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Joseph Awetori Yaro · Peerford
University of Ghana / Scholars Joseph Awetori Yaro University of Ghana
PROVOST, University of Ghana , since 2024per ORCID Professor, University of Ghana , since 2005per ORCID Publishing since 2002, latest 2025
In their own words
Agrarian Change Rural development Climate change Migration Food security and Livelihoods
Publications 100 Publications 2002–2025
Citations 3,005 Citations to those papers
h-index 29 h-index i10-index 45
Field-weighted impact 3.34 Field-weighted impact 1.00 is the world average
World top 10% 32% World top 10% 16 of 50 scored papers
Open access 33% Open access 17 of the 51 whose access is recorded 15 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 3,883 citations, h-index 31 and i10-index 49 (2,021 citations and h-index 23 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
Education
MPHIL & PHD, Department of Human Geography University of Oslo 1998–2004 Bachelor of Arts, Department of Geography Universit of Ghana 1993–1997 Honours, memberships and service
American Association of Geographers since 2011 Citations received each year
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
Soil Science 2121%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2020%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1818%
Sociology and Political Science 1515%
Economics and Econometrics 66%
Global and Planetary Change 66%
Urban Studies 55%
Demography 44%
Development 33%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 33%
Topics most written on
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development18 Land Rights and Reforms14 Agriculture and Rural Development Research10 Climate change impacts on agriculture8 Agricultural risk and resilience7 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration7 Migration and Labor Dynamics6 Urban and Rural Development Challenges5 Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices3 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management3 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts3
Where they publish The Institute of Development Studies and Partner Organisations 8 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 5 Ghana Journal of Geography 4 Journal of Asian and African Studies 4 Rural development in northern Ghana 4 African Geographical Review 3 Development goals addressed From each paper’s title and abstract
1 No poverty 8 13 Climate action 8 2 Zero hunger 5 5 Gender equality 5 10 Reduced inequalities 5 8 Decent work and economic growth 3 6 Clean water and sanitation 1 7
Most cited 2006 272 citations
2013 185 citations World top 10%
Ghana Geographical Association since 2005
Visiting scholar, Department of Geography University of Bayreuth 2023
Visiting fellow, Centre for African Studies/Department of Human Geograph Goethe University Frankfurt 2016
Visiting Fellow, Institute of African Studies Carleton University 2011–2012
Visiting Lecturer, International Summer School University of Oslo 2007–2023 On their papers
Every institution they have given on a paper.
GeoJournal
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Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography 3 How it can be read 33% free to read, of the 51 recorded
Diamond 3 · 3% Free to read and to publish Gold 3 · 3% In an open-access journal Hybrid 6 · 6% Open in a subscription journal Bronze 2 · 2% Free to read, no open licence Green 3 · 3% A copy in a repository Closed 34 · 34% Behind a paywall Unknown 49 · 49% Not recorded by the source Who funds it 16 of 100 papers name a funder
Carnegie Corporation of New York 4 Economic and Social Research Council 4 Government of the United Kingdom 2 University of Ghana 2 Coventry University 1 Department for International Development, UK Government 1 Department of Social Services, Australian Government 1 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 1 Affordable and clean energy
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9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure 1
11 Sustainable cities and communities 1
15 Life on land 1
16 Peace, justice and strong institutions 1 Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography
2016 169 citations World top 10%
