Akosua K. Darkwah

University of Ghana

Associate Professor, University of Ghana, since 2002per ORCID

Publishing since 2005, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
Anthropology
Gender Studies
Economics and Econometrics
General Health Professions
Urban Studies

Publications: 382005–2026
Citations: 437to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 3.271.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 43%15 of 35 scored papers
Open access: 45%17 papers free to read

10 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are 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

Associate Professor, SociologyUniversity of Ghanasince 2002

Education

PhD, SociologyUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison1996–2002

On their papers

Publications

38 in all

Out of Place?
2026Ghana StudiesJournalSenior author0 citations10.3368/gs.28.1.197
Degrees of Conviviality Among Frontier Citizens: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Second-Generation African Immigrants on the Continent
2026Ghana Journal of Sociology & AnthropologyJournalOpen access

Download CV:PDFWord

Citations received each year

Peerford

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 Science1847%
Anthropology718%
Gender Studies616%
Economics and Econometrics513%
General Health Professions513%
Urban Studies411%
Philosophy38%
Political Science and International Relations38%
Safety Research38%
Soil Science38%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Migration and Labor Dynamics8
Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy4
Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues3
Anthropological Studies and Insights3
Cultural Industries and Urban Development3
Gender Politics and Representation3
Health, Medicine and Society3
Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity3
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion3
Migration, Refugees, and Integration3
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare3
African cultural and philosophical studies2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

55% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234567Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States14
Malawi6
United Kingdom5
Kenya3
Uganda3
Tanzania3
Nigeria3
South Africa2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Michigan State UniversityUS6 papers
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesMW6 papers
Taylor UniversityUS3 papers
Loughborough UniversityGB3 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureTZ3 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureUG3 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
Department of ForestryMW3 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureKE3 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG3 papers

Where they publish

Ghana Studies4
CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)3
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability3
African Studies Review2
African Geographical Review1
Contemporary Journal of African Studies1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality11
10Reduced inequalities7
2Zero hunger3
3Good health and well-being2
4Quality education2
8Decent work and economic growth2
1No poverty1

Most cited

Intersections of gender and water: comparative approaches to everyday gendered negotiations of water access in underserved areas of Accra, Ghana and Cape Town, South Africa
Journal of Gender Studies5
201697 citationsWorld top 10%
Keeping hope alive: an analysis of training opportunities for Ghanaian youth in the emerging oil and gas industry
International Development Planning Review8
201377 citationsWorld top 10%
We would rather be leaders than parliamentarians: women and political office in Ghana

Every institution they have given on a paper.

(Re)presenting Women’s Political Participation on the Continent

2025African Studies ReviewJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1017/asr.2025.10060

Burkina Faso

2024EADI global development seriesBook chapterOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.1007/978-3-031-58588-3_3

From Makola to Insta

2024Ghana StudiesJournalSenior author1 citation10.3368/gs.26.1.60

When being obese is a good thing: voices of Ghanaian participants in a dance reality TV show

2022Journal of Contemporary African StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1080/02589001.2022.2048808

African Women and Globalization

2021Book chapterFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1007/978-3-030-28099-4_118

A (Re)turn to Older Conversations in African Studies

2021African Studies ReviewJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1017/asr.2021.121

Fluid Mobilities? Experiencing and Responding to Othering in a Borderless West Africa

2019Contemporary Journal of African StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.4314/contjas.v6i2.3

African Women and Globalisation

2019Book chapterFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-319-77030-7_118-1

SAIRLA: Decision makers’ needs assessment in Malawi and Ghana

2017CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)ReportOpen access0 citations

Gender and agriculture issues in Ghana and Malawi – a desk study

2017CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)ReportOpen access0 citations

SAIRLA Ghana baseline report

2016CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)ReportOpen access0 citations

Researching empowerment: On methodological innovations, pitfalls and challenges

2014Women s Studies International ForumJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding24 citations10.1016/j.wsif.2014.03.012

Editors’ Note

2014Ghana StudiesJournalFirst author0 citations10.3368/gs.17.1.1

Keeping hope alive: an analysis of training opportunities for Ghanaian youth in the emerging oil and gas industry

2013International Development Planning ReviewJournalFirst authorCorresponding77 citations10.3828/idpr.2013.9

Religious Differences in Modernization of the Family

2011Journal of Family IssuesJournalSenior author23 citations10.1177/0192513x11398951

(A)Sexualizing Ghanaian Youth?

2006Ghana StudiesJournalFirst author0 citations10.3368/gs.9.1.123

Poverty trends in Ghana over the last fifteen years

2005JournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations

EADI global development series1

How it can be read

45% free to read

Diamond 2 · 5%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 5%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 6 · 16%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 11%A copy in a repository
Closed 21 · 55%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

17 of 38 papers name a funder

Department for International Development, UK Government4
Government of the United Kingdom4
College of Engineering, Michigan State University3
Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers3
Department for International Development3
Michigan State University3
University of Ghana3
University of Greenwich3

European Journal of Politics and Gender5

201951 citationsWorld top 10%

Sustainable agricultural intensification and gender-biased land tenure systems: an exploration and conceptualization of interactions

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability2

202033 citationsOpen access · Hybrid