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Researcher · University for Development Studies · Ghana

Michael Ayamga

Michael Ayamga publishes mostly in Soil Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Urban Studies, on topics such as Land Rights and Reforms, Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development and Urban and Rural Development Challenges.

ORCID 0000-0002-5046-9750 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,531,968
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ghana
#1,324
of 6,000
Works
27
Citations
265
Citations per work
9.8
h-index
10
i10-index 10Top 50% in Soil Science
Michael Ayamga

What does Michael Ayamga research?

Michael Ayamga's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (52%), Social Sciences (12%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%).

Life Sciences: 14 works · 52.0% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 works · 52.0% of their workSoil Science: 6 works · 20.5% of their workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 works · 19.2% of their workPlant Science: 2 works · 6.8% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 works · 5.5% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 27.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 6 works · 20.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 12.3% of their workUrban Studies: 3 works · 12.3% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 works · 8.2% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 works · 8.2% of their workTHEIR WORKMichael Ayamga27works
Life Sciences52%Social Sciences20%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1452.0%
  2. Everything else727.5%
    1. Social Sciences312.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance28.2%
  1. 1Soil Science20% of their works
  2. 2General Agricultural and Biological Sciences19% of their works
  3. 3Urban Studies12% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics8% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science7% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael Ayamga's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Land Tenure, Smallholder Farmers, Rural Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Agroecology, Agricultural Investment, Property Rights and Food Sovereignty.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Land Tenure202 topics
  2. Smallholder Farmers183 topics
  3. Rural Development162 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture142 topics
  5. Agroecology132 topics
  6. Agricultural Investment111 topic
  7. Property Rights111 topic
  8. Food Sovereignty91 topic
  9. Land Grabbing91 topic
  10. Slum Upgrading91 topic
  11. Urban Poverty91 topic
  12. Social Networks72 topics
  13. Agricultural Innovation51 topic
  14. Livelihood Diversification51 topic
  15. Livestock Farming41 topic
  16. Sustainability41 topic
  17. Empowerment31 topic
  18. Microfinance31 topic
  19. ICT21 topic
  20. Risk Management21 topic
  21. Vulnerability21 topic
  22. financial access21 topic

Where does Michael Ayamga work?

Michael Ayamga's main affiliation in the publication record is University for Development Studies, Ghana.

How many publications and citations does Michael Ayamga have?

OpenAlex counts 27 works and 265 citations for Michael Ayamga, an h-index of 10, ranking #1,531,968 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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