M.E. Kropp Dakubu

Publishing since 1966, latest 2020

Language and Linguistics
Artificial Intelligence
Linguistics and Language
Anthropology
Cultural Studies
Education

In their own words

Linguistics

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 1341966–2020
Citations: 2,158to those papers
h-index: 24i10-index 44
Field-weighted impact: 0.601.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%1 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 42%5 of the 12 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 2,371 citations, h-index 24 and i10-index 51 (589 citations and h-index 11 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

Publications

134 in all

Kwa
2020Oxford University Press eBooksBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding39 citations10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199609895.013.14
Polylectal Description: Reflections on Experience in Ghana
2019Philosophical Foundations of the African Humanities through Postcolonial PerspectivesJournal

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Language and Linguistics86%
Artificial Intelligence54%
Linguistics and Language54%
Anthropology43%
Cultural Studies21%
Education11%
History11%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation4
African history and culture studies3
Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis3
Multilingual Education and Policy3
Natural Language Processing Techniques3
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories2
Language and cultural evolution2
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies2
Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition2
Linguistic Variation and Morphology2
Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity2
African cultural and philosophical studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

25% of their 12 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

Norway3
Spain1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNO3 papers
Universitat Pompeu FabraES1 paper
Universitat de BarcelonaES1 paper

Where they publish

Institute of African Studies Research Review7
Linguistics Department7
The Languages of Ghana7
JOURNAL OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS6
(No Title)5
Institute of African Studies4

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education7
14Life below water2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

The languages of Ghana
International African Institute
1988275 citations
Korle meets the sea: A sociolinguistic history of Accra
Oxford University Press
1997147 citations
Ghana: Indigenous languages, English, and an emerging national identity
Language and national identity in Africa
2008140 citations

A labeling system for valency

2017Linguistik aktuellBook chapterFirst author4 citations10.1075/la.237.04kro

Sub-classifying the languages of the Lower Volta Valley: Towards redefining Kwa

2017STUF-Language Typology and UniversalsJournalFirst author11 citations10.1515/stuf-2017-0015

Kropp and Lars Hellan (2017), A labeling system for valency: linguistic coverage and applications

2017Contrastive studies in Valency. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing CoJournalFirst author10 citations

Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia: A grammar of Syer (Western Karaboro, Senufo); phonology, morphology, argument realization

2016Journal of African Languages and LinguisticsJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1515/jall-2016-0012

Downglide, floating tones and non-WH questions in Ga and Dangme

2016The Phonological Representation of Suprasegmentals: Studies on African Languages Offered to John M. Stewart on his 60th BirthdayJournal7 citations

Chapter Five Ga-Dangme

2015The Languages of GhanaJournalFirst author0 citations

Chapter Three The Volta-Comoe

2015The Languages of GhanaJournalSenior author0 citations

The gur languages

2015The languages of GhanaBook chapter138 citations10.4324/9781315683393-2

The volta-comoé languages

2015The languages of GhanaBook chapterSenior author129 citations10.4324/9781315683393-3

Other languages used in Ghana

2015The languages of GhanaBook chapterFirst author14 citations10.4324/9781315683393-8

Mande Languages

2015The Languages of GhanaBook chapterFirst author1 citation