Johannes A. M. Awudza

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 1990, latest 2025

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Materials Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Water Science and Technology
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Civil and Structural Engineering

Publications: 451990–2025
Citations: 873to those papers
h-index: 15i10-index 21
Field-weighted impact: 1.051.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 9%4 of 45 scored papers
Open access: 56%25 papers free to read

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

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

45 in all

Optimization of biodiesel production using oil extracted from microalgae harvested in Ghana
2025South African Journal of Chemical EngineeringJournalOpen access5 citations10.1016/j.sajce.2025.04.019
Characterization of Ghanaian clays as raw materials for the synthesis of ZSM-5 zeolite
2025Scientific African

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Electrical and Electronic Engineering1636%
Materials Chemistry1636%
Organic Chemistry613%
Water Science and Technology613%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials511%
Civil and Structural Engineering49%
Pollution49%
Biomedical Engineering37%
Food Science37%
Forestry37%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films15
Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties15
Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal5
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications4
African Botany and Ecology Studies3
Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation3
Crystal Structures and Properties3
Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring3
Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications3
Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions3
Perovskite Materials and Applications3
Biodiesel Production and Applications2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

56% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1368101215Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom17
South Africa9
Nigeria3
United States2
Cameroon1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of ManchesterGB17 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH10 papers
University of ZululandZA7 papers
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH4 papers
University for Development StudiesGH4 papers
Catholic University College of GhanaGH3 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH3 papers
University of BeninNG3 papers
Northwestern UniversityUS2 papers
University of JohannesburgZA2 papers

Where they publish

Elsevier eBooks3
ChemistrySelect2
Dalton Transactions2
Journal of Chemistry2
MRS Advances2
Royal Society Open Science2
Scientific African

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation11
7Affordable and clean energy5
12Responsible consumption and production3
14Life below water3
2Zero hunger2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Equilibrium, Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study of Removal of Eosin Yellow from Aqueous Solution Using Teak Leaf Litter Powder
Scientific Reports6
2017101 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
In Situ Synthesis of PbS Nanocrystals in Polymer Thin Films from Lead(II) Xanthate and Dithiocarbamate Complexes: Evidence for Size and Morphology Control
Chemistry of Materials7
201593 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Heavy metal pollution and the role of inorganic nanomaterials in environmental remediation

2021Royal Society Open ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author52 citations10.1098/rsos.201485

Development of TiO2-based dye-sensitized solar cells using natural dyes extracted from some plant-based materials

2021Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen access12 citations10.5281/zenodo.4018011

Aerosol‐Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition of Lead Chalcogenide Thin Films from [Pb((SePiPr2)2N)(S2CNHexMe)]

2020Advances in Materials Science and EngineeringJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.1155/2020/8881921

A Facile Green Synthesis of Ultranarrow PbS Nanorods

2019Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and MaterialsJournal8 citations10.1007/s10904-019-01185-1

Green Bio-Based CaO from Guinea Fowl Eggshells

2018Green and Sustainable ChemistryJournalOpen accessSenior author11 citations10.4236/gsc.2018.82015

Single source molecular precursor routes to lead chalcogenides

2012Dalton TransactionsJournalSenior author63 citations10.1039/c2dt30849e

Science and religion: a Ghanaian perspective

1990Book chapterFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-94-009-2021-7_14

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering1

How it can be read

56% free to read

Diamond 4 · 9%Free to read and to publish
Gold 12 · 27%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 20 · 44%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

26 of 45 papers name a funder

Royal Society14
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology7
Leverhulme Trust7
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council5
African Capacity Building Foundation3
Department for International Development3
University of Manchester3
Department for International Development, UK Government2