Paulina Nana Yaa Kwafoa

Client Services Librarian, University of Cape Coast, since 1982per ORCID

Publishing since 1999, latest 2025

Information Systems
Library and Information Sciences
Sociology and Political Science
Communication
Conservation
Education

In their own words

Electronic Information
Information Literacy Skills
Human Resource Management

Publications: 141999–2025
Citations: 82to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.751.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%1 of 7 scored papers
Open access: 71%5 of the 7 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 267 citations, h-index 7 and i10-index 4 (199 citations and h-index 6 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

Client Services Librarian, Sam Jonah LibraryUniversity of Cape Coastsince 1982

Education

MPhil. Information Studies, Information StudiesUniversity of Ghanasince 1999

Publications

14 in all

Bridging the health information gap among undergraduate university students: The role of academic libraries
2025Health Information & Libraries JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.1111/hir.12563
International Journal of Library and Information Science
2025VictoriaJournal

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Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Information Systems321%
Library and Information Sciences321%
Sociology and Political Science214%
Communication17%
Conservation17%
Education17%
General Health Professions17%
Media Technology17%
Speech and Hearing17%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Library Science and Administration2
Library Science and Information Literacy2
African Education and Politics1
Digital and Traditional Archives Management1
Health Literacy and Information Accessibility1
Health Sciences Research and Education1
ICT Impact and Policies1
Impact of Technology on Adolescents1
Library Collection Development and Digital Resources1
Library Science and Information Systems1
Misinformation and Its Impacts1
Privacy, Security, and Data Protection1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their 7 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Cape Coast Technical UniversityGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Library Journal3
Journal of Applied Information Science2
Health Information & Libraries Journal1
Information Development1
International Journal of Information Studies & Libraries1
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT & TECHNOLOGY1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education2
5Gender equality1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Managing and accessing indigenous knowledge for national development: The role of academic libraries in Ghana
Information Development
202233 citations
Library Services for the Visually Impaired: Case Study of Academic Libraries in Ghana.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal).
202029 citations
Security of staff in academic libraries: a study of Sam Jonah library, University of Cape Coast
Journal of applied information science
20177 citations
Leveraging social media in digital scholarship: Perspective from developing country students

An Assessment of ICT Infrastructure, Deployment and Applications in the Science and Technology (S&T) Research Institutions in Ghana

2021INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT & TECHNOLOGYJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.5865/ijkct.2021.11.1.029

Library Services for the Visually Impaired: Case Study of Academic Libraries in Ghana.

2020Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal).Journal29 citations

Use, Misuse and Abuse of Information

1999Ghana Library JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.65861/glj.v10i1.4

Journal of Library Metadata1

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal).1

How it can be read

71% free to read, of the 7 recorded

Diamond 1 · 7%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 7%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 14%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 14%Behind a paywall
Unknown 7 · 50%Not recorded by the source

20235 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Bridging the health information gap among undergraduate university students: The role of academic libraries

Health Information & Libraries Journal

20252 citationsOpen access · Bronze