Wincharles Coker

Senior Lecturer of Communication Studies

In their own words

Political Communication
Communication Theory
Rhetorical Studies
New Media Studies
Interpretive

Publications: 542009–2026
Citations: 173to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 2.161.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%4 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 59%13 of the 22 whose access is recorded

In 2016–2025: 25 publications, 48 citations to them, h-index 4.

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Google Scholar shows 213 citations, h-index 8 and i10-index 6 (107 citations and h-index 6 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

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Communication1019%
Literature and Literary Theory917%
Sociology and Political Science917%
Philosophy47%
Social Psychology36%
Anthropology24%
Education24%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology24%
Language and Linguistics24%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law24%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Discourse Analysis in Language Studies9
Media Studies and Communication7
Climate Change Communication and Perception3
Communication in Education and Healthcare3
Rhetoric and Communication Studies3
Social Media and Politics3
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition2
African history and culture studies1
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues1
African Studies and Ethnography1
Anthropological Studies and Insights1
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration1

Who they write with

10 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university

Circle area and line width are papers written together; the strongest ties sit nearest.

Colleagues here they write with most

eric opoku mensah

Where their co-authors are

5% of their 22 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Michigan Technological UniversityUS1 paper
University of Cape TownZA1 paper

Where they publish

Abibisem Journal of African Culture and Civilization2
African journal of rhetoric2
Language, Discourse & Society2
Legon Journal of the Humanities2
African Nebula1
Analyzing language and humor in online communication1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education5
10Reduced inequalities4
16Peace, justice and strong institutions4
1No poverty1
5Gender equality1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Mobile communication and the culture of self-expression: The case of smsing to radio in Ghana
Wincharles Coker
Journal of Media and Communication Studies
201217 citations
Love and language: A socio-rhetorical analysis of love texts on a Ghanaian radio network
Wincharles Coker
Language in India
201116 citations
A preliminary report on first year university students’ knowledge of basic grammar: The case of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Recent publications

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In Defence of the Coups: Apologetic Rhetoric, Democratic Recession and the Popular Allure of Putschists in the Sahel
Wincharles Coker
Insight on Africa16
20261 citationWorld top 10%
Journalistic Questioning in a Ghanaian Presidential Press Conference
Wincharles Coker
Communicare Journal for Communication Studies in Africa10
20260 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Addressing communication barriers to public understanding of climate change in selected coastal communities in Ghana
Noble Kwame Asare, Wincharles Coker
Journal of Applied Communication Research13
20260 citations
A Comparative Study of Climate Change Awareness and Perception Among Selected Coastal Communities in Ghana
Wincharles Coker
The Journal of Environment & Development
20252 citations
West African Dissent Theory: The Ambiguity of Intervention in Technopolitics
Wincharles Coker
Black Communication Theory Volume 210
20243 citationsWorld top 10%
Vlogging truth to power: a study of the postcolonial rhetoric of disenfranchised Ghanaian migrants’ political vlogs
Wincharles Coker
Critical Studies in Media Communication10
20242 citations
Resisting the Tyranny of Convention: The Politics in/of Kairos in Ghanaian Presidential Rhetoric
Wincharles Coker
African Journal of Rhetoric
20241 citation
Selling by persuading: The rhetoric of student entrepreneurs on social media
Wincharles Coker
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa
20241 citation
Rhetorical Empathy in Ghanaian Presidential Communication During the COVID-19 Health Crisis
Wincharles Coker
Political Communication in Sub-Saharan Africa, Volume II
20240 citations
Beyond technophilia: A critique of media globalization
Wincharles Coker
Cogent Arts and Humanities
20234 citationsOpen access · Gold

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