Charles Gyan

Associate Professor, Université McGill, since 2025per ORCID

Publishing since 2013, latest 2023

Dr. Charles Gyan is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. His research sits at the intersection of social policy, climate and environmental justice, migration and labour-market integration, and community development, with a particular focus on African contexts (especially Ghana and West Africa) and immigrant-receiving societies in Canada. Dr. Gyan’s scholarship examines how structural inequalities - shaped by climate… More on ORCID

General Health Professions
Safety Research
Sociology and Political Science
Clinical Psychology
Education
Epidemiology

Publications: 92013–2023
Citations: 162to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 2.331.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 33%3 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 67%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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, Social WorkUniversité McGillsince 2025
Assistant Professor, School of Social WorkMcGill University2020–2025
Assistant Professor, Social WorkUniversity of Regina2019–2020
Assistant Professor, Social WorkWilfrid Laurier University2018–2019

Education

PhD, Social WorkWilfrid Laurier University2014–2018

Publications

9 in all

Community Participation in Planning Social Infrastructure Delivery in Ghana’s Local Government: A Case Study of Shai Osudoku District
2023Journal of Development Policy and PracticeJournalSenior author3 citations10.1177/24551333231165831
The salutogenic perspective on the negative traditional practices affecting the well-being of women in Siniensi Village of Northern Ghana

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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.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Health Professions333%
Safety Research222%
Sociology and Political Science222%
Clinical Psychology111%
Education111%
Epidemiology111%
Finance111%
Gender Studies111%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance111%
Linguistics and Language111%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Homelessness and Social Issues2
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Child and Adolescent Health1
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Community Development and Social Impact1
Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy1
Gender Studies in Language1
Health, psychology, and well-being1
Local Government Finance and Decentralization1
Mental Health Treatment and Access1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

67% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Canada6

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

McGill UniversityCA2 papers
University of ManitobaCA2 papers
Wilfrid Laurier UniversityCA2 papers
University of ReginaCA1 paper
Government of GhanaGH1 paper
Methodist University College GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies2
International Journal of Culture and Mental Health1
International Journal of Gender Studies in Developing Societies1
Journal of Development Policy and Practice1
Journal of Educational and Social Research1
Journal of Social Sciences1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty3
5Gender equality2
8Decent work and economic growth1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy on the Educational Attainment of Girls at Chorkor, a Suburb of Accra
Journal of Educational and Social Research1
201365 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Proverbs and Patriarchy: Analysis of Linguistic Prejudice and Representation of Women in Traditional Akan Communities of Ghana
Social Sciences5
202042 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Master of Philosophy (Social Work), Social WorkUniversity of Ghana

Bachelor of Social Work, Social WorkUniversity of Ghana2006–2010

Honours, memberships and service

Canadian Association for Social Work Educationsince 2021
Anne Westhues Teaching Award, Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social WorkWilfrid Laurier University
Emerging Scholar Award (multiple years)Common Ground Research Networks
Outstanding Doctoral Work AwardWilfrid Laurier University

International Journal of Gender Studies in Developing Societies

Effects of Stakeholder Conflicts on Community Development Projects in Kenyase

2016SAGE OpenJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.1177/2158244016635254

Mental illness and stigma: a 10-year review of portrayal through print media in Ghana (2003–2012)

2016International Journal of Culture and Mental HealthJournalSenior author15 citations10.1080/17542863.2016.1165271

Caught between Human Right Abuse and Survival: The Incidence of Child Labour in Obuasi

2014Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.5901/ajis.2014.v3n1p73

The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy on the Educational Attainment of Girls at Chorkor, a Suburb of Accra

2013Journal of Educational and Social ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding65 citations10.5901/jesr.2013.v4n3p53

THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE OIL INDUSTRY

2013Journal of Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.3844/jssp.2013.94.100

How it can be read

67% free to read

Diamond 3 · 33%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 22%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 3 · 33%Behind a paywall

Mental illness and stigma: a 10-year review of portrayal through print media in Ghana (2003–2012)

International Journal of Culture and Mental Health

201615 citations

Push Out or Drop Out? Taking a Critical Look at the Poor Performance and Drop-Out of Students of the JSS/JHS Programme in Ghana

Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies1

20148 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond