George Wiafe

University of Ghana

Associate Professor, University of Ghana, since 1996per ORCID

Publishing since 1996, latest 2022

Earth-Surface Processes
Oceanography
Ecology
Global and Planetary Change
Atmospheric Science
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Publications: 311996–2022
Citations: 630to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 16
Field-weighted impact: 2.321.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 17%5 of 30 scored papers
Open access: 13%4 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, Marine and Fisheries SciencesUniversity of Ghanasince 1996

Education

PhD, Oceanography and FisheriesUniversity of Ghana1997–2001
MPhil, Marine SciencesNewcastle University1992–1994
BSc, ZoologyUniversity of Ghana1989–1991

Publications

31 in all

A WAVEWATCH III® Model Approach to Investigating Ocean Wave Source Terms for West Africa: Input-Dissipation Source Terms
2022Remote Sensing in Earth Systems SciencesJournalSenior author14 citations10.1007/s41976-021-00065-y
A WAVEWATCH III® model approach to investigating ocean wave source terms for West Africa: Non-linear wave-wave interaction source terms
2022

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Earth-Surface Processes1135%
Oceanography1135%
Ecology929%
Global and Planetary Change929%
Atmospheric Science723%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law723%
Ocean Engineering26%
Pollution26%
Sociology and Political Science26%
Water Science and Technology26%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Coastal and Marine Dynamics10
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing7
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes7
Coastal and Marine Management6
Marine and fisheries research6
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics5
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research5
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies4
Marine and coastal ecosystems4
Aeolian processes and effects3
Climate variability and models3
Maritime Navigation and Safety2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

45% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom8
United States6
France1
Italy1
Belgium1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUS2 papers
Mississippi State UniversityUS2 papers
Plymouth Marine LaboratoryGB2 papers
Northern Gulf InstituteUS2 papers
University of PortsmouthGB2 papers
Stennis Space CenterUS2 papers
University of Mines and TechnologyGH2 papers
Lamont-Doherty Earth ObservatoryUS1 paper
Naval Information Warfare Systems CommandUS1 paper
Newcastle UniversityGB1 paper

Where they publish

Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Sciences7
Journal of Coastal Conservation2
African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology1
Applied Ocean Research1
Cambridge University Press eBooks1
Environmental Development1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

14Life below water27
13Climate action2
6Clean water and sanitation1
12Responsible consumption and production1

Most cited

Operational Monitoring of Illegal Fishing in Ghana through Exploitation of Satellite Earth Observation and AIS Data
Remote Sensing14
2019121 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Impact of climate change on long-term zooplankton biomass in the upwelling region of the Gulf of Guinea
ICES Journal of Marine Science14
200874 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Applied Ocean Research

Ocean state projections: A review of the West African marine environment

2022Journal of Coastal ConservationJournalSenior author5 citations10.1007/s11852-022-00908-w

Extreme Rainfall Events over Accra, Ghana, in Recent Years

2021Remote Sensing in Earth Systems SciencesBook chapterSenior author15 citations10.1007/s41976-021-00062-1

An assessment of the contribution of fluvial sediment discharge to coastal stability: A case study of Western Region of Ghana

2019African Journal of Environmental Science and TechnologyJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.5897/ajest2017.2387

Small vessel tracking using AIS for enhanced maritime domain awareness

2017OCEANS 2017 – AnchorageJournal6 citations

Satellite Observations of Upwelling in the Gulf of Guinea

2015IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing LettersJournalFirst author46 citations10.1109/lgrs.2014.2379474

Comparative productivity and biomass yields of the Guinea Current LME

2015Environmental DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1016/j.envdev.2015.07.001

Application of RADAR Corner Reflectors for the Detection of Small Vessels in Synthetic Aperture Radar

2014IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote SensingJournal24 citations10.1109/jstars.2014.2359797

Coastal and Continental Shelf Processes in Ghana

2010ReportFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.21236/ada540472

Impact of climate change on long-term zooplankton biomass in the upwelling region of the Gulf of Guinea

2008ICES Journal of Marine ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding74 citations10.1093/icesjms/fsn042

Water quality studies on two irrigation-associated rivers in southern Ghana

1999Journal of the Ghana Science AssociationJournalSenior author6 citations10.4314/jgsa.v1i2.17810

ICES Journal of Marine Science

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters1

How it can be read

13% free to read

Diamond 1 · 3%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 3%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 27 · 87%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

10 of 31 papers name a funder

University of Ghana3
International Development Research Centre2
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration2
Canadian Space Agency1
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique1
Department for International Development, UK Government1
Division of Ocean Sciences1
European Space Agency1