Kenneth Appiah Donkor-Hyiaman

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Lecturer in Real Estate Finance and Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyper ORCID
Consultant, World Bankper ORCID

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

Economics and Econometrics
Urban Studies
Finance
Building and Construction
Accounting
Social Psychology

In their own words

Real Estate Finance
Institutions and Finance
Sustainability science
Pension Asset-Backed Housing Finance

Publications: 242013–2026
Citations: 129to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 1.831.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 33%5 of 15 scored papers
Open access: 47%7 of the 15 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 219 citations, h-index 9 and i10-index 9 (148 citations and h-index 8 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer in Real Estate Finance and Economics, Land EconomyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
ConsultantWorld Bank
Executive Secretary, Construction SectorAssociation of Ghana Industries

Education

PhD, Real Estate and PlanningUniversity of Reading
MPhil Planning Growth and Regeneration, Land EconomyUniversity of Cambridge

Publications

24 in all

Connecting planned preventive maintenance, operational energy management, indoor environment quality and satisfaction of office building users: a literature review
2026International Journal of Building Pathology and AdaptationJournalSenior author0 citations10.1108/ijbpa-08-2025-0210
Socio-economic impacts of large-scale mining on secondary cities: the case of Ahafo North Mine and Sunyani Municipality

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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

Economics and Econometrics1042%
Urban Studies729%
Finance521%
Building and Construction417%
Accounting313%
Social Psychology28%
Information Systems14%
Information Systems and Management14%
Marketing14%
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality14%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Housing Market and Economics10
Urban and Rural Development Challenges7
Banking stability, regulation, efficiency5
Facilities and Workplace Management2
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis2
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion2
Sustainable Building Design and Assessment2
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security1
Building Energy and Comfort Optimization1
Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism1
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies1
Mining and Resource Management1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

67% of their 15 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom8
Australia3
South Africa2
Qatar1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of ReadingGB7 papers
Birmingham City UniversityGB5 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM2 papers
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Deakin UniversityAU1 paper
HTW Berlin - University of Applied SciencesDE1 paper
Qatar UniversityQA1 paper
RMIT UniversityAU1 paper
The University of MelbourneAU1 paper
University College LondonGB1 paper

Where they publish

AfRES2
International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation2
International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis2
Journal of Engineering Design and Technology2
The Routledge Handbook of Infrastructure Finance2
Ghana Journal of Development Studies1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth3
4Quality education2
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
7Affordable and clean energy1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Real estate infrastructure financing in Ghana: Sources and constraints
Habitat International
201520 citations
Housing attributes and relative house prices in Ghana
International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation11
201917 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Stimulating growth and improving the delivery of housing microfinance interventions
Journal of Facilities Management

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Financing Housing and Infrastructure Real Estate: A Survey of Global Best Practices

2025The Routledge Handbook of Infrastructure FinanceBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.4324/9781032712031-25

INFRASTRUCTURE REAL ESTATE

2025The Routledge Handbook of Infrastructure FinanceJournalSenior author1 citation

Accessibility of pedestrian infrastructure along arterial roads to persons with disabilities in Kumasi

2023Ghana Journal of Development StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.4314/gjds.v20i2.2

Corporate real estate management and bank profitability

2021Journal of Research in Emerging MarketsJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.30585/jrems.v3i4.651

Housing attributes and relative house prices in Ghana

2019International Journal of Building Pathology and AdaptationJournalOpen access17 citations10.1108/ijbpa-01-2019-0003

Pension reforms, risk transfer and housing finance innovations

2019Journal of Housing and the Built EnvironmentJournalOpen accessFirst author10 citations10.1007/s10901-019-09698-4

An assessment of mortgage loan default propensity in Ghana

2019Journal of Engineering Design and TechnologyJournal7 citations10.1108/jedt-01-2019-0016

Legal origins and mortgage finance contradictions

2017International Journal of Housing Markets and AnalysisJournalFirst author8 citations10.1108/ijhma-03-2016-0019

Infrastructure Regeneration and Transition in Property Commercialization in Developing Countries: Case Study of Kumasi

2017International Conference on Infrastructure Development in AfricaConference0 citations

Another look at housing finance in Africa

2016International Journal of Housing Markets and AnalysisJournalFirst author12 citations10.1108/ijhma-11-2014-0048

Towards developing trade credit policies in the ghanaian construction industry: an analysis of constraints

2014Journal of Economics and Sustainable DevelopmentJournalSenior author6 citations

Rethinking Ghana’s housing financing challenge: A paradigm shift from the traditional mortgage financing approach

2013Unpublished MPhil Dissertation submitted in Partial Fulfillment of an MPhil Degree in Planning Growth and Regeneration. Department of Land Economy. University of Cambridge, United KingdomJournalFirst author6 citations

Habitat International

Housing Policy Debate1

How it can be read

47% free to read, of the 15 recorded

Diamond 2 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 8%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 33%Behind a paywall
Unknown 9 · 38%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

1 of 24 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1

Another look at housing finance in Africa

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis8

201612 citationsWorld top 10%