Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe

University of Ghana

Director, University of Ghana, since 2004per ORCID

Publishing since 2005, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
Global and Planetary Change
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
General Health Professions
Soil Science
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Publications: 842005–2026
Citations: 3,027to those papers
h-index: 30i10-index 58
Field-weighted impact: 5.381.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 55%46 of 84 scored papers
Open access: 62%52 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Director, Regional Institute for Population StudiesUniversity of Ghanasince 2004

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

84 in all

Forecasting indoor air temperatures in tropical hospitals to improve patient health and preparedness for extreme heat
2026Building and EnvironmentJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.buildenv.2026.114418
Household flood vulnerability and temporary relocation in resource-scarce urban Accra
2026Discover Environment

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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

Sociology and Political Science4048%
Global and Planetary Change1923%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics1518%
General Health Professions1417%
Soil Science1113%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis78%
Nutrition and Dietetics78%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health78%
Urban Studies78%
Economics and Econometrics67%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration24
Climate change impacts on agriculture14
Flood Risk Assessment and Management12
Disaster Management and Resilience11
Migration and Labor Dynamics11
Agricultural risk and resilience10
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations7
Urban and Rural Development Challenges7
Child Nutrition and Water Access6
Climate Change and Health Impacts6
Global Maternal and Child Health6
Agricultural Innovations and Practices5

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

United Kingdom28
United States17
Bangladesh7
Belgium6
Netherlands6
Sweden6
Germany4
India4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of ExeterGB13 papers
University of DhakaBD6 papers
University of LiègeBE6 papers
University for Development StudiesGH6 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH6 papers
University of AmsterdamNL5 papers
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUS5 papers
University of YorkGB5 papers
Lund UniversitySE5 papers
Jadavpur UniversityIN4 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE4
Environmental Research Letters3
Population and Environment3
Regional Environmental Change3
Climatic Change2
Frontiers in Climate2
GeoJournal

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

13Climate action20
11Sustainable cities and communities9
1No poverty7
2Zero hunger7
14Life below water4
3Good health and well-being3
5Gender equality2
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Most cited

Adaptation opportunities and maladaptive outcomes in climate vulnerability hotspots of northern Ghana
Climate Risk Management13
2017223 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Floods in the Sahel: an analysis of anomalies, memory, and anticipatory learning
Climatic Change13
2010206 citationsWorld top 10%

Climate-induced redistribution of people is not inevitable

2025Environmental Research LettersJournalOpen access11 citations10.1088/1748-9326/adfdfd

Habitability for a connected, unequal and changing world

2024Global Environmental ChangeJournalOpen access25 citations10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102953

Internal Migration and Access to Health Insurance in Ghana: A Gendered Perspective

2024Ghana Journal of GeographyJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.4314/gjg.v16i2.1

The migration-sustainability paradox: transformations in mobile worlds

2021Current Opinion in Environmental SustainabilityJournalOpen access53 citations10.1016/j.cosust.2021.03.013

Annual and intra-annual climate variability and change of the Volta Delta, Ghana

2021Environmental Monitoring and AssessmentJournalSenior author5 citations10.1007/s10661-021-08986-3

Impact of extreme weather conditions on healthcare provision in urban Ghana

2020Social Science & MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding104 citations10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113072

The Volta Delta, Ghana: Challenges in an African Setting

2019Book chapterOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding27 citations10.1007/978-3-030-23517-8_4

Contested causes of flooding in poor urban areas in Accra, Ghana: an actor-oriented perspective

2019Environment Development and SustainabilityJournalSenior authorCorresponding17 citations10.1007/s10668-019-00333-4

Sustainable Deltas in the Anthropocene

2019Book chapterOpen accessSenior author17 citations10.1007/978-3-030-23517-8_11

Experience and Future Perceived Risk of Floods and Diarrheal Disease in Urban Poor Communities in Accra, Ghana

2018International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author51 citations10.3390/ijerph15122830

Food access and subjective welfare in a developing country

2018Journal of Behavioral and Experimental EconomicsJournalOpen accessSenior author7 citations10.1016/j.socec.2018.01.002

Global Environmental Change2

How it can be read

62% free to read

Diamond 2 · 2%Free to read and to publish
Gold 34 · 40%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 9 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 32 · 38%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

43 of 84 papers name a funder

International Development Research Centre18
Economic and Social Research Council9
University of Ghana8
Department for International Development6
European Commission6
British Academy4
University of Southampton3
Department for International Development, UK Government2

Reduced inequalities

2015194 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Climate change/variability and food systems: evidence from the Afram Plains, Ghana

Regional Environmental Change213

2011132 citationsWorld top 10%