Prosper Basommi Laari

NATIONAL COORDINATOR, Ministry of Local Government ,Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, since 2023per ORCID
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SDD-UNIVERSITY FOR BUSINEESS AND INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, since 2011per ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

Prosper Basommi Laari is an Associate Professor of Geospatial and Environment Science. He is a seasoned development expert with over eighteen years of experience in project management, environmental research, land surveying and rural development mainly in government ministries, as well as teaching in institutions of higher learning in Ghana. He has reputable publications hinging on spatial analysis, land use, environment, and geomatics. Over the years he has played… More on ORCID

Oceanography
Aerospace Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Applied Mathematics
Economics and Econometrics
Global and Planetary Change

Publications: 232016–2026
Citations: 215to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 2.811.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 30%7 of 23 scored papers
Open access: 57%13 papers free to read

4 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

NATIONAL COORDINATOR, GHANA PRODUCTIVE SAFETY NETMinistry of Local Government ,Chieftaincy and Religious Affairssince 2023
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE STUDIESSDD-UNIVERSITY FOR BUSINEESS AND INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT STUDIESsince 2011

Education

PHD CANDIDATE, ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE STUDIESUniversity for Development Studiessince 2007
MSC GEOMATIC ENGINEERING, GEOMATIC ENGINEERINGKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
PHD ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Publications

23 in all

Modeling the cascading effects of urban expansion on population-food-ecology patterns under China's cropland requisition-compensation balance policy
2026Information GeographyJournalOpen access1 citation10.1016/j.infgeo.2026.100045
Fractal analysis of horizontal velocity deformation time series data: an example from open pit mine in Ghana
2026

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Oceanography730%
Aerospace Engineering626%
Environmental Engineering626%
Applied Mathematics522%
Economics and Econometrics522%
Global and Planetary Change522%
Building and Construction29%
Civil and Structural Engineering29%
Forestry29%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance29%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Geophysics and Gravity Measurements7
Statistical and numerical algorithms5
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management3
Groundwater and Watershed Analysis3
Inertial Sensor and Navigation3
African Botany and Ecology Studies2
Dam Engineering and Safety2
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth2
GNSS positioning and interference2
Land Use and Ecosystem Services2
Mining and Resource Management2
Natural Resources and Economic Development2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

52% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written13467910Home

Most frequent partner countries

China12
United States1
United Arab Emirates1
India1
Canada1
Ecuador1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

China University of GeosciencesCN8 papers
University of Mines and TechnologyGH8 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH8 papers
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH6 papers
University of Nottingham Ningbo ChinaCN3 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH2 papers
Hohai UniversityCN1 paper
Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadIN1 paper
Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya1 paper
Jiangsu UniversityCN1 paper

Where they publish

Agricultural Water Management1
Boletim de Ciências Geodésicas1
Desalination and Water Treatment1
Earth Sciences Research Journal1
Ecology and Evolution1
Forum for Development Studies1
Geodesy and Cartography

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger2
6Clean water and sanitation2
8Decent work and economic growth2
10Reduced inequalities2
13Climate action2
15Life on land2
17Partnerships for the goals2
11

Most cited

Further investigation of the total natural resource rents and economic growth nexus in resource-abundant sub-Saharan African countries
Mineral Economics8
202249 citationsWorld top 10%
Enhancing natural resource rents through industrialization, technological innovation, and foreign capital in the OECD countries: Does financial development matter?
Resources Policy8
202340 citationsWorld top 10%
Coordinate Transformation between Global and Local Datums Based on Artificial Neural Network with K-Fold Cross-Validation: A Case Study, Ghana

China University of Geosciences

Honours, memberships and service

GHANA INSTITUTION OF SURVEYORS

Heterogeneous Effects of Demographic Factors on Healthcare Utilisation in Ghana

2023Ghana Journal of Development StudiesJournalOpen access3 citations10.4314/gjds.v20i1.5

Household Effective Demand for Electricity in Ghana: Analysis and Implication for Tariffs

2022Management & Economics Research JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.48100/merj.2022.192

Geographical Information System (GIS) as a Tool for Determining Suitable Dam Sites in the Upper West Region of Ghana

2021International Journal of Irrigation and Agricultural Development (IJIRAD)JournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.47762/2021.964x.85

LEAST SQUARES SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE MODEL FOR COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION

2019Geodesy and CartographyJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.3846/gac.2019.6053

How it can be read

57% free to read

Diamond 9 · 39%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 9%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 10 · 43%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 23 papers name a funder

China Scholarship Council1
Fakultas Sains dan Teknik, Universitas Nusa Cendana1
International Growth Centre1
London School of Economics and Political Science1
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry1
National Aeronautics and Space Administration1
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency1
National Natural Science Foundation of China1

Sustainable cities and communities

Earth Sciences Research Journal17

201939 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond