Ezekiel N.N. Nortey

University of Ghana

Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana, since 2002per ORCID

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

Economics and Econometrics
Statistics and Probability
Artificial Intelligence
Finance
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Accounting

Publications: 492010–2026
Citations: 317to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 1.801.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%7 of 49 scored papers
Open access: 76%37 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

Senior Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Actuarial ScienceUniversity of Ghanasince 2002

Education

Senior Lecturer, Statistics and Actuarial ScienceUniversity of Ghanasince 2003
PhD in Statistics, Statistics and Actuarial ScienceUniversity of Ghana2007–2011

Honours, memberships and service

Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial ScienceUnivercity of Ghanasince 2022

Publications

49 in all

Unsupervised Electrofacies Classification and Porosity Characterization in the Offshore Keta Basin Using Wireline Logs
2026arXiv (Cornell University)PreprintOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1109/icecet65726.2026.11632407
Using discrete choice experiment to investigate willingness to pay for pension contributions in the informal sector of Ghana

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Economics and Econometrics1429%
Statistics and Probability816%
Artificial Intelligence612%
Finance612%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance510%
Accounting48%
Management Science and Operations Research48%
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition36%
Epidemiology36%
General Health Professions36%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling6
Market Dynamics and Volatility5
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact5
Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques4
Advanced Statistical Methods and Models3
Economic and Environmental Valuation3
Hydrology and Drought Analysis3
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare2
Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection2
Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis2
Digital Media Forensic Detection2
Energy Load and Power Forecasting2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

27% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States5
South Africa3
United Kingdom2
Kenya1
Vietnam1
Germany1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ashesi UniversityGH6 papers
The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyUS5 papers
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH4 papers
University for Development StudiesGH4 papers
Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH3 papers
Ghana Space Science and Technology InstituteGH3 papers
Cardiff UniversityGB2 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH2 papers
Methodist University College GhanaGH2 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH2 papers

Where they publish

SpringerPlus5
African Journal of Applied Statistics2
Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing2
British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science2
Heliyon2
Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth7
16Peace, justice and strong institutions6
3Good health and well-being4
10Reduced inequalities4
4Quality education3
5Gender equality2
11Sustainable cities and communities2
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Most cited

RETRACTED: Time series based road traffic accidents forecasting via SARIMA and Facebook Prophet model with potential changepoints
HeliyonRetracted
202344 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Modeling inflation rates and exchange rates in Ghana: application of multivariate GARCH models
SpringerPlus8
201529 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Estimation of the Gini coefficient for the lognormal distribution of income using the Lorenz curve

Sub Coordinator (UGRC 120 Numeracy Skills), Department of Statistics and Actuarial ScienceUniverity of Ghana

Ag Head of Department, Department of Statistics and Actuarial ScienceUniversity of Ghana2011–2013

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

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Addressing Class Imbalance Problem in Health Data Classification: Practical Application From an Oversampling Viewpoint

2025Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft ComputingJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding16 citations10.1155/acis/1013769

Heart Disease Prediction Using Ensemble Tree Algorithms: A Supervised Learning Perspective

2025Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft ComputingJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding8 citations10.1155/acis/1989813

A GARCH-MIDAS approach to modelling stock returns

2024Communications for Statistical Applications and MethodsJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.29220/csam.2024.31.5.535

A Cost of Misclassification Adjustment Approach for Estimating Optimal Cut-Off Point for Classification

2024Journal of Probability and StatisticsJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.1155/2024/8082372

Bayesian Estimation of Presidential Elections in Ghana: A Validation Approach

2022African Journal of Applied StatisticsJournalFirst author8 citations10.16929/ajas/2022.1297.269

Anomaly Detection in Health Insurance Claims Using Bayesian Quantile Regression

2021International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.1155/2021/6667671

Child discipline practices in Ghanaian homes

2019Journal of Public HealthJournal7 citations10.1007/s10389-019-01079-z

Markov Chain Modeling of HIV, Tuberculosis, and Hepatitis B Transmission in Ghana

2019Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author13 citations10.1155/2019/9362492

Statistical Modeling of HIV, Tuberculosis, and Hepatitis B Transmission in Ghana

2019Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical MicrobiologyJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1155/2019/2697618

A Simulation Comparison of Estimators of Conditional Extreme Value Index under Right Random Censoring

2018African Journal of Applied StatisticsJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.16929/ajas/337.219

Modeling births at a tertiary health-care facility in Ghana: Box-Jenkins time series approach

2017DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen access1 citation

A Study of the Estimation of the Gini Coefficient of Income Using Lorenz Curve

2016British Journal of Mathematics & Computer ScienceJournal3 citations10.9734/bjmcs/2016/24494

A Proposed Numerical Integration Method Using Polynomial Interpolation

2016British Journal of Mathematics & Computer ScienceJournalOpen access3 citations10.9734/bjmcs/2016/25299

Profitability of Insurance Companies in Ghana: Panel Co-integration and Causality

2016British Journal of Economics Management & TradeJournalOpen access1 citation10.9734/bjemt/2016/25732

Extreme value modelling of Ghana stock exchange index

2015SpringerPlusJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.1186/s40064-015-1306-y

Modelling Rates of Inflation in Ghana: An Application of Arch Models

2014Current Research Journal of Economic TheoryJournalOpen access5 citations10.19026/crjet.6.5532

Open Journal of Applied Sciences

arXiv (Cornell University)1

How it can be read

76% free to read

Diamond 18 · 37%Free to read and to publish
Gold 11 · 22%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 12 · 24%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

11 of 49 papers name a funder

University of Ghana5
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley4
Carnegie Corporation of New York3
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst1
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft1
University of Health and Allied Sciences1

6Clean water and sanitation1

7Affordable and clean energy1

201620 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

Extreme value modelling of Ghana stock exchange index

SpringerPlus

201517 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Addressing Class Imbalance Problem in Health Data Classification: Practical Application From an Oversampling Viewpoint

Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing

202516 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold