Lawrence Naaikuur

University for Development Studies

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Communication
Gender Studies
Information Systems
Sociology and Political Science
Cultural Studies
Demography

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 92015–2026
Citations: 9to those papers
h-index: 2i10-index 0
Field-weighted impact: 0.971.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 11%1 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 78%7 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

9 in all

Airwaves for Change: Community Radio and Development Communication in Northern Ghana
2026Journal of Policy and Development StudiesJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/jpds.v20i3.8
Promoting women’s democratic participation in local governance: The role of community radio in Damongo, Savannah Region, Ghana
2026African Quarterly Social Science Review

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Communication556%
Gender Studies222%
Information Systems222%
Sociology and Political Science222%
Cultural Studies111%
Demography111%
Economics and Econometrics111%
Education111%
Finance111%
General Health Professions111%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Media Studies and Communication5
Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media3
Gender Politics and Representation2
Gender, Feminism, and Media2
African Education and Politics1
Community Health and Development1
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts1
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies1
Economic Growth and Development1
Education, Sociology, Communication Studies1
Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism1
ICT in Developing Communities1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their papers have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH2 papers
Accra Technical UniversityGH1 paper
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH1 paper

Where they publish

African Quarterly Social Science Review3
Journal of Policy and Development Studies2
African Journal of Empirical Research1
Ghana Studies1
Legon Journal of the Humanities1

How it can be read

78% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality2
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Stakeholders and community radio: Promoting participatory governance in Ghana
Legon Journal of the Humanities1
20226 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Post-Passage Discourse Analysis of Ghana's Affirmative Action Bill: Media Representations and Public Reactions
Journal of Policy and Development Studies
20242 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Leveraging the localization of sustainable development goals through community radio to promote the participation of marginalized citizens in Ghana’s local governance elections

Post-Passage Discourse Analysis of Ghana's Affirmative Action Bill: Media Representations and Public Reactions

2024Journal of Policy and Development StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.4314/jpds.v16i2.8

Stakeholders and community radio: Promoting participatory governance in Ghana

2022Legon Journal of the HumanitiesJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.4314/ljh.v32i2.6

Who Is the “Community” in Community Radio?

2015Ghana StudiesJournalSenior author0 citations10.3368/gs.18.1.68

Diamond 3 · 33%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 4 · 44%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 2 · 22%Behind a paywall

African Quarterly Social Science Review

20251 citationOpen access · Hybrid

Airwaves for Change: Community Radio and Development Communication in Northern Ghana

Journal of Policy and Development Studies2

20260 citationsOpen access · Diamond