Issahaka Fuseini

Senior Lecturer in Community Development and Governance, University of Ghana, since 2018per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

Plant Science
Political Science and International Relations
Urban Studies
Economics and Econometrics
Business and International Management
Demography

In their own words

Urban governance
spatial planning
local economic development
urban and peri-urban agriculture
urban livelihoods and food sec

Publications: 242014–2026
Citations: 468to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 13.571.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 50%6 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 54%7 of the 13 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 732 citations, h-index 12 and i10-index 13 (464 citations and h-index 11 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

Senior Lecturer in Community Development and Governance, Adult Education and Human Resource StudiesUniversity of Ghanasince 2018
Post-doctoral Researcher, African Centre for CitiesUniversity of Cape Town2016–2018
Teaching and Research Assistant, Geography and Resource DevelopmentUniversity of Ghana2008–2012

Education

Postdocoral research fellowUniversity of Cape Town Centre for African Studies2016–2018
PhD, Geography and Environmental Studies

Publications

25 in all

There is no ‘grid’: Configuring everyday sanitation in Tamale, Ghana
2027GeoforumJournalSenior author0 citations
Food as infrastructural justice
2026Environmental Research Food SystemsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1088/2976-601x/aea79e

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Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Plant Science625%
Political Science and International Relations625%
Urban Studies625%
Economics and Econometrics28%
Business and International Management14%
Demography14%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics14%
Finance14%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences14%
Global and Planetary Change14%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Urban and Rural Development Challenges6
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability4
Water Governance and Infrastructure3
Local Government Finance and Decentralization2
Organic Food and Agriculture2
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Community Development and Social Impact1
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth1
Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact1
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

31% of their 13 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2233445Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa5
United Kingdom4
India3
Sri Lanka2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Indian Institute for Human SettlementsIN3 papers
University of SussexGB3 papers
University of Cape TownZA3 papers
Institute of Development StudiesGB2 papers
University of ColomboLK2 papers
Stellenbosch UniversityZA2 papers
Imperial College LondonGB1 paper
King's College LondonGB1 paper
International Geographical UnionZA1 paper
African Institute for Mathematical SciencesZA1 paper

Where they publish

Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African Cities3
Advances in Applied Sociology1
African Studies1
Agriculture and Human Values1
Area Development and Policy1
Cities1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities3
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
10Reduced inequalities1
13Climate action1

Most cited

A review of spatial planning in Ghana's socio-economic development trajectory: A sustainable development perspective
Land Use Policy
2015154 citationsWorld top 10%
Characterising urban growth in Tamale, Ghana: An analysis of urban governance response in infrastructure and service provision
Habitat International11
201677 citationsWorld top 10%
City profile: Tamale, Ghana

M.Phil, Geography and Resource DevelopmentUniversity of Ghana2009–2011

BA, Geography and Resource DevelopmentUniversity of Ghana2003–2007

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Perceptions of Local and Traditional Government Leaders for Enhancing Community Development

2024International Journal of Leadership and GovernanceJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.47604/ijlg.3078

Transforming Urban Food Systems in Secondary Cities in Africa

2022Transforming Urban Food Systems in Secondary Cities in AfricaJournalFirst author1 citation

Governing food systems in secondary cities in Africa

2019University of Cape Town: African Centre for Cities, Cape TownJournalSenior author8 citations

Food poverty in Kitwe, Zambia

2018Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African CitiesBook chapterFirst author4 citations

The characteristics of the urban food system in Kitwe, Zambia: a focus on the retail sector

2018Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African CitiesBook chapterFirst author15 citations

14 The characteristics of the urban food system in Kitwe, Zambia

2018Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African CitiesJournalFirst author0 citations

Urban social protection and food systems

2017Food and Nutrition security in Southern African cities. Routledge, EnglandJournalSenior author3 citations

City profile: Tamale, Ghana

2016CitiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding61 citations10.1016/j.cities.2016.07.010

Urban governance and spatial planning for sustainable urban development in Tamale, Ghana

2016Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch UniversityThesisFirst author38 citations

Building urban resilience: Assessing urban and peri-urban agriculture in Tamale, Ghana.[Padgham, J. and J. Jabbour

2014United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi, KenyaJournal2 citations

Building urban resilience: assessing urban and Peri-urban agriculture in tamale

2014United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Report16 citations

Land use competition: Its implication for food security in peri-urban Tamale, Ghana

2014LAP LAMBERT Academic PublishingReportFirst author11 citations

Environmental Research Food Systems

Food and Nutrition security in Southern African cities. Routledge, England1

How it can be read

54% free to read, of the 13 recorded

Diamond 2 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 13%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 6 · 25%Behind a paywall
Unknown 11 · 46%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

5 of 24 papers name a funder

UK Research and Innovation3
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior1
Universiteit Stellenbosch1
University of Cape Town1
University of Ghana1
Wellcome Trust1

201661 citationsWorld top 10%