Eric Yeboah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at University of Professional Studiesfrom their recent papers

Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2012per ORCID

Publishing since 1970, latest 2024

Sociology and Political Science
Urban Studies
Soil Science
Economics and Econometrics
General Health Professions
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

In their own words

Microfinance
Rural Poverty Reduction
Family Business Studies
Research Methods
Health Issues

Publications: 571970–2024
Citations: 1,155to those papers
h-index: 14i10-index 20
Field-weighted impact: 3.371.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 45%10 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 59%13 of the 22 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 1,119 citations, h-index 15 and i10-index 18 (651 citations and h-index 11 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

Senior Lecturer, Sociology and Social WorkKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2012

Education

PhD, International DevelopmentUniversity of Birmingham
MA, SociologyWestern University2002–2004

Honours, memberships and service

Member, Sociology and Social WorkGhana Sociological and Anthropological Association2012–2025

On their papers

Publications

57 in all

Leadership practices and job involvement: does workplace spirituality moderate the relationship?
2024Cogent Business & ManagementJournalOpen accessSenior author16 citations10.1080/23311975.2024.2316582
Experiences and Predictors of First Sex Initiation among Early Adolescents in Koforidua Municipality, Ghana: A Convergent Parallel Mixed-Method Study

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science814%
Urban Studies814%
Soil Science59%
Economics and Econometrics47%
General Health Professions47%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences35%
Safety Research35%
Accounting24%
Business and International Management24%
Demography24%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Urban and Rural Development Challenges8
Land Rights and Reforms4
Sex work and related issues4
Homelessness and Social Issues3
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare3
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health2
Agricultural Innovations and Practices2
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions2
Housing Market and Economics2
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development2
African history and culture studies1
Agricultural risk and resilience1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

27% of their 22 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom3
Canada2
Denmark1
Australia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Memorial University of NewfoundlandCA2 papers
University of LiverpoolGB2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Liverpool John Moores UniversityGB1 paper
The University of SydneyAU1 paper
University of CopenhagenDK1 paper
University of Technology SydneyAU1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
Seventh-day Adventist College of EducationGH1 paper
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH1 paper

Where they publish

International Institute for Environment and Development.4
E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences3
African Review of Economics and Finance2
Children s Geographies2
Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance2
Health Promotion International2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality5
8Decent work and economic growth3
3Good health and well-being2
11Sustainable cities and communities2
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Factors Affecting Domestic and Marital Violence against Women in Ghana
Journal of Family Violence
2013221 citations
'We are not the only ones to blame': District Assemblies' perspectives on the state of planning in Ghana
Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance
2010182 citations
Factors Influencing Domestic and Marital Violence against Women in Ghana
Journal of Family Violence5
2013164 citationsWorld top 10%

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Journal of Psychosexual Health

Youth Employment Paths in a Ghanaian Rural Community

2023E-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social SciencesJournalOpen access0 citations10.38159/ehass.2023433

‘YES, WE CAN’: THE USE OF DEICTIC UTTERANCES IN THE INAUGURAL SPEECH OF PRESIDENT NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO

2023European Journal of Literature Language and Linguistics StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.46827/ejlll.v7i2.470

Understanding changing land access and use by the rural poor in Ghana

2022International Institute for Environment and Development.ReportSenior author41 citations

Housing, psychosocial and adherence counseling among HIV+ persons in Ghana

2019Health Promotion InternationalJournalSenior author14 citations

Women and customary land tenure: Emerging developments and ways forward in Savelugu, Ghana

2019World Bank Conference on Land and PovertyJournalSenior author5 citations

Family Networks’ Support to Employment Paths of Rural Youth in a Ghanaian Community

2018International Journal of Social Science StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.11114/ijsss.v6i2.2577

Does the social and human capital of retrenched bankers matter in their reemployment?

2018RePEc: Research Papers in EconomicsJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations

Journal of HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

2018Journal of HUmAN RESOURCE mANAGEmENTJournalSenior author0 citations

Housing, psychosocial and adherence counseling among HIV+ persons in Ghana

2017Health Promotion InternationalJournalSenior author11 citations10.1093/heapro/dax072

Construction of real estate price indices for developing housing markets

2017International Journal of Housing Markets and AnalysisJournalSenior author10 citations10.1108/ijhma-06-2016-0047

Women, Land and Corruption in Ghana: Findings from a Baseline Survey

2017Proceeding from 2017 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, The World Bank, Washington, DCJournalFirst author5 citations

A brief overview of land tenure arrangements in Ghana

2017Understanding changing land access and use by the rural poor in GhanaJournalSenior author7 citations

Effective and inclusive regulation of street foods in Kumasi: Promoting food safety, protecting consumers and enhancing the well-being of food vendors

2017Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), Ghana Street Foods ProjectJournalSenior author9 citations

Chiefs, changing trust relations and land use planning in Ghana

2016Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.4314/just.v35i3.6

Land investments, accountability and the law: Lessons from West Africa

2016International Institute for Environment and Development.Report12 citations

Women’s land Rights and access to credit in a patriarchy: Evidence from North-East Ghana

20162016 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty. Washington DC: World BankJournal8 citations

Land investments, accountability and the law: Lessons from Ghana

2016International Institute for Environment and Development.ReportFirst author9 citations

Securing land rights through community based strategies in Ghana; potentials and challenges

2014African Real Estate SocietyJournalFirst author1 citation

Towards a more responsible large land based investments in Ghana

2014presentation at the 2014 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, The World Bank-Washington DCJournalFirst author7 citations

Sécuriser les droits fonciers au Ghana: innovation et aspirations locales

2014International Institute for Environment and Development.Report0 citations

Women’s land rights and Africa’s development conundrum–which way forward? IEED

2014International Institute for Environment and Development. http://www. iied. org/womens-land-rights-africas-development-conundrum-which-way-forwardJournalFirst author11 citations

Factors Affecting Domestic and Marital Violence against Women in Ghana

2013Journal of Family ViolenceJournalSenior author221 citations

Journal of Family Violence

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)2

How it can be read

59% free to read, of the 22 recorded

Diamond 7 · 12%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 7%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 9 · 16%Behind a paywall
Unknown 35 · 61%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

4 of 57 papers name a funder

Danish International Development Agency2
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Copenhagen Business School1
Danida Fellowship Centre1
University of Ghana1

201391 citationsWorld top 10%

‘We are not the only ones to blame’: District Assemblies’ Perspectives on the state of planning in Ghana

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance

197057 citationsOpen access · Diamond