Michael Oloko

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 674 citations indexed

About

Michael Oloko is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Oloko has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 674 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Urban Studies, 9 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Michael Oloko's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (13 papers), Municipal Solid Waste Management (8 papers) and Urban Planning and Governance (7 papers). Michael Oloko is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (13 papers), Municipal Solid Waste Management (8 papers) and Urban Planning and Governance (7 papers). Michael Oloko collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, Sweden and Argentina. Michael Oloko's co-authors include Dávid Simon, Sandra Valencia, Sylvia Croese, Nick Taylor Buck, Patrik Zapata, Joakim Nordqvist, Jaan‐Henrik Kain, María José Zapata Campos, Helen Arfvidsson and Jutta Gutberlet and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Sustainability and Urban Studies.

In The Last Decade

Michael Oloko

31 papers receiving 650 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Adapting the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda to the city level: Initial reflections from a comparative research project

2019 206 citations Sandra Valencia, Dávid Simon et al. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Oloko Kenya	13	160	135	118	114	111	31	674
Jaan‐Henrik Kain Sweden	16	93 0.6×	337 2.5×	142 1.2×	109 1.0×	81 0.7×	55	882
Michaela Hordijk Netherlands	18	163 1.0×	159 1.2×	102 0.9×	64 0.6×	188 1.7×	35	768
Thaddeus Chidi Nzeadibe Nigeria	19	153 1.0×	47 0.3×	304 2.6×	68 0.6×	164 1.5×	38	778
George C. Homsy United States	14	71 0.4×	197 1.5×	35 0.3×	88 0.8×	235 2.1×	22	736
Liz Sharp United Kingdom	14	66 0.4×	216 1.6×	57 0.5×	106 0.9×	199 1.8×	35	782
Mohammad Shahidul Hasan Swapan Australia	14	95 0.6×	202 1.5×	38 0.3×	51 0.4×	236 2.1×	40	776
Innocent Chirisa Zimbabwe	16	190 1.2×	127 0.9×	48 0.4×	48 0.4×	217 2.0×	75	738
Alessandro Crociata Italy	15	125 0.8×	32 0.2×	134 1.1×	142 1.2×	162 1.5×	39	615
Virginia Maclaren Canada	15	52 0.3×	217 1.6×	274 2.3×	214 1.9×	151 1.4×	33	1.0k
Sarah Colenbrander United Kingdom	16	169 1.1×	283 2.1×	34 0.3×	56 0.5×	240 2.2×	29	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Oloko

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Oloko, Michael, et al.. (2024). Existing household solid waste source separation practices and their contribution towards sustainable solid waste management: The case of Kisumu City, Kenya. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews. 21(1). 494–503. 1 indexed citations

Oloko, Michael, et al.. (2024). “GAMING THE SYSTEM”: HOW COMMUNITIES STRATEGIZE AROUND CURRENCIES, CONVERTIBILITY AND CASH TRANSFERS IN KENYA. CBS Research Portal (Copenhagen Business School). 9(6). 1 indexed citations

Kain, Jaan‐Henrik, Patrik Zapata, Sebastián Carenzo, et al.. (2022). Characteristics, challenges and innovations of waste picker organizations: A comparative perspective between Latin American and East African countries. PLoS ONE. 17(7). e0265889–e0265889. 19 indexed citations

Campos, María José Zapata, Sebastián Carenzo, Jutta Gutberlet, et al.. (2022). Grassroots innovations in ‘extreme’ urban environments. The inclusive recycling movement. Environment and Planning C Politics and Space. 41(2). 351–374. 8 indexed citations

Campos, María José Zapata, Ester Barinaga, Jaan‐Henrik Kain, Michael Oloko, & Patrik Zapata. (2022). Organising grassroots infrastructure: The (in)visible work of organisational (in)completeness. Urban Studies. 60(1). 126–145. 8 indexed citations

Simon, Dávid, et al.. (2021). Cities coping with COVID-19. City. 25(1-2). 129–170. 17 indexed citations

Oloko, Michael, et al.. (2021). Estimation of methane and landfill gas emission from an open dump site. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management. 28(3). 317–317. 5 indexed citations

Dymitrow, Mirek, et al.. (2021). Co-production of urban knowledge: Context approach for effective and efficient governance of cities. Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum. 20(1). 3 indexed citations

Croese, Sylvia, Michael Oloko, Dávid Simon, & Sandra Valencia. (2021). Bringing the Global to the Local: the challenges of multi-level governance for global policy implementation in Africa. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development. 13(3). 435–447. 37 indexed citations

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Ness, Barry, et al.. (2021). Multi-criteria analysis of municipal solid waste treatment technologies to support decision-making in Kisumu, Kenya. Environmental Challenges. 4. 100189–100189. 18 indexed citations

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Kain, Jaan‐Henrik, Marco Adelfio, Michael Oloko, et al.. (2020). What Makes a Compact City? Differences Between Urban Research in the Global North and the Global South. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. 24(4). 25–49. 4 indexed citations

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Campos, María José Zapata, et al.. (2020). Inclusive recycling movements: a green deep democracy from below. Environment and Urbanization. 33(2). 579–598. 18 indexed citations

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Barinaga, Ester, et al.. (2019). Community Currencies as Means of Local Economic Empowerment: Innovations from Mombasa and Nairobi to Kisumu, Kenya. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 1 indexed citations

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Campos, María José Zapata, Ester Barinaga, Jaan‐Henrik Kain, Michael Oloko, & Patrik Zapata. (2019). Organising grassroots initiatives for a more inclusive governance : Constructing the city from below. 3 indexed citations

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Oloko, Michael, et al.. (2018). Flow of materials in a market system: food security and environmental sustainability perspective. 3(4). 317–317. 1 indexed citations

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Gutberlet, Jutta, et al.. (2016). Bridging Weak Links of Solid Waste Management in Informal Settlements. The Journal of Environment & Development. 26(1). 106–131. 47 indexed citations

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Arfvidsson, Helen, et al.. (2016). Engaging with and measuring informality in the proposed Urban Sustainable Development Goal. African Geographical Review. 36(1). 100–114. 44 indexed citations

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Gutberlet, Jutta, Jaan‐Henrik Kain, Nicholas M. Odhiambo, et al.. (2016). Socio-environmental entrepreneurship and the provision of critical services in informal settlements. Environment and Urbanization. 28(1). 205–222. 35 indexed citations

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Kain, Jaan‐Henrik, Marco Adelfio, Michael Oloko, et al.. (2016). Assumed Qualities of Compact Cities: Divergences Between the Global North and the Global South in the Research Discourse. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology). 3 indexed citations

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Kain, Jaan‐Henrik, Michael Oloko, Patrik Zapata, & María José Zapata Campos. (2015). Combating poverty and building democracy through the coproduction of participatory waste management services The case of Kisumu City, Kenya. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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