Publications

Issifu, I., Dahmouni, I., & Sumaila, U.R. (2025). Assessing the ecological and economic transformation pathways of plastic production system. Journal of Environmental Management, 374, 124104.

Alava, JJ., Issifu, I., et al. (2025). Plastics' circular economy for the Galápagos Islands? Exploring plastics governance with implications for social and ocean equity in a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11:1496213.

Sumaila, U.R., Issifu, I., et al. (2024). Utilizing basic income to create a sustainable, poverty-free tomorrow. Cell Reports Sustainability, 1, 100104.

Croft, F., Issifu, I., et al. (2024). Rethinking blue economy governance – A blue economy equity model as an approach to operationalise equity. Environmental Science & Policy, 155, 103710.

Issifu, I., Dahmouni, I., García – Lorenzo, I., & Sumaila, U.R. (2024). Economics in marine spatial planning: A review of issues in British Columbia and similar jurisdictions. Sustainability, 16(3), 1210.

Baztan, J., Issifu, I., et al. (2024). Primary plastic polymers: Urgently needed upstream reduction. Cambridge University Press, 2, e7.

Almroth, B.C., Issifu, I., et al. (2023). Obstacles to scientific input in global policy. Science, 6649, 1021–1022.

Issifu, I., Dahmouni, I., Deffor, E.W., & Sumaila, UR. (2023). Diversity, equity and inclusion in the blue economy: Why they matter and how do we achieve them? Frontiers in Political Science, 4:1067481. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.1067481

Issifu, I., Alava, J.J., Lam, V.W.Y., & Sumaila, U.R. (2022). Impact of ocean warming, overfishing and mercury on European fisheries: a risk assessment and policy solution framework. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8:770805. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.770805

Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M., Issifu, I., Voyer, M., et al. (2022). A primer on the 'Blue Economy': Promise, pitfalls, and pathways. One Earth, 5, 982-986. https://doi.org/10.1016/oneear.2022.08.011

Issifu, I., Deffor, E.W., Deyshappriya, N.P.R., Dahmouni, I., & Sumaila, U.R. (2022). Drivers of seafood consumption at different geographical scales. Journal Sustainability Research, 4: e220012. https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr20220012

Sumaila, U.R., Issifu, I., Pauly, D., et al. (2022). Aquaculture over-optimism? Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:984354. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.984354

Ortiz, I., Issifu, I., et al. (2022). A checklist for climate mitigation and adaptation portfolio development. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361722700_A_checklist_for_climate_mitigation_and_adaptation_portfolio_development

Naylor, L., Issifu, I., et al. (2021). Blue food demand across geographic and temporal scales. Nature Communications, 12, 5413. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25516-4

Sumaila, U.R., Issifu, I., et al. (2021). Financing a sustainable ocean economy. Nature Communications, 12, 3259. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23168-y

Pauly, D., Issifu, I., et al. (2021). Over 100 scientists call on Congress to end illegal fishing, seafood fraud, and human Rights abuses in U.S. seafood supply chain. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/over-100-scientists-call-congress-141600128.html

Sumaila, U.R., Issifu, I., et al. (2021). WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies. Science, 6567, 374. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm1680

Issifu, I., Deffor, E.W., & Sumaila, U.R. (2021). How COVID-19 could change the economics of the plastic recycling sector. Recycling, 6, 64.

Issifu, I., & Sumaila, U.R. (2020). A review of the production, recycling and management of marine plastic pollution. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8, 945. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8110945

Issifu, I. (2018). Empirical investigation of impediments to returnees' entrepreneurship in Ghana: An application of structural equation modelling. Mediterranean Journal of Social sciences, 9, 2039-2117.

Issifu, I. (2018). The impact of remittances on domestic investment: The role of financial and institutional development in five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Forum for International Development Studies, 48, 1-21.

Iddisah, S., & Issifu, I. (2015). An empirical examination of the determinants of trust in Ghana. International Journal of Social Economics, 42, 1005-1023.

Croft, F., Breakey, H., Voyer, M., Moyle, C., Solitei, M., Cisneros-Montemayor, A., Issifu, I., Benzaken, D., Bodwitch, H., Campbell, B., Fusco, L., Ota, Y., Pauwelussen, A., Schutter, M., Pouponnea, A., Barclay, K., Van Leeuwen, J. (2023). Developing an equitable Blue Economy: a guide to embedding equity in governance frameworks. UNEP.

Iqbal, T., Hojo, C., Issifu, I., et al. The role of community finance in Cambodia: focusing on the relationship between community finance and investment. Accessed (2022 Nov.) online from https://www2.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/blog/fieldwork/files/2014/10/2013-OFW-Report-Final.pdf

PEW & SYSTEMIQ et al. (2020). Breaking the plastic wave: A comprehensive assessment of pathways towards stopping ocean plastic pollution. PEW & SYSTEMIQ Research Report, 2020: https://www.pewtrusts.org/-/media/assets/2020/07/breakingtheplasticwave_report.pdf