Ralitsa Diana Debrah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2011per ORCID

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

Ralitsa Diana Debrah (PhD) is a designer and educator at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. She serves as a member of several design organizations such as Cumulus, LeNS, DESIS Network, Open Design Afrika, PADI, World Design Organization (WDO), e/merge Africa Network (CILT | CHED, UCT), Upcycling Network and AOSIS Journal . Her research interests include: Design, Social Innovation, Sustainability, Pluriversal Design,… More on ORCID

Education
Information Systems
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
General Health Professions
Human-Computer Interaction
Management of Technology and Innovation

In their own words

Design
Social innovation
Sustainability
Service Design
Technology in Education

Publications: 332010–2026
Citations: 47to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 0.641.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 11%2 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 84%16 of the 19 whose access is recorded

Google Scholar shows 57 citations, h-index 4 and i10-index 2 (45 citations and h-index 3 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

Lecturer, Communication DesignKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2011
Online Course and Events Facilitator, e/merge Africa | CILT | CHEDUniversity of Cape Town2018–2024

Education

Certificate - Facilitating Online Course, CHED | CILTUniversity of Cape Town2018
PDGDip EDTech, Education | CILT | CHEDUniversity of Cape Town2017–2018

Publications

33 in all

Cross-Cultural Interaction on Social Media Health Platforms: Challenges and Opportunities from Africa
2026Lecture notes in computer sciencePublicationSenior author0 citations10.1007/978-3-032-12801-0_4
Developing a Hygiene-Focused Colouring Book: An Innovative Educational Approach for Promoting Sanitation and Environmental Sustainability in Ghanaian Schools
2026

ralitsadebrah@gmail.comPublic on their ORCID record

rddebrah.art@knust.edu.ghPublic on their ORCID record

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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

Education412%
Information Systems412%
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design26%
General Health Professions26%
Human-Computer Interaction26%
Management of Technology and Innovation26%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law26%
Social Psychology26%
Sociology and Political Science26%
Artificial Intelligence13%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Digital Media and Visual Art2
Education and Learning Interventions2
Environmental Education and Sustainability2
Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development2
Innovative Human-Technology Interaction2
Adult and Continuing Education Topics1
AI in Service Interactions1
Art Therapy and Mental Health1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Color perception and design1
Community Development and Social Impact1
Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

42% of their 19 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

South Africa5
United States4
Kenya2
New Zealand1
Australia1
China1
Brazil1
Canada1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM5 papers
SUNY BrockportUS3 papers
Miami UniversityUS3 papers
Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyZA3 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH2 papers
Machakos UniversityKE2 papers
Deakin UniversityAU1 paper
Jiangnan UniversityCN1 paper
MacEwan UniversityCA1 paper
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationUS1 paper

Where they publish

Lecture notes in computer science3
Journal of Health Informatics2
Journal of Medical and Health Studies2
Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)2
African Industrial Design Practice: Perspectives on Ubuntu Philosophy1
AI and Innovation in Human–Computer Interaction

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education2
10Reduced inequalities2
1No poverty1
5Gender equality1
8Decent work and economic growth1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
15

Most cited

Design probes and toolkits for healthcare: Identifying information needs in African communities through service design
The Design Journal
201719 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Student Perceptions of the Adoption and Integration in Ghana, West Africa
Lecture notes in computer science
20256 citationsWorld top 10%
Exploring design strategies to determine information needs of caregivers
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW AND PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Doctor of Applied Art in Design, Applied Art and Design

Cape Peninsula University of Technology Faculty of Informatics and Design

MComm. Design, Communication DesignKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2007–2010

PR, Advertising and Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising and Integrated MarketingGhana Institute of Journalism2006

BFA - Graphic Design, Communication DesignKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2002–2006

Honours, memberships and service

WDO - YDC Coach, Design | Young Designers CircleWorld Design Organizationsince 2022
Full Membership, DesignCumulussince 2022
Ambassador / Research Support, DesignOpen Design Afrikasince 2018
Member/ Facilitator, CILT | CHED | UCTe/merge Africa Networksince 2017
Regional Representative (Lab Operations Manager), DesignDESIS NETWORKsince 2015
DRAW Facilitator, Applied Art and DesignCape Peninsula University of Technology Faculty of Applied Sciences2014–2019

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)

Instructional Design approaches in African Higher Education: A systematic review of emerging trends and practices

2026Journal of Education and Learning TechnologyJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.38159/jelt.2026755

Designing Digital Pathways: Social Media Adoption Among Smock Fabric Weavers in Bolgatanga

2026Studies in Media Journalism and CommunicationsJournalOpen access0 citations10.32996/smjc.2026.4.1.3x

Activity Theory as a Framework to Analyze e-Portfolios as Mediators in a Communication Design Program

2026British Journal of Teacher Education and PedagogyJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.32996/bjtep.2026.5.9.3

The Impact of Students Using AI Tools in Higher Education, Design, Innovation, and Learning Outcomes

2026AI and Innovation in Human–Computer InteractionBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1201/9781003728801-9

Health Platforms: Challenges and Opportunities

2026HCI International 2025–Late Breaking Papers: 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22–27, 2025, Proceedings, Part VIIReportSenior author1 citation

Designing an online course

2025The SAGE handbook of higher education instructional designBook chapterFirst author2 citations

An Exploration of Factors Affecting Students’ Choice of Career Paths in Communication Design

2024Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.4314/just.v42i2.6

Building Corporate Brand Product Reputation

2024African Industrial Design Practice: Perspectives on Ubuntu PhilosophyBook chapterFirst author0 citations

The Future of Pluriversal Design Education

2023Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)ReportOpen access0 citations10.5281/zenodo.7662366

How to understand and teach upcycling in the context of the circular economy: Literature review and first phase of Delphi.

2023Product Lifetimes And The Environment (PLATE) 2023 Conference, Espoo.Conference0 citations

Design for health: co-designing health information services in the Afrikan context

2021Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyThesisFirst author2 citations

What have we learnt from Emergency Remote Teaching in African Higher Education?

2020Editors: Dr UG Singh (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) Prof CS Nair (Victorian Institute of Technology, Australia) e-ISBN: 978-1-990901-49-2Journal1 citation

Exploring design strategies to determine information needs of caregivers

2015CONFERENCE OVERVIEW AND PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGSJournalFirst author4 citations

Technology assimilation in community healthcare in the Western Cape, South Africa

2014Proceedings of the 9 th Health Informatics in Africa Conference (Helina ‘14). Hamburg, Germany: Koegni eHealthJournalFirst author4 citations

Video Production in Ghana: A Study of Postproduction

2010Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyReportFirst author1 citation

Arts and design studies1

British Journal of Teacher Education and Pedagogy1

How it can be read

84% free to read, of the 19 recorded

Diamond 8 · 24%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 9%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 9%Behind a paywall
Unknown 14 · 42%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

1 of 33 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1

Technology assimilation in community healthcare in the Western Cape, South Africa

Proceedings of the 9 th Health Informatics in Africa Conference (Helina ‘14). Hamburg, Germany: Koegni eHealth

20144 citations

An Exploration of Factors Affecting Students’ Choice of Career Paths in Communication Design

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)4

20243 citationsOpen access · Diamond