George Owusu

3.4k total citations
102 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

George Owusu is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, George Owusu has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Urban Studies, 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in George Owusu's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (37 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (11 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (10 papers). George Owusu is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (37 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (11 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (10 papers). George Owusu collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, United Kingdom and United States. George Owusu's co-authors include Samuel Agyei‐Mensah, Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, Martin Oteng‐Ababio, Robin Bloch, Katherine V. Gough, Ragnhild Lund, Thilde Langevang, Virginia Burkett, Charlotte Wrigley‐Asante and Kefa M. Otiso and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

George Owusu

94 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Owusu Ghana 29 629 626 296 271 185 102 2.3k
Ismaila Rimi Abubakar Saudi Arabia 32 270 0.4× 376 0.6× 533 1.8× 300 1.1× 147 0.8× 83 3.7k
Mark Wang Australia 30 218 0.3× 807 1.3× 493 1.7× 378 1.4× 580 3.1× 108 3.1k
Priti Parikh United Kingdom 25 203 0.3× 348 0.6× 318 1.1× 363 1.3× 119 0.6× 98 2.4k
Ralph Horne Australia 25 164 0.3× 391 0.6× 281 0.9× 192 0.7× 61 0.3× 91 2.3k
Isha Ray United States 30 148 0.2× 635 1.0× 188 0.6× 229 0.8× 411 2.2× 93 2.5k
Meine Pieter van Dijk Netherlands 22 197 0.3× 222 0.4× 162 0.5× 297 1.1× 196 1.1× 131 1.8k
Stephen Balogh United States 12 71 0.1× 707 1.1× 511 1.7× 329 1.2× 568 3.1× 20 3.4k
M. Sohail United Kingdom 22 172 0.3× 219 0.3× 44 0.1× 101 0.4× 109 0.6× 96 1.7k
Guido Schmidt‐Traub United States 17 54 0.1× 471 0.8× 554 1.9× 892 3.3× 115 0.6× 30 3.3k
Roy Maconachie United Kingdom 24 107 0.2× 1.1k 1.8× 141 0.5× 82 0.3× 202 1.1× 66 2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Owusu

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All Works

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Owusu, George, et al.. (2024). Large-scale urban road corridors development and urban sprawl in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana. International Development Planning Review. 46(2). 175–198. 2 indexed citations
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Robinson, Jennifer, Philip Harrison, Sylvia Croese, et al.. (2024). Reframing urban development politics: Transcalarity in sovereign, developmental and private circuits. Urban Studies. 62(1). 3–30. 3 indexed citations
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Templeton, Michael R., Honor Bixby, George Owusu, et al.. (2022). Spatial heterogeneity in drinking water sources in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana. Population and Environment. 44(1-2). 46–76. 15 indexed citations
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Bixby, Honor, James E. Bennett, Ayaga A. Bawah, et al.. (2022). Quantifying within-city inequalities in child mortality across neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana: a Bayesian spatial analysis. BMJ Open. 12(1). e054030–e054030. 10 indexed citations
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Moulds, Simon, Honor Bixby, George Owusu, et al.. (2022). Sachet water in Ghana: A spatiotemporal analysis of the recent upward trend in consumption and its relationship with changing household characteristics, 2010–2017. PLoS ONE. 17(5). e0265167–e0265167. 14 indexed citations
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Clark, Sierra, Allison Hughes, Majid Ezzati, et al.. (2021). Space-time characterization of community noise and sound sources in Accra, Ghana. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 11113–11113. 16 indexed citations
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Owusu, George & Charlotte Wrigley‐Asante. (2020). Urban Inequality and Poverty in the Global South. 79–90. 2 indexed citations
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Owusu, George, Martin Oteng‐Ababio, Adobea Yaa Owusu, & Charlotte Wrigley‐Asante. (2016). Can Poor Neighbourhoods be Correlated with Crime? Evidence from Urban Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography. 8(1). 11–31. 9 indexed citations
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Owusu, George. (2016). Introduction: Urban Crime and Poverty Nexus. Ghana Journal of Geography. 8(1). 124–147. 7 indexed citations
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Agyei‐Mensah, Samuel, George Owusu, & Charlotte Wrigley‐Asante. (2015). Urban health in Africa: looking beyond the MDGs. International Development Planning Review. 37(1). 53–60. 7 indexed citations
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Owusu, George. (2015). Decentralized Development Planning and Fragmentation of Metropolitan Regions: The Case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography. 7(1). 1–24. 16 indexed citations
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Yankson, Paul W. K. & George Owusu. (2015). Youth Entrepreneurship in Auto Spare Parts Sales and Repair Service in Accra, Ghana. Journals & Books Hosting (International Knowledge Sharing Platform). 5(4). 84–97. 3 indexed citations
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Owusu, George. (2014). Developing R software for simultaneous estimation of Q- and R-mode Factor Analyses using spatial and non spatial data. VNU Journal of Science: Natural Sciences and Technology (Vietnam National University). 4(2). 6–23. 1 indexed citations
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Owusu, George. (2014). An assessment of Regional and Gender equity in healthcare coverage under different healthcare policies in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography. 6(1). 42–62. 4 indexed citations
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Gough, Katherine V., Thilde Langevang, & George Owusu. (2013). Youth employment in a globalising world. International Development Planning Review. 35(2). 91–102. 54 indexed citations
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Owusu, George. (2012). A GIS-based estimation of soil loss in the Densu basin in Ghana. West African Journal of Applied Ecology. 20(2). 41–51. 13 indexed citations
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Owusu, George. (2008). Indigenes' and migrants' access to land in peri-urban areas of Accra, Ghana. International Development Planning Review. 30(2). 177–198. 78 indexed citations
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Owusu, George. (2005). The role of district capitals in regional development: Linking small towns, rural–urban linkages and decentralisation in Ghana. International Development Planning Review. 27(1). 59–89. 20 indexed citations
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Owusu, George. (2004). Small towns and decentralised development in Ghana Theory and practice. Africa Spectrum. 39(2). 165–195. 15 indexed citations

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