Alex Somuah Obeng

Publishing since 2002, latest 2025

Ecology
Finance
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Global and Planetary Change
Law
Political Science and International Relations

In their own words

Poverty Studies
Criminology
Sociology of Education

Publications: 202002–2025
Citations: 21to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 0
Field-weighted impact: 3.261.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 50%2 of 4 scored papers
Open access: 75%3 of the 4 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 23 citations, h-index 3 and i10-index 0 (19 citations and h-index 3 since 2021), as of October 3, 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

Publications

20 in all

Structural injustice and economic disparities as precursors for violent crime in Ghana
2025International Journal of Development and Management ReviewJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.4314/ijdmr.v20i1.6
Socio-economic benefits and challenges confronting oil palm production among indigenous rural farmers in Karonga district, Malawi
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

Ecology15%
Finance15%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences15%
Global and Planetary Change15%
Law15%
Political Science and International Relations15%
Social Psychology15%
Sociology and Political Science15%
Strategy and Management15%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural Innovations and Practices1
Community Development and Social Impact1
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management1
Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance1
European and International Law Studies1
International Arbitration and Investment Law1
Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies1
Legal Issues in South Africa1
Oil Palm Production and Sustainability1
Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

50% of their 4 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Canada1
Malawi1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of SaskatchewanCA1 paper
Malawi University of Science and TechnologyMW1 paper
Takoradi Technical UniversityGH1 paper

Where they publish

African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST)2
Contemporary Issues in Criminology in Africa2
IFE PsychologIA: An International Journal2
Accra: Woeli Publishers1
Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book series1
Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Structural injustice and economic disparities as precursors for violent crime in Ghana
International Journal of Development and Management Review
20254 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Gender and sexuality in Ghanaian societies
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20223 citations
Women and Rural Poverty: A Case Study of Kwawu South District of Ghana
Ife Psychologia

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Oil Palm Production among Indigenous Rural Farmers in Karonga District, Malawi: An Understanding from a Socio-cultural Perspective

2024The international Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community StudiesJournal1 citation

Gender and sexuality in Ghanaian societies

2022Bloomsbury Publishing PLCReport3 citations

Mode Recruitment and Perceived Competence Levels of Mentors: The Case of Central Western Zone Colleges of Education in Ghana

2022African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST)Journal0 citations

Reflections of Women: Post-Divorce Experiences

2022Gender and Sexuality in Ghanaian SocietiesJournal2 citations

If I Die I Lose Everything: Understanding Poverty from the Perspective of Ankaful Residents in Ghana

2021Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.9734/arjass/2021/v15i330259

Challenges Facing Mediation as a Means of Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

2021Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book seriesBook chapterSenior author1 citation10.4018/978-1-7998-7898-8.ch011

Conducting research in Ghana’s prisons: Ethical and administrative dilemmas

2021Contemporary Issues in Criminology in AfricaBook chapterSenior author0 citations

Rural poverty and degradation of natural resources in Ghana

2015Environmental health (Nova Science Publishers)Journal2 citations

Conflict, security and development in Africa: The need to invest in Peace Education

2010Oguaa Journal of Social SciencesJournalSenior author0 citations

Family size and rural poverty-in the Kwahu South District in Ghana

2003IFE PsychologIA: An International JournalJournalFirst author0 citations10.10520/ejc38557

Women and rural poverty: a case study of Kwawu South District of Ghana

2003IFE PsychologIA: An International JournalJournalFirst author0 citations10.10520/ejc38558

Women and Rural Poverty: A Case Study of Kwawu South District of Ghana

2002Ife PsychologiaJournalFirst author3 citations

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC1

How it can be read

75% free to read, of the 4 recorded

Diamond 1 · 5%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 5%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 1 · 5%Behind a paywall
Unknown 16 · 80%Not recorded by the source

Reflections of Women: Post-Divorce Experiences

Gender and Sexuality in Ghanaian Societies

20222 citations