Frederick Koomson

Associate Professor, University of Cape Coastper ORCID

Publishing since 2002, latest 2025

Building and Construction
Economics and Econometrics
Sociology and Political Science
Accounting
Business and International Management
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

In their own words

Development Studies

Publications: 192002–2025
Citations: 61to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 0.591.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 7%1 of 15 scored papers
Open access: 73%11 of the 15 whose access is recorded

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 144 citations, h-index 8 and i10-index 6 (117 citations and h-index 7 since 2021), as of October 3, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

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, Integrated Development StudiesUniversity of Cape Coast

Education

Head of Department/Senior Research Fellow, Integrated Development StudiesUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2004

Publications

19 in all

Artisanal and small-scale mining, institutional arrangements and vulnerability of cocoa farmers in the Wassa Amenfi East and West Districts, Ghana
2025Resources PolicyJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105495
Dialoguing for Peaceful Coexistence Among Migrants and Host Communities in Artisanal And Small-Scale Mining in Ghana

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Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Building and Construction526%
Economics and Econometrics526%
Sociology and Political Science316%
Accounting211%
Business and International Management211%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics211%
Finance211%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences211%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance211%
Strategy and Management211%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Microfinance and Financial Inclusion5
Mining and Resource Management5
Agriculture and Rural Development Research2
Community Development and Social Impact2
Cooperative Studies and Economics2
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development2
Natural Resources and Economic Development2
Urban and Rural Development Challenges2
Agricultural Innovations and Practices1
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development1
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences1
Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their 15 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Anglican University College of TechnologyGH1 paper

Where they publish

African Journal Of Applied Research3
Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences2
Accra, Ghana: Tropenbos Ghana1
Cogent Social Sciences1
Economic Annals1
Environment Development and Sustainability1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty3
8Decent work and economic growth3
2Zero hunger2
10Reduced inequalities2
15Life on land1

Most cited

Social and solidarity economy and social inclusion of cooperatives in the Assin Fosu Municipality, Ghana
Heliyon10
202411 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Interface between artisanal and small-scale mining and cocoa farming in the Wassa Amenfi East and West Districts of Ghana
The Extractive Industries and Society2
20249 citations
Education and Training of Small-Scale Entrepreneurs: A Tool for Poverty Reduction in the Nkoranza South Municipality, Ghana

African Journal Of Applied Research

Land commodification, alienation and livelihoods of peri-urban farmers in Awutu Bereku, Ghana

2025Environment Development and SustainabilityJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s10668-025-06315-z

Social capital: The missing link in Ghana’s development

2020Oguaa Journal of Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.47963/joss.v9i1.324

DETERMINANTS OF EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK, KUMASI

2014European journal of contemporary economics and managementJournalOpen access6 citations10.19044/elp.v1no1a6

Effects of borrower characteristics on loan repayment in the credit with education programme in the Tamale metropolis of Ghana

2014Journal of International Academic Research for MultidisciplinaryJournalSenior author4 citations

European journal of contemporary economics and management

How it can be read

73% free to read, of the 15 recorded

Diamond 8 · 42%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 11%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 4 · 21%Behind a paywall
Unknown 4 · 21%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

2 of 19 papers name a funder

University of Cambridge1
University of Cape Coast1

Journal of business and management sciences1

20187 citationsOpen access · Diamond

DETERMINANTS OF EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK, KUMASI

European journal of contemporary economics and management8

20146 citationsOpen access · Bronze