Wincharles Coker

Publishing since 2009, latest 2026

Communication
Literature and Literary Theory
Sociology and Political Science
Philosophy
Social Psychology
Anthropology

In their own words

Political Communication
Communication Theory
Rhetorical Studies
New Media Studies
Interpretive

Publications: 542009–2026
Citations: 173to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 2.161.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%4 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 59%13 of the 22 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 213 citations, h-index 8 and i10-index 6 (107 citations and h-index 6 since 2021), as of October 3, 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

54 in all

Love and language: A socio-rhetorical analysis of love texts on a Ghanaian radio network
2011Language in IndiaJournalFirst author16 citations
Rethinking the SMS epiphany: Devolution or evolution
2010Paper delivered at Faculty of Arts Public Lectures, University of Cape Coast, GhanaJournalFirst author6 citations

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Communication1019%
Literature and Literary Theory917%
Sociology and Political Science917%
Philosophy47%
Social Psychology36%
Anthropology24%
Education24%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology24%
Language and Linguistics24%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law24%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Discourse Analysis in Language Studies9
Media Studies and Communication7
Climate Change Communication and Perception3
Communication in Education and Healthcare3
Rhetoric and Communication Studies3
Social Media and Politics3
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition2
African history and culture studies1
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues1
African Studies and Ethnography1
Anthropological Studies and Insights1
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

5% of their 22 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Michigan Technological UniversityUS1 paper
University of Cape TownZA1 paper

Where they publish

Abibisem Journal of African Culture and Civilization2
African journal of rhetoric2
Language, Discourse & Society2
Legon Journal of the Humanities2
African Nebula1
Analyzing language and humor in online communication1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education5
10Reduced inequalities4
16Peace, justice and strong institutions4
1No poverty1
5Gender equality1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Mobile communication and the culture of self-expression: The case of smsing to radio in Ghana
Journal of Media and Communication Studies
201217 citations
Love and language: A socio-rhetorical analysis of love texts on a Ghanaian radio network
Language in India
201116 citations
A preliminary report on first year university students’ knowledge of basic grammar: The case of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Current Research Journal of Social Sciences
201113 citations

How it can be read

59% free to read, of the 22 recorded

Diamond 7 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 2%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 9 · 17%Behind a paywall
Unknown 32 · 59%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

3 of 54 papers name a funder

World Bank Group2
University of Cape Coast1
University of Hong Kong1