Charles K. Kankam

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 1997, latest 2026

Civil and Structural Engineering
Building and Construction
Mechanical Engineering
Plant Science
Materials Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics

Publications: 541997–2026
Citations: 538to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 0.711.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 9%5 of 54 scored papers
Open access: 65%35 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

54 in all

Flexural Strength and Behavior of Babadua-Reinforced Concrete Beams
2000Journal of Materials in Civil EngineeringJournalFirst author5 citations10.1061/(asce)0899-1561(2000)12:1(39)
Structural behaviour of babadua reinforced concrete beams
1999Construction and Building MaterialsJournal

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Civil and Structural Engineering4481%
Building and Construction3769%
Mechanical Engineering611%
Plant Science59%
Materials Chemistry36%
Polymers and Plastics36%
Management Science and Operations Research24%
Control and Systems Engineering12%
Environmental Chemistry12%
Mechanics of Materials12%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete21
Innovative concrete reinforcement materials18
Construction Engineering and Safety13
Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance12
Concrete Corrosion and Durability10
Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials9
Concrete and Cement Materials Research7
Bamboo properties and applications5
Structural Response to Dynamic Loads4
Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites3
Structural Load-Bearing Analysis3
Tree Root and Stability Studies3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

7% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Gambia1
Japan1
Rwanda1
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Regent University College of Science and TechnologyGH9 papers
Government of GhanaGH9 papers
University of Cape CoastGH8 papers
Ho Technical UniversityGH6 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH6 papers
University of the GambiaGM5 papers
Cape Coast Technical UniversityGH5 papers
Sunyani Technical UniversityGH5 papers
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH4 papers
Accra Institute of TechnologyGH3 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Engineering Research and Reports19
Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports6
Materials & Design (1980-2015)6
Construction and Building Materials3
Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews3
Journal of Scientific Research and Reports

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities17
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure6
15Life on land5
12Responsible consumption and production2
2Zero hunger1
7Affordable and clean energy1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Relationship of Bond Stress, Steel Stress, and Slip in Reinforced Concrete
Journal of Structural Engineering11
1997122 citationsWorld top 10%
Effect of quarry rock dust on the flexural strength of concrete
Case Studies in Construction Materials11
201771 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Relationship of Bond Stress, Steel Stress, and Slip in Reinforced Concrete

1997Journal of Structural EngineeringJournalFirst authorCorresponding122 citations10.1061/(asce)0733-9445(1997)123:1(79)

Raffia palm-reinforced concrete beams

1997Materials and StructuresJournalFirst authorCorresponding19 citations10.1007/bf02486356

Case Studies in Construction Materials2

Discover Civil Engineering2

How it can be read

65% free to read

Diamond 31 · 57%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 7%In an open-access journal
Closed 19 · 35%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 54 papers name a funder

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst1
International Tropical Timber Organization1

201763 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Strength and ductility characteristics of reinforcing steel bars milled from scrap metals

Materials & Design (1980-2015)9

200245 citationsWorld top 10%

Bond strength of reinforcing steel bars milled from scrap metals

Materials & Design (1980-2015)17

200339 citationsWorld top 10%