Samuel Kobina Annim

Associate Professor, University of Cape Coast, since 2002per ORCID

Publishing since 2002, latest 2025

Safety Research
Economics and Econometrics
Nutrition and Dietetics
General Health Professions
Sociology and Political Science
Urban Studies

In their own words

Microfinance
Economics
Health
Poverty
Inequality

Publications: 922002–2025
Citations: 2,557to those papers
h-index: 23i10-index 51
Field-weighted impact: 4.781.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 60%27 of 45 scored papers
Open access: 46%21 of the 46 whose access is recorded

25 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 3,387 citations, h-index 26 and i10-index 57 (1,756 citations and h-index 22 since 2021), as of October 5, 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, EconomicsUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2002

Education

PhD, EconomicsUniversity of Manchester2008–2010

On their papers

Publications

92 in all

Work, Earnings and Poverty in Ghana
2025Ghana’s DemographyBook chapterSenior author1 citation10.1007/978-3-032-00582-3_15
Education and Literacy in Ghana: Trends, Disparities, and Implications for Sustainable Development
2025Ghana’s DemographyBook chapterSenior author1 citation

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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

Safety Research2022%
Economics and Econometrics1921%
Nutrition and Dietetics1213%
General Health Professions1011%
Sociology and Political Science1011%
Urban Studies78%
Accounting67%
Gender Studies67%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health67%
Management Information Systems44%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare20
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion13
Child Nutrition and Water Access12
Income, Poverty, and Inequality8
Urban and Rural Development Challenges7
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations5
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics5
Global Maternal and Child Health5
Agricultural risk and resilience4
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance4
Global Health Care Issues4
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

50% of their 46 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom14
United States7
Canada7
South Africa4
Germany3
India3
Luxembourg2
Italy2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH16 papers
University of LancashireGB5 papers
Western UniversityCA4 papers
University of DelhiIN3 papers
University of Massachusetts AmherstUS3 papers
McGill UniversityCA3 papers
University of ManchesterGB3 papers
University of BayreuthDE3 papers
Imperial College LondonGB3 papers
Ghana Education ServiceGH3 papers

Where they publish

Ghana’s Demography4
IZA Discussion Papers4
Journal of International Development4
School of Social Sciences3
World Development3
Heliyon2
Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty13
2Zero hunger7
8Decent work and economic growth6
5Gender equality4
10Reduced inequalities2
11Sustainable cities and communities2
4Quality education1
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Most cited

Microfinance and household poverty reduction: New evidence from India
World development
2010619 citations
Microfinance and Poverty—A Macro Perspective
World Development8
2012215 citationsWorld top 10%
Women’s Empowerment and Prevalence of Stunted and Underweight Children in Rural India
World Development2

Ghana Health Service

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Empirical evidence of the gender dimensions of bribery in Ghana

2025Statistical Journal of the IAOSJournalSenior author0 citations10.1177/18747655251333101

Relative effect of food and cash remittance on household food security

2024The International Trade JournalJournal11 citations

Firms' digital investment and resilience to shocks: Evidence from the COVID‐19 pandemic in Ghana

2023Journal of International DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1002/jid.3769

National Health Insurance Scheme and household welfare: Evidence from Ghana

2023Journal of International DevelopmentJournalOpen access2 citations10.1002/jid.3772

Gendered Financial Behaviour in Ghana: A Comparative Study with South Africa

2023Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutionsBook chapterOpen access1 citation10.1007/978-3-031-09345-6_5

Women's empowerment and child health outcomes in Ghana

2020African Development ReviewJournalSenior author38 citations10.1111/1467-8268.12428

Women's empowerment and household food security in Ghana

2020International Journal of Social EconomicsJournal34 citations10.1108/ijse-05-2020-0328

Effects of Credit ‘Plus’ on Poverty Reduction in Ghana

2020The Journal of Development StudiesJournalSenior author30 citations10.1080/00220388.2020.1797689

Outreach and the poverty-reducing effect of microfinance in Ghana

2018Enterprise Development and MicrofinanceJournalFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.3362/1755-1986.17-00020

Dietary diversity and child malnutrition in Ghana

2017HeliyonJournalOpen accessSenior author135 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00298

Child deprivation and income poverty in Ghana

2017Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing CountriesJournalSenior author11 citations

Loan refusal, household income and savings in Ghana: a dominance analysis approach

2016African J of Economic and Sustainable DevelopmentJournal26 citations10.1504/ajesd.2016.076095

Socioeconomic determinants of birth registration in Ghana

2015BMC International Health and Human RightsJournalOpen accessSenior author65 citations10.1186/s12914-015-0053-z

Child deprivation and income poverty in Ghana

2015Working Paper SeriesBookSenior author0 citations10.35188/unu-wider/2015/039-3

Poverty and Inequality in Ghana: Analysis of the Dimensions, Trends and Spatial Perspectives

2015Oguaa Journal of Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.47963/joss.v7i3.297

Mother's Role in Spending Decisions and Child Malnutrition: Evidence from Ghana

2015Health, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in AfricaBook chapterFirst author4 citations

Household savings and women’s bargaining power in Ghana

2015Journal of Global EconomicsJournal10 citations

HOUSEHOLD NUCLEATION, DEPENDENCY AND CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES IN GHANA

2014Journal of Biosocial ScienceJournalFirst author40 citations10.1017/s0021932014000340

Population and Environment2

How it can be read

46% free to read, of the 46 recorded

Diamond 1 · 1%Free to read and to publish
Gold 11 · 12%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 25 · 27%Behind a paywall
Unknown 46 · 50%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

12 of 92 papers name a funder

Medical Research Council3
Wellcome Trust3
Economic and Social Research Council2
World Bank Group2
African Academy of Sciences1
Canadian Institutes of Health Research1
Economic Research Service1
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities1

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

2014159 citationsWorld top 10%

Dietary diversity and child malnutrition in Ghana

Heliyon2

2017135 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold