Barbara Simons

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Lecturer/DR, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2016per ORCID

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Building and Construction
Environmental Engineering
Social Psychology
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Sociology and Political Science
Speech and Hearing

In their own words

Building Performance
Climate Change
Green Buildings
Architecture and Construction

Publications: 422012–2026
Citations: 305to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 1.001.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 11%3 of 28 scored papers
Open access: 36%10 of the 28 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 414 citations, h-index 11 and i10-index 13 (345 citations and h-index 11 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer/DR, Construction Technology and ManagementKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2016

Education

Ph.D/DR, Construction Technology and ManagementKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2015

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

42 in all

Homeowners’ willingness to adopt green technologies in residential facilities: evidence from Ghana
2026Journal of Facilities ManagementJournal0 citations10.1108/jfm-04-2025-0048
Reframing zero energy building (ZEB) adoption in Africa: a systematic review and socio-technical transition framework
2026FacilitiesJournal

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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

Building and Construction1945%
Environmental Engineering1229%
Social Psychology410%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis37%
Sociology and Political Science37%
Speech and Hearing37%
Education25%
Global and Planetary Change25%
Management Science and Operations Research25%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law25%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Building Energy and Comfort Optimization13
Sustainable Building Design and Assessment9
Urban Heat Island Mitigation9
Facilities and Workplace Management4
Wind and Air Flow Studies4
Noise Effects and Management3
Construction Project Management and Performance2
Educational Environments and Student Outcomes2
Environmental Education and Sustainability2
Land Use and Ecosystem Services2
Public Procurement and Policy2
Urban Design and Spatial Analysis2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

25% of their 28 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223344Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa5
United States2
United Kingdom2
Australia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of JohannesburgZA5 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM5 papers
Heriot-Watt UniversityGB2 papers
University of Massachusetts AmherstUS1 paper
UNSW SydneyAU1 paper
Wayne State UniversityUS1 paper
Accra Institute of TechnologyGH1 paper
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH1 paper
Sunyani Technical UniversityGH1 paper
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH1 paper

Where they publish

Built Environment Project and Asset Management3
Journal of Engineering Design and Technology3
Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)3
Engineering Construction & Architectural Management2
Facilities2
Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities7
13Climate action3
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Sustainability guidelines to attaining smart sustainable cities in developing countries: A Ghanaian context
Sustainable Futures
202143 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Factors influencing the performance of safety programmes in the Ghanaian construction industry
Acta Structilia17
201837 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Ghana’s green building assessment journey: An appraisal of the thermal performance of an office building in Accra

A daylight performance analysis of a design block fenestrated classroom in Ghana: a point-in-time versus simulated analysis

2026International Journal of Building Pathology and AdaptationJournalFirst author0 citations

Where Do I Sit? A Visual Comfort Analysis of Ghanaian Public Basic Schools Based on Window-Wall Ratios

2025Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/just.v43i3.10

Potential measures towards the reduction of cooling loads of office buildings in Ghana

2021Frontiers in Engineering and Built EnvironmentJournalOpen accessCorresponding6 citations10.1108/febe-03-2021-0016

A thermal performance study of four communities in Ghana's savannah region

2021Engineering Construction & Architectural ManagementJournal5 citations10.1108/ecam-07-2020-0572

Green to Grey: An Urban Heat Assessment of Kumasi, Ghana

2019International Journal of Environment and Climate ChangeJournalOpen access10 citations10.9734/ijecc/2019/v9i1230155

Audit of Auditoriums in an Academic Setting, Ghana

2019Journal of Building Construction and Planning ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.4236/jbcpr.2019.74007

Barriers to the adoption of electronic tendering in construction procurement in Ghana

2019Department of Construction Technology and Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KumasiThesisSenior author0 citations

REDUCTION OF COOLING LOADS IN MULTI-STOREY GLAZEDOFFICEBUILDINGS IN GHANA: GHGBC VERSUS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNPARAMETERS

2016International Journal of Engineering Researches and Management StudiesJournal1 citation

Post-occupancy evaluation of Halls of residence at takoradi technical university, Ghana

2016Takoradi Technical University Journal of TechnologyJournalSenior author3 citations

Simulation-based Assessment of the Thermal Performance of High-rise Office Buildings in Ghana

2015British Journal of Applied Science & TechnologyJournalFirst author1 citation10.9734/bjast/2015/16700

Practical energy saving techniques for multi-storey office buildings in Accra, Ghana

2015Int. J. Eng. Comput. SciJournalFirst author6 citations

An Assessment of Thermal Comfort in Multi Storey Office Buildings in Ghana

2014Journal of Building Construction and Planning ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author18 citations10.4236/jbcpr.2014.21003

Residents’ perception of the built environment quality in an orphanage

2012Advances in Applied Science ResearchJournalFirst author11 citations

An evaluation of natural lighting levels in students’ hostels in a suburb of Kumasi, Ghana

2012Pelagia Research Library MagazineJournalSenior author5 citations

An evaluation of natural lighting levels in students’ hostels in a suburb of Kumasi

2012Ghana, Pelagia Research Library, Advances in Applied Science ResearchJournalSenior author8 citations

Thermal Comfort evaluation of high rise buildings in Accra, Ghana

2012Pelgia Research Library. Advances in Applied Science ResearchJournalFirst author10 citations

Advances in Applied Science Research1

How it can be read

36% free to read, of the 28 recorded

Diamond 8 · 19%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 2%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 18 · 43%Behind a paywall
Unknown 14 · 33%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

2 of 42 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2

Journal of Engineering

An Assessment of Thermal Comfort in Multi Storey Office Buildings in Ghana

Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research11

201418 citationsOpen access · Hybrid

Climate responsive buildings: a comfort assessment of buildings on KNUST campus, Kumasi

Journal of Engineering Design and Technology13

201917 citations