Esther Ekua Amoako

University for Development Studies

Publishing since 2011, latest 2026

Global and Planetary Change
Forestry
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Sociology and Political Science
Soil Science

Publications: 162011–2026
Citations: 307to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 12
Field-weighted impact: 2.611.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 47%7 of 15 scored papers
Open access: 94%15 papers free to read

3 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

16 in all

Fire, Land Use and Climate Interactions: Understanding the Drivers of Fire Regimes in Conservation Landscapes of West Africa
2026Tropical Conservation ScienceJournalOpen access0 citations10.1177/19400829261486748
Viability and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire management
2025Nature Sustainability

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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.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Global and Planetary Change744%
Forestry425%
Nature and Landscape Conservation425%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health319%
Sociology and Political Science319%
Soil Science319%
Ecology213%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics213%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law213%
Ecological Modeling16%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Fire effects on ecosystems6
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies4
African Botany and Ecology Studies3
Disaster Management and Resilience3
Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management2
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics2
Agricultural Innovations and Practices1
Agricultural risk and resilience1
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems1
Climate change impacts on agriculture1
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

56% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

South Africa6
United Kingdom4
Tanzania3
Côte d’Ivoire3
United States2
Kenya2
Uganda2
Botswana2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Rhodes UniversityZA5 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
Université Nangui AbrogouaCI3 papers
University of OxfordGB2 papers
University of GlasgowGB2 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA2 papers
University of PretoriaZA2 papers
University of BotswanaBW2 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers
South African National ParksZA2 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE2
Tropical Conservation Science2
Acta Oecologica1
African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology1
American Journal of Tourism Management1
Applied Ecology and Environmental Research1
Climate

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land7
13Climate action3
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
3Good health and well-being1
12Responsible consumption and production1

Most cited

Analysis of Farmer’s Choices for Climate Change Adaptation Practices in South-Western Uganda, 1980–2009
Climate13
201755 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Assessment of the energy recovery potentials of solid waste generated in Akosombo, Ghana
African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology12
201440 citationsOpen access · Diamond

The Effects of Prescribed Dry Season Burning on Woody Species Composition, Mole National Park, Ghana

2023Tropical Conservation ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1177/19400829231164936

Tree tenure and its implications for sustainable land management: The case of Parkia biglobosa in the Northern Region of Ghana

2015Journal of Natural Resources and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.5027/jnrd.v5i0.08

Stakeholder Views on Waste and Its Management in Tamale Metropolis, Ghana

2015Journal of Scientific Research and ReportsJournalOpen access5 citations10.9734/jsrr/2015/15283

Assessment of the energy recovery potentials of solid waste generated in Akosombo, Ghana

2014African Journal of Environmental Science and TechnologyJournalOpen access40 citations10.5897/ajest2014.1663

Energy, Water and Waste Management in the Accommodation Sector of Tamale Metropolis, Ghana

2013American Journal of Tourism ManagementJournalOpen accessSenior author18 citations

How it can be read

94% free to read

Diamond 4 · 25%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 31%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 19%Open in a subscription journal
Green 3 · 19%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 6%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 16 papers name a funder

Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World2
Rhodes University2
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council1
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa1
Department for International Development1
Natural Environment Research Council1
Research Ireland1
Sight Research UK1

201137 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold