Richard Boateng

Also at University of Cape Coastfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2006, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
Information Systems and Management
Strategy and Management
Media Technology
Communication
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

In their own words

ICT4D
E-business
Resource-based Theory
Social media
Big Data

Publications: 2382006–2026
Citations: 4,058to those papers
h-index: 30i10-index 68
Field-weighted impact: 3.581.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 35%52 of 149 scored papers
Open access: 37%55 of the 149 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 5,969 citations, h-index 38 and i10-index 82 (3,579 citations and h-index 28 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

Positions

PHD Candidate and a research assistant, Department of Human Resource ManagementUniversity of Cape Coast2023–2025

Education

PHD Candidate, Department of Human Resource ManagementUniversity of Cape Coast2023–2026
MPHIL HRM, Department of Human Resource ManagementUniversity of Cape Coast2020–2023

On their papers

University of Ghana108 works

Publications

238 in all

Digital Transformation Process and the Capability and Capacity Implications for Small and Medium Enterprises
2020International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and InnovationJournal81 citations10.4018/ijeei.2020070102
Digital Entrepreneurship in Business Enterprises: A Systematic Review
2020Lecture notes in computer sciencePublication

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science3213%
Information Systems and Management3113%
Strategy and Management2711%
Media Technology2310%
Communication198%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management198%
Information Systems177%
Management Information Systems177%
General Health Professions167%
Education156%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Technology Adoption and User Behaviour29
ICT Impact and Policies23
Knowledge Management and Sharing17
Digital Marketing and Social Media14
Digital Platforms and Economics14
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance13
Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior10
E-Government and Public Services9
Online and Blended Learning9
Innovation and Knowledge Management7
ICT in Developing Communities6
Educational Games and Gamification5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

26% of their 149 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom13
United States11
South Africa11
Australia6
Nigeria6
New Zealand2
Netherlands2
Hong Kong SAR2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Education, WinnebaGH22 papers
University of Cape CoastGH13 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH10 papers
University of ManchesterGB9 papers
University of Professional StudiesGH7 papers
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH6 papers
RMIT UniversityAU5 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA5 papers
University for Development StudiesGH5 papers
Southern University SystemUS4 papers

Where they publish

Journal of the Association for Information Systems32
AI and the Music Industry7
CRC Press7
Leveraging AI for Freelancing7
AI and the Creative Economy6
Lecture notes in computer science5

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

17Partnerships for the goals36
8Decent work and economic growth17
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure12
2Zero hunger5
4Quality education5
5Gender equality5
10Reduced inequalities5
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Most cited

Mobile Phones and Financial Services in Developing Countries: a review of concepts, methods, issues, evidence and future research directions
Third World Quarterly
2009475 citations
Cloud computing research: A review of research themes, frameworks, methods and future research directions
International Journal of Information Management9
2017258 citationsWorld top 10%
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University of Education, Winneba

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Assessing the Role of Trust in Merchant Adoption of Mobile Payments in Ghana

2020Lecture notes in computer sciencePublicationOpen access23 citations10.1007/978-3-030-44999-5_17

Assessing healthcare digitalisation in Ghana: A critical realist's approach

2020Health Policy and TechnologyJournalSenior authorCorresponding20 citations10.1016/j.hlpt.2020.03.006

Smartphone Addictions: A Review of Themes, Theories and Future Research Directions

2020Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences/Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System SciencesPublicationOpen access17 citations10.24251/hicss.2020.746

Rationalizing Online Romance Fraud: In the Eyes of the Offender

2020Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournal13 citations

Biometric Identification for Socioeconomic Development in Ghana

2020Information Systems ManagementJournalSenior author12 citations10.1080/10580530.2020.1732528

Preliminary Insights into the Nature of Graduate IS Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa

2020Lecture notes in computer sciencePublicationOpen accessCorresponding2 citations10.1007/978-3-030-44999-5_45

Exploring the Scope of User Resistance

2020Advances in information quality and managementBook chapterSenior author2 citations10.4018/978-1-7998-2610-1.ch029

Exploring the Critical Success Factors for Cloud BI Adoption Among Ghanaian SMEs.

2020Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournalSenior author2 citations

Institutionalisation of Health Insurance Digital Claims Platform.

2020Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournalSenior author1 citation

SERVICE INNOVATION THROUGH PLATFORMISATION OF A PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE: AN ACTIVITY THEORY PERSPECTIVE OF THE CASE OF GHANA

2020Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournalSenior author0 citations

Sustaining a National Digital Location Platform in an African Country: The Case of Ghana.

2020Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournalSenior author0 citations

Antecedents of Social Commerce Adoption in Developing Countries

2020Advances in marketing, customer relationship management, and e-services book seriesBook chapter0 citations10.4018/978-1-7998-4772-4.ch007

A Systematic Literature Review of Digital Piracy Research in Information Systems Journals (2010 – 2020): Preliminary Insights

2020Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference, 2020Conference0 citations

Big Data Evaluation Scorecard

2020CONF-IRMConference0 citations

Exploring the scope of user resistance: a bibliometric review of 41 years of research

2020Handbook of Research on Managing Information Systems in Developing EconomiesReportSenior author4 citations

Application Programming Interface (API) Research

2019International Journal of Enterprise Information SystemsJournal103 citations10.4018/ijeis.2019070105

Are we ready for Gamification? An exploratory analysis in a developing country

2019Education and Information TechnologiesJournalCorresponding62 citations10.1007/s10639-019-10057-7

A Literature Review of Mobile Payments in Sub-Saharan Africa

2019IFIP advances in information and communication technologyPublicationOpen accessFirst author14 citations10.1007/978-3-030-20671-0_9

ICT Unbounded, Social Impact of Bright ICT Adoption

2019IFIP advances in information and communication technologyBookOpen access17 citations10.1007/978-3-030-20671-0

Virtual platforms: Assessing the challenges of e-learning in Ghana

2019Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournal7 citations

The Interplay Between Privacy, Trust and Self-disclosure on Social Networking Sites

2019IFIP advances in information and communication technologyPublicationOpen access5 citations10.1007/978-3-030-20671-0_26

Health Informatics and Brain Drain Mitigation in Ghana.

2019Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournal5 citations

Delphi Panel Discussion of F-TAM: Industry Experts and Academic Perspectives

2019EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and ComputingPublicationOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding4 citations10.1007/978-3-030-16130-9_1

Adoption of mobile payments in Ghana: A merchant perspective

2019Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournalFirst author4 citations

Preliminary Insights into Dominant Issues, Theories and Methodologies in Platform Interoperability Research

2019Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournalFirst author3 citations

Evaluation of a national digital location infrastructure: Stakeholders’ perspectives in Ghana

2019Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournalSenior author3 citations

Digital Innovation and Taxi Services: The Case of Uru in Ghana

2019Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournalSenior author3 citations

Adoption of mobile pedigree as an anticounterfeiting technology for pharmaceuticals in developing countries

2019Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournal1 citation

Digital Infrastructure for Port Container Handling and Success or Failure of Stakeholders’ Goals: A Case Study of Ghana

2019Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournalSenior author1 citation

Understanding digital innovation in national health insurance: The case of Ghana

2019Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournalSenior author0 citations

Healthcare Digitalisation in Ghana – Myth or Reality?

2019Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournal0 citations

MSIS 2016: What are we teaching in Sub-Saharan Africa?

2019Journal of the Association for Information SystemsJournal0 citations

Social Media Technologies and Export Marketing

2019Book chapterSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-030-08277-2_5

ICT for Development in Nigeria

2019IGI Global eBooksBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.4018/978-1-7998-1207-4.ch012

Healthcare digitalisation in Ghana: An assessment based on the realist social theory

2019Association for Information SystemsReport6 citations

Dominant issues and conceptual approaches in mobile business research from 2005 to 2013

2019Mobile Electronic Commerce: Foundations, Development, and ApplicationsBook chapterSenior author4 citations10.1201/b17686-6

Virtualization of government‐to‐citizen engagement process: Enablers and constraints

2018The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing CountriesJournalOpen access31 citations10.1002/isd2.12037

The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

How it can be read

37% free to read, of the 149 recorded

Diamond 5 · 2%Free to read and to publish
Gold 21 · 9%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 7 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 7 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 15 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 94 · 40%Behind a paywall
Unknown 89 · 37%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

9 of 238 papers name a funder

Jacobs Foundation2
UNICEF2
University of Ghana2
Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers1
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit1
Medical Research Council1
National Institute on Aging1
National Institutes of Health1

Good health and well-being

16Peace, justice and strong institutions2

11Sustainable cities and communities1

Determinants of e-learning adoption among students of developing countries

International Journal of Information and Learning Technology17

2016138 citationsWorld top 10%

Corporate social responsibility activity reportage on bank websites in Ghana

International Journal of Bank Marketing

2010138 citationsWorld top 10%