Daniel Buor

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Professor of Geography of Health and Development, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 1989per ORCID

Publishing since 1994, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
General Health Professions
Nutrition and Dietetics
Sociology and Political Science
Safety Research
Urban Studies

In their own words

Accessibility and Utilisation of Health Services
Maternal and Child Health
Waste Management

Publications: 631994–2026
Citations: 1,395to those papers
h-index: 18i10-index 22
Field-weighted impact: 2.101.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 40%14 of 35 scored papers
Open access: 51%18 of the 35 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 2,049 citations, h-index 18 and i10-index 23 (897 citations and h-index 16 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

Professor of Geography of Health and Development, Geography and Rural Development, KNUST-KumasiKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 1989

Education

Professor of Geography of Health and Development, Geography and Rural Development, KNUST-KumasiKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 1989
Professor of Geography of Health and Development, Geography and Rural Development, KNUST-KumasiKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 1989
BA; MPhil; PhD; PhD, Geography and Rural Development, KNUST-KumasiKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publications

63 in all

An Analysis of the Determinants of Maternal Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
2004Journal of Women s HealthJournalFirst author157 citations10.1089/jwh.2004.13.926
Gender and the utilisation of health services in the Ashanti Region, Ghana
2004Health PolicyJournalOpen access

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1117%
General Health Professions610%
Nutrition and Dietetics610%
Sociology and Political Science610%
Safety Research58%
Urban Studies58%
Economics and Econometrics46%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology46%
Global and Planetary Change46%
Finance35%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health11
Child Nutrition and Water Access6
Urban and Rural Development Challenges5
Global Health Care Issues4
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare4
Healthcare Systems and Reforms3
Sleep and related disorders3
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences2
Climate Change and Health Impacts2
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies2
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management2
Disaster Management and Resilience2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

31% of their 35 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Australia6
Kenya6
Hong Kong SAR3
United Kingdom2
United States2
Canada1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

African Population and Health Research CenterKE6 papers
Southern Cross UniversityAU5 papers
The University of AdelaideAU4 papers
Offinso College of EducationGH4 papers
Lingnan UniversityHK3 papers
Adelaide UniversityAU2 papers
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH2 papers
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentGH2 papers
Ghana Education ServiceGH2 papers
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH2 papers

Where they publish

GeoJournal3
Bulletin of the Ghana Geographical Association2
Ghana Journal of Geography2
Health Policy2
Health Sociology Review2
Information Development2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty9
3Good health and well-being3
13Climate action3
5Gender equality2
11Sustainable cities and communities2
4Quality education1
6Clean water and sanitation1
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Most cited

Analysing the primacy of distance in the utilization of health services in the Ahafo‐Ano South district, Ghana
The International Journal of Health Planning and Management1
2003247 citationsWorld top 10%
An Analysis of the Determinants of Maternal Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of Women s Health3
2004157 citationsWorld top 10%
Urban sprawl and green space depletion: Implications for flood incidence in Kumasi, Ghana

Honours, memberships and service

Professor of Geography of Health and Development, Geography and Rural Development, KNUST-KumasiKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Professor of Geography of Health and Development, University ProfessorKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Won Gold Award of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011; Won CODESRIA Grant in 1997; Won WOTRO Grant in 2000; Won PAA 2008 Williams and Flora Hewlett Foundation Travel Grant; Paper "gender and utilisation of Health Services in Ashanti Region, Ghana published in Health Policy, 2004, 69(3):375-388 voted as among Top 10 to be published in that domain in 2011., Geography and Rural Development, KNUST-KumasiKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Won Gold Award of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011; Won CODESRIA Grant in 1997; Won WOTRO Grant in 2000; Won PAA 2008 Williams and Flora Hewlett Foundation Travel Grant; Paper "gender and utilisation of Health Services in Ashanti Region, Ghana published in Health Policy, 2004, 69(3):375-388 voted as among Top 10 to be published in that domain in 2011Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
American Association of Geographers; Ghana Geographers Association;, Geography and Rural Development, KNUST-KumasiKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
American Association of Geographers; Ghana Geographers Association; Population Association of America; Fellow, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences; Southern Demographic Association, Geography and Rural Development, KNUST-KumasiKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Professor of Geography of Health and Development, KNUST-Kumasi, Ghana: 33 YearsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

How it can be read

51% free to read, of the 35 recorded

Diamond 4 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 5%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 17 · 27%Behind a paywall
Unknown 28 · 44%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

6 of 63 papers name a funder

Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg4
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa1
Lingnan University1
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee1
Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete1
Water Resources Research Institute, North Carolina State University1