Four academics from the University of Ghana Business School have been recognized among the world’s top 2% of scientists according to the most recent Stanford University-Elsevier ranking, demonstrating the global significance of research conducted at Ghana’s leading business institution.
The 2026 ranking identifies Professor Joshua Yindenaba Abor, Dr Emmanuel Joel Aikins Abakah, Professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin, and Professor Robert Ebo Hinson as scholars acknowledged for their substantial citation impact in Economics and Business.
Professor Abor achieved the most prominent standing among the four, attaining a global ranking of 24,350th in the single-year impact assessment and 119th within his specialized field, among 16,367 researchers.
He obtained a composite citation score of 3.19, encompassing 216 scholarly documents and 714 citations.
Dr Abakah secured a global ranking of 65,025th, with 101 documents and 1,259 citations, achieving 266th position in his specialized field.
Professor Bokpin attained a global ranking of 74,673rd, with 68 documents and 359 citations, whereas Professor Hinson achieved a specialized field ranking of 485th among 15,920 researchers.
The ranking was unveiled on October 7 and derives from Scopus information spanning the 2025 citation year.
It encompasses researchers across 22 scientific disciplines and 174 specialized subfields and employs a composite citation score integrating factors such as citations, the h-index, collaborative authorship, and authorship sequence.
The compilation differentiates between lifetime research impact and single-year research impact, with the latter evaluating a researcher’s citation influence throughout the most recent evaluation period.
For UGBS, the presence of four faculty members signifies the extent of international recognition for research generated in Ghana within economics, finance, business, and associated fields.
This acknowledgment emerges during a period when academic institutions increasingly employ citation-based metrics to evaluate and demonstrate research significance.
