Osuanyi Quaicoo Essel

Also at University of Educationfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

Museology
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Law
Architecture
Education
Gender Studies

In their own words

Fashion and Textiles Education and African Art History

Publications: 402013–2026
Citations: 364to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 3.241.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 42%5 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 83%10 of the 12 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 390 citations, h-index 11 and i10-index 12 (272 citations and h-index 8 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

Publications

40 in all

Academic Gown Design in Ghanaian Technical Universities: History, Theories, and Institutional Identity
2026Creative EducationJournalOpen access0 citations10.4236/ce.2026.175054
Adinkra, Kente symbolisms, sartorial semiotics and political leadership communication of John Dramani Mahama’s 2025 presidential inauguration fashion
2026

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Museology923%
Visual Arts and Performing Arts38%
Law25%
Architecture13%
Education13%
Gender Studies13%
History and Philosophy of Science13%
Language and Linguistics13%
Philosophy13%
Sociology and Political Science13%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Fashion and Cultural Textiles7
Crafts, Textile, and Design4
Law in Society and Culture2
Visual Culture and Art Theory2
Architecture and Computational Design1
Architecture, Art, Education1
Art, Politics, and Modernism1
Cultural and Communication Design Research1
Cultural Industries and Urban Development1
Educational Research and Analysis1
Gender Roles and Identity Studies1
Graphic Design and Typography1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

17% of their 12 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

Pakistan2
Malaysia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of EducationPK2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
INTI International UniversityMY1 paper
Accra Technical UniversityGH1 paper
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH1 paper
Takoradi Technical UniversityGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Innovative Research and Development3
JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARTS AND CULTURE2
Journal of literature and art studies2
A Comparative Literary History of Modern Slavery: The Atlantic world and beyond. Volume II: Slavery, memory and literature1
African Identities1
Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality3
8Decent work and economic growth2
4Quality education1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

TVET stigmatization in developing countries: reality or fallacy
European Journal of Training and Development Studies
201474 citations
Smock fashion culture in Ghana’s dress identity-making
Historical Research Letter
201555 citations
Deconstructing the concept of “African print” in the Ghanaian experience
Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies

Sartorial symbolism and national identity construction of Ghana's Speaker of Parliament robes

2026Journal of African Art Education VolumeJournalSenior author0 citations

Chapter 20. Hair and body fashion identity narratives in The Return of the Slaves exhibition

2025A Comparative Literary History of Modern Slavery: The Atlantic world and beyond. Volume II: Slavery, memory and literatureBook chapterFirst author0 citations10.1075/chlel.37.20ess

In search for definition

2025Exploring art in response: Visual cultures and glocal concernsJournalSenior author0 citations

JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARTS & CULTURE

2024Journal of African Arts & Culture VolJournalSenior author0 citations

Fashion on Currency: Analysis of the 1977 – 1986 Millinery Fashion in Post-independence Ghana

2023International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.53075/ijmsirq/8764564543454

DECOLONISING GHANAIAN PARLIAMENTARY DRESS CODE

2023European Journal of Social Sciences StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.46827/ejsss.v8i6.1491

Rise of Rasta hairstyle culture in Ghana

2023International Journal of Novel Research and DevelopmentJournalFirst author4 citations

African wax print fabric design and production history of Akosombo Textiles Limited in Ghana

2023JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARTS AND CULTUREJournalSenior author1 citation

Decolonising Skin-Lightening Practises in Selected Ghanaian Universities

2022International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2022JournalFirst author0 citations

Globale Perspektiven im Kunstunterricht: am Beispiel von Objekten aus Westafrika

2022Staatsinstitut für Schulqualität und BildungsforschungReport0 citations

Conflicting Tensions in Decolonising Proscribed Afrocentric Hair Beauty Culture Standards in Ghanaian Senior High Schools

2021International journal of research and scientific innovationJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.51244/ijrsi.2021.8308

Historical and Sociocultural Significance of Royal 'Ahenema' Sandals in Asante Culture

2021IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social ScienceJournalFirst author4 citations

Dress Fashion Politics of Ghanaian Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies from 1960 to 2017

2019Fashion and Textiles Review.JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.35738/ftr.v1.2019.16

Challenges Hampering the Growth of Dress Fashion Design in the Ghana Fashion Industry

2019Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.15640/jsbed.v7n2a1

Decolonising Ghana Fashion Education and Training History

2019The International Journal of Humanities & Social StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.24940/theijhss/2019/v7/i7/hs1907-115

Deconstructing the concept of “African print” in the Ghanaian experience

2017Africology: The Journal of Pan African StudiesJournalFirst author34 citations

Dress fashion in feminist and child rights campaigns in Ghanaian public sculptures of the 1990s

2017International Journal of Education & the ArtsJournalFirst author5 citations

AFCON 2017 hairstyles fashion identity construction of selected players

2017International Journal of Social Sciences and Management ResearchJournalFirst author4 citations

Aesthetical tastes of academical and traditional costumes in academic processions

2016Fashion and TextilesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding27 citations10.1186/s40691-015-0053-6

Nwomu: Hand-Made Embroidery Technique in Asanteland

2016Journal of literature and art studiesJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.17265/2159-5836/2016.05.007

Art against the Odds: Textile Art in Perspective

2016International Journal of Innovative Research and DevelopmentJournalFirst author1 citation

Conceptual art: The untold story of African art

2016Journal of Literature and Art StudiesJournalFirst author32 citations

The Gown must go to town

2016Curator: The Museum JournalJournalFirst author2 citations10.1111/cura.12151

Public Private Partnership: The Unanswered Calls of the Ghana National Museum?

2016International Journal of Art & Humanity ScienceJournalFirst author3 citations

Smock fashion culture in Ghana’s dress identity-making

2015Historical Research LetterJournalFirst author55 citations

TVET stigmatization in developing countries: reality or fallacy

2014European Journal of Training and Development StudiesJournalFirst author74 citations

Libation art in art of Ghana: linking the unlinked

2014International Journal of African Society, Culture and TraditionsJournalFirst author15 citations

Pan-African artistic reflections in Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

2014International Journal of African Society Cultures and TraditionsJournalFirst author23 citations

In Search of Ghana’s Appropriate Modern Dress Code

2014MethodologyJournalFirst author4 citations

Nkrumaism in sculptural archetypes of Nkrumah

2014Arts and Design StudiesJournalFirst author16 citations

VOYAGE OF EXCELLENCE

2013JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARTS AND CULTUREJournalSenior author0 citations

Our Arts: Our Wealth and Health

2013Journal of African Art & CultureJournalFirst author7 citations

Arts and Design Studies1

How it can be read

83% free to read, of the 12 recorded

Diamond 7 · 18%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 3%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 2 · 5%Behind a paywall
Unknown 28 · 70%Not recorded by the source

Conceptual art: The untold story of African art

Journal of Literature and Art Studies

201632 citations

Aesthetical tastes of academical and traditional costumes in academic processions

Fashion and Textiles4

201627 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold