Christopher Filson

Deputy Librarian · University Library

Sam Jonah Library

Acquisition Librarian, University of Cape Coast, since 2021per ORCID

Publications: 122016–2026
Citations: 72to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 2.121.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 42%5 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 42%5 papers free to read

In 2016–2025: 11 publications, 72 citations to them, h-index 5.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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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

Information Systems433%
Library and Information Sciences433%
Education325%
Information Systems and Management325%
Conservation217%
Safety Research217%
Speech and Hearing217%
Biomedical Engineering18%
Communication18%
General Health Professions18%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Library Science and Information Literacy4
Academic integrity and plagiarism2
African Education and Politics2
Library Collection Development and Digital Resources2
Technology Adoption and User Behaviour2
Art Therapy and Mental Health1
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education1
Big Data and Business Intelligence1
Biomedical and Engineering Education1
Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence1
Customer Service Quality and Loyalty1
Digital and Traditional Archives Management1

Who they write with

29 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country
Elsewhere in Africa
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.

Where their co-authors are

8% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Botswana1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Cape Coast Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH1 paper
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
University of BotswanaBW1 paper
Ashesi UniversityGH1 paper
University of Mines and TechnologyGH1 paper
Tamale Technical UniversityGH1 paper

Where they publish

Information Development3
Ghana Library Journal1
Health Information & Libraries Journal1
Heliyon1
Journal of Applied Information Science1
KIIT Journal of Library and Information Management1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education7

Most cited

Artificial intelligence and academic integrity: The role of academic librarians
Christopher Filson, Diana Atuase
Information Development
202420 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Assessing the quality of services at an academic library
Christopher Filson, Kwaku Anhwere Barfi, Kwame Kodua-Ntim
Heliyon
202319 citations

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Acquisition Librarian, Sam Jonah LibraryUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2021

Education

Acquisition Librarian, Sam Jonah LibraryUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2020

Recent publications

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Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity: The Role of Academic Librarians
Christopher Filson, Diana Atuase
Ghana Library Journal4
20260 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Bridging the health information gap among undergraduate university students: The role of academic libraries
Christopher Filson, Diana Atuase, Gloria Tachie-Donkor, Paulina Nana Yaa Kwafoa
Health Information & Libraries Journal
20252 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Data preservation, sharing and reuse among graduate students in Ghana
Christopher Filson
Information Development
20252 citationsWorld top 10%
Artificial intelligence and academic integrity: The role of academic librarians
Christopher Filson, Diana Atuase
Information Development
202420 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Assessing the quality of services at an academic library
Christopher Filson, Kwaku Anhwere Barfi, Kwame Kodua-Ntim
Heliyon
202319 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Availability and accessibility of academic library resources and services for prison inmates in the distance education programme
Christopher Filson, Diana Atuase
The Journal of Academic Librarianship4
20239 citationsWorld top 10%
Leveraging social media in digital scholarship: Perspective from developing country students
Christopher Filson, Kwaku Anhwere Barfi, Kwame Kodua-Ntim, Paulina Nana Yaa Kwafoa, Theo Ocran
PLoS ONE4
20235 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Connecting industries to research outputs: The role of academic libraries
Christopher Filson, Diana Atuase, Ebenezer Martin-Yeboah, Gloria Bosomtwi Amoah, Gloria Tachie-Donkor, Mac-anthony Cobblah, Nesba Adzobu-Armah, Osman Imoro, Paulina Afful-Arthur
Information Development
20213 citations
Collection Management Influence on Usage of Library Materials
Christopher Filson
KIIT Journal of Library and Information Management4
20181 citation
Comparative study of collection management practices of academic libraries
Christopher Filson
Library Management4
201710 citationsWorld top 10%

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