Raymond Aabeyir

Associate Professor, Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, since 2023per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

Raymond Aabeyir is an Associate Professor of Geospatial Science and Natural Resource Management, Department of Geography, SDD-UBIDS, Wa, He holds a PhD in Climate Change and Land Use from the KNUST, MSc. in Geo-Information and Earth Observation. He is a WASCAL and ITC scholar. His interest is in the applications of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in natural resource management. From ORCID

Global and Planetary Change
Forestry
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Environmental Engineering
Pollution

Publications: 212014–2026
Citations: 162to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 1.551.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 24%5 of 21 scored papers
Open access: 81%17 papers free to read

4 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, GeographySimon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studiessince 2023
Senior Lecturer, GeographySimon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies2020–2023
Senior Lecturer, Environment and Resource StudiesUniversity for Development Studies2018–2019
Lecturer, Environment and Resource StudiesUniversity for Development Studies2008–2017
Senior Research Assistant

Publications

21 in all

Challenges to the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in semi-arid Ghana
2026PLoS ONEJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0355679
Climate change awareness and the role of cashew plantations in mitigation and adaptation strategies in Ghana’s Savannah ecological zone
2025Discover Sustainability

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Global and Planetary Change1362%
Forestry733%
Ecology314%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics314%
Environmental Engineering314%
Pollution314%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences210%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis210%
Nature and Landscape Conservation210%
Sociology and Political Science210%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management9
African Botany and Ecology Studies7
Climate change impacts on agriculture3
Energy and Environment Impacts3
Land Use and Ecosystem Services3
Agriculture and Rural Development Research2
Forest ecology and management2
Agricultural Innovations and Practices1
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development1
Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems1
Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

24% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Netherlands3
Canada1
Germany1
Spain1
Ethiopia1
United Kingdom1
Gambia1
Liberia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH11 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH7 papers
West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land UseGH4 papers
University of TwenteNL3 papers
International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth ObservationNL3 papers
Forestry Research Institute of GhanaGH3 papers
Polytechnic Institute of ViseuPT1 paper
Universidad de SalamancaES1 paper
Universität HamburgDE1 paper
HAW HamburgDE1 paper

Where they publish

African Geographical Review2
Journal of Natural Resources and Development2
Discover Sustainability1
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)1
Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development1
Environmental Challenges1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land8
13Climate action5
11Sustainable cities and communities3
4Quality education1
6Clean water and sanitation1

Most cited

Allometric models for estimating aboveground biomass in the tropical woodlands of Ghana, West Africa
Forest Ecosystems15
202050 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Empirical evidence of the impact of commercial charcoal production on Woodland in the Forest-Savannah transition zone, Ghana
Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development15
201637 citations
The role of African universities in handling climate change

, Environment and Resource Studies

Education

PhD/Climate Change and Land Use, Civil EngineeringKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2013–2016
MSc/Geo-Information and Earth Observation, Wildlife and Range Management/ITCKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2006–2008
BSc/Geomatic Engineering, Geomatic EngineeringKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2000–2004

Honours, memberships and service

Ghana Geographical AssociationSimon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies2009–2021

The role of African universities in handling climate change

2024Environmental Sciences EuropeJournalOpen access20 citations10.1186/s12302-024-00933-6

Temporal analysis of the state of the Gbele Resource Reserve in the Upper West Region, Ghana

2024Frontiers in Forests and Global ChangeJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.3389/ffgc.2024.1353852

Degradation of Forest Reserves in Asunafo Forest District, Ghana

2022Sustainable developmentBook chapterOpen access0 citations10.5772/intechopen.106993

Nexus between Savannah Woodland Degradation and Climate Change in Northern Ghana

2022Environmental sciencesBook chapterOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.5772/intechopen.107265

Residual organochlorine pesticide contaminants profile in fish and sediment from a dam

2021DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.22034/gjesm.2021.02.09

Multi-Level Land Cover Change Analysis in the Forest-Savannah Transition Zone of the Kintampo Municipality, Ghana

2017Journal of Natural Resources and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.5027/jnrd.v7i0.01

Linking Academia and Community: Evidence from Student-Community Engagement in Ghana

2017Ghana Journal of Development StudiesJournalOpen access3 citations10.4314/gjds.v14i1.11

Empirical evidence of the impact of commercial charcoal production on Woodland in the Forest-Savannah transition zone, Ghana

2016Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable developmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding37 citations10.1016/j.esd.2016.03.005

Assessment of encroachment of urban streams in Ghana: a case study of Wa Municipality

2014Journal of Natural Resources and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.5027/jnrd.v4i0.02

Environmental Management

Environmental sciences1

How it can be read

81% free to read

Diamond 4 · 19%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 38%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 14%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 19%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 21 papers name a funder

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung3
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology3
West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use3
University of Twente2

Environmental Sciences Europe13

202420 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Climate change mitigation potential of agroforestry farms in West African Savanna

Environmental Challenges13

202316 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold