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Researcher · University of Ghana · Ghana

George Owusu

George Owusu publishes mostly in Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Urban Transport and Accessibility and Crime Patterns and Interventions.

ORCID 0000-0003-3859-5540 OpenAlex
World rank
#49,666
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ghana
#17
of 6,000
Works
150
Citations
3.6k
Citations per work
24.1
h-index
34
i10-index 74Top 0.6% in Urban Studies
George Owusu

What does George Owusu research?

George Owusu's work is mostly in Social Sciences (40%), Environmental Science (6%), Health Professions (4%).

Everything else: 74 works · 49.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 60 works · 40.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 60 works · 40.3% of their workUrban Studies: 25 works · 16.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 21 works · 13.9% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 works · 5.7% of their workTransportation: 6 works · 4.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 9 works · 6.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 9 works · 6.0% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 works · 6.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 6 works · 4.3% of their workHealth Professions: 6 works · 4.3% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 6 works · 4.3% of their workTHEIR WORKGeorge Owusu150works
Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences40%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else7449.4%
    1. Social Sciences6040.3%
    1. Environmental Science96.0%
    1. Health Professions64.3%
  1. 1Urban Studies17% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science14% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change6% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions4% of their works
  6. 6Transportation4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe George Owusu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Sustainable Development, Slum Upgrading, Urban Poverty, Active Travel, Built Environment, Crime, Social Structure and local economic development.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainable Development612 topics
  2. Slum Upgrading501 topic
  3. Urban Poverty501 topic
  4. Active Travel131 topic
  5. Built Environment131 topic
  6. Crime121 topic
  7. Social Structure121 topic
  8. South Africa111 topic
  9. local economic development111 topic
  10. Neoliberalism101 topic
  11. Urbanism101 topic
  12. Child Development91 topic
  13. Maternal and Child Undernutrition91 topic
  14. Health Effects81 topic
  15. Noise Pollution81 topic
  16. Economic Growth71 topic
  17. Nighttime Light Data71 topic

Where does George Owusu work?

George Owusu's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Ghana, Ghana.

How many publications and citations does George Owusu have?

OpenAlex counts 150 works and 3,615 citations for George Owusu, an h-index of 34, ranking #49,666 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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