Helen Yitah

Mountcrest University College

Publishing since 2009, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
Anthropology
Literature and Literary Theory
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Gender Studies

Publications: 82009–2026
Citations: 30to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 2.301.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%2 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 13%1 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

8 in all

Children’s Moral Agency within the Kasena Community, Northern Ghana
2026UtafitiJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1163/26836408-15020128
Artistic Expression through (Re)Creation: Children’s Play Songs in Ghana
2020UtafitiJournalFirst authorCorresponding

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science563%
Anthropology338%
Literature and Literary Theory338%
Education225%
Developmental and Educational Psychology113%
Gender Studies113%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law113%
Political Science and International Relations113%
Safety Research113%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

African history and culture studies3
African studies and sociopolitical issues2
Children's Rights and Participation2
Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies2
African cultural and philosophical studies1
African history and culture analysis1
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues1
Anthropological Studies and Insights1
Child and Animal Learning Development1
Child Development and Digital Technology1
Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies1
Literacy, Media, and Education1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their papers have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH7 papers

Where they publish

Utafiti2
Children s Literature in Education1
Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)1
Fabula1
Journal of African Cultural Studies1
Journal of Postcolonial Writing1
Research in African Literatures

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality5
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

“Fighting with Proverbs”: Kasena Women's (Re)Definition of Female Personhood through Proverbial Jesting
Research in African Literatures5
200911 citationsWorld top 10%
Kasena women's critique of gender roles and gender justice through proverbial jesting
Journal of African Cultural Studies5
20126 citationsWorld top 10%
Authenticity, Past and Present in Ghanaian Children’s Literature

Kasena Women's Critique of Gender Roles and Gender Justice through Proverbial Jesting

2015Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)JournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

Kasena women's critique of gender roles and gender justice through proverbial jesting

2012Journal of African Cultural StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1080/13696815.2012.666858

Authenticity, Past and Present in Ghanaian Children’s Literature

2009Children s Literature in EducationJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1007/s10583-009-9095-y

How it can be read

13% free to read

Bronze 1 · 13%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 7 · 88%Behind a paywall

Children s Literature in Education