Rudith Sylvana King

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 1959, latest 2025

Building and Construction
Strategy and Management
Waste Management and Disposal
Global and Planetary Change
Urban Studies
Economics and Econometrics

In their own words

gender and livelihoods
energy and governance

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 691959–2025
Citations: 1,360to those papers
h-index: 17i10-index 33
Field-weighted impact: 1.721.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 21%4 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 58%11 of the 19 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 1,460 citations, h-index 19 and i10-index 33 (604 citations and h-index 14 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

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

71 in all

Financing decentralized development, how well does the DACF work? A pilot tracking of the DACF in four districts
2003DC: World Bank, WashingtonJournalFirst author6 citations
Play It Again: Reusing software code isn't a new idea, but asset-management tools from vendors such as Flashline and Logic Library may help companies respond more quickly to …
2002INFORMATION WEEK-MANHASSET-JournalFirst author

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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 Construction46%
Strategy and Management46%
Waste Management and Disposal46%
Global and Planetary Change34%
Urban Studies34%
Economics and Econometrics23%
Finance23%
Media Technology23%
Sociology and Political Science23%
Chemical Health and Safety11%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Mining and Resource Management4
Municipal Solid Waste Management4
Recycling and Waste Management Techniques4
Sustainable Supply Chain Management3
Urban and Rural Development Challenges3
Community Development and Social Impact2
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management2
Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact2
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion2
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development1
Chemical Safety and Risk Management1
Climate change impacts on agriculture1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

53% of their 19 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Denmark8
South Africa3
Senegal1
Ethiopia1
Canada1
United Kingdom1
Cameroon1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Aarhus UniversityDK8 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH5 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA3 papers
Cardiff UniversityGB1 paper
Université du Québec à MontréalCA1 paper
York UniversityCA1 paper
Forestry Research Institute of GhanaGH1 paper
Jimma UniversityET1 paper
The Forestry Commission of GhanaGH1 paper
University of BueaCM1 paper

Where they publish

African Journal on Land Policy & Geospatial Sciences2
Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance2
International Journal of Environmental Health Research2
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics2
Research Journal of Textile and Apparel2
SN Social Sciences2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth3
11Sustainable cities and communities3
16Peace, justice and strong institutions3
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
5Gender equality1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
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Most cited

Handbook of macroeconomics: Volume 1C
North-Holland
1999269 citations
Land markets and legal contradictions in the peri-urban area of Accra Ghana: Informant interviews and secondary data investigations
Land Tenure Center
1996161 citations
Street vending and the use of urban public space in Kumasi, Ghana
The Ghana Surveyor (Journal of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors)
201171 citations

Poverty: The Case Of Kumasi

2002Poverty Reduction Through Good Governance: The Experience of GhanaJournalFirst author0 citations

Urban governance, partnerships and poverty: Case study of Kumasi

2001Unpublished Report. Department of Planning, KNUSTJournalFirst author5 citations

Urban governance in Kumasi: poverty and exclusion

2001International Development DepartmentReportFirst author14 citations

Influencing policy: urban market women and the Kumasi central market

2000Demanding dignity: women confronting economic reforms in Africa. Renouf Publishing, Third World Network, Accra: GhanaJournalFirst author15 citations

Resuscitating Real Business Cycles (Working Paper No. 7534)

1999National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi. org/10.3386/w7534ReportFirst author4 citations

Handbook of macroeconomics: Volume 1C

1999North-HollandReport269 citations

Handbook of Macroeconomics, Volume 1B, chapter 14

1999North0Holland: AmsterdamJournalFirst author4 citations

Utility deregulation spurs competition

1996Plastics News(Detroit)(USA)JournalFirst author0 citations

Land markets and legal contradictions in the peri-urban area of Accra

1996Ghana: informant interviews and secondary data investigations, Land Tenure Center, Research PaperJournal19 citations

Policy, technology adoption, and growth (No. w4681)

1994National Bureau of Economic ResearchReport8 citations