Kwabena Barima Antwi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at Clark Universityfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2008, latest 2023

Kwabena is an Environmental Geographer specializing in the dynamics of climate-agroecosystem interactions, climate variability and change, smallholder farmers, climate adaptation, and food security. Kwabena has published in high-impact environmental science journals and served as a reviewer for collections from Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Elsevier, and Frontiers. He has secured research funding from the Australian Government through its Research Training Program… More on ORCID

Sociology and Political Science
Urban Studies
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Strategy and Management
Public Administration
Safety Research

In their own words

 Development Planning and Management (focusing on rural and urban settlements challenges
public sector reform
human and ins
Climate change adaptation
Crop insurance
Climate-agroecosystem interactions
Food security
Climate variability and change
Smallholder farming systems

Publications: 302008–2023
Citations: 597to those papers
h-index: 16i10-index 16
Field-weighted impact: 4.171.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 37%10 of 27 scored papers
Open access: 59%16 of the 27 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 191 citations, h-index 7 and i10-index 6 (89 citations and h-index 5 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

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, GeographyClark Universitysince 2022
Master of Arts, GeographyClark University2022–2026
Master of Philosophy, Environmental ScienceKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2021–2023
Bachelor of Science, Environmental ScienceKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2015–2019

Honours, memberships and service

First Class Honors, Department of Environmental Science

Publications

30 in all

Trade-offs, synergies and acceptability of climate smart agricultural practices by smallholder farmers in rural Ghana
2023International Journal of Agricultural SustainabilityJournalOpen accessSenior author56 citations10.1080/14735903.2023.2193439
Intra-gendered perceptions and adoption of climate-smart agriculture: Evidence from smallholder farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana

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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

Sociology and Political Science620%
Urban Studies620%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences517%
Strategy and Management517%
Public Administration413%
Safety Research413%
Soil Science413%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics310%
Plant Science310%
Ecology27%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Urban and Rural Development Challenges6
Public-Private Partnership Projects5
Agricultural Innovations and Practices4
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare4
Public Policy and Administration Research4
Climate change impacts on agriculture3
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability3
Agricultural risk and resilience2
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development2
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics2
Land Rights and Reforms2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

56% of their 27 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written13467910Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom12
United States1
Germany1
Belgium1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Cape CoastGH21 papers
University of BradfordGB5 papers
University of ReadingGB2 papers
University of SheffieldGB2 papers
University of BirminghamGB2 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers
University of YorkGB1 paper
Ghent UniversityBE1 paper
University of BonnDE1 paper
Clark UniversityUS1 paper

Where they publish

Environmental Challenges3
Journal of Management Development2
Advances in hospitality, tourism and the services industry (AHTSI) book series1
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal1
Book Publisher International (a part of SCIENCEDOMAIN International)1
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth6
13Climate action4
1No poverty3
15Life on land2
2Zero hunger1
5Gender equality1
6Clean water and sanitation1
11

Most cited

Public sector reform in Sub‐Saharan Africa: what can be learnt from the civil service performance improvement programme in Ghana?
Public Administration and Development
200860 citationsWorld top 10%
Trade-offs, synergies and acceptability of climate smart agricultural practices by smallholder farmers in rural Ghana
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability13
202356 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Community Participation in Urban Planning: the Case of Managing Green Spaces in Kumasi, Ghana

Grade A (MPhil Environmental Science), Department of Environmental ScienceKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

JudgeMassachusetts Science and Engineering Fair

Ph.D. Co-PresidentClark University Graduate Student Council

Steward, Teamsters Union Local 170 - Worcester, MassachusettsInternational Brotherhood of Teamsters

Graduate Student Council Committee, Graduate School of GeographyClark University

Community VolunteerRegional Environmental Council

Community VolunteerCitizens Climate Lobby

Assistant Consultant, International Affairs - GhanaUnited Nations Development Programme2020

Project ManagerEnvironmental Leadership Forum2020

Environmental Challenges

Smiling vs. Frowning Faces

2021Advances in hospitality, tourism and the services industry (AHTSI) book seriesBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.4018/978-1-7998-7335-8.ch004

Knowledge Relationships in Freshwater Governance

2021Book Publisher International (a part of SCIENCEDOMAIN International)Book chapter0 citations10.9734/bpi/nicst/v7/6581d

Transit oriented development: theory and implementation challenges in Ghana.

2020DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen access4 citations10.6092/1970-9870/6981

Utilisation of Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Transfer: Evidence from the Upper West Region of Ghana

2020Journal of Planning and Land ManagementJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.36005/jplm.v1i1.3

Knowledge Relationships in Freshwater Governance

2019Sociology MindJournalOpen access1 citation10.4236/sm.2019.93015

Explicit Modeling of Spatial Growth Patterns in Shama, Ghana: an Agent-Based Approach

2017Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial AnalysisJournalSenior author20 citations10.1007/s41651-017-0006-2

Social Cash Transfers: Some Underlying Debates and Implications for Policy Making

2017Ghana Journal of Development StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.4314/gjds.v14i2.1

ROLE PERFORMANCE AND CHALLENGES OF MALE SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF GHANA

2015Advances in Social Sciences Research JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.14738/assrj.211.1630

Female Traditional Leaders (Queen Mothers) and Community Planning and Development in Ghana

2014Environmental Management and Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen access16 citations10.5296/emsd.v3i1.5142

Climate Change Adaptation Mainstreaming at the Sub- National Level Development Planning: A Case of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA), Ghana

2013Journals & Books Hosting (International Knowledge Sharing Platform)JournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations

Behavioural dimension of the growth of informal settlements in Kumasi city, Ghana

2013Research on Humanities and Social SciencesJournal19 citations

Renewing the Holy Grail of human motivation in the delivery of public service

2009Journal of Management DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1108/02621710910959666

Reforming public sector

2008Journal of Management DevelopmentJournalFirst author27 citations10.1108/02621710810877848

Environmental Management and Sustainable Development1

European Journal of Business and Social Science1

How it can be read

59% free to read, of the 27 recorded

Diamond 5 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 13%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 10%Open in a subscription journal
Green 4 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 37%Behind a paywall
Unknown 3 · 10%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

5 of 30 papers name a funder

Natural Environment Research Council2
Sight Research UK2
University of Reading2
Royal Society1
University of Ghana1

Sustainable cities and communities

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

201652 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Struggles over family land? Tree crops, land and labour in Ghana’s Brong-Ahafo region

Geoforum5

201550 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green