Joshua Alfred Amuah

University of Ghana

Prof., Univerity of Ghana, since 2001per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2025

Music
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Anthropology
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Cultural Studies
Global and Planetary Change

Publications: 122014–2025
Citations: 8to those papers
h-index: 2i10-index 0
Field-weighted impact: 0.631.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%1 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 83%10 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

Prof., MusicUniverity of Ghanasince 2001

Education

Professor, MusicUniversity of Ghana2006–2012
Professor, MusicUniversity of Ghana2006–2012

Publications

12 in all

MUSIC, DANCE AND LANGUAGE AS THE PRIMARY ELEMENTS OF FUNERARY RITES FOR CHIEFS: A CASE STUDY OF THE CHIEF OF NEW JUABEN
2025Journal of African Arts & CultureJournalOpen access0 citations10.63102/jaac.v8i3.20255
Preserving Cultural Memory Through Choral Compositions: A Study of Nicodemus Kofi Badu
2025E-Journal of Music Research

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Music975%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology217%
Anthropology18%
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition18%
Cultural Studies18%
Global and Planetary Change18%
Linguistics and Language18%
Literature and Literary Theory18%
Philosophy18%
Political Science and International Relations18%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Diverse Musicological Studies7
Music History and Culture4
Musicology and Musical Analysis4
Diverse Music Education Insights3
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition2
African history and culture analysis1
Creative Drama in Education1
Cultural and Artistic Studies1
Cultural Identity and Representation1
Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies1
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories1
Linguistic Variation and Morphology1

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

University of Education, WinnebaGH2 papers
Akrokerri College of EducationGH2 papers
Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and CultureGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
Garden City University CollegeGH1 paper

Where they publish

E-Journal of Music Research3
Legon Journal of the Humanities2
African Musicology Online1
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)1
Ghana Journal of Religion and Theology1
Ghana Studies1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education5
11Sustainable cities and communities2
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Proverbs and stylistic devices of Akwasi Ampofo Agyei’s Akan highlife lyrics
Legon Journal of the Humanities4
20203 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Use of proverbs as communicative tool in Ghanaian choral music compositions
Legon Journal of the Humanities4
20193 citationsOpen access · Diamond
The Historical Developments of Musical Styles and their Functions in the Liturgy of the Methodist Church Ghana

Domestic Animal Metaphor in Akan

2024Ghana StudiesJournalSenior author0 citations10.3368/gs.26.1.145

Proverbs and stylistic devices of Akwasi Ampofo Agyei’s Akan highlife lyrics

2020Legon Journal of the HumanitiesJournalOpen access3 citations10.4314/ljh.v31i1.5

Use of proverbs as communicative tool in Ghanaian choral music compositions

2019Legon Journal of the HumanitiesJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.4314/ljh.v30i1.6

“Proclaiming the Kingship/Supremacy of God” in Selected Choral Compositions of Kras Kofi Arthur

2019Ghana Journal of Religion and TheologyJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations

Digital and Multimedia Way Out to the Preservation of Ebibindwom (Akan Sacred Lyrics)

2014DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.18533/journal.v3i2.346

Creative Composition and the Indigenous Knowledge System in Ghana: Models from the Life and Compositions of Nana Afua Abasa

2014International Journal of Music and Performing ArtsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.15640/ijmpa.v2n2a4

MUSIC ANALYTICAL PRESENTATION OF NEWLOVE ANNAN'S MƆBƆ DAWUR (I WILL TELL IT TO THE WORLD) (CHORAL COMPOSITION)

2014RePEc: Research Papers in EconomicsJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations

International Journal of Music and Performing Arts

Journal of African Arts & Culture1

How it can be read

83% free to read

Diamond 6 · 50%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 1 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 17%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 17%Behind a paywall

E-Journal of Music Research4

20242 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

Preserving Cultural Memory Through Choral Compositions: A Study of Nicodemus Kofi Badu

E-Journal of Music Research11

20250 citationsOpen access · Diamond