Frank S. Arku

Presbyterian University, Ghana

Publishing since 2010, latest 2022

Nutrition and Dietetics
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Safety Research
Political Science and International Relations
Sociology and Political Science

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 102010–2022
Citations: 159to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 2.081.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 30%3 of 10 scored papers
Open access: 20%2 papers free to read

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

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Publications

10 in all

Determinants of water conservation practices among opinion leaders: evidence from Kwahu East District, Ghana
2022Development in PracticeJournalCorresponding10 citations10.1080/09614524.2022.2040956
Perception and responses of traders to climate change in downtown, Accra, Ghana
2016International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

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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

Nutrition and Dietetics440%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics330%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law330%
Safety Research330%
Political Science and International Relations220%
Sociology and Political Science220%
Economics and Econometrics110%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences110%
Global and Planetary Change110%
Ocean Engineering110%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Child Nutrition and Water Access4
Climate change impacts on agriculture3
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare3
Environmental Education and Sustainability2
Agricultural Innovations and Practices1
Agricultural risk and resilience1
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration1
Climate variability and models1
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth1
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth1
Hydrology and Drought Analysis1
Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

10% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

Canada1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Memorial University of NewfoundlandCA1 paper
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
University of GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management2
Development in Practice1
Gender & Development1
International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences1
International Journal of Community Development1
Journal of Rural and Industrial Development1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

13Climate action3
2Zero hunger2
15Life on land1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Time savings from easy access to clean water
Progress in Development Studies
201039 citations
I cannot drink water on an empty stomach: a gender perspective on living with drought
Gender & Development2
201034 citationsWorld top 10%
Local creativity for adapting to climate change among rural farmers in the semi-arid region of Ghana
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management13

Environmental degradation effect of agricultural and industrial growth in Ghana

2015Journal of Rural and Industrial DevelopmentJournal25 citations

Local creativity for adapting to climate change among rural farmers in the semi-arid region of Ghana

2013International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and ManagementJournalFirst authorCorresponding31 citations10.1108/ijccsm-08-2012-0049

Rainfall data as a case for investigation into Climate Change in Ghana

2012International Journal of Basic and Applied SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.14419/ijbas.v1i4.209

Time savings from easy access to clean water

2010Progress in Development StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding39 citations10.1177/146499340901000303

Progress in Development Studies

How it can be read

20% free to read

Diamond 1 · 10%Free to read and to publish
Bronze 1 · 10%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 8 · 80%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 10 papers name a funder

International Development Research Centre1

Environmental degradation effect of agricultural and industrial growth in Ghana

Journal of Rural and Industrial Development2

201525 citationsWorld top 10%