Lucy Afeafa Ry-Kottoh
Department of Publishing StudiesSocial SciencesHealth Sciences

Lucy Afeafa Ry-Kottoh

14 Publications11 Research Themes11 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher conducts multidisciplinary research spanning various social sciences domains, examining multiple aspects within these fields. Their work encompasses themes such as business strategy and innovation, career development and diversity, subtitles and audiovisual media, misinformation and its impacts, copyright and intellectual property, occupational health and safety research, digital games and media, color perception and design, customer service quality and loyalty, hearing impairment and communication, cultural industries and urban development, and the complexities of fonts in disfluent experiments. Their methodology integrates both quantitative and qualitative approaches across different disciplines to explore these themes comprehensively.

Faculty Biography

Dr (Mrs) Lucy Afeafa Ry-Kottoh is an educator and researcher in Publishing Studies and Management, a Commonwealth Scholar, who has taught in higher education since 2001. She has supervised over 60 undergraduates and postgraduate students over the period.  She served as the Head of the Department of Publishing Studies from 2009 to 2011.Her research interests include Print and Digital Publishing, Micro-Publishing (social media publishing and use), Communication, Book Trade, Publishing Management, Financial Management, Marketing, Scholarly Publishing, Educational Development, and Disability Issues.She is currently the Chairperson of The KNUST Advisory Team on Disability.

Key Research Themes (11)
Social Sciences

Business Strategy and Innovation

Social Sciences

Career Development and Diversity

Social Sciences

Color perception and design

Social Sciences

Copyright and Intellectual Property

Social Sciences

Cultural Industries and Urban Development

Social Sciences

Customer Service Quality and Loyalty

Social Sciences

Digital Games and Media

Social Sciences

Hearing Impairment and Communication

Social Sciences

Misinformation and Its Impacts

Health Sciences

Occupational Health and Safety Research

Social Sciences

Subtitles and Audiovisual Media

Publications (14)

Digital media use and public engagement in nongovernmental organizations: Reflections from three Sub-Saharan African countries

Cultural Policy and Publishing in Ghana: Exploring the Symbiosis Between Policy and Practice

Open Access
2025Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentDOI: 10.38159/ehass.2025627

Complexities of fonts in disfluent experiments

Open Access
2024Hearing Impairment and CommunicationDOI: 10.36615/9pb78q28

Examining Service Quality in Ghanaian Higher Education: A Comparative Analysis of Private and Public Universities

Open Access
2024Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyDOI: 10.38159/ehass.20245725

Color preferences among selected adults in Ghana

Open Access
2024Color perception and designDOI: 10.24867/jged-2024-1-015

Safety climate in the Ghanaian printing industry

Open Access
2022Occupational Health and Safety ResearchDOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278100

Using signalling theory to assess the Government of Ghana’s risk communication during the COVID-19 pandemic

Open Access
2022Misinformation and Its ImpactsDOI: 10.4102/hsag.v27i0.1623

Audiobooks: Improving Access to and Use of Learning and Teaching Materials for the Print-Disabled

Open Access
2022Subtitles and Audiovisual MediaDOI: 10.3998/jep.983

Audiobooks: Improving Access to and Use of Learning and Teaching Materials for the Print-Disabled

Open Access
2022Subtitles and Audiovisual MediaDOI: 10.3998/jep.983

Organizational ambidexterity and financial performance in the banking industry: evidence from a developing economy

2021Business Strategy and InnovationDOI: 10.1057/s41264-021-00117-w

Career Choices of Students in Senior High Schools in Ghana

Open Access
2021Career Development and DiversityDOI: 10.7176/jep/12-10-10

Color preference among selected adults in Ghana.csv

Open Access
2021Color perception and designDOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.16785841

Digital Publishing in Ghana: A Focus on Children's Ebooks

Open Access
2017Digital Games and Media

Itinerant Booksellers: Necessary Evils to the Book Trade in Ghana?

2012Copyright and Intellectual PropertyDOI: 10.1007/s12109-012-9281-4
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Publishing Studies
Total Publications14
Research Themes11
Open Access Papers11

Department of Publishing Studies

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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