Joseph Alhassan

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 2022, latest 2026

Global and Planetary Change
Plant Science
Urban Studies
Clinical Psychology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Health Professions

Publications: 62022–2026
Citations: 61to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 7.251.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 33%2 of 6 scored papers
Open access: 83%5 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

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

Peerford

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

Global and Planetary Change350%

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Education

University Of Technology Sydney

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

6 in all

Exploring the effect of social ties on mental health outcomes among adolescents in selected peri-urban communities in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
2026Discover Mental HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1007/s44192-025-00321-3
Understanding the barriers and knowledge gaps to climate-smart agriculture and climate information services: A multi-stakeholder analysis of smallholder farmers’ uptake in Ghana

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Clinical Psychology117%

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences117%

General Health Professions117%

Nutrition and Dietetics117%

Ocean Engineering117%

Political Science and International Relations117%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Land Use and Ecosystem Services2
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability2
Urban and Rural Development Challenges2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Agricultural Innovations and Practices1
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management1
Energy and Environment Impacts1
Mental Health Treatment and Access1
Water Governance and Infrastructure1
Water resources management and optimization1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

67% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Australia2
United States1
Kenya1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM2 papers
Miami UniversityUS1 paper
Southern Cross UniversityAU1 paper
University of Technology SydneyAU1 paper
University of YorkGB1 paper
African Population and Health Research CenterKE1 paper

Where they publish

Cogent Social Sciences1
Discover Mental Health1
Geographical Research1
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development1
Journal of Sustainable Forestry1
World Development Sustainability1

How it can be read

83% free to read

Gold 4 · 67%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 17%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 1 · 17%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 6 papers name a funder

Global Challenges Research Fund1
University of York1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
13Climate action1

World Development Sustainability

Land-use and land cover change dynamics in urban Ghana: implications for peri-urban livelihoods

2023International Journal of Urban Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen access22 citations10.1080/19463138.2023.2184822

Wood Fuel Producers’ Insight on the Environmental Effects of Their Activities in Ghana

2022Journal of Sustainable ForestryJournalFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1080/10549811.2022.2053162