Paul Kwame Butakor

University of Ghana

Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana, since 2015per ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2025

Education
Safety Research
Applied Mathematics
Information Systems
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Management Science and Operations Research

Publications: 222016–2025
Citations: 192to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 1.851.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 27%6 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 77%17 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

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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, Teacher EducationUniversity of Ghanasince 2015

Education

MSc Applied Statistics, Mathematics and StatisticsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2018–2019
Ph.D, Measurement, Evaluation and CognitionUniversity of Alberta2012–2015
MSc Educational SciencesUniversity of Groningen2008–2009
B.Ed Mathematics, Mathematics and Science EducationUniversity of Cape Coast

Publications

22 in all

The Predictive Power of English Language and Mathematics: Which Better Explains the Other’s Achievement in a National Education Assessment in Ghana?
2025African Journal of Research in Mathematics Science and Technology EducationJournalSenior author0 citations10.1080/18117295.2025.2549215
The Use of e-Portfolios as a Teaching, Learning and Assessment Tool in Higher Education: Differing Opinions among Ghanaian Pre-Service Teachers and Nurses

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Education1777%
Safety Research418%
Applied Mathematics314%
Information Systems314%
Developmental and Educational Psychology29%
Management Science and Operations Research29%
Social Psychology29%
Sociology and Political Science29%
Computer Science Applications15%
Health Informatics15%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

School Choice and Performance5
Parental Involvement in Education4
Mathematics Education and Pedagogy3
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare3
Technology-Enhanced Education Studies3
Education and Critical Thinking Development2
Educational Innovations and Challenges2
Emotional Intelligence and Performance2
Innovative Teaching Methods2
Reflective Practices in Education2
Student Assessment and Feedback2
Teacher Education and Leadership Studies2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

18% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

Canada3
Georgia2
Pakistan2
Indonesia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

International Black Sea UniversityGE2 papers
Laurentian UniversityCA2 papers
Sukkur IBA UniversityPK2 papers
Lambung Mangkurat UniversityID1 paper
University of AlbertaCA1 paper
University of Palangka RayaID1 paper
Catholic University College of GhanaGH1 paper
Evangelical Presbyterian University CollegeGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
Presbyterian Women's College of EducationGH1 paper

Where they publish

African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and Sciences2
African Journal of Research in Mathematics Science and Technology Education2
African Research Review2
European Scientific Journal ESJ2
International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction2
International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Social Science

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education15
3Good health and well-being2
13Climate action1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Using structural equation modeling to examine the relationship between Ghanaian teachers' emotional intelligence, job satisfaction, professional identity, and work engagement
Psychology in the Schools
202070 citationsWorld top 10%
Analysis of Ghanaian teachers’ attitudes toward inclusive education
International Journal of Inclusive Education4
201858 citationsWorld top 10%
Ghanaian Students in TIMSS 2011: Relationship between Contextual Factors and Mathematics Performance

European Journal of Education and Pedagogy

EXPLORING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ICT TOOLS FOR ONLINE TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT AMONG PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS FROM A GHANAIAN UNIVERSITY

2024International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Social ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.31435/rsglobal_ijitss/30062024/8162

EXPLORING PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ BELIEFS ABOUT THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN GHANA

2023International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Social ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.31435/rsglobal_ijitss/30092023/8057

Problem Based Learning: Errors Minimization, Conceptual and Procedural Understanding in Trigonometry

2023African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.4314/ajesms.v19i1.1

E-learning Challenges in the Era of Covid-19: The Georgian Case

2023European Scientific Journal ESJJournalOpen access0 citations10.19044/esj.2023.v19n13p1

Entry and School-based Assessment Grades as Predictors of Senior School Certificate Examination Grades in Mathematics

2022African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and SciencesJournalOpen access1 citation10.4314/ajesms.v17i2.3

Exploring the professional identities of pre-service teachers' studying at the University of Ghana

2020International Journal of Education Economics and DevelopmentJournal4 citations10.1504/ijeed.2021.111655

Analysis of Ghanaian teachers’ attitudes toward inclusive education

2018International Journal of Inclusive EducationJournalFirst authorCorresponding58 citations10.1080/13603116.2018.1512661

Ghanaian Students in TIMSS 2011: Relationship between Contextual Factors and Mathematics Performance

2017African Journal of Research in Mathematics Science and Technology EducationJournalFirst authorCorresponding15 citations10.1080/18117295.2017.1379281

The home environment as a predictor of mathematics achievement in Ghana

2017International Journal of Research Studies in EducationJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.5861/ijrse.2017.1653

Hierarchical Linear Modeling of the relationship between Attitudinal and Instructional Variables and Mathematics Achievement

2016INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION METHODOLOGYJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.24297/ijrem.v7i5.4342

European Journal of Education and Pedagogy1

How it can be read

77% free to read

Diamond 10 · 45%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 14%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 9%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 23%Behind a paywall

African Journal of Research in Mathematics Science and Technology Education

201715 citationsWorld top 10%

EXPLORING PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ BELIEFS ABOUT THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN GHANA

International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Social Science17

202310 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold