Francess Dufie Azumah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Senior lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2004per ORCID

Publishing since 2017, latest 2026

BRIEF PROFILE SURNAME: Azumah (Dr.) (Esq) FIRST NAME: Francess Dufie MAIDEN NAME: Kusi-Mensah PLACE OF BIRTH: Kumasi, Ghana GENDER: Woman NATIONALITY: Ghanaian RELIGION Christian Senior Lecturer Department of Sociology and Social Work, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi – Ghana,… More on ORCID

Sociology and Political Science
General Health Professions
Information Systems
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Safety Research
Economics and Econometrics

Publications: 232017–2026
Citations: 177to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 1.361.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 9%2 of 23 scored papers
Open access: 57%13 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

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Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior lecturer, Department of Sociology and Social WorkKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2004

Education

PhD, University of Hull, United KingdomUniversity of Hull, United Kingdom2000–2004

Honours, memberships and service

Ghana Bar Association (GBA)since 2016
Senior lecturer, Sociology and Social Work, KNUSTGhana Sociological and Anthropological Associationsince 2012

Publications

23 in all

The roles of women in intelligence gathering and their coping strategies in combating crime in the Ghana Police Service: a study at the Kumasi Police Command
2026SN Social SciencesJournalFirst author0 citations10.1007/s43545-026-01336-5
Sociocultural Beliefs, Interpretations and Care Pathways: Implications for Childhood Cancer Education in Ghana
2026

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science1252%
General Health Professions417%
Information Systems417%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health417%
Safety Research313%
Economics and Econometrics29%
Education29%
Gender Studies29%
Health29%
Health Information Management29%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Crime Patterns and Interventions3
Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies3
Sex work and related issues3
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research2
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life2
Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance2
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening2
Global Health and Epidemiology2
Global Maternal and Child Health2
Homelessness and Social Issues2
Intimate Partner and Family Violence2
Policing Practices and Perceptions2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their papers have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Tamale Teaching HospitalGH3 papers
Tamale Technical UniversityGH1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal for Innovation Education and Research3
International Journal of Social Science Studies3
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy2
Journal of Victimology and Victim Justice2
Current Social Sciences1
Current Urban Studies1
Discover Psychology1
Economic Change and Restructuring1

How it can be read

57% free to read

Diamond 7 · 30%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 9%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 13%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 10 · 43%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality8
16Peace, justice and strong institutions4
1No poverty2
3Good health and well-being2
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Journal of Cancer Education

Gender, agriculture and sustainable livelihood among rural farmers in northern Ghana

2022Economic Change and RestructuringJournalFirst authorCorresponding33 citations10.1007/s10644-022-09399-z

Determinants of Target Victim Selection: A Case Study of Criminals from Gambaga Prisons

2020Journal of Victimology and Victim JusticeJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1177/2516606920927258

Crime Analysis and Conventional Policing Strategies: Evidence from a Community in the Western Region, Ghana

2019International Journal of Social Science StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.11114/ijsss.v7i4.4336

Street Homes and Its Security Implications in Kumasi Metropolis-Ghana

2019International Journal of Social Science StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.11114/ijsss.v7i2.4094

LIFESTYLE OF FEMALE HEAD PORTERS

2018International Journal for Innovation Education and ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.31686/ijier.vol6.iss2.950

Perception of Youth on Transgender Individuals: A Case of Kumasi, Ghana

2018International Journal of Innovative Research and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.24940/ijird/2018/v7/i11/nov18018

COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDE TOWARD BREAST CANCER IN SEKYERE EAST DISTRICT-GHANA

2017International Journal for Innovation Education and ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.31686/ijier.vol5.iss6.733

Incidence of Domestic Violence Against Women and Children

2017International Journal for Innovation Education and ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.31686/ijier.vol5.iss3.629

Who funds it

1 of 23 papers name a funder

Danish International Development Agency1
International Labour Organization1
UNICEF1
United Nations Development Programme1
United Nations Population Fund1
United States Agency for International Development1