Kwadwo Afriyie

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 2007, latest 2025

Sociology and Political Science
Urban Studies
Global and Planetary Change
Soil Science
Building and Construction
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

In their own words

artisanal mining
microfinance
periurbanism
land use land cover change

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 272007–2025
Citations: 1,190to those papers
h-index: 17i10-index 19
Field-weighted impact: 5.011.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 53%10 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 21%4 of the 19 whose access is recorded

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 1,743 citations, h-index 17 and i10-index 22 (1,289 citations and h-index 17 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

27 in all

‘We live in fear and face endless physical and emotional health problems’: Perceived health implications of floods among urban households in Ghana
2025Geographical JournalJournal2 citations10.1111/geoj.70036
Data preservation, sharing and reuse among graduate students in Ghana
2025Information DevelopmentJournal2 citations

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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

Sociology and Political Science726%
Urban Studies726%
Global and Planetary Change622%
Soil Science415%
Building and Construction311%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics311%
Economics and Econometrics311%
Plant Science311%
Management Information Systems27%
Applied Psychology14%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Urban and Rural Development Challenges7
Climate change impacts on agriculture3
Flood Risk Assessment and Management3
Land Use and Ecosystem Services3
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion3
Mining and Resource Management3
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability3
Agricultural risk and resilience2
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration2
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance2
Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact2
Land Rights and Reforms2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

63% of their 19 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Kenya5
Australia5
United States2
Hong Kong SAR2
Canada2
United Kingdom2
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

African Population and Health Research CenterKE4 papers
University of GhanaGH4 papers
The University of AdelaideAU3 papers
Lingnan UniversityHK2 papers
Brock UniversityCA2 papers
Southern Cross UniversityAU2 papers
University of OxfordGB2 papers
University of Cape CoastGH2 papers
University of DenverUS1 paper
Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUS1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction2
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development2
Climate and Development1
Forest Policy and Economics1
Geographical Journal1
Geographical Research1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities5
1No poverty4
5Gender equality2
2Zero hunger1
8Decent work and economic growth1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Microcredit: Empowerment and Disempowerment of Rural Women in Ghana
World Development5
2014279 citationsWorld top 10%
Urban sprawl and green space depletion: Implications for flood incidence in Kumasi, Ghana
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction11
2020135 citationsWorld top 10%
The glittering façade: Effects of mining activities on Obuasi and its surrounding communities

Contextual Factors Which Affect the Success of Microcredit Programs Among Women

2020Journal of Developing SocietiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1177/0169796x20909032

Urban sprawl and agricultural livelihood response in peri-urban Ghana

2019International Journal of Urban Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author59 citations10.1080/19463138.2019.1691560

Does green space matter? Public knowledge and attitude towards urban greenery in Ghana

2019Urban Forestry & Urban GreeningJournalSenior author87 citations

The good in evil: a discourse analysis of the galamsey industry in Ghana

2016Oxford Development StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding80 citations10.1080/13600818.2016.1217984

Stone quarrying and livelihood transformation in Peri-urban Kumasi

2014Research on Humanities and Social SciencesJournalSenior author43 citations

Urbanisation of the rural landscape: assessing the effects in peri-urban Kumasi

2013International Journal of Urban Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding43 citations10.1080/19463138.2013.799068

Household Responses to Livelihood Transformation in Peri-Urban Kumasi

2013Journal of Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen access31 citations10.5539/jsd.v6n6p121

How it can be read

21% free to read, of the 19 recorded

Gold 1 · 4%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 15 · 56%Behind a paywall
Unknown 8 · 30%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

3 of 27 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2
Lingnan University1
Ministry of Agriculture and Food1
University of Adelaide1
University of Ghana1

Third World Network-Africa