Centre for African Wetlands

Research institute · Accra · Ghana · founded 2000

Official siteGRID grid.507703.6ROR

Publications

2011–2026

Citations

1,873

To those publications

Scholars

8 carry an ORCID — 73% of them.

Research impact, 2016–2025

Field-weighted against the world’s papers

Publications: 242016–2025
Citations: 1,196to papers published 2016–2025
Field-weighted impact: 3.601.00 is the world average · median 1.35
World top 10%: 42%10 of 24 papers, by citations in their field and year
Open access: 79%19 papers free to read

Diamond 2 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 33%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 21%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 21%

Output and citations by year

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

What it publishes in

By field, with field-weighted impact

Agricultural and Biological Sciences1354%FWCI 2.03
Environmental Science1354%FWCI 4.09
Medicine1042%FWCI 2.35
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology313%FWCI 8.48
Economics, Econometrics and Finance28%

Who it works with

83% of papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom14
United States5
Australia5
Netherlands4
Switzerland4
South Africa4
Kenya3
France3

Papers with at least one author in that country. 83% of all papers have a co-author abroad.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH21 papers
Zoological Society of LondonGB6 papers
University of CambridgeGB4 papers
University of SussexGB3 papers
Center for International Forestry ResearchID3 papers
University of OxfordGB3 papers
Institute of Development StudiesGB3 papers
Stellenbosch UniversityZA3 papers
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR2 papers
Global Environment FacilityUS2 papers
International Union for Conservation of NatureCH2 papers
Manchester Metropolitan UniversityGB2 papers

Research for the Sustainable Development Goals

19 papers address at least one goal

1No poverty312.5% of papers
2Zero hunger14.2% of papers
3Good health and well-being28.3% of papers
4Quality education0No papers yet

Who funds it

19 of 24 papers name a funder

Natural Environment Research Council7 papers
Sight Research UK7 papers
European Commission5 papers
Alborada Trust2 papers
British Federation of Women Graduates2 papers
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica2 papers
Directorate for Biological Sciences2 papers
Economic and Social Research Council2 papers
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office2 papers
UK Research and Innovation2 papers

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