Samuel Yaw Ampofo

Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2024per ORCID

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Education
Social Psychology
General Health Professions
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Applied Psychology
Clinical Psychology

In their own words

Instructional Supervision
Students Support Service
Educational Administration

Publications: 262008–2026
Citations: 174to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 1.961.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 29%4 of 14 scored papers
Open access: 71%10 of the 14 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 306 citations, h-index 8 and i10-index 6 (233 citations and h-index 7 since 2021), as of October 3, 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

Senior Lecturer, Department of Education Programs, College of Distance EducationUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2024

Publications

26 in all

Do Programmes of Study Matter? Examining Academic Resilience and Students’ Academic Engagement in Second Cycle Institutions
2026Open Education StudiesJournalOpen access0 citations10.1515/edu-2025-0132
Pathway to Quiet Quitting: Role of Sense of Community and Role Stress Between Engaging Leadership and Course Tutors’ Burnout
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

Education1142%
Social Psychology415%
General Health Professions312%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management28%
Applied Psychology14%
Clinical Psychology14%
Communication14%
Demography14%
Developmental and Educational Psychology14%
Life-span and Life-course Studies14%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Online and Blended Learning5
Higher Education and Employability4
Education and Critical Thinking Development2
Employment and Welfare Studies2
Higher Education Learning Practices2
Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior2
Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion1
Community and Sustainable Development1
Community Health and Development1
Competency Development and Evaluation1
Disability Education and Employment1
Education Practices and Challenges1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

29% of their 14 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Kenya2
Netherlands1
Rwanda1
Sweden1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kenyatta UniversityKE2 papers
Maastricht UniversityNL1 paper
University of GothenburgSE1 paper
University of Professional StudiesGH1 paper
INES-RuhengeriRW1 paper

Where they publish

European Journal of Education2
International Journal of Recent Scientific Research2
Open Praxis2
Cogent Social Sciences1
Current Psychology1
European Journal of Education Studies1
IAFOR Journal of Education

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education6
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Influence of School Heads’ Direct Supervision on Teacher Role Performance in Public Senior High Schools, Central Region, Ghana
IAFOR Journal of Education4
201947 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Information communication technology penetration and its impact on education: Lessons of experience from selected African countries of Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda
www. iiste. org
201420 citations
Social and Spill-Over Benefits as Motivating Factors to Investment in Formal Education in Africa: A Reflection around Ghanaian, Kenyan And Rwandan Contexts.

Views of students on support services at college of distance education, University of Cape Coast

2021Journal of Educational Development and PracticeJournalFirst author4 citations

Demographic Determinants of Job Satisfaction among Non-Academic Senior Staff of University of Cape Coast, Ghana

2020Journal of Education Society and Behavioural ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i530235

Issues in communication flow in the University of Cape Coast

2008THE LIBRARYJournalFirst author0 citations

International Journal of Educational Development1

How it can be read

71% free to read, of the 14 recorded

Diamond 7 · 27%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 8%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 4 · 15%Behind a paywall
Unknown 12 · 46%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

1 of 26 papers name a funder

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior1

Journal of Education and Practice