Gabriel Eshun

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2012per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2020

Sociology and Political Science
Demography
Global and Planetary Change
Plant Science
Management of Technology and Innovation
Political Science and International Relations

Publications: 272014–2020
Citations: 382to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 3.591.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 41%11 of 27 scored papers
Open access: 74%20 papers free to read

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

Senior Lecturer, Tourism ProgrammesKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2012

Education

University of Leicester

Honours, memberships and service

Senior Research, School of Tourism and HospitalityUniversity of Johannesburgsince 2013

On their papers

Publications

27 in all

The case of Paratransit - ‘Trotro’ service data as a credible location addressing of road networks in Ghana
2020Journal of Transport GeographyJournalSenior author29 citations10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102688
Towards sustainable ecotourism development in Ghana
2020TourismJournal

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science1244%
Demography622%
Global and Planetary Change622%
Plant Science415%
Management of Technology and Innovation311%
Political Science and International Relations311%
Soil Science311%
Strategy and Management311%
Transportation311%
Business and International Management27%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research10
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management6
Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development6
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences3
International Business and FDI3
Agricultural risk and resilience2
Climate change impacts on agriculture2
Cruise Tourism Development and Management2
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development2
Land Use and Ecosystem Services2
African cultural and philosophical studies1
African history and culture analysis1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

44% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1245679Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa10
Australia2
United Kingdom2
Hong Kong SAR1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of JohannesburgZA9 papers
The University of AdelaideAU2 papers
Lingnan UniversityHK1 paper
University of LeicesterGB1 paper
University of OxfordGB1 paper
Forestry Research Institute of GhanaGH1 paper
Seventh-day Adventist College of EducationGH1 paper
University of Fort HareZA1 paper
University of GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)4
Africa Insight2
African Journal of Hospitality Tourism and Leisure2
Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic series2
GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites2
Journal of Experimental Agriculture International2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land7
8Decent work and economic growth6
13Climate action4
11Sustainable cities and communities3
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
10

Most cited

Ecotourism development in Ghana: A postcolonial analysis
Development Southern Africa15
201546 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Community-based ecotourism: Its socio-economic impacts at Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Ghana
Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic series1
201436 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Agrotourism Niche-Market in Ghana: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach

2020African Journal of Hospitality Tourism and LeisureJournalOpen accessFirst author8 citations10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-21

Emotions, Transcendence, Differentiated Voices and Resistances at Cape Coast Castle in Ghana: Poetic Analysis

2020African Journal of Hospitality Tourism and LeisureJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-10

Developing Agro-Tourism Tours on the Cocoa Sector in Africa: Emerging Issues from Ghana

2020EuroeconomicaJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations

RECONSIDERING PARTICIPATION FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY WELL-BEING IN ECOTOURISM IN GHANA

2019GeoJournal of Tourism and GeositesJournalOpen accessFirst author27 citations10.30892/gtg.27406-425

The Nexus of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ecotourism Development: A Case of Bobiri Forest and Butterfly Sanctuary, Ghana.

2018DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations

Factors Influencing Tomato Farmers’ Perception of Climate Variability: Evidence from the Offinso North District, Ghana

2017Journal of Experimental Agriculture InternationalJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.9734/jeai/2017/30689

‘Beyond Business as Usual’: Implications of Tourist Experiences for Ecotourism Development.

2016DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation

Gutter Creativity: Post-colonial Analysis of Dagbon Cultural Nuances and Islamic Ethics

2016Journal of humanities and social sciencesJournalSenior author1 citation

Ecotourism development in Ghana: A postcolonial analysis

2015Development Southern AfricaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding46 citations10.1080/0376835x.2015.1020218

Community-based ecotourism: Its socio-economic impacts at Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Ghana

2014Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic seriesJournalOpen accessFirst author36 citations10.2478/bog-2014-0045

Agrotourism development in Ghana: A study of its prospects and challenges at Adjeikrom Cocoa Tour Facility

2014Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic seriesJournalOpen accessFirst author23 citations10.2478/bog-2014-0031

Towards the Dual Mandate of Ecotourism in Africa: Comparative Evidence from Ghana

2014Africa InsightJournalFirst authorCorresponding11 citations

The nexus of Agrotourism and Marketing: A case study of poultry farms in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

2014DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations

Agrotourism, entrepreneurship and skills: a case of poultry farms in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

2014DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations

Advances in Agriculture

Advances in Environmental Studies1

How it can be read

74% free to read

Diamond 5 · 19%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 19%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 6 · 22%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 26%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 27 papers name a funder

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung1
Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche1
University of Leicester1
West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use1

Reduced inequalities

12Responsible consumption and production1

Poetic world-writing in a pluriversal world: a provocation to the creative (re)turn in geography

Social & Cultural Geography4

201634 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green