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Ransford Edward Van Gyampo

Professor

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

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Governance and Democratic DevelopmentElectoral Reform and PoliticsNatural Resource ManagementEuropean Studiesand Maritim
Publications

85

Citations

1,579

H-index

25

i10-index

45

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
18.6
Most cited paper
131
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2024
Last updated
6 Nov 2026, 09:02
Publications

85 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Saving Ghana from its oil: a critical assessment of preparations so far made
R Gyampo
2010 African Research Review 4 (3), 2010 Social Sciences 131
Political vigilantism and democratic governance in Ghana's Fourth Republic
RE Gyampo, E Graham, BE Asare
2017 The African Review: A Journal of African Politics, Development and …, 2017 Social Sciences 74
Youth participation in youth programmes: The case of Ghana’s national youth employment programme
R Gyampo
2012 The Journal of Pan African Studies 5 (5), 13-28, 2012 Social Sciences 68
Social media, traditional media and party politics in Ghana
RE Van Gyampo
2017 Africa Review 9 (2), 125-139, 2017 Social Sciences 64
Ghana's 2016 general election: accounting of the monumental defeat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)
RE Van Gyampo, E Graham, E Yobo
2017 Journal of African elections 16 (1), 24-45, 2017 Social Sciences 60
Youth politics in Africa
RE Van Gyampo, NA Anyidoho
2016 — Social Sciences 57
Youth participation in local and national development in Ghana: 1620-2013
R Edward
2013 The Journal of Pan-African Studies, 2013 Social Sciences 55
The youth and political ideology in Ghanaian politics: The case of the fourth republic
RE Van Gyampo
2012 Africa Development 37 (2), 137–165-137–165, 2012 Social Sciences 54
Student activism and democratic quality in Ghana’s Fourth Republic
RE Van Gyampo
2013 Journal of student affairs in Africa 1 (1-2), 49-66, 2013 Social Sciences 50
The state of electoral reforms in Ghana
RE Van Gyampo
2017 Africa Spectrum 52 (3), 95-109, 2017 Social Sciences 47
Politics of oil and gas in Ghana
E Graham, I Ackah, REV Gyampo
2016 Insight on Africa 8 (2), 131-141, 2016 Social Sciences 46
The third peaceful transfer of power and democratic consolidation in Ghana
E Graham, R Gyampo, P Faanu, E Yobo
2017 Journal of Pan African Studies 10 (5), 99-128, 2017 Social Sciences 42
Political Parties and Social Media in Ghana.
RE Van Gyampo
2017 Journal of Pan African Studies 10 (1), 186, 2017 Social Sciences 38
The church and Ghana's drive toward democratic consolidation and maturity
RE Van Gyampo, B Asare
2017 Journal of Church and State 59 (1), 1-22, 2017 Social Sciences 36
Youth in parliament and youth representation in Ghana
RE Van Gyampo
2015 Journal of Asian and African studies 50 (1), 69-82, 2015 Social Sciences 36
An institutional assessment of the public interest and accountability committee (PIAC) in Ghana’s oil and gas sector
E Graham, REV Gyampo, I Ackah, N Andrews
2019 Journal of Contemporary African Studies 37 (4), 316-334, 2019 Social Sciences 35
Creating new regions in Ghana: populist or rational pathway to development?
RE Van Gyampo
2018 Ghana Journal of Development Studies 15 (2), 1-16, 2018 Social Sciences 34
Dealing with winner takes all politics in Ghana: the case of national development planning
R Gyampo
2016 Governance: A Publication of the Institute of Economic Affairs 20 (1), 1-12, 2016 Social Sciences 32
Transparency and accountability in the management of oil revenues in Ghana
RE Van Gyampo
2016 Africa Spectrum 51 (2), 79-91, 2016 Social Sciences 31
Constitutional hybridity and constitutionalism in Ghana
RE Van Gyampo, E Graham
2014 Africa Review 6 (2), 138-150, 2014 Social Sciences 30
Public funding of political parties in Ghana: An outmoded conception?
REV Gyampo
2015 Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies 38 (2), 2015 Social Sciences 29
Third parties and electoral politics in Ghana's fourth republic
E Yobo, RE Van Gyampo
2015 J. Pol. & L. 8, 7, 2015 Social Sciences 28
The youth and party manifestos in Ghanaian politics-the case of the 2012 general elections
RE Van Gyampo, E Debrah
2013 Journal of African Elections 12 (2), 96-114, 2013 Social Sciences 27
Political apparatchiks and governance in Ghana’s fourth republic
REV Gyampo
2010 Educational Research 1 (11), 21-36, 2010 Social Sciences 27
Dealing with Ghana's winner-takes-all politics: the case for an independent Parliament
RE Van Gyampo
2015 The African Review: A Journal of African Politics, Development and …, 2015 Social Sciences 26