Eric Debrah Otchere

Senior Lecturer, Music Education

Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2014per ORCID

In their own words

Music Education
Music Psychology
African Music
Music and Sustainable Development
Music and Wellbeing

Publications: 182013–2023
Citations: 84to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 5.631.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 17%1 of 6 scored papers
Open access: 50%3 of the 6 whose access is recorded

In 2016–2025: 12 publications, 45 citations to them, h-index 5.

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Google Scholar shows 118 citations, h-index 5 and i10-index 2 (81 citations and h-index 5 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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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Music528%
Cognitive Neuroscience422%
Signal Processing211%
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition16%
Education16%
Human-Computer Interaction16%
Social Psychology16%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Diverse Music Education Insights4
Neuroscience and Music Perception4
Music and Audio Processing2
Diverse Musicological Studies1
Education and Technology Integration1
Innovative Human-Technology Interaction1
Music History and Culture1
Music Technology and Sound Studies1
Music Therapy and Health1

Who they write with

9 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country
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

Alimatu-Saadia YussiffComputer Sciences & Information Technology1

Where their co-authors are

17% of their 6 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa1
Malaysia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Universiti Teknologi PetronasMY1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
Rhodes UniversityZA1 paper

Where they publish

University of Cape Coast2
Africa Every Day: Fun, Leisure, and Expressive Culture on the Continent1
African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music1
British Journal of Music Education1
Communication, culture and health1
E-Journal of Music Research1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education4
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

Music teaching and the process of enculturation: A cultural dilemma
Eric Debrah Otchere
British Journal of Music Education4
201525 citationsWorld top 10%
Sharing concerns: A direction for African music education
Eric Debrah Otchere
Music education in Africa
201913 citations

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Music and DanceUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2014

Education

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Music and MusicologyRhodes Universitysince 2016
PhD, Music EducationUniversity of Cape Coast2010–2013
PhD (Music Education), Music and DanceUniversity of Cape Coast2010–2013

Honours, memberships and service

CASBS 2020-21 Fellow, CASBSCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University2020
Iso Lomso Fellow, STIASStellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study2019
President, Music and DanceGhana Music Teachers Associationsince 2019
Chair, Music and DanceUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2019
Presidential Fellow, Rutgers UniversityAfrican Studies Association2016
African Humanities Program (AHP) Postdoctoral Fellow, MusicAmerican Council of Learned Societies
Member, Advocacy CommitteeInternational Society for Music Education
Visiting Scholar, Center for World MusicUniversity of Hildesheim2019

Recent publications

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Performing sustainability in West Africa: cultural practices and policies for sustainable development
Eric Debrah Otchere
Taylor & Francis
20237 citations
The Use of Cymatics: Changing Face of Music Teaching and Learning in Ghanaian Schools
Eric Debrah Otchere
E-Journal of Music Research4
20230 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Cultural Practices and Policies for Sustainable Development: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Researching Culture in Conflict Situations in West Africa
Eric Debrah Otchere
Performing Sustainability in West Africa
20225 citations
System Design and Usability Evaluation of Ghana Music Documentation System Using the System Usability Scale
Alimatu-Saadia Yussiff, Eric Debrah Otchere, Prof. Florian Carl, Simon Mariwah, Yussiff Abdul- Lateef
Lecture notes in computer science9
20211 citation
POPULAR EMOTIONS IN POPULAR MUSIC: THE HIGHLIFE EXPERIENCE
Eric Debrah Otchere, John-Doe Dordzro
Open Access Publishing Group - European Journal of Education Studies
20200 citationsOpen access · Green
Sharing concerns: A direction for African music education
Eric Debrah Otchere
Music education in Africa
201913 citations
Lost in the mix: A (hi) story of music in Ghanaian basic education
Eric Debrah Otchere
JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARTS AND CULTURE
20193 citations
28: Work and Happiness:: Songs of Indigenous Ghanaian Fishermen
Eric Debrah Otchere
Africa Every Day: Fun, Leisure, and Expressive Culture on the Continent
20190 citations
In a World of Their Own: Memory and Identity in the Fishing Songs of a Migrant Ewe Community in Ghana
Eric Debrah Otchere
African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music
20175 citations
Affective Wellbeing and the Teaching of Music in Ghanaian Basic Schools: A Reflection
Eric Debrah Otchere
Legon Journal of the Humanities4
20173 citationsOpen access · Diamond

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Papers written together.

JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARTS AND CULTURE1

How it can be read

50% free to read, of the 6 recorded

Diamond 2 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Green 1 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 17%Behind a paywall
Unknown 12 · 67%Not recorded by the source