A. A. Alemna

University of Ghana

Publishing since 1983, latest 2014

Library and Information Sciences
Education
Information Systems
History and Philosophy of Science
Management Information Systems
Media Technology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 671983–2014
Citations: 501to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 2.261.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%17 of 67 scored papers
Open access: 9%6 papers free to read

2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

67 in all

Library education and rural information provision in Ghana
1991Information DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1177/026666699100700308
Collection Development in African Libraries
1991Collection ManagementJournalFirst author

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Citations received each year

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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

Library and Information Sciences5684%
Education2030%
Information Systems1421%
History and Philosophy of Science913%
Management Information Systems23%
Media Technology23%
Applied Psychology11%
Conservation11%
Literature and Literary Theory11%
Marketing11%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Library Science and Information Literacy41
Library Science and Administration38
African Education and Politics16
Library Collection Development and Digital Resources10
Publishing and Scholarly Communication9
Gender, Education, and Development Issues2
ICT Impact and Policies2
Adult and Continuing Education Topics1
African cultural and philosophical studies1
Copyright and Intellectual Property1
Digital and Traditional Archives Management1
Digital Rights Management and Security1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

6% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria3
Denmark1
United Kingdom1
Zambia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa UniversityNG2 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers
University for Development StudiesGH2 papers
SOAS University of LondonGB1 paper
Technical University of DenmarkDK1 paper
University of MaiduguriNG1 paper
Valley View UniversityGH1 paper
Institute for Scientific and Technological InformationGH1 paper
University of ZambiaZM1 paper

Where they publish

Information Development8
Aslib Journal of Information Management7
African Research & Documentation6
Ghana Library Journal6
Education for Information4
Library Management4
Library Review

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education33
17Partnerships for the goals5
1No poverty2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
11Sustainable cities and communities2
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
8Decent work and economic growth1
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Most cited

Critical Issues in Information and Communication Technologies for Rural Development in Ghana
Information Development4
200673 citationsWorld top 10%
Community libraries: an alternative to public libraries in Africa
Library Review4
199545 citations
The Periodical Literature of Library and Information in Africa: 1996–2000
Information Development

Resource Sharing in African Libraries: Problems and Recommendations

1991The Acquisitions LibrarianJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1300/j101v03n05_20

Library cooperation practices of university libraries in Ghana

1990International Library ReviewJournalFirst author8 citations10.1016/0020-7837(90)90027-d

Collection Development in University Libraries in Ghana: Some Observations

1990Collection BuildingJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1108/eb023267

Acquisitions and collection development education in Ghana

1990Library Acquisitions Practice & TheoryJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1016/0364-6408(90)90047-x

Libraries and information provision in Government ministries and departments in Ghana

1990Aslib Journal of Information ManagementJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1108/eb051180

Information technology and information training in West Africa

1990Information DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1177/026666699000600408

The future of library and information science education in Ghana

1990Education for InformationJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.3233/efi-1990-8305

Information provision for rural Ghana

1990African Research & DocumentationJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1017/s0305862x00013522

Libraries and the economic development of Ghana

1989Aslib Journal of Information ManagementJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1108/eb051131

Special libraries in Ghana: an appraisal

1989Aslib Journal of Information ManagementJournalFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1108/eb051122

Information and Economic Recovery in Ghana

1989Information DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1177/026666698900500405

Management of libraries in Ghana: concepts, practices and constraints

1989Aslib Journal of Information ManagementJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1108/eb051143

Cataloguing and Classification Practices in Ghanaian Libraries

1989Ghana Library JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.65861/glj.v7i1.7

Opportunities In Librarianship: Alternatives for the Ghanaian Graduate

1989Ghana Library JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.65861/glj.v7i1.5

The development of school libraries in Ghana

1983International Library ReviewJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1016/0020-7837(83)90011-0

International Library Review3

How it can be read

9% free to read

Diamond 6 · 9%Free to read and to publish
Closed 61 · 91%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 67 papers name a funder

Carnegie Corporation of New York1
Department for International Development1
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1
University of Pretoria1

Reduced inequalities

200128 citationsWorld top 10%

The Impact of New Information Technology in Africa

Information Development

199924 citations