John Tiah Bugri

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 2007, latest 2025

Soil Science
Urban Studies
Global and Planetary Change
Building and Construction
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Safety Research

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 292007–2025
Citations: 661to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 15
Field-weighted impact: 2.141.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 10%3 of 29 scored papers
Open access: 59%17 papers free to read

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

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

29 in all

Institutional design and performance of land-based financing instruments: Evidence from local authorities in Ghana
2025World Development PerspectivesJournalSenior author0 citations10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100753
The dynamics of land-based financing in Ghana: An institutional perspective for implementation
2024Journal of Urban Affairs

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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

Soil Science1241%
Urban Studies1138%
Global and Planetary Change828%
Building and Construction517%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences517%
Safety Research414%
Social Psychology414%
Economics and Econometrics310%
Management Science and Operations Research310%
Strategy and Management27%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Land Rights and Reforms12
Urban and Rural Development Challenges11
Land Use and Ecosystem Services6
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development5
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management4
Disability Rights and Representation4
Facilities and Workplace Management4
Construction Project Management and Performance3
BIM and Construction Integration2
Disability Education and Employment2
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion2
African Botany and Ecology Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

14% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

China2
Australia1
Hong Kong SAR1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kumasi Technical UniversityGH3 papers
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH2 papers
Hohai UniversityCN1 paper
Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHK1 paper
Monash UniversityAU1 paper
Shenzhen UniversityCN1 paper
Stuttgart Technical University of Applied SciencesDE1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper
University for Development StudiesGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Land and Rural Studies2
Land Use Policy2
Property Management2
Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies1
Disability CBR & Inclusive Development1
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities6
8Decent work and economic growth3
2Zero hunger2
4Quality education2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
17Partnerships for the goals2
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Most cited

The dynamics of tenure security, agricultural production and environmental degradation in Africa: Evidence from stakeholders in north-east Ghana
Land Use Policy2
2007144 citations
Determinants of Peri-Urbanization and Land Use Change Patterns in Peri-Urban Ghana
Journal of Sustainable Development11
201495 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Application of Geo-Information Techniques in Land Use and Land Cover Change Analysis in a Peri-Urban District of Ghana

GREEN BUILDING LITERACY AND HOUSING CHOICE

2022PublicationOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.15396/afres2022-026

Deterrent libraries: Denying persons with disability

2018Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen access4 citations10.4314/just.v37i1.10

Land Surface Temperature Extracts for Peri-Urban Heat and Rural Cool Troughs in Ghana

2017International Journal of Advanced Remote Sensing and GISJournalSenior author5 citations10.23953/cloud.ijarsg.274

Feasibility of Slum Redevelopment in Ghana: The Regenerative Approach

2016Sociology and AnthropologyJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.13189/sa.2016.041106

Application of Geo-Information Techniques in Land Use and Land Cover Change Analysis in a Peri-Urban District of Ghana

2015ISPRS International Journal of Geo-InformationJournalOpen accessSenior author83 citations10.3390/ijgi4031265

Land Use Conversion Probabilities in a Peri-Urban District of Ghana

2015Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental StudiesJournalSenior author13 citations10.1142/s2345748115500268

Determinants of Peri-Urbanization and Land Use Change Patterns in Peri-Urban Ghana

2014Journal of Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen access95 citations10.5539/jsd.v7n6p95

Improving Land Sector Governance in Ghana

2012World Bank, Washington, DC eBooksBookOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding35 citations10.1596/28528

Ghana Journal of Development Studies1

How it can be read

59% free to read

Diamond 6 · 21%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 24%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Green 3 · 10%A copy in a repository
Closed 12 · 41%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 29 papers name a funder

West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use3
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung2
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2
Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche2
IEEE Electron Devices Society1
Investigative Reporters and Editors1
Monash University1
World Bank Group1

10Reduced inequalities1

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information11

201583 citationsOpen access · Gold