Dacosta Aboagye

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
Global and Planetary Change
General Health Professions
Urban Studies
Education
Safety Research

In their own words

Environmental Hazards
Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
Disaster Management

Publications: 422008–2026
Citations: 304to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 0.491.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 29 scored papers
Open access: 59%17 of the 29 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 430 citations, h-index 9 and i10-index 9 (324 citations and h-index 8 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

On their papers

Publications

42 in all

Motherhood and Higher Education: Coping Strategies of Distance Learning Student-Mothers at the University for Development Studies, Sawla Study Centre, Ghana
2026Eastern African Journal of Humanities and Social SciencesJournalOpen access0 citations10.58721/eajhss.v5i1.1529
Determinants of Access and Participation in Primary Education in Ghana
2026

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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 Science921%
Global and Planetary Change717%
General Health Professions614%
Urban Studies614%
Education512%
Safety Research512%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics410%
Nutrition and Dietetics37%
Ocean Engineering37%
Epidemiology25%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Urban and Rural Development Challenges6
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare5
Disaster Management and Resilience4
Flood Risk Assessment and Management4
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
Climate change impacts on agriculture3
Water resources management and optimization3
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management2
Early Childhood Education and Development2
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations2
Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact2
Parental Involvement in Education2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

34% of their 29 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States7
Germany2
Russia1
Taiwan1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH20 papers
University for Development StudiesGH13 papers
Regent University College of Science and TechnologyGH7 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH6 papers
Sam Houston State UniversityUS4 papers
University of GhanaGH3 papers
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical MedicineDE2 papers
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH2 papers
University of Technology and Applied SciencesGH2 papers
University of Cape CoastGH2 papers

Where they publish

African Geographical Review3
East African Journal of Health and Science2
GeoJournal2
Illness, Crisis & Loss2
International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research2
Advances in geographical and environmental sciences1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education5
13Climate action4
11Sustainable cities and communities3
2Zero hunger2
6Clean water and sanitation2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
3Good health and well-being1
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Most cited

The political ecology of environmental hazards in Accra, Ghana
Journal of Environment and Earth Science
201245 citations
Spatiotemporal evidence of recent climate variability in Ghana
African Geographical Review
201944 citations
Spatiotemporal evidence of recent climate variability in Ghana
African Geographical Review13
201736 citations

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Entrepreneurship Education

Trend Analysis of Admission, Enrolment, Completion, and Transition Rates in Primary Education in Ghana

2024Journal of International Cooperation and DevelopmentJournalOpen access0 citations10.36941/jicd-2024-0011

USAGE OF ICT TOOLS IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS IN THE BASIC SCHOOL CLASSROOM

2022European Journal of Open Education and E-learning StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.46827/ejoe.v7i2.4310

Improving Community Resilience to Perennial Flooding Through Risk Communication

2022International Journal of Disaster Response and Emergency ManagementJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4018/ijdrem.313024

Socio-Spatial Analysis of Exposure and Susceptibility to Irrigation Water Quality Risk

2021International Journal of Public and Private Perspectives on Healthcare Culture and the EnvironmentJournalSenior author0 citations10.4018/ijppphce.2021070104

Place-Based Assessment of Intersection of Biophysical and Social Vulnerability to Flooding in Accra, Ghana

2019International Journal of Applied Geospatial ResearchJournalFirst author2 citations10.4018/ijagr.2020010104

Community health impact assessment in Ghana: contemporary concepts and practical methods

2019INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and FinancingJournalFirst author7 citations10.1177/0046958019845292

Spatiotemporal evidence of recent climate variability in Ghana

2019African Geographical ReviewJournalSenior author44 citations

Assessing Social Vulnerability to Fire Hazards at the Kumasi Central Market, Ghana

2018International Journal of Applied Geospatial ResearchJournalFirst author5 citations10.4018/ijagr.2018100104

Spatiotemporal evidence of recent climate variability in Ghana

2017African Geographical ReviewJournalSenior author36 citations10.1080/19376812.2017.1404923

Urban floods and residential rental values nexus in Kumasi, Ghana

2016Ghana Journal of Development StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.4314/gjds.v13i2.10

Wealth, Health, and Inequality: Households Exposure to Environmental Hazards

2016Geography JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.1155/2016/6231020

The national health insurance scheme in Ghana: policy, equity, community and healthcare

2016Leeds Beckett UniversityThesisFirst author2 citations

Coping with floods in the savannah region of Ghana

2013Arts and Social Sciences JournalJournal7 citations

The cultural and political ecology of rural tourism development in Ghana

2013Journal of Economics and Sustainable DevelopmentJournalFirst author4 citations

Risk perception and disaster management in the savannah region of Ghana

2013International Journal of Humanities and Social ScienceJournalFirst author34 citations

Tourist behaviour and the development of tourism resources at Lake Bosomtwe in the Ashanti region of Ghana

2013International Journal of Research in Social SciencesJournalSenior author1 citation

Living with Familiar Hazards: Flood Experiences and Human Vulnerability in Accra, Ghana

2012Articulo – revue de sciences humainesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding21 citations10.4000/articulo.2110

The political ecology of environmental hazards in Accra, Ghana

2012Journal of Environment and Earth ScienceJournalFirst author45 citations

Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book series

African Journal of Empirical Research1

How it can be read

59% free to read, of the 29 recorded

Diamond 12 · 29%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 5%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 12 · 29%Behind a paywall
Unknown 13 · 31%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

3 of 42 papers name a funder

Aalborg Universitet1
United States Agency for International Development1
World Health Organization1

Decent work and economic growth

10Reduced inequalities1

Risk perception and disaster management in the savannah region of Ghana

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

Living with Familiar Hazards: Flood Experiences and Human Vulnerability in Accra, Ghana

Articulo – revue de sciences humaines11

201221 citationsOpen access · Diamond