Justus P. Deikumah

University of Cape Coastper ORCID

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Ecology
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecological Modeling
Global and Planetary Change
Paleontology

In their own words

Landscape Ecology
Ecological Applications
Environmental management
Conservation Biology
Ornithology

Publications: 322008–2026
Citations: 431to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 1.281.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 13%3 of 24 scored papers
Open access: 79%19 of the 24 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 534 citations, h-index 13 and i10-index 14 (417 citations and h-index 11 since 2021), as of October 5, 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

University of Cape Coast

Publications

32 in all

Season, Microclimate and Shoreline Disturbance Interactively Shape Bird Functional Diversity
2026Ecology and EvolutionJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1002/ece3.72901
Biases in vulture conservation literature in Africa
2025OstrichJournalSenior author

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Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Ecology1856%
Nature and Landscape Conservation825%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics722%
Ecological Modeling516%
Global and Planetary Change516%
Paleontology39%
Developmental Biology26%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis26%
Analytical Chemistry13%
Economics and Econometrics13%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation13
Avian ecology and behavior10
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies6
Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies5
Species Distribution and Climate Change5
Land Use and Ecosystem Services3
Plant and animal studies3
Animal Behavior and Reproduction2
Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior2
Bat Biology and Ecology Studies2
Evolution and Paleontology Studies2
Urban Green Space and Health2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

33% of their 24 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria5
United Kingdom2
Australia1
Austria1
South Africa1
Portugal1
Italy1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of JosNG4 papers
University of LagosNG3 papers
Cardiff UniversityGB1 paper
Free University of Bozen-BolzanoIT1 paper
The University of QueenslandAU1 paper
Universität InnsbruckAT1 paper
University of CoimbraPT1 paper
University of St AndrewsGB1 paper
Ghana Wildlife SocietyGH1 paper
Ghana Health ServiceGH1 paper

Where they publish

Bird Conservation International3
Ostrich3
Ecology and Evolution2
Ghana Journal of Science2
Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)2
PloS one2
Avian Conservation and Ecology

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land11
11Sustainable cities and communities5
14Life below water2
2Zero hunger1
3Good health and well-being1

Most cited

Soil Heavy Metal(loid) Pollution and Phytoremediation Potential of Native Plants on a Former Gold Mine in Ghana
Water Air & Soil Pollution15
201986 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Biogeographical and taxonomic biases in tropical forest fragmentation research
Conservation Biology
201466 citations
Mining matrix effects on West African rainforest birds
Biological Conservation15

Raptor conservation in West Africa

2025State of the World’s Raptors. The Peregrine Fund, BoiseJournal2 citations

Abundance, distribution, and threats affecting Hooded Vultures in north-central Nigeria

2021Journal of Research in Forestry, Wildlife and EnvironmentJournalSenior author10 citations

Vulture declines, threats and conservation: the attitude of the indigenous Ghanaian

2019Bird Conservation InternationalJournalFirst authorCorresponding32 citations10.1017/s0959270919000261

Land use types influenced avian assemblage structure in a forest–agriculture landscape in Ghana

2017Ecology and EvolutionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.1002/ece3.3355

Bird naming systems by Akan people in Ghana follow scientific nomenclature with potentials for conservation monitoring

2015Journal of Ethnobiology and EthnomedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1186/s13002-015-0062-y

Mining matrix effects on West African rainforest birds

2013Biological ConservationJournalFirst authorCorresponding41 citations10.1016/j.biocon.2013.11.030

Biodiversity status of urban remnant forests in Cape coast, Ghana

2011Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessFirst author11 citations10.4314/just.v30i3.64643

Specific identification of toads and frogs based on the mouthpart configuration of their tadpoles

2009Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/just.v29i1.46433

Biological Conservation1

How it can be read

79% free to read, of the 24 recorded

Diamond 4 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 28%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 16%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 16%Behind a paywall
Unknown 8 · 25%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

9 of 32 papers name a funder

A.G. Leventis Foundation3
Idea Wild2
Rufford Foundation2
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior1
Libera Università di Bolzano1
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck1
Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund1
National Research Foundation1

201341 citationsWorld top 10%