Raphael Ane Atanga

Publishing since 2016, latest 2025

Sociology and Political Science
Global and Planetary Change
Economics and Econometrics
Education
Ocean Engineering
Water Science and Technology

In their own words

human geography
resilience in disaster risk management
climate change and food security

Publications: 242016–2025
Citations: 342to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 3.461.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 23%3 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 54%7 of the 13 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 541 citations, h-index 10 and i10-index 10 (504 citations and h-index 9 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

Citations received each year

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Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

24 in all

Spatio-temporal dynamics of land use change and their ecological and livelihood impacts: Evidence from Ghana's Effutu Municipality
2025Environmental ChallengesJournalOpen access2 citations10.1016/j.envc.2025.101277
Does water scarcity drive conflict? The Bawku area case in the Savannah ecological zone, Ghana
2025BMC Environmental Science

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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 Science729%
Global and Planetary Change625%
Economics and Econometrics28%
Education28%
Ocean Engineering28%
Water Science and Technology28%
Atmospheric Science14%
Civil and Structural Engineering14%
Demography14%
Ecology14%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Disaster Management and Resilience4
Flood Risk Assessment and Management4
Land Use and Ecosystem Services4
Agricultural risk and resilience1
Climate Change Communication and Perception1
Climate change impacts on agriculture1
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management1
Cruise Tourism Development and Management1
Disaster Response and Management1
Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research1
Economic and Environmental Valuation1
Education and Critical Thinking Development1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

62% of their 13 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

South Africa7
China3
Germany2
Canada2
Korea1
India1
Pakistan1
Indonesia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of JohannesburgZA7 papers
Harbin Institute of TechnologyCN3 papers
Technische Universität DresdenDE2 papers
Tamale Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Presbyterian University, GhanaGH2 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH2 papers
Mount Royal UniversityCA1 paper
National Institute of Technology TiruchirappalliIN1 paper
Sebelas Maret UniversityID1 paper
State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Water EnvironmentCN1 paper

Where they publish

PLoS ONE2
Progress in Disaster Science2
Advances in higher education and professional development book series1
Africa Insight1
African Journal of Tourism Hospitality and Leisure1
BMC Environmental Science1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

13Climate action3
11Sustainable cities and communities2
15Life on land2
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1

Most cited

Climate Change, Flood Disaster Risk and Food Security Nexus in Northern Ghana
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2
2021145 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
The role of local community leaders in flood disaster risk management strategy making in Accra
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction13
201982 citationsWorld top 10%

Community-Based Participatory Research Design Relevance for Decolonizing Postgraduate Education

2024Advances in higher education and professional development book seriesBook chapter0 citations10.4018/979-8-3693-1289-6.ch002

Urbanization and flood risk analysis using geospatial techniques

2023PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0292290

2023Progress in Disaster ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.1016/j.pdisas.2023.100280

The Effect of Applying the Learning Cycle Learning Model on Students' Learning Outcomes of Geography

2023Indonesian Journal of Education Research (IJoER)JournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.37251/ijoer.v4i4.708

2023Progress in Disaster ScienceJournalSenior author10 citations

on Small-Scale Hospitality and Tourism

2023COVID-19, Tourist Destinations and Prospects for Recovery: Volume Two: An African PerspectiveJournal0 citations

Geographic information systems: A toolbox for sustainable tourism in southern Africa

2023African Journal of Tourism Hospitality and LeisureJournalSenior author3 citations

Geospatial analysis of flood emergency evacuation sites in Accra

2022Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author8 citations10.4102/jamba.v14i1.1172

Climate Change, Flood Disaster Risk and Food Security Nexus in Northern Ghana

2021Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding145 citations10.3389/fsufs.2021.706721

11 Risk of floods impacting tourism in the coastal cities of West Africa

2020Sustainable Urban Tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Risk and ResilienceJournalFirst author1 citation

Risk of floods impacting tourism in the coastal cities of West Africa: A case study of Accra, Ghana

2020Sustainable urban tourism in sub-Saharan AfricaBook chapterFirst author15 citations10.4324/9781003024293-14

The role of local community leaders in flood disaster risk management strategy making in Accra

2019International Journal of Disaster Risk ReductionJournalFirst authorCorresponding82 citations10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101358

COVID-19, Tourist Destinations and Prospects for Recovery: Volume Two: An African Perspective1

How it can be read

54% free to read, of the 13 recorded

Gold 6 · 25%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 6 · 25%Behind a paywall
Unknown 11 · 46%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

4 of 24 papers name a funder

Institute of Engineering Research, Seoul National University1
Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment1
National Key Research and Development Program of China1
Technische Universität Dresden1
University of Ghana1
University of Johannesburg1