Michael P. K. Okyerefo

Publishing since 2001, latest 2025

Sociology and Political Science
Anthropology
Gender Studies
General Health Professions
Infectious Diseases
Religious studies

In their own words

Sociology of Culture/Sociology of Religion

Publications: 572001–2025
Citations: 621to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 18
Field-weighted impact: 2.391.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 22%4 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 33%6 of the 18 whose access is recorded

Google Scholar shows 678 citations, h-index 14 and i10-index 17 (366 citations and h-index 10 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Education

DPhil, SociologyUniverity of Ghana1999

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

57 in all

The ‘African’University’s Innovative Self-renewal
2025Emancipatory Imaginations: Advancing Critical University StudiesJournalFirst author0 citations
Philanthropy as Image Politics in Ghana’s New Churches
2024Utambuzi Journal for the Study of the Religions of Africa and its DiasporaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

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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

Sociology and Political Science1018%
Anthropology35%
Gender Studies35%
General Health Professions35%
Infectious Diseases35%
Religious studies35%
Emergency Medicine24%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology12%
Demography12%
Education12%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Religion, Society, and Development5
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues3
Christian Theology and Mission3
Gender Roles and Identity Studies3
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions3
Sex work and related issues3
Anthropological Studies and Insights2
HIV-related health complications and treatments2
Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies2
African cultural and philosophical studies1
African history and culture studies1
African studies and sociopolitical issues1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

39% of their 18 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States4
South Africa2
Canada1
Switzerland1
United Kingdom1
Kenya1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Brown UniversityUS3 papers
University of Cape CoastGH2 papers
Nelson Mandela UniversityZA2 papers
Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesCH1 paper
Memorial University of NewfoundlandCA1 paper
University of EdinburghGB1 paper
Yale UniversityUS1 paper
African Population and Health Research CenterKE1 paper
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023)5
Ghana Studies4
Ghana Social Science Journal3
Culture Society and Masculinities2
Etnološka tribina: Godišnjak Hrvatskog etnološkog društva2
Handbook of migration and globalisation2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality5
11Sustainable cities and communities2
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
2Zero hunger1
8Decent work and economic growth1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Factors prompting pupils academic performance in privately owned Junior High Schools in Accra, Ghana
International journal of sociology and anthropology
201181 citations
Phallic competence: Fatherhood and the making of men in Ghana
Culture, Society and Masculinities
200972 citations
ART access-related barriers faced by HIV-positive persons linked to care in southern Ghana: a mixed method study
BMC Infectious Diseases
201659 citations

Internal and international migration dynamics in Africa

2024Handbook of migration and globalisationJournalSenior author5 citations

Religion As an Instrument of Rooting for the Liquid Identity of Migrants Part 1

2023XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023)ConferenceSenior author0 citations

Religion Poster Session

2023XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023)ConferenceSenior author0 citations

Keynote Speech Session-Jörg Stolz

2023XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023)ConferenceFirst author0 citations

Transnational Religious Flows and the Role of Religioun in Settlement of the African Community in Australia.

2023XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023)JournalFirst author0 citations

Decolonising Studies of Religions in Oceania: South-South Flows of Diverse Worldviews across the Indian and Pacific Oceans

2023XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023)ConferenceFirst author0 citations

The autobiographical self as an object for sociological enquiry

2023Historical Social Research/Historische SozialforschungJournalFirst author5 citations

Religion and Commodification: The Ghanaian Churches' COVID-19 Economy

2022Ghana Journal of Religion and TheologyJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.4314/gjrt.v11i1-2.9

Representing Health: An Afrocentric Perspective from Ghana

2021Global perspectives on health geographyBook chapter1 citation10.1007/978-3-030-63471-1_7

African Catholic: Decolonization and the Transformation of the Church

2021Journal of World ChristianityJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.5325/jworlchri.11.2.0303

Femininity, sexual positions and choice

2019SexualitiesJournalSenior author23 citations

17 Internal and international migration dynamics in Africa

2018Handbook of migration and globalisationJournalFirst author17 citations

Dekonstrukcija i rekonstrukcija. Prihvaćanje alternativnih načina proizvodnje, klasifikacije i diseminacije znanja

2018Etnološka tribina: Godišnjak Hrvatskog etnološkog društvaJournal0 citations

Deconstructing and Reconstructing. Embracing Alternative Ways of Producing, Classifying and Disseminating Knowledge

2018Etnološka tribina: Godišnjak Hrvatskog etnološkog društvaJournal8 citations

Philanthropy as image politics in Ghana’s new churches

2018Utambuzi: Journal for the Study of the Religions of Africa and its Diaspora …JournalFirst author3 citations

Femininity, Sexual Positions and Choice

2017SexualitiesJournalSenior author11 citations10.1177/1363460716677281

Migration, Cultural Memory and Identity in Benjamin Kwakye’s The Other Crucifix

2016African Literature TodayReportSenior author5 citations

'Legon day of prayer': a contested religious activity in the academe

2015Journal of African studiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

“I Am Austro-Ghanaian”

2015Ghana StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.3368/gs.18.1.48

African Churches In Europe

2014Journal of Africana ReligionsJournalFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.5325/jafrireli.2.1.0095

Ghana Social Science Journal, Volume 11, Number 2, December 2014

2014Ghana Social Science JournalJournal0 citations

2014African studies and knowledge productionJournalSenior author6 citations

Men of God & Gendered Knowledge

2014Africa-Centred knowledges: Crossing fields and worldsJournalSenior author12 citations

Scottish Missionaries in Ghana

2014Africa in Scotland, Scotland in Africa: Historical Legacies and Contemporary HybriditiesJournalFirst author1 citation

The role of Pentecostal Churches as an influential arm of Civil Society in Ghana

2014Ghana Social Science JournalJournalFirst author9 citations

Factors prompting pupils academic performance in privately owned Junior High Schools in Accra, Ghana

2011International journal of sociology and anthropologyJournalFirst author81 citations

Religion as a tool in strengthening the democratic process in Ghana

2011Journal of African Studies and DevelopmentJournalFirst author19 citations

The gospel of public image in Ghana

2011Christianity and public culture in AfricaJournalFirst author27 citations

Pentecostalism in the city of Accra: A blossom on functional appeal and urban fecundity

2011American Journal of Sociological ResearchJournalFirst author17 citations

Christianising Africa: A portrait by two African novelists

2010Studies in World ChristianityJournalFirst author5 citations10.3366/e1354990110000754

Utambuzi Journal for the Study of the Religions of Africa and its Diaspora2

How it can be read

33% free to read, of the 18 recorded

Diamond 1 · 2%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 7%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 12 · 21%Behind a paywall
Unknown 39 · 68%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

4 of 57 papers name a funder

University of Ghana3
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa1
Foshan University1