Samuel K. M. Agblorti

Associate Professor, University of Cape Coast, since 2022per ORCID

Publishing since 2006, latest 2026

Samuel Agblorti holds PhD in geography from the University of Calgary, Canada. He previously graduated with a master’s and bachelor’s degrees in population studies from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, where he currently holds a faculty position. Samuel’s PhD thesis was on the nexus between refugees’ use of environmental resources, resultant environmental conflicts between refugees and host populations, and the feasibility of local integration of refugees in protracted… More on ORCID

Sociology and Political Science
Ecology
Global and Planetary Change
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Nutrition and Dietetics
Earth-Surface Processes

In their own words

migration
environment
development

Publications: 282006–2026
Citations: 513to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 3.001.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 47%9 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 79%15 of the 19 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 758 citations, h-index 14 and i10-index 15 (553 citations and h-index 13 since 2021), as of October 5, 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

Associate Professor, Population and HealthUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2022
Senior Lecturer, Population and HealthUniversity of Cape Coast2016–2022
Lecturer, Population & HealthUniversity of Cape Coast2008–2016

Education

Graduate Diploma, Centre for Refugee StudiesYork University Centre for Refugee Studies2013
PhD, Geography

Publications

28 in all

‘We All Need to be One and Listen to Each Other’: Institutional Complexity and the Prospects of Co-management in Ghana’s Artisanal Fisheries
2026European Journal of Development ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1057/s41287-026-00748-6
Negotiating access to comprehensive HIV healthcare: Fear, stigma, and health system constraints in Tamale Metropolis, Ghana

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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 Science932%
Ecology518%
Global and Planetary Change518%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law518%
Nutrition and Dietetics518%
Earth-Surface Processes311%
Safety Research311%
Clinical Psychology27%
Epidemiology27%
General Health Professions27%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Child Nutrition and Water Access5
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration5
Coastal and Marine Management5
Migration and Labor Dynamics4
Coastal and Marine Dynamics3
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics3
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare3
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences2
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies2
Disaster Management and Resilience2
Flood Risk Assessment and Management2
Global Maternal and Child Health2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

42% of their 19 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Denmark2
Sweden2
Canada2
United Kingdom2
Ethiopia1
Germany1
France1
Malawi1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lund UniversitySE2 papers
Copenhagen Business SchoolDK2 papers
University of British Columbia, Okanagan CampusCA2 papers
Durham UniversityGB2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR1 paper
University of HullGB1 paper
German Institute of Development and SustainabilityDE1 paper
Laboratoire d’Études en Géophysique et Océanographie SpatialesFR1 paper
Université de ToulouseFR1 paper

Where they publish

Sustainability2
University of Cape Coast2
African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies1
Anthropocene Coasts1
BMC Pediatrics1
Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

10Reduced inequalities3
2Zero hunger2
3Good health and well-being2
13Climate action2
1No poverty1
4Quality education1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
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Most cited

Mobility, education and livelihood trajectories for young people in rural Ghana: a gender perspective
Children s Geographies
201186 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Mothers’ and Grandmothers’ misconceptions and socio-cultural factors as barriers to exclusive breastfeeding: A qualitative study involving Health Workers in two rural districts of Ghana
PLoS ONE3
202067 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

University of Calgary

Master of Philosophy, GeographyUniversity of Cape Coast2003–2006

Honours, memberships and service

Panel Member; "Hanging in the air": Experiences of Liberian refugees in GhanaInternational Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM)since 2021
Panel Moderator, Centre for Migration StudiesUNHCR/University of Ghanasince 2021
Ghana Geographical Associationsince 2010
MemberInternational Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM)2021–2023
Panel MemberGerman Development Institute2020
Speaker and Technical Lead, ACU Summer SchoolAssociation of Commonwealth Universities2020

Journal of Public Health Research

Camp-Based Refugees’ Adherence to the COVID-19 Protocols at the Peak and Post-Peak of the Pandemic in Two Camps in Ghana

2023Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationaleJournalCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s12134-023-01106-9