Benjamin Apraku Gyampoh

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2018per ORCID
Programme Manager, African Academy of Sciences, since 2012per ORCID

Publishing since 2007, latest 2026

Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Global and Planetary Change
Aquatic Science
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

In their own words

Watershed Mgt
Climate Sciences
Environmental Systems
Groundwater Hydrology
Ecosystem Resilience

Publications: 432007–2026
Citations: 920to those papers
h-index: 15i10-index 19
Field-weighted impact: 2.701.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 36%8 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 59%13 of the 22 whose access is recorded

7 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 1,136 citations, h-index 17 and i10-index 21 (769 citations and h-index 14 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Fisheries and Watershed ManagementKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2018
Programme Manager, Programmes - Climate ChangeAfrican Academy of Sciencessince 2012
Research OfficerInternational Water Management Institute2009–2012

Education

PhD Watershed Management, Fisheries Science and Watershed ManagementKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2005–2009

Honours, memberships and service

Publications

43 in all

Local engagement and mangrove conservation in the Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site (KLCRS), Ghana
2026Scientific AfricanJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.sciaf.2026.e03485
Dissolved oxygen and pH as hydrological connectivity indicators for mangrove restoration site assessment: Evidence from a tidally attenuated Ramsar lagoon in Ghana

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Ecology819%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics716%
Global and Planetary Change716%
Aquatic Science49%
Nature and Landscape Conservation49%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law37%
Water Science and Technology37%
Atmospheric Science25%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences25%
Horticulture25%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Climate change impacts on agriculture5
Agricultural Innovations and Practices2
Aquaculture disease management and microbiota2
Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth2
Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity2
Climate variability and models2
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics2
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy2
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management2
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies2
Energy and Environment Impacts2
Fish Biology and Ecology Studies2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

32% of their 22 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223455Home

Most frequent partner countries

Kenya6
United Kingdom3
Australia1
Canada1
Nigeria1
Italy1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

African Academy of SciencesKE4 papers
University of NairobiKE3 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH3 papers
University of GreenwichGB2 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH2 papers
Kenyatta UniversityKE2 papers
Association of Commonwealth UniversitiesGB1 paper
Ca' Foscari University of VeniceIT1 paper
CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate ChangeIT1 paper
La Trobe UniversityAU1 paper

Where they publish

Scientific African4
Climate2
International Journal of River Basin Management2
Journal of Applied Aquaculture2
Regional Studies in Marine Science2
Trees Forests and People2
Unasylva

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

13Climate action6
2Zero hunger3
14Life below water3
15Life on land3
6Clean water and sanitation1

Most cited

Using traditional knowledge to cope with climate change in rural Ghana
Unasylva
2009197 citations
Water implications of large-scale land acquisitions in Ghana
Water Alternatives
2012100 citations
Climate change and small-scale agriculture in Africa: Does indigenous knowledge matter? Insights from Kenya and South Africa
Scientific African13
202174 citations

FellowAfrica Research and Impact Network (ARIN)

MemberGhana Science Associationsince 2019

Affiliate Lecturer, Institute for Climate Change and AdaptationUniversity of Nairobisince 2014

MemberAfrican Forest Forymsince 2009

Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology

Ecohydrological risk assessment model for the Pra River Basin using GIS and multi-criteria decision making

2026International Journal of River Basin ManagementJournalSenior author3 citations

Aquaponics for Improved Food Security in Africa: A Review

2021Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsJournalOpen access63 citations10.3389/fsufs.2021.705549

Scientific African

2021Scientific AfricanReportSenior author1 citation

Understanding the neglected shellfish fishery of the Keta Lagoon, Ghana

2020Journal of Fisheries and Coastal ManagementJournalFirst author3 citations

Effects of a changing climate on livelihoods of forest dependent communities

2019International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and ManagementJournalOpen accessSenior author25 citations10.1108/ijccsm-01-2018-0002

Water implications of large-scale land acquisitions in Ghana

2012Water AlternativesJournal100 citations

Mapping and documenting indigenous knowledge in climate change adaptation in Ghana

2011Africa Adaptation Programme RepJournalFirst author47 citations

Deforestation in Ghana: Government’s incentives and policies

2011See: https://benjigyampoh. blogspot. com/2011/10/deforestation-in-ghana-governments. html. Accessed DecemberJournalFirst author8 citations

Forest goods vulnerability to climate change in West Africa: Voices from local communities on medicinal plants and prescribed actions for adaptation

2011ustainable Forest Management in Africa: Some Solutions to Natural Forest Management Problems in Africa. Proceedings of the Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Symposium.Book chapter0 citations

THE SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT PUZZLE: POLICIES, LEGISLATION, DEFORESTATION AND THE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE IN GHANA

2011SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA: Some Solutions to Natural Forest Management Problems in AfricaBook chapterFirst author0 citations