Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe

Director, University of Ghana, since 2004per ORCID

Publishing since 2003, latest 2026

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

In their own words

population
climate change
environment
fertility

Publications: 1352003–2026
Citations: 3,480to those papers
h-index: 32i10-index 67
Field-weighted impact: 5.381.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 55%46 of 84 scored papers
Open access: 62%52 of the 84 whose access is recorded

17 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 5,203 citations, h-index 40 and i10-index 75 (3,558 citations and h-index 33 since 2021), as of October 12, 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

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

135 in all

Economic Analysis of Climate Variability Impact on Malaria Prevalence: The Case of Ghana
2013SustainabilityJournalOpen accessSenior author21 citations10.3390/su5104362
Producing an urban system for the spatial development of Ghana: lessons for sub-Saharan Africa
2013African Geographical Review

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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 Science4030%
Global and Planetary Change1914%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics1511%
General Health Professions1410%
Soil Science118%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis75%
Nutrition and Dietetics75%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health75%
Urban Studies75%
Economics and Econometrics64%

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

Where they publish

2017 International Population Conference4
PLoS ONE4
Environmental Research Letters3
Population and Environment3
Population Studies: Key Issues and Contemporary Trends in Ghana3
Regional Environmental Change3

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%

The Role of Proximate and other Determinants in Ghana’s Fertility Transition.

2013African Population StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.11564/22-2-332

Perceptions of the Impact of Refugees on Host Communities: The Case of Liberian Refugees in Ghana

2012Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationaleJournalFirst authorCorresponding25 citations10.1007/s12134-012-0249-1

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

2011Regional Environmental ChangeJournalFirst authorCorresponding132 citations10.1007/s10113-011-0211-3

Population and agriculture in the dry and derived savannah zones of Ghana

2011Population and EnvironmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding21 citations10.1007/s11111-011-0139-z

Population and food crop production in male‐ and female‐headed households in Ghana

2010International Journal of Development IssuesJournalFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.1108/14468951011033815

Population and Land Use/Cover Dynamics in the Volta River Basin of Ghana

2010Ghana: Ecology and Development SeriesJournal0 citations

North-South independent child migration in Ghana: The push and pull factors

2009Independent migration of children in Ghana. Accra: Sundel ServicesJournalSenior author17 citations

Supply and Utilizations of Food Crops in Ghana, 1960–2000

2007African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.18697/ajfand.13.1815

Population Dynamics and Natural Resources in the Volta in the Volta River Basin of Ghana

2007Ghana Journal of Development StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.4314/gjds.v3i2.35044

The Role of Proximate and other Determinants in Ghana’s Fertility Transition.

2007African Population StudiesJournalFirst author4 citations

Supply And Utilisation Of Food Crops In Ghana, 1960-2000.

2007Rural Outreach ProgramReportFirst author29 citations

An analysis of the population-food crop nexus in Ghana

2007Journal of Social Development in AfricaJournalFirst author3 citations

Population growth and agricultural land use in two agro‐ecological zones of Ghana, 1960–2010

2006International Journal of Environmental StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1080/00207230600963445

Cohort analysis of fertility change among females in two agro-ecological zones of Ghana

2005Research Review of the Institute of African StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4314/rrias.v20i2.22911

Impact of population growth on agricultural land use in the Volta River Basin of Ghana

2005Bulletin of the Ghana Geographical AssociationJournalFirst author5 citations

African Population Studies2

How it can be read

62% free to read, of the 84 recorded

Diamond 2 · 1%Free to read and to publish
Gold 34 · 25%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 9 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 32 · 24%Behind a paywall
Unknown 51 · 38%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

43 of 135 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%