Albert Kpoor

Senior Lecturer, University of Ghanaper ORCID

Publishing since 2003, latest 2026

Gender Studies
Sociology and Political Science
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Demography
Economics and Econometrics
General Health Professions

In their own words

Ghanaian Families
Household Headship
Changing Ghanaian Family Structure
& Ghanaian Marriages

Publications: 172003–2026
Citations: 170to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 2.981.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 50%4 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 50%4 of the 8 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 217 citations, h-index 7 and i10-index 7 (186 citations and h-index 7 since 2021), as of October 12, 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, SociologyUniversity of Ghana

Publications

17 in all

Social Capital and Meeting Household Needs: A Study of Male- and Female-Headed Households in Ghana
2026Book chapterOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1108/978-1-83549-802-620261002
“Had It Not Been For My Mother, What Would I Have Done”? Young Parents’ Engagement With Older Female Relatives in Maternal and Infant Care in Ghana: A Qualitative Study
2025

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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

Gender Studies635%
Sociology and Political Science529%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health318%
Demography212%
Economics and Econometrics16%
General Health Professions16%
Obstetrics and Gynecology16%
Safety Research16%
Soil Science16%
Urban Studies16%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences3
Global Maternal and Child Health3
Family Dynamics and Relationships2
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics2
Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving2
Migration and Labor Dynamics2
Agricultural risk and resilience1
Community Health and Development1
Gender Roles and Identity Studies1
Marriage and Sexual Relationships1
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions1
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

38% of their 8 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written3333333Home

Most frequent partner countries

Norway3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of BergenNO3 papers
Western Norway University of Applied SciencesNO1 paper
UniMAC-GIJGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Family Issues3
Current Sociology2
SAGE Open2
University of Ghana2
Current politics and economics of Africa1
Ghana Journal of Sociology & Anthropology1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality4
1No poverty1

Most cited

The nuclearization of Ghanaian families
Current politics and economics of Africa
201544 citations
Assets and Livelihoods of Male- and Female-Headed Households in Ghana
Journal of Family Issues1
201924 citationsWorld top 10%
“I came to escort someone”: Men’s experiences of antenatal care services in urban Ghana—a qualitative study
Reproductive Health5

Key factors that influence separation and divorce in contemporary Ghana

2022Marriage and Family in Contemporar y Ghana: New Perspectives. Accra: Woeli Publishing ServicesJournalFirst author2 citations

Cohabitation and Its Consequences in Ghana

2021Journal of Family IssuesJournalSenior author14 citations10.1177/0192513x21994155

The Constructions of Women’s Empowerment in Popular Music in Ghana

2021Ghana Journal of Sociology & AnthropologyJournal0 citations

Assets and Livelihoods of Male- and Female-Headed Households in Ghana

2019Journal of Family IssuesJournalFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.1177/0192513x19868839

The nuclearization of Ghanaian families

2015Current politics and economics of AfricaJournalFirst author44 citations

Female Household Heads and Household Maintenance in Ghana: An Analysis of Socioeconomic and Cultural Factors.

2014Sociology and Development Issues in Ghana: A Reader in SociologyBook chapterFirst author0 citations

Household Maintenance and Decision Making in Lone Female Parent Families in Ghana

2013Journal of Family IssuesJournalFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.1177/0192513x13483969

The coping strategies of single female parents in Accra

2011Ghana Social Science JournalJournalFirst author6 citations

Ghana Social Science Journal

Marriage and Family in Contemporar y Ghana: New Perspectives. Accra: Woeli Publishing Services1

How it can be read

50% free to read, of the 8 recorded

Gold 3 · 18%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 4 · 24%Behind a paywall
Unknown 9 · 53%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

1 of 17 papers name a funder

Carnegie Corporation of New York1

202122 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Cohabitation and Its Consequences in Ghana

Journal of Family Issues5

202114 citationsWorld top 10%