Akua O. Britwum

University of Cape Coast

Associate Prof, University of Cape Coastper ORCID

Publishing since 2017, latest 2023

Sociology and Political Science
Urban Studies
Economics and Econometrics
Pollution
Waste Management and Disposal
Development

Publications: 102017–2023
Citations: 114to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 1.751.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 40%4 of 10 scored papers
Open access: 50%5 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

Peerford

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Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Prof, Department of Labour and Human Resource StudiesUniversity of Cape Coast

Education

PhD, ICISMaastricht University2010

Publications

10 in all

Solid waste management and gender dynamics: Evidence from rural Ghana
2023Research in GlobalizationJournalOpen access35 citations10.1016/j.resglo.2023.100111
Online ride-hailing drivers' organising for interest representation in Ghana
2022Employee RelationsJournal11 citations

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science550%
Urban Studies330%
Economics and Econometrics220%
Pollution220%
Waste Management and Disposal220%
Development110%
Finance110%
Gender Studies110%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences110%
General Health Professions110%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Digital Economy and Work Transformation3
Urban and Rural Development Challenges3
Energy and Environment Impacts2
Municipal Solid Waste Management2
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development1
Gender Diversity and Inequality1
Gender Roles and Identity Studies1
Health Policy Implementation Science1
Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism1
International Development and Aid1
Labor Movements and Unions1
Land Rights and Reforms1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

40% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States1
South Africa1
Spain1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Centre Marc BlochDE1 paper
ESIC Business & Marketing School1 paper
ESIC University1 paper
Universidad Complutense de MadridES1 paper
University of MichiganUS1 paper
University of the WitwatersrandZA1 paper

Where they publish

Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences2
Africa Development1
Employee Relations1
Global Labour Journal1
Journal of Agrarian Change1
Oral Presentations1
Research in Globalization1
Social Science Research1

How it can be read

50% free to read

Diamond 4 · 40%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 10%In an open-access journal
Closed 5 · 50%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 10 papers name a funder

Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality4
8Decent work and economic growth4

Most cited

Solid waste management and gender dynamics: Evidence from rural Ghana
Research in Globalization5
202335 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Penalizing fathers who use family-friendly measures. A comparative study with university students from Ghana and Spain
Social Science Research5
201927 citationsWorld top 10%
Labour reserves and surplus populations: Northern Ghana and the Eastern Cape of South Africa
Journal of Agrarian Change8
201921 citationsWorld top 10%
Online ride-hailing drivers' organising for interest representation in Ghana
Employee Relations8
202211 citationsWorld top 10%
Power Resources and Organising Informal Economy Workers
Global Labour Journal
201811 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Labour and the State

2019Book chapterFirst author1 citation10.1017/9781787445550.020

Power Resources and Organising Informal Economy Workers

2018Global Labour JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.15173/glj.v9i2.3583