Kenneth Joseph Bansah

Water Resources Commission of Ghana

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Building and Construction
Sociology and Political Science
Civil and Structural Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Publications: 122015–2026
Citations: 508to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 2.631.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%3 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 33%4 papers free to read

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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

12 in all

Decades of artisanal and small-scale mining formalization in Ghana: GoldBod reform and the political economy of gold trade governance
2026Resources PolicyJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.resourpol.2026.106043
Caught between extraction and enforcement: socioeconomic and health impacts of military intervention on informal mining communities

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Building and Construction867%
Sociology and Political Science433%
Civil and Structural Engineering217%
Control and Systems Engineering217%
Environmental Chemistry217%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance217%
Pollution217%
Biomedical Engineering18%
Environmental Engineering18%
General Health Professions18%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Mining and Resource Management8
Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact4
Mining Techniques and Economics2
Natural Resources and Economic Development2
Arsenic contamination and mitigation1
Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Energy and Environment Impacts1
Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering1
Global trade, sustainability, and social impact1
Groundwater and Watershed Analysis1
Health and Conflict Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

92% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States9
Australia2
Canada1
Kenya1
Liberia1
South Africa1
Botswana1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Missouri University of Science and TechnologyUS9 papers
University of Mines and TechnologyGH7 papers
Pennsylvania State UniversityUS1 paper
Edith Cowan UniversityAU1 paper
The University of QueenslandAU1 paper
University of British ColumbiaCA1 paper
University of WuppertalDE1 paper
Ruhr University BochumDE1 paper
William V. S. Tubman UniversityLR1 paper
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH1 paper

Where they publish

Resources Policy3
The Extractive Industries and Society3
51st U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium1
Environmental science and engineering1
Ghana Mining Journal1
International Journal of Global Environmental Issues1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty1
6Clean water and sanitation1
8Decent work and economic growth1
10Reduced inequalities1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
12Responsible consumption and production1
13Climate action1
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Most cited

The hazardous nature of small scale underground mining in Ghana
Journal of Sustainable Mining1
2016199 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Socioeconomic and environmental assessment of informal artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana
Journal of Cleaner Production
2018198 citationsWorld top 10%
Mutualism, commensalism or parasitism? Perspectives on tailings trade between large-scale and artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana

The Extractive Industries and Society

Fighting fire with fire: How military actions expand environmental destruction in informal mining

2025The Extractive Industries and SocietyJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1016/j.exis.2025.101712

Child labor in artisanal and small-scale mining: Implications for health, development and poverty

2024The Extractive Industries and SocietyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1016/j.exis.2024.101577

Rockmass Characterization for Open Pit Slope Design Using Kinematic Analysis

201751st U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics SymposiumPublicationSenior author1 citation

Groundwater quality index of Upper Athi River Basin in Kenya

2017International Journal of Global Environmental IssuesJournalSenior author5 citations10.1504/ijgenvi.2017.086709

The hazardous nature of small scale underground mining in Ghana

2016Journal of Sustainable MiningJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding199 citations10.1016/j.jsm.2016.04.004

Journal of Cleaner Production

Journal of Sustainable Mining1

How it can be read

33% free to read

Diamond 1 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 1 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 17%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 67%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 12 papers name a funder

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst1
Missouri University of Science and Technology1