David Forkuor

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Associate Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2012per ORCID

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

Urban Studies
Economics and Econometrics
Safety Research
Sociology and Political Science
Business and International Management
Demography

In their own words

Urban and Rural Development
Poverty studies
Environmental Management
Land use Planning

Publications: 392010–2026
Citations: 553to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 19
Field-weighted impact: 3.471.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 31%9 of 29 scored papers
Open access: 45%13 of the 29 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 810 citations, h-index 16 and i10-index 22 (733 citations and h-index 15 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

Associate Professor, Geography and Rural DevelopmentKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2012

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

39 in all

Who controls REDD+ in West Africa?: The uneven geographies of forest carbon offsetting in the West African region
2026African Geographical ReviewJournalOpen access0 citations10.1080/19376812.2026.2652486
Coconut exports from Southwestern Ghana: Implications for coconut farmers’ economic well-being
2026Social Sciences & Humanities Open

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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

Urban Studies718%
Economics and Econometrics615%
Safety Research615%
Sociology and Political Science615%
Business and International Management38%
Demography38%
General Health Professions38%
Global and Planetary Change38%
Education25%
Epidemiology25%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Urban and Rural Development Challenges7
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare6
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion5
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development3
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Coconut Research and Applications2
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management2
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics2
Social Work Education and Practice2
Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

28% of their 29 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Kenya2
Australia2
Canada2
United Kingdom2
United States1
Hong Kong SAR1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH3 papers
African Population and Health Research CenterKE2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM2 papers
Lingnan UniversityHK1 paper
McGill UniversityCA1 paper
Northumbria UniversityGB1 paper
Southern Cross UniversityAU1 paper
Teesside UniversityGB1 paper
The University of AdelaideAU1 paper
Trent UniversityCA1 paper

Where they publish

African Geographical Review2
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing2
Cogent Social Sciences2
Environment Development and Sustainability2
Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management2
International Journal of Development and Sustainability2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty5
5Gender equality5
11Sustainable cities and communities4
10Reduced inequalities2
2Zero hunger1
3Good health and well-being1
4Quality education1
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Most cited

Urban sprawl and green space depletion: Implications for flood incidence in Kumasi, Ghana
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction11
2020135 citationsWorld top 10%
Characteristics of informal sector activities and challenges faced by women in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
Cogent Social Sciences1
201939 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

A qualitative examination of the hospital social work role in promoting criminal justice in Ghanaian hospitals

2026The Routledge International Handbook of Criminal Justice Social WorkJournal0 citations

NGOs and sustainable rural development: experience from Upper West Region of Ghana

2022Environment Development and SustainabilityJournalFirst authorCorresponding29 citations10.1007/s10668-021-02057-w

Subnational Structures, Poverty Reduction and Rural Development Under Ghana’s Local Governance System

2022Advances in African economic, social and political developmentBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-12378-8_8

Situational analysis of gender transition effects on livelihood sustainability in rural and urban spaces of Ghana

2021International Journal of Gender Studies in Developing SocietiesJournalSenior author1 citation10.1504/ijgsds.2021.116809

Gender role reforms in Ghana: Analysis of the nature, drivers, and dimensions in rural and urban contexts

2019Journal of Social Science and HumanitiesJournalSenior author15 citations

Income sustainability and poverty reduction among beekeeping value chain actors in the Berekum Municipality, Ghana

2017International Journal of Development and SustainabilityJournalSenior author18 citations

Environmental Consciousness and Practices of Land Users along Urban Water Bodies in Ghana: The Case of Kumasi Metropolis

2016Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.4314/ejesm.v8i2.10s

Analysis of prospects and challenges of sub-district structures under Ghana’s local governance system

2016Journal of Sustainable DevelopmentJournalFirst author23 citations

Land Usage Changes and its Effects on the Provision of Social Facilities to Residents of the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana

2013Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.4314/ejesm.v6i3.14

Improving Healthcare Utilization for Low Income Rural Households: Impact Of Social Insurance Policy.

2013Journal of Poverty Alleviation & International DevelopmentJournal0 citations

Enhancing land administration in Ghana through the decentralized local government system

2013International Journal of Development and SustainabilityJournalFirst author12 citations

Changes in land use in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana: whose fault?

2012Journal of Local Government StudiesJournalFirst author3 citations

Land Allocation and Its Effects on the Spatial Planning and Development of Kumasi Metropolis‖

2010An unpublished PhD Thesis submitted to the Department of Geography and Rural Development, KNUST, KumasiJournalFirst author11 citations

Land Allocation and its effects on the spatial planning and development of Kumasi Metropolis (Doctoral dissertation)

2010Retrieved from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Dissertation Data BaseJournalFirst author5 citations

Advances in African economic, social and political development

An unpublished PhD Thesis submitted to the Department of Geography and Rural Development, KNUST, Kumasi1

How it can be read

45% free to read, of the 29 recorded

Diamond 2 · 5%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 13%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 10%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 16 · 41%Behind a paywall
Unknown 10 · 26%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

3 of 39 papers name a funder

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior1
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada1

Clean water and sanitation

Financial inclusion of rural households in the mobile money era: insights from Ghana

Development in Practice10

202131 citationsWorld top 10%