from Ghana
2026African Journal of Health Nursing and MidwiferyJournalOpen access0 citations10.52589/ajhnm-kt4wvea1
STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES ON MUSIC EDUCATION AND ITS TRANSFORMATIVE ROLE IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA
2026Development

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Citations received each year

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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

Music1126%
Education37%
Visual Arts and Performing Arts37%
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition25%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology25%
Social Psychology25%
Cognitive Neuroscience12%
Conservation12%
Developmental and Educational Psychology12%
Marketing12%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Diverse Music Education Insights7
Diverse Musicological Studies5
Music History and Culture2
Music Technology and Sound Studies2
Music Therapy and Health2
Art Education and Development1
Art History and Market Analysis1
Art Therapy and Mental Health1
Artistic and Creative Research1
Copyright and Intellectual Property1
Creativity in Education and Neuroscience1
Cultural Industries and Urban Development1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

7% of their 14 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH3 papers
University of MississippiUS1 paper
Nusrat Jahan Ahmadiyya College of EducationGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
St. Ambrose College of EducationGH1 paper
Berekum College of EducationGH1 paper

Where they publish

JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARTS AND CULTURE4
African Journal of Culture History Religion and Traditions2
African Musicology Online2
British Journal of Contemporary Education2
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science2
Legon Journal of the Humanities2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education5
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
1No poverty1
5Gender equality1

Most cited

Choral Singing and Wellbeing
Legon Journal of the Humanities
201620 citations
Use of indigenous musical games and songs in developing the total well being of the child
International Journal of Research
201516 citations
New trends in asafo music performance: modernity contrasting traditions
Journal of African arts and culture
201314 citations
New trends in Asafo music performance: A case study of Kyirem Asafo, Ajumako Mando, Ghana

Pedagogical approaches and cultural values in Nnwonkoro

2025Journal of African Arts and CultureJournalSenior author2 citations

JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARTS & CULTURE

2024Journal of African Arts & Culture VolJournalFirst author0 citations

Beyond the melody: the symbolic meaning of Kɔkɔsakyi by Augustine Adu Safo

2024International Journal for Multidisciplinary ResearchJournalSenior author2 citations

The role of creative artists in promoting traditional cultural tourism in Ghana

2024JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARTS AND CULTUREJournal2 citations

Creative arts education in Effutu municipality: Challenges of implementing the music and dance aspect

2024JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARTS AND CULTUREJournalSenior author0 citations

Bibliographic and Discographic Inquiries in Music Composition

2022Journal of Humanities Music and DanceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.55529/jhmd.25.5.13

The Africanism in two selected works of CWK Mereku: A formalistic viewpoint

2022European Journal of Humanities and Social SciencesJournalFirst author7 citations

Analytical quest of four selected harmonized chorales of Johann Sabastian Bach

2022International Journal of Education Humanities and Social ScienceJournal4 citations

Harmonic or Non-Harmonic? A Formal and Scientific Analysis of Three Musical Tones in Petzoldâ€™ s â€ œMinuet In Gâ€

2022International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social ScienceJournalFirst author0 citations

TEACHER COMPETENCE FOR THE MUSIC AND DANCE CURRICULUM IN GHANA

2021Quantum Journal of Social Sciences and HumanitiesJournalOpen access1 citation10.55197/qjssh.v2i3.78

THE STATE OF ROYALTIES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN GHANA

2021Quantum Journal of Social Sciences and HumanitiesJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.55197/qjssh.v2i2.67

Abele Indigenous Musical Genre in the Context of Yeji Kajoji Festival

2021African Journal of Culture History Religion and TraditionsJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.52589/ajchrt-8dj4tji6

Instructional Materials for Teaching Performing Arts in Wa Municipality, Ghana

2021British Journal of Education Learning and Development PsychologyJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.52589/bjeldp-1xibv8fd

The creation of Abelengro: A crosscultural art music composition

2021Journal of Advanced Research and Multidisciplinary StudiesJournalSenior author6 citations

The organization of melodies in Ebibindwom: a case of Jehovah Nissi Awoyow Garden, Winneba

2021African Journal of Culture, History, Religion and TraditionsJournalFirst author9 citations

Music Making and Ban on Drumming Among the Winneba People of Ghana

2020Journal of Culture, Society and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.7176/jcsd/60-04

On Distinctive Features and Categorization of Tewbabi Folk-Game Songs

2020International Journal of Innovative Research and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.24940/ijird/2020/v9/i7/jul20050

Errors in Music Copying: A Synchronic Examination

2020International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social ScienceJournalSenior author2 citations

A theoretical review towards a compositional model for creating African musical drama: Anansegorndwom

2019IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social ScienceJournalFirst author7 citations

Analytical pursuit of CWK Mereku's ‘Asomdwee Hen’operetta.

2018Published in Journal of African Arts & CultureJournalFirst author9 citations

Towards a 21stcentury African traditional musical drama_ Anansegorndwom

2018University of Education, Winneba.(UEW)ThesisFirst author4 citations

Choral Singing and Wellbeing

2016Legon Journal of the HumanitiesJournalFirst author20 citations

Use of indigenous musical games and songs in developing the total well being of the child

2015International Journal of ResearchJournalFirst author16 citations

MUSIC ANALYTICAL PRESENTATION OF NEWLOVE ANNAN'S MƆBƆ DAWUR (I WILL TELL IT TO THE WORLD) (CHORAL COMPOSITION)

2014RePEc: Research Papers in EconomicsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations

Liturgical changes in the repertory of the Methodist Church Ghana

2014International Journal of Innovative and Applied ResearchJournalSenior author9 citations

The contextual and performance dimensions of Asafo music from the perspective of annual Akwambo festival

2014International Journal of African Society Cultures and TraditionsJournalFirst author5 citations

Thematic categorization, text interpretation and melodic relationship of songs of Ajumako Mando Kyirem Asafo No. 1

2014Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and HumanitiesJournalFirst author0 citations

New trends in asafo music performance: modernity contrasting traditions

2013Journal of African arts and cultureJournalFirst author14 citations

New trends in Asafo music performance: A case study of Kyirem Asafo, Ajumako Mando, Ghana

2008Unpublished M. Phil Thesis. University of Ghana. LegonJournalFirst author14 citations

Quantum Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities2

African Journal of Health Nursing and Midwifery1

How it can be read

100% free to read, of the 14 recorded

Diamond 7 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 5 · 12%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 5%A copy in a repository
Unknown 28 · 67%Not recorded by the source

Unpublished M. Phil Thesis. University of Ghana. Legon

The organization of melodies in Ebibindwom: a case of Jehovah Nissi Awoyow Garden, Winneba

African Journal of Culture, History, Religion and Traditions

20219 citations