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Researcher · University of Ghana · Ghana

Paul W. K. Yankson

Paul W. K. Yankson publishes mostly in Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Building and Construction, on topics such as Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Mining and Resource Management and Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact.

World rank
#493,790
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Ghana
#101
of 492
Works
17
Citations
74
Citations per work
4.4

What does Paul W. K. Yankson research?

Urban Studies: 28.6%Sociology and Political Science: 19.0%Building and Construction: 9.5%Transportation: 9.5%other fields: 33.4%29%top field
Urban Studies28.6%Sociology and Political Science19.0%Building and Construction9.5%Transportation9.5%other fields33.4%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Urban Studies29% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science19% of their works
  3. 3Building and Construction10% of their works
  4. 4Transportation10% of their works
  5. 5Finance5% of their works
  6. 6Soil Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul W. K. Yankson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Sustainable Development, Land Tenure, Poverty Alleviation, Slum Upgrading, Urban Poverty, Environmental Impact, Social Impact and Sustainability.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainable Development72 topics
  2. Land Tenure62 topics
  3. Poverty Alleviation62 topics
  4. Slum Upgrading51 topic
  5. Urban Poverty51 topic
  6. Environmental Impact42 topics
  7. Social Impact32 topics
  8. Sustainability32 topics
  9. Hydropower21 topic
  10. Mining Industry21 topic
  11. Resettlement21 topic
  12. Social License to Operate21 topic
  13. Agricultural Investment11 topic
  14. Emerging Markets11 topic
  15. Entrepreneurial Orientation11 topic
  16. Environmental Management11 topic
  17. Frugal Innovation11 topic
  18. Informal Economy11 topic
  19. Opportunity Recognition11 topic
  20. Property Rights11 topic
  21. Tax Evasion11 topic
  22. Water Framework Directive11 topic

Where does Paul W. K. Yankson work?

Paul W. K. Yankson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Ghana, Ghana.

How many publications and citations does Paul W. K. Yankson have?

Science Explorer counts 17 works and 74 citations for Paul W. K. Yankson, ranking #493,790 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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