Christopher M. Amissah

University of Ghana

Assistant Professor, Morgan State University, since 2025per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

Social Psychology
General Health Professions
Demography
Health
Sociology and Political Science
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

In their own words

Psychometrics
Health Equity
Social Capital
Mental Health
Physical Health

Publications: 102014–2026
Citations: 58to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.601.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 10%1 of 10 scored papers
Open access: 70%7 papers free to read

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

Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in Psychometrics, Department of PsychologyMorgan State Universitysince 2025
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes ResearchUniversity of Maryland School of Pharmacy2024–2025
Research AssociateCenter for Measurement Justice2022
Adjunct Professor, PsychologyBaltimore City Community College2022
Research Associate, NAEPEducational Testing Service2021–2022

Education

Publications

10 in all

Developing an Index to Measure Structural Racism: Methodological Process, Challenges, and Considerations
2026International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.3390/ijerph23020200
Development and validation of cohabitation intentions scale (CIS)
2024

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Social Psychology550%
General Health Professions440%
Demography330%
Health330%
Sociology and Political Science330%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology220%
Clinical Psychology110%
Developmental and Educational Psychology110%
Education110%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis110%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Attachment and Relationship Dynamics2
Education, Achievement, and Giftedness2
Employment and Welfare Studies2
Family Dynamics and Relationships2
Health disparities and outcomes2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues1
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development1
Disability Rights and Representation1
Early Childhood Education and Development1
Emotional Intelligence and Performance1
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

30% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States3
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Morgan State UniversityUS3 papers
Duke UniversityUS1 paper
Fred Hutch Cancer CenterUS1 paper
New York UniversityUS1 paper
University of Maryland, BaltimoreUS1 paper
Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South AfricaZA1 paper
Methodist University College GhanaGH1 paper
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Education Society and Behavioural Science2
Cogent Psychology1
Current Research in Psychology1
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1
Journal of Health Psychology1
Journal of Psychology in Africa1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty2
4Quality education2
5Gender equality1
8Decent work and economic growth1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Changing Attitudes toward Homosexuality in Ghana: The Power of Attributional Discourse
SAGE Open
201914 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Psychological Effects of Youth Unemployment in Ghana
Journal of Social Sciences1
201713 citationsOpen access · Diamond
The Influence of the Big Five Personality and Motivation on Academic Achievement among University Students in Ghana

Honours, memberships and service

Graduate Student Leadership Award, James H. Gilliam, Jr. College of Liberal ArtsMorgan State University2025
International Society for Quality of Life Researchsince 2025
Journal ReviewerFrontiers in Educationsince 2025
AERA Second Best Student Paper Award, Special Interest Group on Survey Research in EducationAmerican Educational Research Association2023
American Educational Research Associationsince 2021
Psychometric Societysince 2021
Assessment and Emerging Leaders in Assessment Award for Outstanding Student PosterAmerican Psychological Association2020
National Council on Measurement in Educationsince 2020
American Psychological Associationsince 2019
Graduate Student Representative, Rasch Measurement SIGAmerican Educational Research Association2023–2024