Sabina Appiah-Boateng

Research Fellow · Department of Peace Studies

University of Cape Coast , Ghana

Dr. Sabina Appiah-Boateng is a Research Fellow at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Cape Coast. She has a background in Psychology and holds cotutelle PhD qualifications in Development Studies from the University of Hildesheim, Germany and University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Her areas of interest in research include conflict and mental health, gender studies, migration, and peace and development. She is a promising young scholar who has researched on a variety of… More on ORCID

In their own words

Conflict
mental health
gender and conflict
migation and development
Conflict and Health
Conflict and Minority (women
youth and Fulbe) Studies
Migration
Farmer-herder or farmer-pastoralists conflict
Peace and Development

Publications: 242014–2026
Citations: 79to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.861.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 7%1 of 15 scored papers
Open access: 60%9 of the 15 whose access is recorded

In 2016–2025: 21 publications, 79 citations to them, h-index 5.

sabinaaboateng@gmail.comPublic on their ORCID record

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Google Scholar shows 103 citations, h-index 6 and i10-index 3 (77 citations and h-index 6 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

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science729%
Gender Studies417%
Building and Construction28%
Global and Planetary Change28%
Soil Science28%
Control and Systems Engineering14%
Demography14%
Development14%
Economics and Econometrics14%
Education14%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Political Conflict and Governance3
Agricultural risk and resilience2
Gender, Security, and Conflict2
Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact2
Mining and Resource Management2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
African cultural and philosophical studies1
African history and culture analysis1
Children's Rights and Participation1
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management1
Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences1
Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research1

Who they write with

34 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country
No African institution

The 30 most frequent of 34 co-authors. 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.

Where their co-authors are

13% of their 15 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States1
Austria1
Germany1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University for Development StudiesGH4 papers
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH2 papers
University of HildesheimDE1 paper
University of Nevada, RenoUS1 paper
University of ViennaAT1 paper
Navrongo Health Research CentreGH1 paper
University of MaiduguriNG1 paper
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH1 paper
Bolgatanga Technical UniversityGH1 paper
University of the GambiaGM1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Aggression Conflict and Peace Research2
African Journal Of Applied Research1
African Journal of Social Issues1
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC1
Civil Wars in Africa1
Cogent Economics & Finance1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality5
8Decent work and economic growth2
10Reduced inequalities1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Civil Wars in Africa
Sabina Appiah-Boateng
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
202229 citations
Framing and conflict: the case of the Asante Akyem North district’s farmer-herder conflict in Ghana
KENDIE Stephen Bugu, Sabina Appiah-Boateng
Journal of Aggression Conflict and Peace Research10
202110 citations

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

RESEARCH FELLOW, DEPARTMENT OF PEACE STUDIESUniversity of Cape Coast2021–2034

Education

PH.D., DEVELOPMENT STUDIESUniversity of Hildesheim2017–2020

Honours, memberships and service

• DAAD-SDG Graduate School Performing Sustainability, Cultures and Development in West Africa
African Humanities Program of the American Council of Learned Societies

Recent publications

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A multidimensional approach to women’s empowerment in South Africa: understanding the driving force
Kwadwo Addo Tuffour, Sabina Appiah-Boateng
Cogent Economics & Finance5
20260 citationsOpen access · Gold
Experiences of children during violent conflicts in Northern Ghana
Imoro Razak Jaha, Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Sabina Appiah-Boateng, Shaibu Bukari
Global Change Peace & Security5
20260 citations
Poverty-conflict nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping literature review
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Sabina Appiah-Boateng
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
20253 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Tourism-induced natural resource conflict: The case of Kakum National Park, Ghana
Harriet Potakey, Janet S. Boateng, Sabina Appiah-Boateng
Environmental Challenges
20253 citationsOpen access · Gold
Dialoguing for Peaceful Coexistence Among Migrants and Host Communities in Artisanal And Small-Scale Mining in Ghana
Koomson Frederick, Sabina Appiah-Boateng
African Journal Of Applied Research
20250 citationsOpen access · Diamond
THE LANGUAGE OF THE OTHER: DECOLONIZING RHETORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF TRADITIONAL COURT PROTOCOLS AND THE PLACE OF THE WOMAN
Sabina Appiah-Boateng
International Multidisciplinary Journal of Research and Education (IMJRE)
20250 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Performing Sustainability—Navigating the Complexities of a Trilateral Graduate School in Ghana, Nigeria, and Germany
Sabina Appiah-Boateng
World sustainability series
20250 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Political violence in Ghana: trends, triggers and intervention strategies
Sabina Appiah-Boateng
SN Social Sciences
20243 citations
Cultural practices supporting early motherhood in a Ghanaian community
Sabina Appiah-Boateng
Culture Health & Sexuality5
20241 citation
Motherhood delor: narratives of pregnant and nursing mothers in violent spaces in Ghana
Sabina Appiah-Boateng
Journal of Aggression Conflict and Peace Research
20241 citation

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