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Olive Akpebu Adjah · Peerford

University of Ghana / Scholars

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Olive Akpebu Adjah

University of Ghana

Deputy Librarian, Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology Mission and Culture, since 2022per ORCID

Publishing since 2005, latest 2017

Library and Information Sciences
Gender Studies
Information Systems
Sociology and Political Science
Communication
Conservation

ORCID 0000-0001-5348-7340
Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 52005–2017
Citations: 59to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.321.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 5 scored papers
Open access: 0%0 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

Deputy Librarian, LibraryAkrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology Mission and Culturesince 2022
Retired Principal Librarian, Balme LibraryUniversity of Ghana1986–2021

Education

PhDUniversity of South Africa2010–2015
MPHIL, Information StudiesUniversity of Ghana1999–2003

Publications

5 in all

Newest Most cited Oldest Title

Search their publications by title

Career progression of female librarians in public university libraries in Ghana
2017Journal of Librarianship and Information ScienceJournalFirst authorCorresponding14 citations10.1177/0961000617742445
What is in a name? Ghanaian Personal Names as Information Sources
2011African Research & Documentation

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Library and Information Sciences360%
Gender Studies240%
Information Systems240%
Sociology and Political Science240%
Communication120%
Conservation120%
Education120%
Philosophy120%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

ICT in Developing Communities2
Library Science and Administration2
Library Science and Information Literacy2
Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences1
Digital and Traditional Archives Management1
Gender Diversity and Inequality1
Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity1
Higher Education Research Studies1
Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research1
Wikis in Education and Collaboration1
Work-Family Balance Challenges1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

20% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of South AfricaZA1 paper

Where they publish

African Research & Documentation2
Information Development1
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science1
Research Review of the Institute of African Studies1

How it can be read

0% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education3
5Gender equality2

Most cited

What is in a name? Ghanaian Personal Names as Information Sources
African Research & Documentation5
201136 citations
Career progression of female librarians in public university libraries in Ghana
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science45
201714 citations
The Information Needs of Female Adult Literacy Learners in Accra
Information Development

Journal

First author

Corresponding

36 citations

10.1017/s0305862x00019889

Ghanaian funeral brochures: an unexplored rich source of biographical information

2007African Research & DocumentationJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1017/s0305862x00022779

The Information Needs of Female Adult Literacy Learners in Accra

2005Information DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1177/0266666905057335

A guide to free online resources in African Studies

2005Research Review of the Institute of African StudiesJournalFirst author0 citations10.4314/rrias.v20i1.22919

Closed 5 · 100%Behind a paywall

4

20057 citations

Ghanaian funeral brochures: an unexplored rich source of biographical information

African Research & Documentation

20072 citations

A guide to free online resources in African Studies

Research Review of the Institute of African Studies4

20050 citations