George Owusu

University of Ghana

Also at University of Energy and Natural Resourcesfrom their recent papers

C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciencesper ORCID

Publishing since 2002, latest 2026

Urban Studies
Sociology and Political Science
General Health Professions
Plant Science
Transportation
Global and Planetary Change

In their own words

urban geography
urban planning
urbanization

Publications: 1632002–2026
Citations: 4,621to those papers
h-index: 36i10-index 84
Field-weighted impact: 6.621.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 48%51 of 107 scored papers
Open access: 59%63 of the 107 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 5,744 citations, h-index 39 and i10-index 79 (3,072 citations and h-index 32 since 2021), as of October 12, 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

C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences

On their papers

Publications

163 in all

Lack of equal access to ICTs by women
2008PublicationSenior author3 citations10.1145/1509096.1509190
Slums of hope and slums of despair: Mobility and livelihoods in Nima, Accra
2008Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of GeographyJournalFirst author257 citations

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Urban Studies3421%
Sociology and Political Science2817%
General Health Professions138%
Plant Science138%
Transportation117%
Global and Planetary Change96%
Political Science and International Relations85%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis74%
Nutrition and Dietetics74%
Economics and Econometrics64%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Urban and Rural Development Challenges34
Crime Patterns and Interventions11
Urban Planning and Governance9
Urban Transport and Accessibility9
Child Nutrition and Water Access7
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies5
Homelessness and Social Issues5
Land Use and Ecosystem Services5
Noise Effects and Management5
Air Quality and Health Impacts4
Crime, Deviance, and Social Control4
Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

35% of their 107 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12345617Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom31
Canada18
United States17
Denmark3
Tanzania3
South Africa3
Bangladesh2
Malawi2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Imperial College LondonGB19 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH18 papers
McGill UniversityCA16 papers
MRC Centre for Environment and Health14 papers
University of Massachusetts AmherstUS13 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH12 papers
University of British ColumbiaCA9 papers
University for Development StudiesGH9 papers
University of Cape CoastGH8 papers
University of Technology and Applied SciencesGH5 papers

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Geography7
International Development Planning Review6
The Science of The Total Environment5
Institute of Statistical4
Scientific Reports4
Journal of Urbanism International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities34
1No poverty10
2Zero hunger8
8Decent work and economic growth7
13Climate action7
3Good health and well-being3
6Clean water and sanitation3
10

Most cited

Can rural-urban migration into slums reduce poverty? Evidence from Ghana
Migrating Out of Poverty Working Paper
2014282 citations
Slums of hope and slums of despair: Mobility and livelihoods in Nima, Accra
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography
2008257 citations
Linkages in Ghana's gold mining industry: Challenging the enclave thesis
Resources Policy8
2012219 citations

How it can be read

59% free to read, of the 107 recorded

Diamond 12 · 7%Free to read and to publish
Gold 21 · 13%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 20 · 12%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 7 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 44 · 27%Behind a paywall
Unknown 56 · 34%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

43 of 163 papers name a funder

Wellcome Trust22
Medical Research Council14
Canadian Institutes of Health Research8
Imperial College London7
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology6
University of Ghana6
Department for International Development5
Government of the United Kingdom5