K.O. Asiama

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

University Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2021per ORCID

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Global and Planetary Change
Soil Science
Urban Studies
Building and Construction
Economics and Econometrics
Environmental Engineering

In their own words

Land Administration
Land Consolidation
Rural Development
Land Management
Property Valuation

Publications: 312015–2026
Citations: 678to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 1.411.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%2 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 75%6 of the 8 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 738 citations, h-index 13 and i10-index 14 (588 citations and h-index 12 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

Citations received each year

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

University Lecturer, Department of Land EconomyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2021
Researcher and Lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), Geodetic InstituteLeibniz Universität Hannover2019–2022
AiO/PhD Researcher, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, ITCUniversity of Twente2015–2019

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Geo-Information Sceince and Earth ObservationUniversity of Twente2015–2019
Master of Science, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, ITC

Publications

31 in all

Institutional relationships in urban green space governance in Greater Tamale, Ghana: Roles, interactions and policy implications for sustainable management
2026Land Use PolicyJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108323
A systematic review of the institutional success factors for blockchain-based land administration
2022

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Global and Planetary Change516%
Soil Science413%
Urban Studies413%
Building and Construction13%
Economics and Econometrics13%
Environmental Engineering13%
Geography, Planning and Development13%
Geology13%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis13%
Information Systems13%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Land Use and Ecosystem Services5
Land Rights and Reforms4
Urban and Rural Development Challenges4
3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage1
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security1
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance1
Geographic Information Systems Studies1
Housing Market and Economics1
Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications1
Urban Design and Spatial Analysis1
Urban Green Space and Health1
Urban Planning and Valuation1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

75% of their 8 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223344Home

Most frequent partner countries

Germany5
Netherlands3
Australia2
China1
Rwanda1
Saudi Arabia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Leibniz University HannoverDE5 papers
International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth ObservationNL3 papers
University of TwenteNL3 papers
Swinburne University of TechnologyAU2 papers
Chang'an UniversityCN1 paper
King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSA1 paper
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH1 paper
INES-RuhengeriRW1 paper
University for Development StudiesGH1 paper

Where they publish

Land6
Land Use Policy4
GIM International2
Remote Sensing2
Survey Review2
19th Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2018: Land Governance in an Interconnected World1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities3

Most cited

Land consolidation on Ghana's rural customary lands: Drawing from The Dutch, Lithuanian and Rwandan experiences
Journal of rural studies
2017119 citations
Land consolidation activities in Sub-Saharan Africa towards the agenda 2030: A tale of three countries
Land use policy
202194 citations
Participatory land administration on customary lands: A practical VGI experiment in Nanton, Ghana
ISPRS international journal of geo-information
201781 citations

University of Twente

Bachelor of Science, Department of Land EconomyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2008–2012

Honours, memberships and service

Chair, Young Surveyors NetworkInternational Federation of Surveyorssince 2021
Vice-Chair, Young Surveyors NetworkInternational Federation of Surveyors2019–2020

An Interrogation of the Land Consolidation Traditions of the People’s Republic of China, Germany, The Netherlands and Rwanda

2022FIG Congress 2022: Volunteering for the future-Geospatial excellence for a better livingConferenceFirst author0 citations

Meeting the 2030 Agenda: Responsible Consolidation of Ghana's Customary Lands

2021FIG e-Working Week 2021: Challenges in a new realityConferenceFirst author0 citations

Land, innovation, and social good

2021LandJournalFirst author4 citations

Review of Remote Sensing for Land Administration: Origins, Debates, and Selected Cases. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 4198

2021s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published …ReportSenior author0 citations

Conceptualising the Valuation of 3D Property

2020Proceeding s FIG Working WeekJournalFirst author1 citation

Across Traditions and Modernity: The Ashanti Woman’s Access to Land

2018University of Twente Research InformationPublicationOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.13140/rg.2.2.35214.20801

Participation, innovative approaches and customary cadastres: A practical experiment in Nanton, Ghana

201819th Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2018: Land Governance in an Interconnected WorldConferenceFirst author13 citations

Participatory land administration on customary lands: A practical VGI experiment in Nanton, Ghana

2017ISPRS international journal of geo-informationJournalFirst author81 citations

Customary cadastres and smartphone surveys: fitting with the local needs

2017GIM InternationalJournalFirst author0 citations

Land consolidation for Sub-Saharan Africa’s customary lands: The need for responsible approaches

2017American Journal of Rural DevelopmentJournalFirst author57 citations

A Quantitative Comparison of Completely Visible Cadastral Parcels Using Satellite Images: A Step towards Automation

2017FIG Working Week 2017: Surveying the world of tomorrow-From digitalisation to augmented realityConference19 citations

Linking land use, tenure, and consolidation in Rwanda: a tale of two cases

2016LANDac International Conference on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development 2016: Linking the rural and the urbanConferenceSenior author0 citations

The intelligent cadastre

2015Proceedings of the FIG CommissionJournal5 citations

Governance in Resettlement from Compulsory Land Acquisition: A Case Study of the Bui Dam Project

2015University of Twente Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Observation (ITC)ReportFirst author7 citations

Compulsory land acquisition and resettlement on customary lands: a governance perspective+ abstract

2015LANDac International Conference on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development 2015ConferenceFirst author5 citations

American Journal of Rural Development

FIG Congress 2022: Volunteering for the future-Geospatial excellence for a better living1

How it can be read

75% free to read, of the 8 recorded

Gold 3 · 10%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 6%Behind a paywall
Unknown 23 · 74%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

3 of 31 papers name a funder

China Scholarship Council1
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst1
DigitalGlobe Foundation1
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft1