Abubakar Musah

University of Professional Studies

Lecturer, University of Professional Studies,, since 2016per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2025

Economics and Econometrics
Finance
Information Systems
Accounting
Safety Research
Development

Publications: 92014–2025
Citations: 65to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 3.021.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 67%6 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 78%7 papers free to read

2 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

Lecturer, Banking and FinanceUniversity of Professional Studies,since 2016
Lecturer, Banking and FinanceIslamic University College2015–2026
Adjunct Lecturer, Banking and FinanceUniversity of Professional Studies2014–2016
Field Supervisor, Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER)University of Ghana2009–2013

Education

PhD in Finance

Publications

9 in all

Financial development, public health financing, and health outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa
2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1186/s12889-025-24404-6
Role of institutional quality in the public education financing–educational quality nexus: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
2024

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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

Economics and Econometrics667%
Finance444%
Information Systems444%
Accounting333%
Safety Research222%
Development111%
General Health Professions111%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health111%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment111%
Strategy and Management111%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Economic Growth and Development4
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies3
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth3
Corporate Finance and Governance2
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare2
Climate Change Policy and Economics1
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance1
Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies1
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth1
Financial Reporting and Valuation Research1
Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling1
Global Health Care Issues1

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

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH6 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper
Islamic University CollegeGH1 paper
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH1 paper
University of GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

BMC Public Health1
Cogent Economics & Finance1
Cogent Education1
Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies1
International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance1
Journal of Economics and Development1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

17Partnerships for the goals3
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Market timing and selectivity performance of mutual funds in Ghana
Management Science Letters17
201415 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Financial development and educational quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cogent Economics & Finance17
202213 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Role of institutional quality in the public education financing–educational quality nexus: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

, Department of Accounting and Finance

MPhil in Finance, Department of FinanceUniversity of Ghana2011–2013

B. A. in Economics, Department of EconomicsUniversity of Ghana2004–2008

SSSCE, BusinessTamale Senior High School2001–2004

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Journal of Economics and Development

Short-term and long-term effects of foreign direct investment on tax revenue: empirical evidence from an emerging economy

2024Journal of Humanities and Applied Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1108/jhass-08-2023-0099

Investor overconfidence bias in capital markets: sectoral evidence from the Ghana stock exchange

2024International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and FinanceJournalOpen access0 citations10.1504/ijbaf.2024.10068729

Financial development and educational quality in Sub-Saharan Africa

2022Cogent Economics & FinanceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.1080/23322039.2022.2131115

Market timing and selectivity performance of mutual funds in Ghana

2014Management Science LettersJournalOpen accessFirst author15 citations10.5267/j.msl.2014.6.036

Journal of Financial Economic Policy

Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences1

How it can be read

78% free to read

Diamond 4 · 44%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 33%In an open-access journal
Closed 2 · 22%Behind a paywall

Journal of Economics and Development

202411 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

Short-term and long-term effects of foreign direct investment on tax revenue: empirical evidence from an emerging economy

Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences17

20246 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond