Issaka Kanton Osumanu

Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies

Also at University for Development Studiesfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2007, latest 2026

Urban Studies
Nutrition and Dietetics
Plant Science
Soil Science
Global and Planetary Change
Sociology and Political Science

Publications: 322007–2026
Citations: 590to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 12
Field-weighted impact: 3.981.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 50%16 of 32 scored papers
Open access: 53%17 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

32 in all

Resilience in the face of climate change: Adaptation strategies and determinant factors among pastoralists in Ghana
2026Next SustainabilityJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.nxsust.2026.100335
Impacts of climate change and mobile pastoralism on land use in semi-arid Ghana
2025Discover Environment

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Urban Studies1134%
Nutrition and Dietetics722%
Plant Science619%
Soil Science619%
Global and Planetary Change516%
Sociology and Political Science516%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics413%
General Health Professions39%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law39%
Transportation39%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Urban and Rural Development Challenges11
Child Nutrition and Water Access7
Land Rights and Reforms4
Land Use and Ecosystem Services4
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability4
Agricultural risk and resilience3
Climate change impacts on agriculture3
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development2
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations2
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare2
Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology2
Urban Transport and Accessibility2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

9% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States2
Burkina Faso1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University for Development StudiesGH31 papers
University of GhanaGH3 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
Rainforest AllianceUS1 paper
Savannah Technical CollegeUS1 paper
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH1 paper
Université Aube NouvelleBF1 paper
Bolgatanga Technical UniversityGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Development Studies3
Current Urban Studies2
Environment Development and Sustainability2
Advances in African economic, social and political development1
Cleaner Waste Systems1
Cogent Social Sciences1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger5
11Sustainable cities and communities4
13Climate action3
8Decent work and economic growth2
15Life on land2
17Partnerships for the goals2
1No poverty1
5

Most cited

Determinants of Open Defecation in the Wa Municipality of Ghana: Empirical Findings Highlighting Sociocultural and Economic Dynamics among Households
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
2019101 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Vegetable farmers’ knowledge on pesticides use in Northwest Ghana
Environment Development and Sustainability2
202048 citationsWorld top 10%
From Patches of Villages to a Municipality: Time, Space, and Expansion of Wa, Ghana

Risk concerns and attitudes of grasscutter farmers in the upper west region of Ghana

2025Ghana Journal of Development StudiesJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gjds.v22i1.9

Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in Northern Ghana: An Analysis of Household Health Risks

2023Ghana Journal of Development StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.4314/gjds.v20i1.9

How urbanisation shapes availability of provisioning ecosystem services in peri-urban Ghana

2023International Journal of Urban Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1080/19463138.2023.2267518

Vegetable farmers’ knowledge on pesticides use in Northwest Ghana

2020Environment Development and SustainabilityJournalSenior author48 citations10.1007/s10668-020-00916-6

A growing city: patterns and ramifications of urban change in Wa, Ghana

2020Spatial Information ResearchJournalFirst authorCorresponding31 citations10.1007/s41324-020-00313-1

LAND CONFLICTS AND FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA: AN EVIDENCE FROM DORIMON IN GHANA

2020International Journal of Management & Entrepreneurship ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.51594/ijmer.v2i2.126

Contextual Issues in Health Care Financing in Africa: Drawing on the Ghanaian Experience

2014Advances in African economic, social and political developmentBook chapterSenior author2 citations10.1007/978-3-319-06022-4_9

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Environmental Management1

How it can be read

53% free to read

Diamond 7 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 22%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 15 · 47%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 32 papers name a funder

University of Ghana1

6Clean water and sanitation1

201848 citationsWorld top 10%