Georgina Yaa Oduro

Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2011per ORCID

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
General Health Professions
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Ecology
Safety Research
Pollution

In their own words

Gender Issues
Youth Cultures
Blue Economy
Qualitative methodologies
Sexualities

Publications: 522010–2026
Citations: 394to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 2.261.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 32%9 of 28 scored papers
Open access: 39%11 of the 28 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 551 citations, h-index 12 and i10-index 18 (339 citations and h-index 11 since 2021), as of October 14, 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

Lecturer, Sociology and AnthropologyUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2011

Education

PhDUniversity of Cambridge2006–2010

Publications

52 in all

Gender security, gendered violence and social justice: the rights of protection through the education of urban youth in African cities
2010UNGEI E4 Conference, Dakar, Senegal, MayJournal4 citations
Gender Relations, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS Education: a study of Ghanaian youth cultures
2010University of CambridgeThesisFirst author26 citations

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science1019%
General Health Professions917%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law713%
Ecology612%
Safety Research510%
Pollution36%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health36%
Waste Management and Disposal36%
Gender Studies24%
Health24%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health7
Coastal and Marine Management7
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies5
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare4
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues3
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration3
Microplastics and Plastic Pollution3
Sex work and related issues3
Global Maternal and Child Health2
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions2
Homelessness and Social Issues2
Intimate Partner and Family Violence2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

61% of their 28 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

South Africa6
Canada5
United Kingdom5
United States4
Switzerland2
Germany2
Kenya2
New Zealand2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Université LavalCA3 papers
Nelson Mandela UniversityZA3 papers
University of Cape TownZA3 papers
Virginia TechUS2 papers
University of StrathclydeGB2 papers
École des hautes études en sciences socialesFR1 paper
EngenderHealthUS1 paper
ETH ZurichCH1 paper
Fred Hutch Cancer CenterUS1 paper
Harvard UniversityUS1 paper

Where they publish

Africa Development2
Annals of Leisure Research2
Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics2
Routledge2
The Routledge International Handbook of Teacher and School Development2
Africa1
Africa Development/Afrique et Développement

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality10
4Quality education2
10Reduced inequalities2
14Life below water2
3Good health and well-being1
13Climate action1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Gender-based violence: Young women’s experiences in the slums and streets of three sub-Saharan African cities
Theory and Research in Education5
201249 citationsWorld top 10%
‘Children of the street’: sexual citizenship and the unprotected lives of Ghanaian street youth
Comparative Education5
201234 citationsWorld top 10%
Institutionalising gender and women’s studies at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana

How it can be read

39% free to read, of the 28 recorded

Diamond 3 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 8%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 17 · 33%Behind a paywall
Unknown 24 · 46%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

10 of 52 papers name a funder

UK Research and Innovation3
Global Challenges Research Fund2
Natural Environment Research Council2
Sight Research UK2
Academy of Medical Sciences1
Cambridge Commonwealth Trust1
Cambridge Trust1
EuroQol Research Foundation1