Foster Opoku

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at Teesside Universityfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2019, latest 2024

Foster has a multi-disciplinary background in Geography, Environmental Management, Teacher Education, and Political Studies. He has over fifteen years of experience in Teaching and Leadership. His specialty and research interests lie in the areas of Geographical and Environmental Education, Urban Geography, Development Geography, Population Geography, Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change, and Environmental Management. He is Open to academic, research, and… More on ORCID

Geography, Planning and Development
Sociology and Political Science
Education
Social Psychology
Anthropology
Developmental and Educational Psychology

Publications: 72019–2024
Citations: 42to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 4.631.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 57%4 of 7 scored papers
Open access: 43%3 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Tutor, Department of GeographySt. Jerome Senior High School, Ghana Education Service2016–2023
Teacher, Mathematics and Social StudiesRoman Catholic Junior High School, Ghana Education Service2009–2012

Education

Msc Environmental Management (with Advanced Practice), Environmental ManagementTeesside University2023–2025
Master of Philosophy, Department of Geography and Rural DevelopmentKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2018–2022
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography and Rural and Development with Political Studies

Publications

7 in all

The last cityscapes: public cemetery management in Kumasi’s Urban Terrain
2024MortalityJournalOpen accessSenior author7 citations10.1080/13576275.2024.2390468
Asset or liability: exploring undergraduates’ perceptions of faculty-mentored research in Ghana
2024Studies in Higher Education

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Subfields

Geography, Planning and Development343%
Sociology and Political Science343%
Education229%
Social Psychology229%
Anthropology114%
Developmental and Educational Psychology114%
General Health Professions114%
Urban Studies114%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Geography Education and Pedagogy3
Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy2
Outdoor and Experiential Education2
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues1
Anthropological Studies and Insights1
Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions1
Education and Critical Thinking Development1
Evaluation of Teaching Practices1
Higher Education Research Studies1
Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies1
Historical Geography and Geographical Thought1
Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

43% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom2
Brunei1
Indonesia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Northumbria UniversityGB1 paper
State University of MalangID1 paper
Teesside UniversityGB1 paper
Universiti Brunei DarussalamBN1 paper
University of AberdeenGB1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper

Where they publish

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education2
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research/Advances in social science, education and humanities research1
lnternational Journal of Geography and Geography Education1
Mortality1
SN Business & Economics1
Studies in Higher Education1

How it can be read

43% free to read

Diamond 2 · 29%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 1 · 14%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 4 · 57%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 7 papers name a funder

Universitas Negeri Malang1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education2
11Sustainable cities and communities1
13Climate action1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Geography education in perspective: an enquiry into Ghanaian senior high school students’ positive and negative attitudes towards geography
International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
202014 citationsWorld top 10%
PERCEPTIONS OF GEOGRAPHY AMONG GHANAIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
lnternational Journal of Geography and Geography Education13
20199 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Geography education in Ghanaian senior high schools: a qualitative study of the gender differences in students’ geographical knowledge and interests
International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education4
20208 citationsWorld top 10%
The last cityscapes: public cemetery management in Kumasi’s Urban Terrain
Mortality11
20247 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Collaborative Creativity Learning: Analyzing Scientific Creativity and Problem Solving Watershed Conservation Studies in Learning Geography
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research/Advances in social science, education and humanities research15
20222 citationsOpen access · Diamond

, Geography and Rural Department

Diploma in Basic Education, Institute of EducationWesley College of Education2006–2009

Honours, memberships and service

National Association of Graduate Teacherssince 2017
Ghana Geographical Association/Ghana Geography Teachers Association
Ghana National Association of Teachers2009–2016

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Collaborative Creativity Learning: Analyzing Scientific Creativity and Problem Solving Watershed Conservation Studies in Learning Geography

2022Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research/Advances in social science, education and humanities researchPublicationOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.2991/978-2-494069-63-3_6

Geography education in perspective: an enquiry into Ghanaian senior high school students’ positive and negative attitudes towards geography

2020International Research in Geographical and Environmental EducationJournalFirst authorCorresponding14 citations10.1080/10382046.2020.1727115

PERCEPTIONS OF GEOGRAPHY AMONG GHANAIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

2019lnternational Journal of Geography and Geography EducationJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.32003/iggei.467488