Mark Edem Kunawotor

University of Professional Studies

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

Economics and Econometrics
Information Systems
Sociology and Political Science
Soil Science
Pollution
Accounting

Publications: 222016–2026
Citations: 320to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 7.511.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 64%14 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 27%6 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

22 in all

Institutional Quality, Economic Growth and Welfare: Empirical Evidence from Africa
2026Journal of the Knowledge EconomyJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1007/s13132-025-03079-9
On the key drivers of economic complexity in Africa
2026SN Business & EconomicsJournalSenior author

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Economics and Econometrics1568%
Information Systems1045%
Sociology and Political Science418%
Soil Science418%
Pollution314%
Accounting29%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics29%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis29%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law29%
Business and International Management15%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Economic Growth and Development10
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth8
Agricultural risk and resilience4
Economic Growth and Productivity4
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth4
Energy and Environment Impacts3
Taxation and Compliance Studies3
Climate Change and Health Impacts2
Climate change impacts on agriculture2
Corruption and Economic Development2
Economic and Technological Innovation2
Firm Innovation and Growth2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

32% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2222333Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States3
South Africa2
Italy2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH14 papers
Central UniversityGH4 papers
North Carolina Central UniversityUS3 papers
University of BresciaIT2 papers
University of PretoriaZA2 papers
University of Technology and Applied SciencesGH1 paper
Zenith University CollegeGH1 paper
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH1 paper
Ghana Communication Technology UniversityGH1 paper
Navrongo Health Research CentreGH1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Social Economics4
African Journal of Economic and Management Studies3
African Development Review2
Journal of Social and Economic Development2
Advances in African economic, social and political development1
Cogent Business & Management1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth5
13Climate action2
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
3Good health and well-being1
7Affordable and clean energy1
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Most cited

Drivers of income inequality in Africa: Does institutional quality matter?
African Development Review16
2020106 citationsWorld top 10%
Financial Access and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of African Business8
201742 citationsWorld top 10%
The Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on Inflation and the Implications for Monetary Policy in Africa

Climate Change, Economic Welfare and the Health Status of Vulnerable Population in Africa

2026Advances in African economic, social and political developmentBook chapterOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1007/978-3-032-15259-6_22

Extreme weather events and economic growth: empirical evidence from Africa

2025African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournal10 citations10.1108/ajems-04-2024-0263

Entrepreneurship, infrastructure development and economic welfare: empirical evidence from Africa

2025African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournalFirst author3 citations10.1108/ajems-08-2024-0439

Government size, institutional quality and economic welfare in Africa

2024International Journal of Social EconomicsJournalOpen accessFirst author23 citations10.1108/ijse-01-2024-0075

The distributional effects of fiscal and monetary policies in Africa

2022Journal of Social and Economic DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding18 citations10.1007/s40847-021-00172-y

The implications of climate change and extreme weather events for fiscal balance and fiscal policy in Africa

2022Journal of Social and Economic DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding14 citations10.1007/s40847-022-00180-6

Drivers of income inequality in Africa: Does institutional quality matter?

2020African Development ReviewJournalFirst authorCorresponding106 citations10.1111/1467-8268.12473

Financial Access and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

2017Journal of African BusinessJournalSenior authorCorresponding42 citations10.1080/15228916.2018.1392837

Sources of retirement income among formal sector workers in Ghana

2016African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournal11 citations10.1108/ajems-07-2014-0054

Cogent Economics & Finance1

How it can be read

27% free to read

Gold 3 · 14%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 16 · 73%Behind a paywall

Reduced inequalities

17Partnerships for the goals1

Progress in Development Studies13

Government size, institutional quality and economic welfare in Africa

International Journal of Social Economics17

202423 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

The distributional effects of fiscal and monetary policies in Africa

Journal of Social and Economic Development

202218 citationsWorld top 10%