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Researcher · University for Development Studies · Ghana

Issaka Kanton Osumanu

Issaka Kanton Osumanu publishes mostly in Urban Studies, Nutrition and Dietetics and Plant Science, on topics such as Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Land Rights and Reforms.

ORCID 0000-0002-8545-7741 OpenAlex
World rank
#696,325
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ghana
#552
of 6,000
Works
56
Citations
816
Citations per work
14.6
h-index
16
i10-index 23Top 6% in Urban Studies
Issaka Kanton Osumanu

What does Issaka Kanton Osumanu research?

Issaka Kanton Osumanu's work is mostly in Social Sciences (22%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Nursing (11%).

Everything else: 26 works · 45.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 12 works · 22.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 12 works · 22.1% of their workUrban Studies: 9 works · 16.8% of their workSociology and Political Science: 3 works · 5.3% of their workLife Sciences: 8 works · 14.5% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 works · 14.5% of their workPlant Science: 4 works · 7.6% of their workSoil Science: 4 works · 6.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 6 works · 10.7% of their workNursing: 6 works · 10.7% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 works · 10.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 4 works · 6.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 4 works · 6.9% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 works · 6.9% of their workTHEIR WORKIssaka KantonOsumanu56works
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences22%

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 else2645.8%
    1. Social Sciences1222.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences814.5%
    1. Nursing610.7%
    1. Environmental Science46.9%
  1. 1Urban Studies17% of their works
  2. 2Nutrition and Dietetics11% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science8% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change7% of their works
  5. 5Soil Science7% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Issaka Kanton Osumanu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Land Tenure, Urbanization, Slum Upgrading, Urban Poverty, Sustainability, Child Development, Maternal and Child Undernutrition and Food Security.

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 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Land Tenure282 topics
  2. Urbanization282 topics
  3. Slum Upgrading221 topic
  4. Urban Poverty221 topic
  5. Sustainability184 topics
  6. Child Development141 topic
  7. Maternal and Child Undernutrition141 topic
  8. Food Security123 topics
  9. Biodiversity Conservation112 topics
  10. Ecosystem Services112 topics
  11. Agriculture72 topics
  12. Climate Change72 topics
  13. Agricultural Investment61 topic
  14. Global Impact61 topic
  15. Land Use Change61 topic
  16. Property Rights61 topic
  17. Community Gardens51 topic
  18. Urban Agriculture51 topic
  19. Crop Production41 topic
  20. Global Warming41 topic
  21. Agricultural Development31 topic
  22. Insurance31 topic
  23. Livestock Farming31 topic
  24. Risk Management31 topic

Where does Issaka Kanton Osumanu work?

Issaka Kanton Osumanu's main affiliation in the publication record is University for Development Studies, Ghana.

How many publications and citations does Issaka Kanton Osumanu have?

OpenAlex counts 56 works and 816 citations for Issaka Kanton Osumanu, an h-index of 16, ranking #696,325 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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