Jonathan Arthur Quaye‐Ballard

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Prof, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyper ORCID

Publishing since 2003, latest 2026

Global and Planetary Change
Environmental Engineering
Water Science and Technology
Ecology
Building and Construction
Atmospheric Science

In their own words

Geo-informatics
Engineering Education
Usability

Publications: 872003–2026
Citations: 1,288to those papers
h-index: 21i10-index 30
Field-weighted impact: 1.391.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 13%8 of 60 scored papers
Open access: 75%45 of the 60 whose access is recorded

10 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 1,606 citations, h-index 21 and i10-index 36 (1,299 citations and h-index 19 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Prof, Geomatic EngineeringKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Education

Prof., Geomatic EngineeringKNUST

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

87 in all

End-Member Selection in Two-Component Isotope-Based Hydrograph Separation
2019Open Journal of Modern HydrologyJournalOpen access6 citations10.4236/ojmh.2019.92003
An Evaluation of Catchment Transit Time Model Parameters: A Comparative Study between Two Stable Isotopes of Water
2019Geosciences

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Global and Planetary Change2630%
Environmental Engineering1618%
Water Science and Technology1315%
Ecology1011%
Building and Construction67%
Atmospheric Science45%
Civil and Structural Engineering45%
Environmental Chemistry45%
Plant Science45%
Artificial Intelligence33%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management8
Land Use and Ecosystem Services8
Flood Risk Assessment and Management7
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies7
Climate variability and models5
Water Quality and Pollution Assessment5
Groundwater and Watershed Analysis4
Hydrological Forecasting Using AI4
Hydrology and Drought Analysis4
Remote Sensing in Agriculture4
3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications3
African Botany and Ecology Studies3

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

38% of their 60 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

China10
Germany3
Canada3
Nigeria3
Côte d’Ivoire2
New Zealand2
Netherlands2
United Kingdom2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH8 papers
Hohai UniversityCN7 papers
University for Development StudiesGH7 papers
Forestry Research Institute of GhanaGH6 papers
Takoradi Technical UniversityGH5 papers
University of Nottingham Ningbo ChinaCN3 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH3 papers
Accra Technical UniversityGH3 papers
University of Technology and Applied SciencesGH3 papers
The Forestry Commission of GhanaGH3 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)8
Scientific African5
Heliyon3
International Journal of Geography and Geology2
Journal of Engineering and Technology2
Journal of Ghana Institution of Surveyors (The Ghana Surveyor)2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land14
6Clean water and sanitation6
11Sustainable cities and communities6
2Zero hunger3
13Climate action3
14Life below water3
17Partnerships for the goals2
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Most cited

Validation of the ESA CCI soil moisture product in China
International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation
2016151 citations
Monitoring land use and land cover changes due to extensive gold mining, urban expansion, and agriculture in the Pra River Basin of Ghana, 1986–2025
Land Degradation and Development15
2018119 citationsWorld top 10%
Water balance responses to land-use/land-cover changes in the Pra River Basin of Ghana, 1986–2025
CATENA15

Land use change and sediment yield studies in Ghana

2018Journal of Geography and Regional PlanningJournal24 citations

An investigation into the freshwater variability in West Africa during 1979‐2010

2017International Journal of ClimatologyJournalOpen accessSenior author37 citations10.1002/joc.5006

Validation of the ESA CCI soil moisture product in China

2016International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformationJournal151 citations

A Multivariate Analysis of Freshwater Variability over West Africa

20152015 AGU Fall MeetingJournalSenior author0 citations

Monitoring rangeland degradation on the “Three River Headwaters” region in 1990 and 2004, Qinghai, China

20142014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing SymposiumConferenceSenior author7 citations

GIS based fire emergency response system

2013International Journal of remote Sensing and GISJournalSenior author67 citations

Role of Geoinformatics for Ghana oil and gas industry

2013International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication (IJRITCC)JournalFirst author3 citations

Exploring Geospatial data through Verbal Protocol Analysis (VPA): A case study at Hohai University, China

2013International Journal of Engineering EducationJournalFirst author0 citations

Monitoring Wetland Changes on the Source of the Three Rivers From 1990 to 2009, Qinghai, China

2013IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote SensingJournalSenior author14 citations

The restoration of degraded forests in Ghana: a case study in the Offinso forest district

2011Agriculture and Biology Journal of North AmericaJournalOpen accessSenior author12 citations10.5251/abjna.2011.2.1.134.142

Online Land Acquisition System: A case study of Kumasi Metropolis

2009Journal of Ghana Institution of Surveyors (The Ghana Surveyor)Journal0 citations

Land title routines with GPS integrated GIS

2009Journal of Engineering and TechnologyJournalFirst author0 citations

KNUST Panorama 2007

2009Journal of Engineering and TechnologyJournalFirst author0 citations

Virtual Reality: A Tool for Cartographic Visualization

2008Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.4314/just.v28i1.33086

Computer Assisted Land Valuation using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System: An Overview

2008Journal of Ghana Institution of Surveyors (The Ghana Surveyor).JournalSenior author0 citations

Usability testing: using “think aloud” method in testing cartographic product

2007Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4314/just.v27i2.33050

An Introductory Cartography for Geomaticians

2007Payless PublicationsJournalFirst author0 citations

The use of virtual reality in visualizing land property

2007Journal of Science and TechnologyJournalFirst author1 citation

Visualization of Land Property for the Urban Environment

2003Enschede, ITCJournalFirst author2 citations

Journal of Science and Technology

SN Applied Sciences2

How it can be read

75% free to read, of the 60 recorded

Diamond 14 · 16%Free to read and to publish
Gold 23 · 26%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 15 · 17%Behind a paywall
Unknown 27 · 31%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

17 of 87 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology7
National Natural Science Foundation of China5
World Bank Group4
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada2
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung2
National Key Research and Development Program of China2
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada2
University of Manitoba2

8Decent work and economic growth1

201991 citationsWorld top 10%

GIS based fire emergency response system

International Journal of remote Sensing and GIS

201367 citations