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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
Political economy of climate compatible development: artisanal fisheries and climate change in Ghana
T Tanner, A Mensah, ET Lawson, C Gordon, R Godfrey‐Wood, T Cannon
2014 IDS Working Papers 2014 (446), 1-30, 2014 Natural Sciences 73
The dynamics of poverty–environment linkages in the coastal zone of Ghana
ET Lawson, C Gordon, W Schluchter
2012 Ocean & Coastal Management 67, 30-38, 2012 Social Sciences 73
An investigation of the evidence of benefits from climate compatible development
EL Tompkins, A Mensah, L King, TK Long, ET Lawson, CW Hutton, ...
2013 Sustainability Research Institute, 2013 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 67
Application of the QuEChERS procedure and LC–MS/MS for the assessment of neonicotinoid insecticide residues in cocoa beans and shells
E Dankyi, D Carboo, C Gordon, IS Fomsgaard
2015 Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 44, 149-157, 2015 Agriculture 66
Reconciling safe planetary targets and planetary justice: Why should social scientists engage with planetary targets?
J Gupta, D Liverman, X Bai, C Gordon, M Hurlbert, CYA Inoue, ...
2021 Earth System Governance 10, 100122, 2021 Social Sciences 65
Sorption and degradation of neonicotinoid insecticides in tropical soils
E Dankyi, C Gordon, D Carboo, VA Apalangya, IS Fomsgaard
2018 Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B 53 (9), 587-594, 2018 Natural Sciences 65
Differential household vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic stressors in semi-arid areas of Mali, West Africa
AC Segnon, E Totin, RB Zougmoré, JC Lokossou, M Thompson-Hall, ...
2021 Climate and Development 13 (8), 697-712, 2021 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 62
A framework for research linking weather, climate and COVID-19
BF Zaitchik, N Sweijd, J Shumake-Guillemot, A Morse, C Gordon, A Marty, ...
2020 Nature communications 11 (1), 5730, 2020 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 61
The regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Africa: summary for policymakers
E Archer, L Dziba, KJ Mulongoy, MA Maoela, M Walters, RO Biggs, ...
2018 Ipbes, 2018 Natural Sciences 58
Persistent organochlorine pesticide residues in cocoa beans from Ghana, a concern for public health
ED Okoffo, BY Fosu-Mensah, C Gordon
2016 International Journal of Food Contamination 3 (1), 5, 2016 Health Sciences 57
Hypersaline lagoons as conservation habitats: macro-invertebrates at Muni Lagoon, Ghana
C Gordon
2000 Biodiversity & Conservation 9 (4), 465-478, 2000 Natural Sciences 57
Coastal wetlands management plans: Ghana
Y Ntiamoa-Baidu, C Gordon
1991 Report prepared for the World Bank and Environmental Protection Council, Ghana, 1991 Social Sciences 56
The sustainable integrated development of the Volta Basin in Ghana
C Gordon, JK Amatekpor
1999 Volta Basin Research Project, University of Ghana, 1999 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 55
Towards low carbon agriculture: Systematic-narratives of climate-smart agriculture mitigation potential in Africa
SW Anuga, N Chirinda, D Nukpezah, A Ahenkan, N Andrieu, C Gordon
2020 Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 2, 100015, 2020 Agriculture 51
Causes and consequences of mangrove deforestation in the Volta estuary, Ghana: Some recommendations for ecosystem rehabilitation
JA Rubin, C Gordon, JK Amatekpor
1999 Marine Pollution Bulletin 37 (8-12), 441-449, 1999 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 51
New directions in earth system governance research. Earth Syst Gov 1: 100006
S Burch, A Gupta, CYA Inoue, A Kalfagianni, Å Persson, AK Gerlak, A Ishii, ...
2019 Social Sciences 50
Mangroves of Africa
ES Diop, C Gordon, AK Semesi, A Soumaré, N Diallo, A Guissé, M Diouf, ...
2002 Mangrove ecosystems: Function and management, 63-121, 2002 Social Sciences 49
The macroinvertebrates of a polluted stream in Ghana
RSJ Thorne, WP Williams, C Gordon
2000 Journal of Freshwater Ecology 15 (2), 209-217, 2000 Natural Sciences 49
Human health risk and food safety implications of microplastic consumption by fish from coastal waters of the eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean
E Mahu, WG Datsomor, R Folorunsho, J Fisayo, R Crane, R Marchant, ...
2023 Food control 145, 109503, 2023 Health Sciences 48
Water quality analysis and human health risk assessment of groundwater from open-wells in the vicinity of a cement factory at Akporkloe, Southeastern Ghana
MA Addo, EO Darko, C Gordon, BJB Nyarko
2015 Health Sciences 48
Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in the semi-arid regions of West Africa
J Padgham, A Abubakari, J Ayivor, K Dietrich, B Fosu-Mensah, C Gordon, ...
2015 Natural Sciences 46
Contamination levels of organophosphorus and synthetic pyrethroid pesticides in cocoa beans from Ghana
ED Okoffo, BY Fosu-Mensah, C Gordon
2017 Food control 73, 1371-1378, 2017 Agriculture 43
Adoption of climate-smart weather practices among smallholder food crop farmers in the Techiman municipal: Implication for crop yield
SW Anuga, C Gordon
2016 Research Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Management 5 (9), 279-286, 2016 Agriculture 43
Risk factors, seasonality, and trends of cryptosporidiosis among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
JN Inungu, AA Morse, C Gordon
2000 The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 62 (3), 384-387, 2000 Health Sciences 41
5.19 west Africa–Water resources vulnerability using a multidimensional approach: case study of Volta Basin
C Gordon, D Nukpezah, E Tweneboah-Lawson, BD Ofori, ...
2013 Climate vulnerability: Understanding and addressing threats to essential …, 2013 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 40