Eric Daniel Ananga

Head of Department, University of Education Winneba, since 2012per ORCID

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Prof. Ananga is an experienced researcher and educationalist, specializing in international education and development and the designing and conducting of both quantitative and qualitative research. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. He also has substantial experience in developing educational policy. Prof. Ananga helped to conduct a national situational analysis of Ghana’s Education Sector, The State of Teacher Education and Early… More on ORCID

Education
Safety Research
Sociology and Political Science
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Nutrition and Dietetics
Demography

Publications: 102012–2026
Citations: 128to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 1.121.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 10%1 of 10 scored papers
Open access: 80%8 papers free to read

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

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

Head of Department, National Centre for Research into EducationUniversity of Education Winnebasince 2012
Key Advisor Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher EducationT-TEL2024–2028
Key Advisor Key Phase 5, Curriculum DevelopmentTransforming Teaching, Education and Learning - T-TEL Ghana2020–2023
Key Advisor Curriculum ReformTransforming Teacher Education and Learning2015–2020

Education

PhD, Centre for International EducationUniversity of Sussex

Publications

10 in all

How Intersectionality Influences Career Aspirations and Decision-Making Among Ghanaian Youth
2026International Journal of Education Culture and SocietyJournalOpen access0 citations10.11648/j.ijecs.20261102.12
Geographical regions and primary school learners’ achievement differences in Ghana: Implications for an inclusive curriculum
2026

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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

Education770%
Safety Research550%
Sociology and Political Science440%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology220%
Nutrition and Dietetics220%
Demography110%
Economics and Econometrics110%
Gender Studies110%
General Social Sciences110%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare4
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Education, Achievement, and Giftedness2
Parental Involvement in Education2
School Choice and Performance2
Teacher Education and Leadership Studies2
Career Development and Diversity1
Children's Rights and Participation1
Creativity in Education and Neuroscience1
Early Childhood Education and Development1
Education and Critical Thinking Development1
Education and Islamic Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

30% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written3333333Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of SussexGB2 papers
University for Development StudiesGH2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
Oxford Policy ManagementGB1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper

Where they publish

Creative Education2
African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and Sciences1
DigitalCommons@Fayetteville State University (Fayetteville State University)1
International Journal of Education Culture and Society1
International Journal of Educational Development1
Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education3
5Gender equality2
1No poverty1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Dropping out: Identity conflict in and out of school in Ghana
International Journal of Educational Development
201242 citationsOpen access · Green
Gender Responsive Pedagogy for Teaching and Learning: The Practice in Ghana’s Initial Teacher Education Programme
Creative Education
202137 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Savings Groups, Livelihoods and Education: Two Case Studies in Ghana
Journal of International Development

Honours, memberships and service

University Teachers Association of Ghana

South African Journal of Education

Class Size and Primary School Learners’ Achievement in Ghana: Does it Matter More for Specific Sizes, Subjects, and Regions?

2026DigitalCommons@Fayetteville State University (Fayetteville State University)JournalSenior author0 citations

Exploring Educators' Perceptions of Gifted Students’ Identification in Ghana: Bridging the Gap

2024African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/ajesms.v20i1.11

Savings Groups, Livelihoods and Education: Two Case Studies in Ghana

2015Journal of International DevelopmentJournalSenior author32 citations10.1002/jid.3067

Dropping out: Identity conflict in and out of school in Ghana

2012International Journal of Educational DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author42 citations10.1016/j.ijedudev.2012.04.005

Journal of Educational Issues1

Journal of International Development1

How it can be read

80% free to read

Diamond 4 · 40%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 10%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 10%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 20%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 20%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 10 papers name a funder

Government of the United Kingdom1
University of Sussex1