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Constance Awinpoka Akurugu · Peerford

University for Development Studies / Scholars

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Constance Awinpoka Akurugu

University for Development Studies

Publishing since 2019, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
Gender Studies
Anthropology
General Health Professions
Health
Economics and Econometrics

ORCID 0000-0002-6595-0993
Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 172019–2026
Citations: 194to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 3.291.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 53%9 of 17 scored papers
Open access: 53%9 papers free to read

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

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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What they work on

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Career

On their papers

University for Development Studies16 works
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies9 works

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

17 in all

Newest Most cited Oldest Title

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Women’s agency in traditional governance: an analysis of two Ghanaian case studies
2026Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africainesJournal0 citations10.1080/00083968.2026.2643202
Intimate partner violence among people living with the human immune virus: a quantitative analysis of prevalence and associated sociodemographic factors in Ghana
2025

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Subfields

Sociology and Political Science1271%
Gender Studies953%
Anthropology318%
General Health Professions318%
Health318%
Economics and Econometrics212%
Building and Construction16%
Business and International Management16%
Demography16%
Education16%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Gender Politics and Representation7
Sex work and related issues6
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues3
Intimate Partner and Family Violence3
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health2
Anthropological Studies and Insights2
Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies2
Gender Roles and Identity Studies2
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion2
Religion, Society, and Development2
Work-Family Balance Challenges2
African history and culture studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

35% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom3
Canada1
United States1
Indonesia1
Burkina Faso1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH9 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
University of Technology and Applied SciencesGH2 papers
Centre for Innovation Policy and GovernanceID1 paper
Newcastle UniversityGB1 paper
Queen's UniversityCA1 paper
University of BonnDE1 paper
University of BradfordGB1 paper
University of LeedsGB1 paper
Heritage Christian UniversityGH1 paper

Where they publish

Hypatia2
Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines1
Cogent Arts and Humanities1
Ethnos1
Evolutionary Human Sciences1
Feminist Theory1
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems1
Global Health Journal1

How it can be read

53% free to read

Diamond 1 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 35%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 12%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 8 · 47%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 17 papers name a funder

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality14
1No poverty1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Gender performativity in rural northern Ghana: implications for transnational feminist theorising
Feminist Theory5
201939 citationsWorld top 10%
Marriage, bridewealth and power: critical reflections on women's autonomy across settings in Africa
Evolutionary Human Sciences5
202223 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Small-scale gold mining and gender roles: Critical reflections on socio-cultural dynamics in north-eastern Ghana
SN Social Sciences5
202221 citations
Empowering rural women for sustainable development through the provision of water infrastructure in north-western Ghana
World Development Perspectives
202116 citationsWorld top 10%
Horizontal Inequity in Healthcare Delivery: A Qualitative Analysis of Perceptions of Locality and Costs of Access in the Jirapa Municipality, North‐western Ghana
Journal of International Development1
202016 citationsWorld top 10%

Global Health Journal

Journal

Open access

1 citation

10.1016/j.glohj.2025.02.006

A systematic review of gender in participatory and social learning research in agriculture and land management in Africa

2025Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.3389/fsufs.2025.1628825

Unveiling Inequalities: Gender-Based Discriminatory Practices and Women’s Political Engagement in Northern Ghana

2024International Journal of Public AdministrationJournalSenior author10 citations10.1080/01900692.2024.2314053

The gap between us: Perceptions of feminism and womanhood in Northern Ghana - evidence from Sagnarigu Municipal District

2023Cogent Arts and HumanitiesJournalOpen access13 citations10.1080/23311983.2023.2174480

Non-governmental organizations’ approaches to women's empowerment amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Towards decolonizing development praxis in northern Ghana

2023World Development SustainabilityJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.1016/j.wds.2023.100079

What about older men? Towards a critical interrogation of conceptions of masculinities in northwestern Ghana

2023Social Sciences & Humanities OpenJournalOpen access2 citations10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100618

Marriage, bridewealth and power: critical reflections on women's autonomy across settings in Africa

2022Evolutionary Human SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding23 citations10.1017/ehs.2022.27

Small-scale gold mining and gender roles: Critical reflections on socio-cultural dynamics in north-eastern Ghana

2022SN Social SciencesJournalSenior author21 citations10.1007/s43545-022-00591-6

“It Was All Wrong and Shameful to Beat Her”: Discursive Analysis of Men’s Talk of Intimate Partner Violence

2022Violence Against WomenJournalOpen access5 citations10.1177/10778012221083332

Community leaders’ perceptions of and responses to intimate partner violence in Northwestern Ghana

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen access8 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0262870

Power, Ontologies and Gendered Resistance in Rural Northwestern Ghana: Weapons of the Ninbala and Yeme

2022EthnosJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.1080/00141844.2022.2092172

Empowering rural women for sustainable development through the provision of water infrastructure in north-western Ghana

2021World Development PerspectivesJournalFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.1016/j.wdp.2021.100287

Performing Power in a Mystical Context: Implications for Theorizing Women's Agency

2020HypatiaJournalFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1017/hyp.2020.30

Horizontal Inequity in Healthcare Delivery: A Qualitative Analysis of Perceptions of Locality and Costs of Access in the Jirapa Municipality, North‐western Ghana

2020Journal of International DevelopmentJournal16 citations10.1002/jid.3504

“‘Real Men’ Support Their Wives”: Reconstructing Masculinity Among Men in Rural Northwestern Ghana

2020HypatiaJournalSenior authorCorresponding9 citations10.1017/hyp.2020.46

Gender performativity in rural northern Ghana: implications for transnational feminist theorising

2019Feminist TheoryJournalFirst authorCorresponding39 citations10.1177/1464700119881308

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

1

Northumbria University1