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Chris Gordon

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
DepartmentINSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SANITATION STUDIES SECRETARIAT
Climate ResilienceBiodiversity LossEnvironmental Degradation
Publications

181

Citations

10,291

H-index

46

i10-index

89

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
56.9
Most cited paper
2,057
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:29
Publications

181 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Safe and just Earth system boundaries
J Rockström, J Gupta, D Qin, SJ Lade, JF Abrams, LS Andersen, ...
2023 Nature 619 (7968), 102-111, 2023 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 2,057
Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers
JL Wilkinson, ABA Boxall, DW Kolpin, KMY Leung, RWS Lai, ...
2022 Proceedings of the national academy of sciences 119 (8), e2113947119, 2022 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 2,009
Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries
J Gupta, D Liverman, K Prodani, P Aldunce, X Bai, W Broadgate, ...
2023 Nature Sustainability 6 (6), 630-638, 2023 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 313
Flood plains: critically threatened ecosystems
K Tockner, SE Bunn, C Gordon, RJ Naiman, GP Quinn, JA Stanford
2008 Cambridge University Press, 2008 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 304
New directions in earth system governance research
S Burch, A Gupta, CYA Inoue, A Kalfagianni, Å Persson, AK Gerlak, A Ishii, ...
2019 Earth system governance 1, 100006, 2019 Social Sciences 299
Identifying a safe and just corridor for people and the planet
J Rockström, J Gupta, TM Lenton, D Qin, SJ Lade, JF Abrams, L Jacobson, ...
2021 Earth's Future 9 (4), e2020EF001866, 2021 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 284
A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research
A Maasri, SC Jähnig, MC Adamescu, R Adrian, C Baigun, DJ Baird, ...
2022 Ecology Letters 25 (2), 255-263, 2022 Natural Sciences 272
Water depth selection, daily feeding routines and diets of waterbirds in coastal lagoons in Ghana
YAA Ntiamoa‐Baidu, T Piersma, P Wiersma, M Poot, P Battley, C Gordon
1998 Ibis 140 (1), 89-103, 1998 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 265
A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations
J Gupta, X Bai, DM Liverman, J Rockström, D Qin, B Stewart-Koster, ...
2024 The Lancet Planetary Health 8 (10), e813-e873, 2024 Health Sciences 263
Adaptation to climate change or non-climatic stressors in semi-arid regions? Evidence of gender differentiation in three agrarian districts of Ghana
A Ahmed, ET Lawson, A Mensah, C Gordon, J Padgham
2016 Environmental Development 20, 45-58, 2016 Natural Sciences 180
Assessment of organochlorine pesticide residues in soils and drinking water sources from cocoa farms in Ghana
BY Fosu-Mensah, ED Okoffo, G Darko, C Gordon
2016 SpringerPlus 5 (1), 869, 2016 Agriculture 154
Impacts of meeting minimum access on critical earth systems amidst the Great Inequality
CF Rammelt, J Gupta, D Liverman, J Scholtens, D Ciobanu, JF Abrams, ...
2023 Nature Sustainability 6 (2), 212-221, 2023 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 152
Determinants of climate smart agriculture (CSA) adoption among smallholder food crop farmers in the Techiman Municipality, Ghana
SW Anuga, C Gordon, E Boon, JMI Surugu
2019 Ghana Journal of Geography 11 (1), 124-139, 2019 Agriculture 149
Environmental impacts and causes of conflict in the Horn of Africa: A review
N Solomon, E Birhane, C Gordon, M Haile, F Taheri, H Azadi, J Scheffran
2018 Earth-science reviews 177, 284-290, 2018 Natural Sciences 144
Microplastic ingestion by pelagic and demersal fish species from the Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean, off the Coast of Ghana
SA Adika, E Mahu, R Crane, R Marchant, J Montford, R Folorunsho, ...
2020 Marine pollution bulletin 153, 110998, 2020 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 134
Achieving a nature-and people-positive future
DO Obura, F DeClerck, PH Verburg, J Gupta, JF Abrams, X Bai, S Bunn, ...
2023 One Earth 6 (2), 105-117, 2023 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 129
Organophosphorus pesticide residues in soils and drinking water sources from cocoa producing areas in Ghana
BY Fosu-Mensah, ED Okoffo, G Darko, C Gordon
2016 Environmental Systems Research 5 (1), 10, 2016 Agriculture 113
Heavy metals concentration and pollution index (HPI) in drinking water along the southwest coast of Ghana
R Appiah-Opong, A Ofori, M Ofosuhene, E Ofori-Attah, FKE Nunoo, ...
2021 Applied Water Science 11 (3), 57, 2021 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 101
Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water
B Stewart-Koster, SE Bunn, P Green, C Ndehedehe, LS Andersen, ...
2024 Nature Sustainability 7 (1), 53-63, 2024 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 97
Impact of land use on river systems in Ghana
JS Ayivor, C Gordon
2012 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 20 (3), 83-95, 2012 Natural Sciences 90
Heavy metal concentrations in road deposited dust at Ketu-south district, Ghana
MA Addo, EO Darko, C Gordon, BJB Nyarko, JK Gbadago
2012 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 89
Challenges and potential solutions for sustainable urban-rural linkages in a Ghanaian context
AN Somanje, G Mohan, J Lopes, A Mensah, C Gordon, X Zhou, ...
2020 Sustainability 12 (2), 507, 2020 Social Sciences 88
Microplastics in Ghanaian coastal lagoon sediments: their occurrence and spatial distribution
N Chico-Ortiz, E Mahu, R Crane, C Gordon, R Marchant
2020 Regional Studies in Marine Science 40, 101509, 2020 Natural Sciences 88
Revisiting the sustainability science research agenda
M Sahle, SA Lahoti, SY Lee, K Brundiers, CJ Van Riper, C Pohl, H Chien, ...
2025 Sustainability Science 20 (1), 1-19, 2025 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 85
Protected area management and livelihood conflicts in Ghana: a case study of Digya National Park
JS Ayivor, C Gordon, Y Ntiamoa-Baidu
2013 Parks 19 (1), 37-50, 2013 Social Sciences 74