Essaw David Wellington

Senior Research Fellow · Environment, Governance and Sustainable Development

Associate Professor, Department of Environment, Governance and Sustainable Development

Publications: 92016–2025
Citations: 87to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 3.341.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 44%4 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 56%5 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Political Science and International Relations556%
Sociology and Political Science444%
Urban Studies333%
Accounting111%
Building and Construction111%
Demography111%
Finance111%
Global and Planetary Change111%
Law111%
Pollution111%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Local Government Finance and Decentralization3
Urban and Rural Development Challenges3
Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact2
Water Governance and Infrastructure2
Community Development and Social Impact1
Diaspora, migration, transnational identity1
Energy and Environment Impacts1
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies1
Land Use and Ecosystem Services1
Legal Issues in South Africa1
Migration and Labor Dynamics1
Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy1

Who they write with

19 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country
No African institution

Circle area and line width are papers written together; the strongest ties sit nearest. “No African institution” is anyone the papers place outside Africa’s institutions; Peerford records affiliations only there.

Where their co-authors are

11% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

France1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Climat, Environnement, Couplages et IncertitudesFR1 paper
Laboratoire de sociologie et d'anthropologieFR1 paper
Recherche clinique appliquée à l'hématologie1 paper
University of Professional StudiesGH1 paper
Evangelical Presbyterian University CollegeGH1 paper
Presbyterian University, GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

Cogent Social Sciences2
Ghana Journal of Geography1
Integrated Economies and Policy Insights1
Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal1
Political Geography1
R-Economy1
Research in Globalization

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality1
10Reduced inequalities1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
12Responsible consumption and production1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Solid waste management and gender dynamics: Evidence from rural Ghana
Britwum AKUA OPOKUA, Essaw David Wellington, John Oti Amoah, Justice Mensah
Research in Globalization5
202335 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Sand mining and land-based livelihood security in two selected districts in the Central Region of Ghana
Anokye Nana Amma,

Recent publications

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Disability is not a taboo but a competitive disadvantage for leadership: a construction of Asante and Gonja cultures in Ghana
Essaw David Wellington, John Victor Mensah
Cogent Social Sciences
20252 citationsOpen access · Gold
Migration and Development: Investigate the Impact of Remittances on Poverty Reduction, Economic Growth, and Household Welfare in Origin Countries
Essaw David Wellington
Integrated Economies and Policy Insights
20250 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Three decades of decentralisation in Ghana: operationalisation of sub-district structures in three selected regions
Essaw David Wellington, John Victor Mensah, Musah Dankwah
Cogent Social Sciences10
20246 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Analyzing the district performance assessment tool in local governments in Ghana
Essaw David Wellington, John Victor Mensah
R-Economy17
20240 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Solid waste management and gender dynamics: Evidence from rural Ghana
Britwum AKUA OPOKUA, Essaw David Wellington, John Oti Amoah, Justice Mensah
Research in Globalization5
202335 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Governance for Sustainable Sand Mining in Two Selected Local Government Areas in the Central Region of Ghana
Anokye Nana Amma, Emmanuel Y. Tenkorang, Essaw David Wellington, Harriet Potakey, Janet S. Boateng, John Victor Mensah
Society & Natural Resources12
202313 citations
Sand mining and land-based livelihood security in two selected districts in the Central Region of Ghana
Anokye Nana Amma, Emmanuel Y. Tenkorang, Essaw David Wellington, Harriet Potakey, Janet S. Boateng, John Victor Mensah
Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal11
202216 citationsWorld top 10%
Geographies of peace and violence during conflict: The case of the Alavanyo-Nkonya boundary dispute in Ghana
Essaw David Wellington
Political Geography16
201913 citationsWorld top 10%
Decentralization and conflicts: A case study of the KassenaNankana West District of Ghana
Essaw David Wellington, Prof. Augustine Tanle
Ghana Journal of Geography
20162 citations

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Society & Natural Resources1

How it can be read

56% free to read

Diamond 1 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 33%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 4 · 44%Behind a paywall

Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal11

202216 citationsWorld top 10%