Vera Arhin
- Counsellor/Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2011per ORCID
Publishing since 2017, latest 2026
Prof. Vera Arhin is a professional trained teacher who holds a doctorate in Educational Psychology from Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. She is currently an Associate Professor at the College of Distance Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Prof. Arhin is also a trained counsellor and is deeply passionate about students’ academic success and well-being. From ORCID
- Education
- Social Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- General Health Professions
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Safety Research
In their own words
- Guidance and Counselling
- Psychological related issues of students
- HIV and AIDS
- Student retention
- Publications
- 302017–2026
- Citations
- 175to those papers
- h-index
- 5i10-index 3
- Field-weighted impact
- 0.701.00 is the world average
- World top 10%
- 5%1 of 22 scored papers
- Open access
- 86%19 of the 22 whose access is recorded
2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 235 citations, h-index 8 and i10-index 5 (202 citations and h-index 8 since 2021), as of October 5, 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
Citations received each year
PeerfordGoogle Scholar
To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.
Positions
- Counsellor/Senior Lecturer, College of Distance EducationUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2011
Education
- PhD Educational Psychology, Educational PsychologyKenyatta University2013–2016
Publications
30 in all
- Do Programmes of Study Matter? Examining Academic Resilience and Students’ Academic Engagement in Second Cycle Institutions
2026Open Education StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1515/edu-2025-0132
- Awareness and Perceived Benefits of AI Assistive Technology in Ghana’s Inclusive Education: An Exploratory and Context-Specific Study
2026