Francis Xavier Jarawura

University for Development Studies

Publishing since 2014, latest 2025

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Sociology and Political Science
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Global and Planetary Change
Demography
Development

Publications: 92014–2025
Citations: 470to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 9.861.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 67%6 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 56%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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

9 in all

Farmer’s perceptions of climate change in semi-arid northwest Ghana: Implications for adaptation and resilience
2025Journal of Planning and Land ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.36005/jplm.v4i1.112
‘These days, things have changed’: historicizing current dynamics of climate-related migration in the savannah zone of Ghana

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Citations received each year

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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

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics333%
Sociology and Political Science333%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences222%
Global and Planetary Change222%
Demography111%
Development111%
Economics and Econometrics111%
Pollution111%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment111%
Soil Science111%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Climate change impacts on agriculture3
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration3
Migration and Labor Dynamics3
Agricultural Innovations and Practices2
Disaster Management and Resilience2
Agricultural risk and resilience1
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development1
Climate Change and Sustainable Development1
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management1
Energy and Environment Impacts1
Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies1
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

56% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Denmark2
Netherlands2
United Kingdom2
Germany2
United States1
Uganda1
Australia1
India1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH4 papers
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH4 papers
Danish Institute for International StudiesDK2 papers
BOKU UniversityAT1 paper
CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate ChangeIT1 paper
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale ZusammenarbeitDE1 paper
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale ZusammenarbeitPH1 paper
Durham UniversityGB1 paper
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather ForecastsGB1 paper
Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentDE1 paper

Where they publish

Climate and Development1
Climate Policy1
Cogent Social Sciences1
Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development1
Environmental Research Letters1
Ghana Journal of Geography1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

13Climate action6
1No poverty1
7Affordable and clean energy1

Most cited

Climate migration myths
Nature Climate Change13
2019369 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Climate Change, Local Knowledge and Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana
13
201628 citationsWorld top 10%
Adapting to climate change: Perspectives from smallholder farmers in North-western Ghana

Climate and Development

Sacrificing the savannah woodlands for energy and livelihoods? Charcoal production in Ghana

2022Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable developmentJournal14 citations10.1016/j.esd.2022.09.001

Climate migration myths

2019Nature Climate ChangeJournalOpen access369 citations10.1038/s41558-019-0633-3

Perceptions of drought among rural farmers in the Savelugu district in the northern Savannah of Ghana

2014Ghana Journal of GeographyJournalFirst authorCorresponding22 citations

Journal of Planning and Land Management

Nature Climate Change1

How it can be read

56% free to read

Diamond 1 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 22%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 11%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 44%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 9 papers name a funder

Danish International Development Agency1
Durham University1
Economic and Social Research Council1
European Commission1
Griffith University1
King's College London1
National Science Foundation1
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center1

Cogent Social Sciences1

202322 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Perceptions of drought among rural farmers in the Savelugu district in the northern Savannah of Ghana

Ghana Journal of Geography13

201422 citationsWorld top 10%

Sacrificing the savannah woodlands for energy and livelihoods? Charcoal production in Ghana

Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development7

202214 citations