Esmeranda Manful

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Associate Professor/ Prof., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2020per ORCID

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
Safety Research
Clinical Psychology
General Health Professions
Demography
Public Administration

In their own words

Child and Family Welfare
Social Protection
Social Welfare

Publications: 762008–2026
Citations: 659to those papers
h-index: 15i10-index 27
Field-weighted impact: 2.201.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 27%10 of 37 scored papers
Open access: 32%12 of the 37 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 784 citations, h-index 19 and i10-index 26 (531 citations and h-index 16 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

Associate Professor/ Prof., Sociology and Social WorkKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2020

Education

PhDQueen's University Belfast2004–2008
MPAUniversity of Ghana2000–2002
BScUniversity of Ghana1989–1992

On their papers

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology38 works

Publications

76 in all

Ghanaian undergraduate social work students' perception of group work
2014Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy StudiesJournalFirst author0 citations
Child welfare in Ghana: The relevance of children’s rights in practice
2013Journal of Social WorkJournalFirst authorCorresponding14 citations10.1177/1468017313477756

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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

Sociology and Political Science1824%
Safety Research1418%
Clinical Psychology1317%
General Health Professions1216%
Demography45%
Public Administration45%
Education34%
Gender Studies23%
Health23%
Infectious Diseases23%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare10
Child Abuse and Trauma9
Child Welfare and Adoption9
Children's Rights and Participation7
Homelessness and Social Issues7
Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving6
Migration, Health and Trauma5
Social Work Education and Practice4
Employment and Welfare Studies3
Sex work and related issues3
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis2
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

49% of their 37 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Hong Kong SAR10
Australia3
United Kingdom3
Norway2
Germany1
Finland1
United States1
China1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Hong KongHK8 papers
City University of Hong KongHK7 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM4 papers
Edith Cowan UniversityAU2 papers
University of BirminghamGB2 papers
Lingnan UniversityHK2 papers
University of StavangerNO2 papers
University of OxfordGB1 paper
New York UniversityUS1 paper
Charles Sturt UniversityAU1 paper

Where they publish

Global Social Welfare3
Social Work and Social Sciences Review3
Child & Family Social Work2
Children and Youth Services Review2
Children s Geographies2
Department for Education2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

16Peace, justice and strong institutions6
5Gender equality5
10Reduced inequalities4
4Quality education3
8Decent work and economic growth3
1No poverty2
3Good health and well-being2
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Most cited

Safeguarding children: a comparison of England's data with that of Australia, Norway and the United States
Department for Education
201265 citations
Is kinship failing? Views on informal support by families in contact with social services in Ghana
Child & Family Social Work
201837 citationsWorld top 10%
Ghana's Children's Act 560: A Rethink of Its Implementation?
The International Journal of Children's Rights
201136 citations

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Exploring types of individual unlearning by local health-care managers: an original empirical approach

2013Health and Social Care Delivery ResearchJournalSenior author28 citations

Steering group terms of reference

2013Exploring types of individual unlearning by local health-care managers: an original empirical approachBook chapterSenior author0 citations

Health Services and Delivery Research

2013Exploring types of individual unlearning by local health-care managers: an original empirical approach. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals LibraryJournalSenior author1 citation

Majority–Minority Relations in Contemporary Women’s Movements

2012Basingstoke: Palgrave MacmillanReport2 citations

Development of Social Work Education in Ghana: Past, Present and Future

2012Advances in Sociology ResearchBook chapterFirst author0 citations

Safeguarding children: a comparison of England's data with that of Australia

2012Norway and the United StatesJournalSenior author12 citations