Samuel Adams

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
65 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Samuel Adams is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel Adams has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 20 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 12 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Samuel Adams's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (28 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (20 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (12 papers). Samuel Adams is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (28 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (20 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (12 papers). Samuel Adams collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, China and Australia. Samuel Adams's co-authors include Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie, Alex O. Acheampong, Edem Kwame Mensah Klobodu, Elliot Boateng, Christian Nsiah, Francis Atsu, Thomas Leirvik, Eric Evans Osei Opoku, Festus Víctor Bekun and Festus Fatai Adedoyin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Samuel Adams

64 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Renewable energy, nuclear energy, and environmental pollution: Accounting for political institutional quality in South Africa

2018 539 citations Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie, Samuel Adams The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Do globalization and renewable energy contribute to carbon emissions mitigation in Sub-Saharan Africa?

2019 478 citations Alex O. Acheampong, Samuel Adams et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Foreign Direct investment, domestic investment, and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

2009 392 citations Samuel Adams Journal of Policy Modeling profile →

Peers

Samuel Adams

RESE

POLLU

Kazi Sohag Russia

Abdulrasheed Zakari China

Mantu Kumar Mahalik India

Lanouar Charfeddine Qatar

Muhammad Azam Pakistan

Muhammad Tariq Majeed Pakistan

Buhari Doğan Türkiye

Sana Ullah Pakistan

Mahmood Ahmad China

Vishal Dagar India

Kazi Sohag Russia

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4.6k ×1.3

2.4k ×1.2

RESE

868 ×0.8

POLLU

1.2k ×1.4

341 ×0.8

Citations per year, relative to Samuel Adams Samuel Adams (= 1×) peers Kazi Sohag

Countries citing papers authored by Samuel Adams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Samuel Adams

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samuel Adams

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Samuel Adams. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Samuel Adams based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Samuel Adams. Samuel Adams is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Adams, Samuel, et al.. (2024). An Exploratory Study of the Impact of the One-Village-One-Dam Initiative in Northern Ghana. Sustainability. 16(19). 8570–8570. 4 indexed citations

Fotio, Hervé Kaffo, et al.. (2023). Achieving sustainable development goal 7 in Africa: Does globalization matter for electricity access, renewable energy consumption, and energy efficiency?. Utilities Policy. 82. 101545–101545. 18 indexed citations

Adjei‐Mantey, Kwame & Samuel Adams. (2023). Renewable energy, foreign direct investment and carbon dioxide emissions: Do sectoral value additions and policy uncertainty matter?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10. 100193–100193. 22 indexed citations

Fotio, Hervé Kaffo, et al.. (2022). A new look at the growth-renewable energy nexus: Evidence from a sectoral analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. 62. 61–71. 14 indexed citations

Opoku, Eric Evans Osei, Samuel Adams, & Olufemi Adewale Aluko. (2021). The foreign direct investment-environment nexus: Does emission disaggregation matter?. Energy Reports. 7. 778–787. 63 indexed citations

Odonkor, Stephen T. & Samuel Adams. (2021). Predictors of stress and associated factors among healthcare workers in Western Ghana. Heliyon. 7(6). e07223–e07223. 22 indexed citations

Nwani, Chinazaekpere & Samuel Adams. (2021). Environmental cost of natural resource rents based on production and consumption inventories of carbon emissions: Assessing the role of institutional quality. Resources Policy. 74. 102282–102282. 127 indexed citations

Adams, Samuel, et al.. (2020). Coping Strategies of the Urban Poor: A Case Study From Ghana. Poverty & Public Policy. 12(3). 236–254. 3 indexed citations

Adams, Samuel & Eric Evans Osei Opoku. (2020). Trade and environmental pollution in Africa: accounting for consumption and territorial-based emissions. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(35). 44230–44239. 32 indexed citations

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Adams, Samuel, et al.. (2020). Anatomy of Ghana’s parliamentary elections and democratic consolidation. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 38(3). 399–414. 6 indexed citations

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Adams, Samuel, Elliot Boateng, & Alex O. Acheampong. (2020). Transport energy consumption and environmental quality: Does urbanization matter?. The Science of The Total Environment. 744. 140617–140617. 150 indexed citations

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Adams, Samuel & Christian Nsiah. (2019). Reducing carbon dioxide emissions; Does renewable energy matter?. The Science of The Total Environment. 693. 133288–133288. 258 indexed citations

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Nunfam, Victor Fannam, Kwadwo Adusei‐Asante, Eddie van Etten, et al.. (2019). The nexus between social impacts and adaptation strategies of workers to occupational heat stress: a conceptual framework. International Journal of Biometeorology. 63(12). 1693–1706. 22 indexed citations

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Acheampong, Alex O., Samuel Adams, & Elliot Boateng. (2019). Do globalization and renewable energy contribute to carbon emissions mitigation in Sub-Saharan Africa?. The Science of The Total Environment. 677. 436–446. 478 indexed citations breakdown →

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Adams, Samuel, et al.. (2018). Rethinking Ghana’s Decentralization: Citizens’ Views on the Question of Electing or Appointing a District Political Head. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 54(1). 104–117. 7 indexed citations

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Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu & Samuel Adams. (2018). Renewable energy, nuclear energy, and environmental pollution: Accounting for political institutional quality in South Africa. The Science of The Total Environment. 643. 1590–1601. 539 indexed citations breakdown →

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Adams, Samuel, Philip Kofi Adom, & Edem Kwame Mensah Klobodu. (2016). Urbanization, regime type and durability, and environmental degradation in Ghana. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(23). 23825–23839. 65 indexed citations

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Adams, Samuel, et al.. (2015). The promises and realities of Ghana's decentralization: a case study from the Wenchi district of Ghana. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 33(1). 88–104. 11 indexed citations

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Adams, Samuel. (2009). Foreign Direct investment, domestic investment, and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Policy Modeling. 31(6). 939–949. 392 indexed citations breakdown →

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Adams, Samuel. (2008). The determinants of foreign direct investment in Sub-Saharan Africa. 3(1). 73–84. 1 indexed citations

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