Alex Opoku

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Alex Opoku is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Management Science and Operations Research and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Opoku has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Building and Construction, 36 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 19 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alex Opoku's work include Construction Project Management and Performance (35 papers), Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (34 papers) and Facilities and Workplace Management (18 papers). Alex Opoku is often cited by papers focused on Construction Project Management and Performance (35 papers), Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (34 papers) and Facilities and Workplace Management (18 papers). Alex Opoku collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and Ghana. Alex Opoku's co-authors include Vian Ahmed, Kofı Agyekum, Heather Cruickshank, Charles Chen, Andrea Chiarini, Emidia Vagnoni, Jeoung Yul Lee, Charles Egbu, Peter Guthrie and George Ofori and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Energy and Buildings.

In The Last Decade

Alex Opoku

80 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Technology supported learning and pedagogy in times of crisis: the case of COVID-19 pandemic

2021 107 citations Vian Ahmed, Alex Opoku Education and Information Technologies profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Opoku United Kingdom	19	553	390	324	166	125	82	1.3k
Nor’Aini Yusof Malaysia	22	527 1.0×	420 1.1×	367 1.1×	208 1.3×	69 0.6×	95	1.5k
Leidy Klotz United States	23	568 1.0×	339 0.9×	191 0.6×	104 0.6×	241 1.9×	73	1.5k
Kofı Agyekum Ghana	23	785 1.4×	596 1.5×	405 1.3×	284 1.7×	39 0.3×	143	1.7k
Kherun Nita Ali Malaysia	21	975 1.8×	391 1.0×	186 0.6×	254 1.5×	33 0.3×	74	1.5k
Joshua Ayarkwa Ghana	17	551 1.0×	304 0.8×	181 0.6×	143 0.9×	35 0.3×	101	940
Eziyi O. Ibem Nigeria	26	569 1.0×	342 0.9×	359 1.1×	207 1.2×	33 0.3×	124	2.0k
Ezekiel Chinyio United Kingdom	17	781 1.4×	781 2.0×	635 2.0×	203 1.2×	42 0.3×	50	1.7k
Amin Akhavan Tabassi Malaysia	17	426 0.8×	472 1.2×	330 1.0×	108 0.7×	40 0.3×	37	1.2k
Pernilla Gluch Sweden	18	509 0.9×	361 0.9×	376 1.2×	167 1.0×	21 0.2×	55	1.2k
Emmanuel Kingsford Owusu Hong Kong	20	436 0.8×	631 1.6×	621 1.9×	101 0.6×	31 0.2×	42	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Alex Opoku

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Opoku

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Opoku

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All Works

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Opoku, Alex. (2025). Synergizing business and sustainability: integrating the SDGs into business strategies in the architecture, engineering and construction sector. 5(2). 273–297. 1 indexed citations

Opoku, Alex, et al.. (2025). System dynamics modeling of life cycle energy-saving and CO2 emissions-reducing design scheme for prefabricated building envelope. Energy and Buildings. 342. 115911–115911. 2 indexed citations

Opoku, Alex, et al.. (2024). Empowering urban sustainability: unveiling the crucial role of project managers in attaining Sustainable Development Goal 11. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. 17(2). 225–246. 5 indexed citations

Opoku, Alex, et al.. (2023). Sustainable Facility Management in UN Development Goals. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1176(1). 12022–12022. 2 indexed citations

Opoku, Alex, et al.. (2023). Utilisation of green urban space for food sufficiency and the realisation of the sustainable development goals – UK stakeholders perspective. Geography and sustainability. 5(1). 13–18. 7 indexed citations

Yahia, Moohammed Wasim, et al.. (2023). Comparative Analysis of Building Information Modeling (BIM) Patterns and Trends in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with Developed Countries. Buildings. 13(3). 695–695. 15 indexed citations

Agyekum, Kofı, et al.. (2023). Design for deconstruction (DfD) implementation among design professionals: empirical evidence from Ghana. International Journal of Construction Management. 24(13). 1387–1397. 26 indexed citations

Opoku, Alex, et al.. (2022). Reconsidering adaptive industrialized construction in Chinese rural areas: responding to the challenge of COVID-19. Building Research & Information. 51(3). 316–332.

Opoku, Alex & Jeoung Yul Lee. (2022). The Future of Facilities Management: Managing Facilities for Sustainable Development. Sustainability. 14(3). 1705–1705. 34 indexed citations

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Liu, Yan, et al.. (2022). Influencing Factors of Human Errors in Metro Construction Based on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Buildings. 12(10). 1498–1498. 2 indexed citations

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Opoku, Alex, et al.. (2022). Sustainable procurement in construction and the realisation of the sustainable development goal (SDG) 12. Journal of Cleaner Production. 376. 134294–134294. 45 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Vian & Alex Opoku. (2021). Technology supported learning and pedagogy in times of crisis: the case of COVID-19 pandemic. Education and Information Technologies. 27(1). 365–405. 107 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Andrew, et al.. (2021). The Challenges of Sustainable Development on Facilities Management Outsourcing Services: An Investigation in Educational Facilities. Sustainability. 13(15). 8156–8156. 5 indexed citations

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Opoku, Alex, et al.. (2020). Promoting employee safety performance in the Chinese construction industry. Research Repository (Kingston University London). 1 indexed citations

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Opoku, Alex, et al.. (2020). Challenges for implementing the sustainable development goals in the Danish construction industry: Building owners' perspective. UCL Discovery (University College London). 6 indexed citations

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Opoku, Alex, et al.. (2019). The role of project sponsors in defining and realising project benefits. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Opoku, Alex, et al.. (2018). Design of Sustainable Outsourcing Services for Facilities Management: Critical Success Factors. Sustainability. 10(7). 2292–2292. 26 indexed citations

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Opoku, Alex. (2018). Biodiversity and the built environment: Implications for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Resources Conservation and Recycling. 141. 1–7. 179 indexed citations

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Opoku, Alex & Charles Egbu. (2017). Students’ Perspectives on the Relevance of Sustainability Literacy in a Postgraduate Built Environment Program. International Journal of Construction Education and Research. 14(1). 46–58. 18 indexed citations

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Opoku, Alex, et al.. (2011). Organisational Learning and Sustainability in the Construction Industry. UCL Discovery (University College London). 5 indexed citations

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