Akosua Adomako Ampofo

Publishing since 1991, latest 2025

Sociology and Political Science
Gender Studies
Political Science and International Relations
Anthropology
Safety Research
Economics and Econometrics

In their own words

Gender
West Africa
race
knowledge production
women's work

Publications: 1131991–2025
Citations: 1,685to those papers
h-index: 20i10-index 32
Field-weighted impact: 2.411.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 31%8 of 26 scored papers
Open access: 23%6 of the 26 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 2,281 citations, h-index 23 and i10-index 41 (860 citations and h-index 16 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

113 in all

Gender inequalities, power in unions, and reproductive decision making in Ghana
2000Sociology. Nashville: Vanderbilt UniversityJournalFirst author11 citations
Nice guys, condoms, and other forms of STDs protection: sex workers and AIDS protection in West Africa
1999Vivre etPenser le SIDA enAfrique (Experiencingand Understanding AIDS in Africa). Codesria-Karthala-IRD: Collection HommesetSociétésJournalFirst author

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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

Sociology and Political Science1312%
Gender Studies87%
Political Science and International Relations65%
Anthropology54%
Safety Research44%
Economics and Econometrics33%
General Health Professions33%
Demography22%
Development11%
Education11%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

African history and culture studies5
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues4
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare4
Gender Politics and Representation3
Gender Roles and Identity Studies3
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health2
Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies2
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses2
Human Rights and Development2
Sex work and related issues2
African cultural and philosophical studies1
African history and culture analysis1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

35% of their 26 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States8
Canada1
South Africa1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of California, Santa BarbaraUS2 papers
Florida Atlantic UniversityUS2 papers
Bryn Mawr CollegeUS2 papers
Concordia University IrvineUS2 papers
Vanderbilt UniversityUS1 paper
Concordia UniversityCA1 paper
Concordia UniversityUS1 paper
University of BristolGB1 paper
Human Sciences Research CouncilZA1 paper
University of Education, WinnebaGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Studies8
XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 13-19, 2014)5
Contemporary Journal of African Studies (CJAS)4
African Journal of Reproductive Health3
Institute of African Studies Research Review3
University of Ghana3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality12
3Good health and well-being1
4Quality education1
8Decent work and economic growth1
10Reduced inequalities1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

" When men speak women listen": gender socialisation and young adolescents' attitudes to sexual and reproductive issues
African Journal of Reproductive Health
2001286 citations
Multiple meanings of manhood among boys
From boys to men: Social constructions of masculinity in contemporary society
2007207 citations
Women’s and Gender Studies in English-Speaking Sub-Saharan Africa
Gender & Society5
2004

Resource Contributions, Gender Orientation, and Childbearing Decision Making in Ghana; The case of Urban Couples

1999Research Review of the Institute of African StudiesJournalFirst author18 citations

Framing Knowledge, Forming Behaviour; Ghanaian Women's AIDS-Protection Strategies

1998African Journal of Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations

1998Population CouncilReport6 citations

Costs and rewards—exchange in relationships

1997Transforming Female Identities: WomenVs Organizational Forms in West AfricaJournalFirst author4 citations

Index in English

1997Transforming female identities: women's organizational forms in West AfricaJournal0 citations

Controlling and punishing women: violence against Ghanaian women

1993Review of African Political EconomyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding33 citations10.1080/03056249308703991

Pre-marital sexual behaviour and its implications for HIV prevention in Ghana

1993Institute of Population Studies, University of Exeter, l993Journal18 citations

The Case of the Ghanaian Prostitute in the Netherlands

1991Dutch Inter-universitarian Ph. D. Seminars, The Hague, MayJournal5 citations

African and Asian Studies

African feminist politics of knowledge: Tensions, challenges, possibilities2

How it can be read

23% free to read, of the 26 recorded

Hybrid 3 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 1%A copy in a repository
Closed 20 · 18%Behind a paywall
Unknown 87 · 77%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

2 of 113 papers name a funder

British Academy1
University of Ghana1

Collective Activism: The Domestic Violence Bill becoming Law in Ghana

African and Asian Studies16

200880 citationsWorld top 10%

Phallic competence: Fatherhood and the making of men in Ghana

Culture, Society and Masculinities

200972 citations