Dzifa Torvikey

University of Ghana

Doctoral Student, University of Ghana Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research, since 2014per ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2024

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Soil Science
Urban Studies
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Economics and Econometrics
Sociology and Political Science

Publications: 142016–2024
Citations: 186to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 2.401.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 38%5 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 57%8 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

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Doctoral StudentUniversity of Ghana Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Researchsince 2014

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

14 in all

Recommendations and Reflections
2024EADI global development seriesBook chapterOpen access0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-58588-3_15
Conclusion
2024EADI global development seriesBook chapterOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences750%
Soil Science429%
Urban Studies429%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics321%
Economics and Econometrics321%
Sociology and Political Science321%
Strategy and Management214%
Accounting17%
Anthropology17%
Demography17%

Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development7
Land Rights and Reforms4
Agriculture and Rural Development Research3
Urban and Rural Development Challenges3
Global trade, sustainability, and social impact2
African history and culture studies1
African Studies and Ethnography1
Agricultural Innovations and Practices1
COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing1
COVID-19 epidemiological studies1
COVID-19 impact on air quality1
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

43% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Netherlands4
United Kingdom4
Denmark1
United States1
Kenya1
Australia1
Mexico1
India1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of LondonGB3 papers
SOAS University of LondonGB3 papers
African Studies CentreNL2 papers
Escuela Interdisciplinaria de Altos Estudios Sociales1 paper
FPT UniversityVN1 paper
Indian Institute of Technology KanpurIN1 paper
Institut Français d'Études AnatoliennesTR1 paper
Institute for Social and Economic ChangeIN1 paper
International Institute of Social StudiesNL1 paper
Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityIN1 paper

Where they publish

Agrarian South Journal of Political Economy A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARES3
EADI global development series3
The Journal of Peasant Studies2
IDS Bulletin1
IMISCOE research series1
International Journal of Social Economics1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality4
1No poverty2
8Decent work and economic growth2
10Reduced inequalities2
2Zero hunger1

Most cited

Agricultural commercialisation models, agrarian dynamics and local development in Ghana
The Journal of Peasant Studies5
201779 citationsWorld top 10%
Historical Context of Agricultural Commercialisation in Ghana: Changes in Land and Labour Relations
Journal of Asian and African Studies1
201640 citations
Transforming critical agrarian studies: Solidarity, scholar-activism and emancipatory agendas in and from the Global South*

Introduction

2024EADI global development seriesBook chapterOpen access0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-58588-3_1

Migrants in the Plantation Economy in Côte d’Ivoire: A Historical Perspective

2022IMISCOE research seriesBook chapterOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1007/978-3-030-97322-3_10

Land and Contestations over Autochthony and Local Citizenship in Agrarian Ghana

2021Agrarian South Journal of Political Economy A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARESJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1177/22779760211068791

Land, Gender, and Class Relations in Ghana’s Cassava Frontier

2021Agrarian South Journal of Political Economy A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARESJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1177/22779760211003098

Labour Casualisation and Youth Employment in Ghana’s Formal Private Sector

2018IDS BulletinJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.19088/1968-2018.172

Farm to Factory Gendered Employment: The Case of Blue Skies Outgrower Scheme in Ghana

2016Agrarian South Journal of Political Economy A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARESJournalFirst author14 citations10.1177/2277976016669188

Journal of Asian and African Studies1

How it can be read

57% free to read

Gold 1 · 7%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 36%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 14%A copy in a repository
Closed 6 · 43%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 14 papers name a funder

Economic and Social Research Council3
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office1
Government of the United Kingdom1
University of Ghana1

The Journal of Peasant Studies

202320 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Farm to Factory Gendered Employment: The Case of Blue Skies Outgrower Scheme in Ghana

Agrarian South Journal of Political Economy A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARES

201614 citations

“You cannot rely on bank loans to expand your business”: aversion to formal credit among female micro-entrepreneurs in Ghana

International Journal of Social Economics58

202313 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green