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Researcher · Western University · Canada

Godwin Arku

Godwin Arku publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies and Economics and Econometrics, on topics such as Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Urban Planning and Governance and Migration and Labor Dynamics.

ORCID 0000-0001-7720-1554 OpenAlex
World rank
#9,309
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#169
of 183,316
Works
201
Citations
3.9k
Citations per work
19.3
h-index
34
i10-index 107Top 1.5% in Sociology and Political Science
Godwin Arku

What does Godwin Arku research?

Godwin Arku's work is mostly in Social Sciences (47%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (10%), Health Professions (8%).

Social Sciences: 113 works · 56.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 94 works · 46.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 44 works · 21.9% of their workUrban Studies: 36 works · 17.8% of their workDemography: 7 works · 3.6% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 works · 3.4% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 works · 9.7% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 works · 9.7% of their workEverything else: 72 works · 35.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 15 works · 7.7% of their workHealth Professions: 15 works · 7.7% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 15 works · 7.7% of their workTHEIR WORKGodwin Arku201works
Health Sciences8%Social Sciences56%

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. Social Sciences9446.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance199.7%
  2. Everything else7235.9%
    1. Health Professions157.7%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science22% of their works
  2. 2Urban Studies18% of their works
  3. 3Economics and Econometrics10% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions8% of their works
  5. 5Demography4% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Godwin Arku's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Urbanization, Slum Upgrading, Urban Poverty, Globalization, Neoliberalism, Urbanism, Immigration and Remittances.

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.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Urbanization672 topics
  2. Slum Upgrading511 topic
  3. Urban Poverty511 topic
  4. Globalization472 topics
  5. Neoliberalism251 topic
  6. Urbanism251 topic
  7. Immigration221 topic
  8. Remittances221 topic
  9. Recessionary Shocks211 topic
  10. Regional Economic Resilience211 topic
  11. Creative Economy171 topic
  12. Urban Development171 topic
  13. Agglomeration Economies161 topic
  14. Economic Geography161 topic
  15. Health161 topic
  16. Homelessness161 topic
  17. Destination Image141 topic
  18. Tourist Satisfaction141 topic

Where does Godwin Arku work?

Godwin Arku's main affiliation in the publication record is Western University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Godwin Arku have?

OpenAlex counts 201 works and 3,871 citations for Godwin Arku, an h-index of 34, ranking #9,309 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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