Kwabena Boateng

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2019per ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

Education
Political Science and International Relations
Accounting
Finance
Information Systems
Safety Research

In their own words

Chieftaincy and Community Development
Political Anthropology
Local government studies

Publications: 162016–2026
Citations: 78to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.821.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 27%3 of 11 scored papers
Open access: 64%7 of the 11 whose access is recorded

Google Scholar shows 146 citations, h-index 6 and i10-index 6 (142 citations and h-index 6 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

Citations received each year

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Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Social WorkKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2019

Education

PhD, SociologyUniversity of Ghana2013–2017

On their papers

Publications

16 in all

Enhancing education in Ghana: the case of the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation
2026Development in PracticeJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1080/09614524.2026.2676888
Examining the phenomenon of destoolment in the chieftaincy institution: An analysis of six cases from the Ashanti Region, Ghana
2025International Journal of Modern Anthropology

sekyerehene2002@gmail.comPublic on their ORCID record

sekyerehene2002@yahoo.comPublic on their ORCID record

kwabena.boateng@knust.edu.ghPublic on their ORCID record

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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

Education425%
Political Science and International Relations319%
Accounting213%
Finance213%
Information Systems213%
Safety Research213%
Urban Studies213%
Global and Planetary Change16%
Law16%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law16%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

African Education and Politics2
Community Development and Social Impact2
Economic Growth and Development2
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies2
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare2
School Choice and Performance2
Urban and Rural Development Challenges2
African studies and sociopolitical issues1
Education Systems and Policy1
Gender, Education, and Development Issues1
Global Educational Policies and Reforms1
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

9% of their 11 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH8 papers
Central UniversityGH4 papers
Lancaster UniversityGB1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Development Studies3
International Journal of Modern Anthropology2
Asian Development Perspectives1
Asian Development Perspectives (ADP)1
Community Development1
Contemporary Journal of African Studies1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

17Partnerships for the goals2
1No poverty1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Are two heads better than one? Challenges and prospects of chiefs and local government collaborative community development in Ghana
Community Development17
202118 citationsWorld top 10%
Chieftaincy: An Anachronistic Institution within a Democratic Dispensation? The Case of a Traditional Political System in Ghana
Ghana Journal of Development Studies
202017 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Examining the roles of traditional leaders in promoting quality education in Ghana

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Examining the Managerial Functions of Traditional Authorities in Ghana

2025Journal of Social Sciences and PolicyJournalSenior author1 citation

Examining the roles of traditional leaders in promoting quality education in Ghana

2024International Journal of Public LeadershipJournalFirst author8 citations10.1108/ijpl-11-2023-0096

Social Protection Schemes for Children in Ghana

2022Marriage and Family Structure in Contemporary Ghana Tonah, S. (ed.)Book chapterSenior author0 citations

Social Mobilisation in the Midst of Social Change: The Case of Traditional Authorities in Ghana

2016Journal of Educational and Social ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author8 citations10.5901/jesr.2016.v6n2p103

Development in Practice

Forum for Development Studies1

How it can be read

64% free to read, of the 11 recorded

Diamond 6 · 38%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 1 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 4 · 25%Behind a paywall
Unknown 5 · 31%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

2 of 16 papers name a funder

UK Research and Innovation1
University of Ghana1
Yale University1

International Journal of Public Leadership

20248 citationsWorld top 10%

Social Mobilisation in the Midst of Social Change: The Case of Traditional Authorities in Ghana

Journal of Educational and Social Research17

20168 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Collaboration between Chiefs and Local Government Actors in Combating Climate Change: Evidence from New Juaben, Ghana

Contemporary Journal of African Studies13

20217 citationsOpen access · Hybrid