John Manyimadin Kusimi

University of Ghana

Publishing since 2008, latest 2025

Global and Planetary Change
Ecology
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Soil Science
Earth-Surface Processes
Water Science and Technology

Publications: 242008–2025
Citations: 496to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 1.701.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%2 of 24 scored papers
Open access: 29%7 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Publications

24 in all

Citizens’ Perspectives on Coastal Erosion and Inundation Along the Gulf of Guinea
2025Advances in global change researchBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-85359-3_4
Changes in wetland and other landscape elements of the Keta Municipal area of Ghana
2023Journal of Coastal Conservation

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Global and Planetary Change1146%
Ecology729%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law729%
Soil Science521%
Earth-Surface Processes417%
Water Science and Technology417%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics28%
Forestry28%
Ocean Engineering28%
Plant Science28%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management5
Coastal and Marine Dynamics4
Coastal and Marine Management4
Flood Risk Assessment and Management4
Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes4
Soil erosion and sediment transport4
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies3
Land Use and Ecosystem Services3
Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology3
African Botany and Ecology Studies2
Climate change impacts on agriculture2
Water resources management and optimization2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

13% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States1
Canada1
Nigeria1
United Kingdom1
Cameroon1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers
Harvard UniversityUS1 paper
Imperial College LondonGB1 paper
Memorial University of NewfoundlandCA1 paper
Zoological Society of LondonGB1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
The Forestry Commission of GhanaGH1 paper
University of BueaCM1 paper
Kaduna State UniversityNG1 paper
Ghana Wildlife DivisionGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Geography3
Annals of Geographical Studies2
GeoJournal2
Natural Hazards2
Advances in global change research1
CATENA1
Conservation Biology

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities4
13Climate action4
6Clean water and sanitation3
15Life on land3
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
10Reduced inequalities1
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Most cited

Assessing land use and land cover change in the Wassa West District of Ghana using remote sensing
GeoJournal11
200896 citations
A synthesis of remote sensing and local knowledge approaches in land degradation assessment in the Bawku East District, Ghana
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation11
201190 citationsWorld top 10%
Characterizing land disturbance in Atewa Range Forest Reserve and Buffer Zone

Shoreline Change Analysis of the Coastline of Teshie in Accra, Ghana

2023Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.4314/just.v41i2.2

Urban Sprawl and Landscape Transition in Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly

2023Springer geographyBook chapterSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-24767-5_11

Hazards of the Densu River delta in Accra—Ghana

2021Natural HazardsJournalFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1007/s11069-021-04609-9

Evaluation of Sediment Yield Predicting Models of Ghana

2021Journal of Geographical ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.30564/jgr.v4i1.2596

Physicochemical Properties and Heavy Metal Content of Mpraeso and Vume Clays of Ghana

2019Annals of Geographical StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.22259/2642-9136.0204003

Sediment yield of a forest river basin in Ghana

2014CATENAJournalFirst authorCorresponding27 citations10.1016/j.catena.2014.08.001

BUSHFIRES IN THE KRACHI DISTRICT: THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS

2012The international archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences/International archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author10 citations10.5194/isprsarchives-xxxix-b8-39-2012

How it can be read

29% free to read

Diamond 3 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 3 · 13%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 17 · 71%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 24 papers name a funder

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council1
Ghana Education Trust Fund1
Imperial College London1
University of Ghana1
University of Rwanda1

Responsible consumption and production

Long-term spatio-temporal changes in a West African bushmeat trade system

Conservation Biology

201543 citationsOpen access · Hybrid

The hydrochemistry of water resources in selected mining communities in Tarkwa

Journal of Geochemical Exploration6

201131 citations