Vincent Logah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Professor and Vice-Dean, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2024per ORCID

Publishing since 2010, latest 2026

Soil Science
Agronomy and Crop Science
Plant Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Global and Planetary Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation

In their own words

Soil Science/Agronomy

Publications: 782010–2026
Citations: 1,127to those papers
h-index: 18i10-index 31
Field-weighted impact: 3.621.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 22%13 of 58 scored papers
Open access: 74%43 of the 58 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 1,492 citations, h-index 21 and i10-index 39 (1,241 citations and h-index 18 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

Professor and Vice-Dean, Department of Crop & Soil SciencesKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2024

Education

PhD, Department of Crop & Soil SciencesKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2005–2009

On their papers

Publications

78 in all

Carbon stocks in the Guinea savanna of Ghana: estimates from three protected areas
2018BiotropicaJournalCorresponding15 citations10.1111/btp.12529
Leaf nutrients content of tomato and incidence of insect pests and diseases following two foliar applications
2017Journal of Plant NutritionJournal

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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

Soil Science2937%
Agronomy and Crop Science1621%
Plant Science1418%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics79%
Global and Planetary Change79%
Nature and Landscape Conservation79%
Pollution68%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences56%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law56%
Ecology34%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics22
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems10
Soil erosion and sediment transport7
Crop Yield and Soil Fertility5
Heavy metals in environment5
Soil and Land Suitability Analysis5
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies4
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis4
Soil Management and Crop Yield4
African Botany and Ecology Studies3
Agricultural Innovations and Practices3
Agricultural Science and Fertilization3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

71% of their 58 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2345679Home

Most frequent partner countries

Netherlands15
United Kingdom12
Nigeria9
Morocco6
Burkina Faso6
Australia5
Hungary5
India5

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH29 papers
Wageningen University & ResearchNL14 papers
Imperial College LondonGB8 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG6 papers
Forestry Research Institute of GhanaGH6 papers
Institut de l'Environnement et Recherches AgricolesBF6 papers
University of GhanaGH6 papers
Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi EgyetemHU5 papers
Federal University of Agriculture, AbeokutaNG5 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG5 papers

Where they publish

Biotropica4
Plant and Soil3
Agricultural and Food Science Journal of Ghana2
Agronomy Journal2
Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science2
International Journal of Environmental Science and Development2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger18
15Life on land18
1No poverty1
6Clean water and sanitation1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
12Responsible consumption and production1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Soil nutrient loss through erosion: Impact of different cropping systems and soil amendments in Ghana
PLoS ONE15
2018164 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Legume-rhizobium specificity effect on nodulation, biomass production and partitioning of faba bean (Vicia faba L.)
Scientific Reports
202173 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Legume-Rhizobium Strain Specificity Enhances Nutrition and Nitrogen Fixation in Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.)

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Impact of tillage and fertility management options on selected soil physical properties and sorghum yield

2015International Journal of Biological and Chemical SciencesJournalOpen access32 citations10.4314/ijbcs.v9i3.2

Adopted practices for mined land reclamation in Ghana: a case study of Anglogold Ashanti Iduapriem mine ltd

2015Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessSenior author27 citations10.4314/just.v35i2.8

Impact of tillage and fertility management on Lixisol hydraulic characteristics

2015International Journal Agriculture and Agriculture ResearchJournal4 citations

Impact of Different Systems of Manure Management on the Quality of Cow Dung

2014Communications in Soil Science and Plant AnalysisJournal19 citations10.1080/00103624.2014.967854

The Economics of Using Phosphate Rock under Matured Oil Palm in the Semi-deciduous Forest Zone in Ghana

2014Research Journal of Applied Sciences Engineering and TechnologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.19026/rjaset.7.242

Evaluation of Nitrogen Mineralization Dynamics Following Amendments Application under Cropping Systems on a Ferric Acrisol in Ghana

2011International Journal of Environmental Science and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author8 citations10.7763/ijesd.2011.v2.110

Chemical Properties of Maize Residues under Application of Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Sources

2011International Journal of Environmental Science and DevelopmentJournalFirst author7 citations10.5555/20113376992

Journal of Ghana Science Association

Journal of Plant Nutrition2

How it can be read

74% free to read, of the 58 recorded

Diamond 7 · 9%Free to read and to publish
Gold 18 · 23%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 10 · 13%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 6 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 15 · 19%Behind a paywall
Unknown 20 · 26%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

31 of 78 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology12
Royal Society7
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office4
Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique3
Wageningen University and Research3
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa2
Danish International Development Agency2
Hawassa University2

202059 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold