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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

1,551

H-index

25

i10-index

45

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
18.2
Most cited paper
130
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2024
Last updated
15 Sep 2026, 23:18
Publications

85 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Escaping the'Oil Curse': Is Ghana on the right path?
E Graham, I Ackah, N Andrews, RE Van Gyampo
2019 The African Review: A Journal of African Politics, Development and …, 2019 Social Sciences 22
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 22
Chiefs and electoral politics in Ghana’s fourth republic
REV Gyampo
2009 Journal of Intra African Studies 1 (1), 86-111, 2009 Social Sciences 22
The 2008 political parties' code of conduct in Ghana: A toothless Bulldog?
RE Van Gyampo
2008 African Journal of Political Science and International Relations 2 (3), 38, 2008 Social Sciences 21
Winner-takes-all politics in Ghana: The case for effective council of state
R Gyampo
2015 — Social Sciences 19
Making Ghana’s oil money count: Lessons from gold mining
RE Van Gyampo
2014 International Journal of Development and Economic Sustainability 2 (1), 25-38, 2014 Social Sciences 18
The first one hundred days of oil production in Ghana
RE Van Gyampo, NL Kuditcher, BE Asare
2011 African Research Review 5 (2), 2011 Social Sciences 18
Routledge handbook of democratization in Africa
G Lynch, P VonDoepp
2019 Routledge, 2019 Social Sciences 17
Dealing with Ghana's Winner-Takes-All Politics: A Case for Proportional Representation
REV Gyampo
2015 The Journal of Social Sciences Research 1 (4), 41-46, 2015 Social Sciences 17
Politicisation of the National Union of Ghana Students and its effects on student representation
RE Van Gyampo, E Debrah, E Aggrey-Darkoh
2016 Student politics in Africa: Representation and activism 2, 224, 2016 Social Sciences 16
The youth and development planning in West Africa: The case of Ghana’s Fourth Republic
RE Gyampo
2012 African Journal of Social Sciences, 2012 Social Sciences 16
Election petition and the future of electoral reforms in Ghana
RE Van Gyampo, A Agbevade, E Graham
2022 JournaL of african ELEctions 21 (1), 120-141, 2022 Social Sciences 15
Presidential debates and the electoral fortunes of political parties in Ghana's 2008 elections
RE Van Gyampo
2009 Ghana Journal of Development Studies 6 (1), 2009 Social Sciences 15
Campus politics and intra-party vote buying in Ghana: How political mentorship could destruct
SA Paalo, RE Van Gyampo
2019 Journal of Student Affairs in Africa 7 (2), 2019 Social Sciences 14
Politics, governance, and development in Ghana
N Chazan, KA Ninsin, E Siaw, AKD Frempong, JA Ayelazuno, ...
2019 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2019 Social Sciences 13
Mediating the Dagbon chieftaincy conflict: The eminent chief approach
E Debrah, I Owusu-Mensah, R Gyampo
2014 Peace Studies Journal 7 (2), 29-41, 2014 Social Sciences 13
Direct election of district chief executives and mayors: A tool for effective decentralisation and political stability in Ghana
R Van Gyampo
2008 Ghana Policy Journal 2, 70-92, 2008 Social Sciences 13
Reviewing the extensive appointment powers of the president as solution to winner-takes all politics in Ghana
REV Gyampo, E Graham
2017 Ghana Social Science Journal 14 (2), 252, 2017 Social Sciences 11
Ghana’s 2020 general elections: An assessment of the journey and processes
RE Van Gyampo, E Graham
2022 The African Review 49 (3), 310-333, 2022 Social Sciences 10
Rejected ballots and democratic consolidation in Ghana’s fourth republic
R Gyampo
2009 African Research Review, 2009 Social Sciences 10
Explaining political party vigilantism and violence in parliamentary by-elections in Ghana
R Asante, R Van Gyampo
2021 Journal of African Politics 1 (1), 89-105, 2021 Social Sciences 9
The national peace council and democratic consolidation. An assessment
A Agbevade, E Graham, RE Van
2021 International Journal of Political Science and Governance 3 (2), 90-100, 2021 Social Sciences 8
A decade of oil discovery in Ghana: implications for politics and democracy
E Graham, R Van Gyampo, FX Tuokuu
2020 Ghana Social Science Journal 17 (1), 27-27, 2020 Social Sciences 8
Dialogic features of brand South Africa’s website and tourists’ intentions to visit
RE Hinson, JPB Kosiba, H Boateng, R Odoom, RE Gyampo
2019 European Business Review 31 (5), 569-584, 2019 Social Sciences 8
Proportional representation: A solution to winner-takes-all politics in Ghana
R Gyampo
2016 The Institute of Economic Affairs 21 (1), 1-12, 2016 Social Sciences 8