Rita Akele Twumasi

In their own words

Academic Communication
Sociolinguistics
Critical Discourse Analysis

Publications: 141982–2026
Citations: 30to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 1.821.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 45%5 of 11 scored papers
Open access: 100%11 of the 11 whose access is recorded

In 2016–2025: 10 publications, 16 citations to them, h-index 2.

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Google Scholar shows 64 citations, h-index 4 and i10-index 2 (47 citations and h-index 4 since 2021), as of October 5, 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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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

Literature and Literary Theory857%
Education429%
General Health Professions321%
History and Philosophy of Science321%
Developmental and Educational Psychology214%
Language and Linguistics214%
Communication17%
Linguistics and Language17%
Social Psychology17%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Discourse Analysis in Language Studies7
Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions3
Second Language Learning and Teaching3
Student Assessment and Feedback3
Academic Writing and Publishing2
EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning2
Second Language Acquisition and Learning2
Communication Studies and Media1
Deception detection and forensic psychology1
Education and Critical Thinking Development1
Multilingual Education and Policy1
Publishing and Scholarly Communication1

Who they write with

9 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
No African institution

Circle area and line width are papers written together; the strongest ties sit nearest. “No African institution” is anyone the papers place outside Africa’s institutions; Peerford records affiliations only there.

Colleagues here they write with most

Joseph Benjamin Archibald AffulDepartment of English6

Where they publish

International Journal of Research Studies in Education3
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal1
African Journal of Empirical Research1
Athens Journal of Humanities and Arts1
Covenant Journal of Language Studies1
International Journal of Research in English Education

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education8
10Reduced inequalities1
13Climate action1
14Life below water1

Most cited

A Needs Analysis of Undergraduate Students of Communicative Skills: The Case of Tertiary Institutions in Ghana
Joseph Benjamin Archibald Afful, Rita Akele Twumasi, Wincharles Coker
Open Journal of Modern Linguistics4
201511 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Supervisors’ Perceptions of Postgraduate Students’ Thesis Literature Review Writing in a Ghanaian University
Joseph Benjamin Archibald Afful, Richmond Sadick Ngula

Recent publications

All publications →Download: BibTeX · RIS

Evaluation of the candidate in MPhil thesis examiners’ reports at University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Rita Akele Twumasi
African Journal of Empirical Research4
20260 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
“The Study is Barren of a Theoretical Framework”: the use of Negative Evaluative Comments in Thesis Examiners’ Reports
Rita Akele Twumasi
Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental4
20260 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
“The work is seminal”: The use of positive summative comments in examiners’ reports on MPhil theses
Joseph Benjamin Archibald Afful, Rita Akele Twumasi
International Journal of Research Studies in Education4
20230 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Supervisors’ Perceptions of Postgraduate Students’ Thesis Literature Review Writing in a Ghanaian University
Joseph Benjamin Archibald Afful, Richmond Sadick Ngula, Rita Akele Twumasi
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal4
20226 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
The language of evaluation in academic writing research in Ghana, 2000-2020: A synthesis
Joseph Benjamin Archibald Afful, Rita Akele Twumasi
International Journal of Research Studies in Education4
20223 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Functions of Citation in the Literature Review Section of MPhil Theses
Joseph Benjamin Archibald Afful, Rita Akele Twumasi
Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics4
20222 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
A cross-disciplinary study of citation types in the literature review section of MPhil theses
Rita Akele Twumasi
Covenant Journal of Language Studies
20222 citations
Beyond the Words in Print: Identity Construction in Messages of Condolence
Rita Akele Twumasi
Athens Journal of Humanities and Arts10
20221 citationOpen access · Diamond
Examiner Roles and Language Use in Examiners’ Reports
Joseph Benjamin Archibald Afful, Rita Akele Twumasi
International Journal of Social Science and Human Research14
20220 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Attitudes of Students towards the Study of Ghanaian Languages in University of Cape Coast
Rita Akele Twumasi
International Journal of Research in English Education4
20211 citationOpen access · Diamond

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