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Michael P.K. Okyerefo

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Sociology, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
Sociology of Culture/Sociology of Religion
Publications

58

Citations

673

H-index

13

i10-index

16

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
11.6
Most cited paper
80
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2025
Last updated
16 Sep 2026, 01:45
Publications

58 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Factors prompting pupils' academic performance in privately owned Junior High Schools in Accra, Ghana
MPK Okyerefo
2011 International journal of sociology and anthropology, 2011 Social Sciences 80
Constructions of masculinity and femininity and sexual risk negotiation practices among women in urban Ghana
DY Fiaveh, CO Izugbara, MPK Okyerefo, F Reysoo, CK Fayorsey
2015 Culture, health & sexuality 17 (5), 650-662, 2015 Social Sciences 75
ART access-related barriers faced by HIV-positive persons linked to care in southern Ghana: a mixed method study
A Ankomah, JK Ganle, MY Lartey, A Kwara, PA Nortey, MPK Okyerefo, ...
2016 BMC infectious diseases 16 (1), 738, 2016 Health Sciences 74
Phallic competence: Fatherhood and the making of men in Ghana
AA Ampofo, MPK Okyerefo, M Pervarah
2009 Culture, Society and Masculinities 1 (1), 59, 2009 Social Sciences 72
Prayer and health-seeking beliefs in Ghana: understanding the ‘religious space’of the urban forest
MPK Okyerefo, DY Fiaveh
2017 Health Sociology Review 26 (3), 308-320, 2017 Social Sciences 54
Women’s experiences of sexual pleasure in Ghana
DY Fiaveh, MPK Okyerefo, CK Fayorsey
2015 Sexuality & Culture 19 (4), 697-714, 2015 Social Sciences 41
The gospel of public image in Ghana
MPK Okyerefo
2011 Christianity and public culture in Africa, 204-216, 2011 Social Sciences 27
Femininity, sexual positions and choice
DY Fiaveh, MPK Okyerefo
2019 Sexualities 22 (1-2), 131-147, 2019 Social Sciences 23
African churches in Europe
MPK Okyerefo
2014 Journal of Africana Religions 2 (1), 95-124, 2014 Social Sciences 18
17 Internal and international migration dynamics in Africa
MPK Okyerefo, MB Setrana
2018 Handbook of migration and globalisation, 281, 2018 Social Sciences 17
Pentecostalism in the city of Accra: A blossom on functional appeal and urban fecundity
MPK Okyerefo
2011 American Journal of Sociological Research 1 (1), 27-34, 2011 Social Sciences 17
Use of non-prescription remedies by Ghanaian human immunodeficiency virus-positive persons on antiretroviral therapy
AK Laar, A Kwara, PA Nortey, AK Ankomah, MPK Okyerefo, MY Lartey
2017 Frontiers in public health 5, 115, 2017 Health Sciences 16
Religion as a tool in strengthening the democratic process in Ghana
MPK Okyerefo, DY Fiaveh, KT Asante
2011 Journal of African Studies and development 3 (6), 124, 2011 Humanities 16
Scrambling for the centre: Ghana’s new churches as an alternative Ideology and Power
MPK Okyerefo
2019 Religions 10 (12), 668, 2019 Social Sciences 13
Men of God & Gendered Knowledge
AA Ampofo, MP Okyerefo
2014 Africa-Centred knowledges: Crossing fields and worlds 163, 2014 Social Sciences 12
Ausländer!: Pentecostalism as Social Capital Network for Ghanaians in Vienna
MPK Okyerefo
2008 Ghana Studies 11 (1), 77-103, 2008 Social Sciences 10
Food elimination, food substitution, and nutrient supplementation among ARV-exposed HIV-positive persons in southern Ghana
AK Laar, MY Lartey, A Ankomah, MPK Okyerefo, EA Ampah, DP Letsa, ...
2018 Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 37 (1), 26, 2018 Health Sciences 9
The role of Pentecostal Churches as an influential arm of Civil Society in Ghana
MPK Okyerefo
2014 Ghana Social Science Journal, 2014 Social Sciences 9
Pursuing an effective pre-university education in Ghana: theory and praxis
MPK Okyerefo
2005 Legon Journal of Sociology 2 (1), 33-51, 2005 Social Sciences 9
Deconstructing and Reconstructing. Embracing Alternative Ways of Producing, Classifying and Disseminating Knowledge
P Levitt, M Crul, M Buchowski, SM Channa, J Čapo, G Duijzings, ...
2018 Etnološka tribina: Godišnjak Hrvatskog etnološkog društva 48 (41), 51-101, 2018 Social Sciences 8
HIV counseling and testing among men in the University of Ghana: Implications for gender-based HIV and AIDS prevention interventions
M Okyerefo
2011 Journal of AIDS and HIV Research, 2011 Social Sciences 8
“I experience serenity and convenience in the forest”-Achimota Forest turned sacred space to confront the vicissitudes of life
M Okyerefo
2014 Journal of the Sociology and Theory of Religion 3, 2014 Social Sciences 6
Neo-popular femininity discourse in God’s name: Ambivalent masculinity Rhetoric
A Adomako Ampofo, MP Okyerefo
2014 African studies and knowledge production, 125-144, 2014 Social Sciences 6
Internal and international migration dynamics in Africa
MB Setrana, M Okyerefo
2024 Handbook of migration and globalisation, 195-214, 2024 Social Sciences 5
The autobiographical self as an object for sociological enquiry
MPK Okyerefo
2023 Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung 48 (4), 229-247, 2023 Social Sciences 5