Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey

Senior Lecturer · Department of Guidance and Counselling

Lecturer and Professional Counsellor

Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2011per ORCID

In their own words

Youth Counselling
counselling in higher education
social work

Publications: 192000–2026
Citations: 52to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.051.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 89%8 of the 9 whose access is recorded

In 2016–2025: 13 publications, 36 citations to them, h-index 3.

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Google Scholar shows 57 citations, h-index 4 and i10-index 2 (40 citations and h-index 4 since 2021), as of October 3, 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

Clinical Psychology421%
Education421%
Social Psychology316%
Sociology and Political Science316%
General Health Professions211%
Anthropology15%
Applied Psychology15%
Developmental and Educational Psychology15%
Gender Studies15%
History15%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

COVID-19 and Mental Health2
Family and Disability Support Research2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Anthropological Studies and Insights1
Attachment and Relationship Dynamics1
Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression1
Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion1
Communication in Education and Healthcare1
Community Health and Development1
Counseling Practices and Supervision1
Digital Mental Health Interventions1
Education and Character Development1

Who they write with

12 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
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.

Colleagues here they write with most

Where their co-authors are

33% of their 9 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa3
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Where they publish

Futurity of Social Sciences.2
Journal of Education and Practice2
Journal of Student Affairs in Africa2
The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies2
Brighton, England: Forum for African Women Educationalists/Institute of Development Studies1
Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA)

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty2
4Quality education1
10Reduced inequalities1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Counselling Needs of Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana: Implications for Inclusive Education in Ghana.
Professor Emmanuel Kofi Gyimah, Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey
Journal of education and practice
201617 citations
Partnership for strategic resource planning for girls' education in Africa: Gender and primary schooling in Ghana
Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey
Brighton, England: Forum for African Women Educationalists/Institute of Development Studies
200010 citations
Student experiences of academic counselling services in public universities in Ghana

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Educational FoundationsUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2011

Recent publications

All publications →Download: BibTeX · RIS

University Students’ Perceptions of Student-Academic Incivility in Higher Education: A Study at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey
Futurity of Social Sciences.16
20260 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Alleviating Incivility Through the ‘Sankofa’Principle in Counselling Students with Special Needs
Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey
Futurity of Social Sciences
20260 citations
Africans’ Reconciliation and Reconstruction: A Necessary Response to Emerging Neo-Enslavement and Its Threats to Human Dignity
Eugene Kwarteng-Nantwi, Joshua Adebisi Omotosho, Stephen Doh Fia, Sylvia Eyiah-bediako, Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey
Open Journal of Social Sciences10
20250 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Influence of Child-Rearing Practices on Sexual Adventurism among Junior High Students in Ghana
Eugene Kwarteng-Nantwi, Joshua Adebisi Omotosho, Sylvia Eyiah-bediako, Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey
Journal of Education and Practice
20250 citationsOpen access · Diamond
DETERMINANTS OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP DECISIONS AMONG FEMALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SELECTED SCHOOLS IN GHANA
Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey
International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences
20230 citationsOpen access · Diamond
An exploratory qualitative study on the perceived barriers to accessing Ghanaian university counselling services
Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey
Journal of Student Affairs in Africa
20225 citations
Archives / Vol. 10 No. 1 (2022): Knowledge Production and Access / Research Articles An Exploratory Qualitative Study on the Perceived Barriers to Accessing Ghanaian University Counselling Services
Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey
Journal of Student Affairs in Africa1
20221 citationOpen access · Diamond
A Cap and gown collaboration in community development: Implications for counselling
Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education
20220 citations
Students’ counselling service dimensions and their effects on the lives of public university students in Ghana
Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation
20202 citations
Guidance and Counselling for Pupils with Special Educational Needs in Accra, Ghana: Implications for Inclusive Education
Professor Emmanuel Kofi Gyimah, Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey
4
20201 citationOpen access · Gold

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