Frederick Wireko Manu

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Publishing since 2021, latest 2026

Building and Construction
Environmental Engineering
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Civil and Structural Engineering
Urban Studies

Publications: 42021–2026
Citations: 33to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 1.671.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%1 of 4 scored papers
Open access: 75%3 papers free to read

2 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Building and Construction4100%

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

4 in all

Barriers inhibiting the adoption of rammed earth construction in a developing country
2026Discover CitiesJournalOpen access0 citations10.1007/s44327-026-00262-8
A mixed‐methods approach to researching extreme heat: Insights from urban Ghana
2025AreaJournalOpen access

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Environmental Engineering375%

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis250%

Civil and Structural Engineering125%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Building Energy and Comfort Optimization2
Climate Change and Health Impacts2
Urban Heat Island Mitigation2
Construction Engineering and Safety1
Environmental Impact and Sustainability1
Hygrothermal properties of building materials1
Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance1
Sustainable Building Design and Assessment1
Urban and Rural Development Challenges1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

50% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom2
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
Columbia UniversityUS1 paper
Loughborough UniversityGB1 paper
Oxford Brookes UniversityGB1 paper
Yale UniversityUS1 paper
University of GhanaGH1 paper
University for Development StudiesGH1 paper

Where they publish

Area1
Discover Cities1
Engineering Construction & Architectural Management1
Sustainable Cities and Society1

How it can be read

75% free to read

Diamond 1 · 25%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 2 · 50%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 1 · 25%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 4 papers name a funder

British Academy1
United Nations Environment Programme1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities2
12Responsible consumption and production1

Most cited

Comparing the whole life cycle carbon impact of conventional and biogenic building materials across major residential typologies in Ghana and Senegal
Sustainable Cities and Society12
202423 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
A mixed‐methods approach to researching extreme heat: Insights from urban Ghana
Area11
20255 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
A thermal performance study of four communities in Ghana's savannah region
Engineering Construction & Architectural Management11
20215 citations
Barriers inhibiting the adoption of rammed earth construction in a developing country
Discover Cities
20260 citationsOpen access · Diamond

A thermal performance study of four communities in Ghana's savannah region

2021Engineering Construction & Architectural ManagementJournalSenior author5 citations10.1108/ecam-07-2020-0572