Dadson Awunyo‐Vitor

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Dadson Awunyo-Vitor is a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA), UK and a member of Institute of Chartered Accountant (ICA) Ghana, Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIT) Ghana. Dadson obtained PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ghana. He is a graduate of Imperial College, University of London, where he studied for MSc Agricultural Economics. He also had his Bachelor degree from University of… More on ORCID

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Economics and Econometrics
Accounting
Strategy and Management
Business and International Management
Horticulture

In their own words

Agricultural Economics
Accounting
Banking and Finance

Publications: 1322012–2026
Citations: 2,473to those papers
h-index: 26i10-index 53
Field-weighted impact: 2.651.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 40%38 of 96 scored papers
Open access: 70%67 of the 96 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 4,166 citations, h-index 35 and i10-index 77 (2,617 citations and h-index 30 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

132 in all

Factors Influencing Consumers’ Preference for Imported Rice in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
2020Asian Journal of Economics Business and AccountingJournalOpen accessSenior author7 citations10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i130203
Customers’ awareness and knowledge level of fraudulent acts in electronic banking in Ghana: evidence from a universal bank

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences3325%
Economics and Econometrics3224%
Accounting1511%
Strategy and Management1411%
Business and International Management97%
Horticulture97%
Soil Science97%
Management Science and Operations Research75%
Marketing75%
Food Science65%

Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural Innovations and Practices32
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion17
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy9
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development9
Agricultural risk and resilience7
Efficiency Analysis Using DEA6
Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance5
Corporate Finance and Governance5
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting5
Working Capital and Financial Performance5
Consumer Retail Behavior Studies4
Customer Service Quality and Loyalty4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

14% of their 96 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom7
United States3
Nigeria2
Kenya1
Yemen1
India1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH10 papers
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH10 papers
University for Development StudiesGH9 papers
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH8 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH6 papers
Central UniversityGH6 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM5 papers
University of Professional StudiesGH5 papers
Cape Coast Technical UniversityGH4 papers
University of GhanaGH4 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research5
Cogent Food & Agriculture4
Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies4
Advances in Agriculture3
Cogent Economics & Finance3
Journal of Enterprising Communities People and Places in the Global Economy3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger22
8Decent work and economic growth10
1No poverty9
16Peace, justice and strong institutions4
4Quality education3
13Climate action3
5Gender equality2
9

Most cited

Capital structure and performance of listed banks in Ghana
Global Journal of human social science
2012206 citations
Factors affecting loan repayment performance among yam farmers in the Sene District
Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics
2013158 citations
Determinants of loan repayment default among farmers in Ghana
Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics
2012135 citations

Journal of Financial Crime

Hunger Project credit facility and maize productivity in Ghana

2020Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.18488/journal.1005/2020.10.1/1005.1.239.258

9 National Monitoring and Evaluation Systems as a Hybrid Order and Economic Growth

2020African Management: Current Practice and Future TrendsJournalSenior author0 citations

Scale efficiency of maize farmers in four agro ecological zones of Ghana: A parametric approach

2019Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural SciencesJournalSenior author46 citations

Agricultural sector foreign direct investment and economic growth in Ghana

2018Journal of Innovation and EntrepreneurshipJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding74 citations10.1186/s13731-018-0094-3

Do oil prices influence economic growth in Ghana? An empirical analysis

2018Cogent Economics & FinanceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding26 citations10.1080/23322039.2018.1496551

Theoretical and Conceptual Framework of Access to Financial Services by Farmers in Emerging Economies: Implication for Empirical Analysis

2018Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Economics and BusinessJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.1515/auseb-2018-0003

Impact of Irrigation Ecology on Rice Production Efficiency in Ghana

2018Advances in AgricultureJournalOpen access26 citations10.1155/2018/5287138

Factors affecting adoption of maize production technologies in Ghana

2018Journal of Agriculture in the Tropics and SubtropicsJournal5 citations

Scale efficiency of maize farmers in four agro ecological zones of Ghana: A parametric approach

2017Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author27 citations10.1016/j.jssas.2017.08.003

Factors affecting Adoption of Maize Production Technologies: A study in Ghana

2017Journal of Agricultural Sciences – Sri LankaJournalOpen access23 citations10.4038/jas.v13i1.8303

TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURE - A GENDER COMPARISON

2017Acta oeconomica et informaticaJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.15414/raae/2017.20.02.03-11

Profitability determinants of abattoir business in an emerging economy

2017International Journal of Accounting and FinanceJournalSenior author0 citations10.1504/ijaf.2017.10010336

Adoption of organic agriculture: Evidence from cocoa farming in Ghana

2016Cogent Food & AgricultureJournalOpen accessSenior author82 citations10.1080/23311932.2016.1242181

Resource use efficiency among maize farmers in Ghana

2016Agriculture & Food SecurityJournalOpen accessFirst author54 citations10.1186/s40066-016-0076-2

What drives mobile money services demand by farmers in Ghana? A study of maize farmers

2016International Journal of Management PracticeJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1504/ijmp.2016.076746

Code of Ethics compliance by accountants in Ghana

2016African J of Accounting Auditing and FinanceJournal3 citations10.1504/ajaaf.2016.078318

User value for Kumasi zoological garden, Ghana

2016International Journal of Leisure and Tourism MarketingJournalSenior author2 citations10.1504/ijltm.2016.077153

Technical efficiency of maize farmers in Ghana

2016Discourse Journal of Agriculture and Food SciencesJournalSenior author19 citations

Determinants of property rate default: evidence from the Ashanti Region, Ghana

2015Commonwealth Journal of Local GovernanceJournalOpen accessFirst author8 citations10.5130/cjlg.v0i0.4494

Climatic Variables and Disease Incidence in Ghana: A Study of Cerebrum Spinal Meningitis (CSM)

2015Annual Research & Review in BiologyJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.9734/arrb/2015/15448

Drivers of value added tax flat rate scheme compliance by traders in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

2015IUP Journal of Accounting Research & Audit PracticesJournalFirst author8 citations

Determinants of gift tax compliance among employees of the formal sector in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

2015Journal of Accounting and TaxationJournalSenior author13 citations

Informal financial market in Ghana: Factors influencing participation by maize farmers

2015Savings and DevelopmentJournalFirst author6 citations

Credit constraints and smallholder maize production in Ghana

2014International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and EcologyJournalFirst author13 citations10.1504/ijarge.2014.064007

Determinants of Stock-Out in Retail Shops in Ghana: Evidence from Kumasi Metropolis

2014Modern EconomyJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding5 citations10.4236/me.2014.513115

Households’ Awareness and Perception of Sanitation Bye-Laws in Ghana: Evidence fromKumasi Metropolis

2014Research Journal of Environmental and Earth SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.19026/rjees.6.5250

Effect of Price and Non-price Incentives on Production and Marketable Surplus of Food Crops Supply in Ghana

2014Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & SociologyJournalOpen accessSenior author7 citations10.9734/ajaees/2014/11238

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics3

Acta oeconomica et informatica2

How it can be read

70% free to read, of the 96 recorded

Diamond 22 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 26 · 20%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 11 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 1%Free to read, no open licence
Green 7 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 29 · 22%Behind a paywall
Unknown 36 · 27%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

9 of 132 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology3
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council2
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung2
Directorate for Biological Sciences2
West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use2
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa1
California Institute of Technology1
U.S. Department of Agriculture1

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

12Responsible consumption and production2

17Partnerships for the goals2

11Sustainable cities and communities1

2013101 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Urban Households' Willingness to Pay for Improved Solid Waste Disposal Services in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

Urban Studies Research

201393 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid