Ronald Adamtey

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 2014, latest 2024

Urban Studies
Political Science and International Relations
Sociology and Political Science
Global and Planetary Change
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Soil Science

Publications: 232014–2024
Citations: 283to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 4.121.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 43%10 of 23 scored papers
Open access: 87%20 papers free to read

4 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

23 in all

Locational factors for local revenue mobilisation in a Peri-urban municipal area around Accra, Ghana
2024City Culture and SocietyJournal4 citations10.1016/j.ccs.2024.100568
The impact of social capital on business development in Ghana: Experiences of local-level businesses in the Kumasi Metropolitan Area
2023Social Sciences & Humanities Open

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Urban Studies730%
Political Science and International Relations626%
Sociology and Political Science626%
Global and Planetary Change313%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law313%
Soil Science313%
Strategy and Management313%
Forestry29%
General Health Professions29%
Ocean Engineering29%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Urban and Rural Development Challenges7
Land Rights and Reforms3
Local Government Finance and Decentralization3
Public-Private Partnership Projects3
African Botany and Ecology Studies2
Local Economic Development and Planning2
Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology2
Religion, Society, and Development2
Social Capital and Networks2
Urban Planning and Governance2
African studies and sociopolitical issues1
Community Development and Social Impact1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

9% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Denmark1
Canada1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Aarhus UniversityDK1 paper
Queen's UniversityCA1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
Water Resources Commission of GhanaGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH1 paper
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)4
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal2
Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance2
Ghana Journal of Development Studies2
Journal of Sustainable Development2
City Culture and Society1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities6
1No poverty3
6Clean water and sanitation2
8Decent work and economic growth1
10Reduced inequalities1
14Life below water1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Urban Growth and Livelihood Transformations on the Fringes of African Cities: A Case Study of Changing Livelihoods in Peri-Urban Accra
Environment and Natural Resources Research
201566 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Spatial expansion and patterns of land use/land cover changes around Accra, Ghana – Emerging insights from Awutu Senya East Municipal Area
Land Use Policy11
202138 citationsWorld top 10%
Does organizational culture influence employee productivity at the local level? A test of Denison's culture model in Ghana’s local government sector

How informal ties matter: encroachment on road reservations along the Kumasi–Accra highway in Ghana

2023Commonwealth Journal of Local GovernanceJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.5130/cjlg.vi28.8260

Resourcing local government in Ghana: the potential of volunteering to deliver basic services

2021Commonwealth Journal of Local GovernanceJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.5130/cjlg.vi25.8040

The vulnerability of peri-urban farm households with the emergence of land Markets in Accra

2018Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessSenior author14 citations10.4314/just.v37i1.8

Social capital as the missing link in community development planning process in Africa: lessons from Ghana

2018Ghana Journal of Development StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.4314/gjds.v15i1.5

CHALLENGES OF NEWLY CREATED DISTRICTS IN GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF THE ASANTE AKIM NORTH DISTRICT

2015Advances in Social Sciences Research JournalJournalOpen access5 citations10.14738/assrj.210.1550

Deepening decentralisation through non-partisan district assembly system in Ghana

2014Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.4314/just.v34i1.7

Diamonds are forever:How myths can contribute to land degradation by small-scale diamond mining in Akwatia, Ghana

2014Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.4314/ejesm.v7i5.1

Environment and Natural Resources Research

Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management1

How it can be read

87% free to read

Diamond 14 · 61%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 9%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 13%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 23 papers name a funder

Institut Alam Sekitar dan Pembangunan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia1
International Fund for Agricultural Development1
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1

Future Business Journal8

202226 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

Making Cities Resilient in Ghana: The Realities of Slum Dwellers That Confront the Accra Metropolitan Assembly

Journal of Sustainable Development11

202123 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond