Ferdinand Apietu Katsriku

University of Ghana

University of Ghana Faculty of Science, since 2012per ORCID

Publishing since 2012, latest 2025

Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Water Science and Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Environmental Engineering
Information Systems

Publications: 322012–2025
Citations: 901to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 16
Field-weighted impact: 2.171.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%8 of 32 scored papers
Open access: 59%19 papers free to read

8 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Computer ScienceUniversity of Ghana Faculty of Sciencesince 2012

Education

PhD, Electrical, Electronic and Information EngineeringCity University2000

On their papers

Publications

32 in all

Enhancing Textual Password Authentication Using Typing Rhythm
2025Advances in information security, privacy, and ethics book seriesBook chapterFirst author1 citation10.4018/979-8-3693-8014-7.ch011
Optimizing Packet Size for Enhanced Performance in Wireless Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring Applications
2025International Journal of Communication Systems

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Computer Networks and Communications1650%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering1444%
Water Science and Technology928%
Artificial Intelligence413%
Environmental Engineering39%
Information Systems39%
Information Systems and Management39%
Ocean Engineering39%
Signal Processing39%
Management Information Systems26%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks10
Water Quality Monitoring Technologies9
Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks6
Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling3
Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems3
Advanced Photonic Communication Systems2
Big Data and Business Intelligence2
Big Data Technologies and Applications2
Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies2
IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security2
Music and Audio Processing2
Optical Network Technologies2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

31% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

France2
United Kingdom2
United States2
Brazil1
China1
Germany1
Spain1
Japan1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH8 papers
University of Professional StudiesGH3 papers
Laboratoire Ondes et Milieux ComplexesFR2 papers
University of RochesterUS2 papers
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR1 paper
Chinese Academy of SciencesCN1 paper
City, University of LondonGB1 paper
Federal Institute of São PauloBR1 paper
Internet Interdisciplinary InstituteES1 paper
Auckland University of TechnologyNZ1 paper

Where they publish

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing6
Journal of Computer Networks and Communications3
Advances in information security, privacy, and ethics book series2
ICST Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications2
Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing2
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

7Affordable and clean energy6
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure3
6Clean water and sanitation2
13Climate action2
15Life on land2
2Zero hunger1
10Reduced inequalities1
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Most cited

Water Quality Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
2017289 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Prolonging the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks: A Review of Current Techniques
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
2018181 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
El Niño-Southern Oscillation forecasting using complex networks analysis of LSTM neural networks

University of Cape Town

Every institution they have given on a paper.

SMAC-Based WSN Protocol-Current State of the Art, Challenges, and Future Directions

2022Journal of Computer Networks and CommunicationsJournalOpen access12 citations10.1155/2022/6707413

The Use of Machine Learning Algorithms in the Classification of Sound

2022International Journal of Service Science Management Engineering and TechnologyJournalOpen access4 citations10.4018/ijssmet.298667

Network Performance Metrics for Energy Efficient Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)

2021Wireless Communications and Mobile ComputingJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.1155/2021/9635958

Using deep learning for acoustic event classification: The case of natural disasters

2021The Journal of the Acoustical Society of AmericaJournal22 citations10.1121/10.0004771

Soil Medium Electromagnetic Scattering Model for the Study of Wireless Underground Sensor Networks

2021Wireless Communications and Mobile ComputingJournalOpen access13 citations10.1155/2021/8842508

Smart River Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks

2020Wireless Communications and Mobile ComputingJournalOpen access51 citations10.1155/2020/8897126

Big data, analytics and artificial intelligence for sustainability

2020Scientific AfricanJournalOpen accessSenior author43 citations10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00551

Reducing the Energy Budget in WSN Using Time Series Models

2020Wireless Communications and Mobile ComputingJournalOpen access21 citations10.1155/2020/8893064

Taxonomy of Cyber Threats to Application Security and Applicable Defenses

2020Advances in information security, privacy, and ethics book seriesBook chapter1 citation10.4018/978-1-7998-3149-5.ch002

Prolonging the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks: A Review of Current Techniques

2018Wireless Communications and Mobile ComputingJournalOpen access181 citations10.1155/2018/8035065

Implementation and Evaluation of WLAN 802.11ac for Residential Networks in NS-3

2018Journal of Computer Networks and CommunicationsJournalOpen access20 citations10.1155/2018/3518352

Using GPS and Google Maps for Mapping Digital Postal Address (GhanaPostGPS)

2018Communications on Applied ElectronicsJournalOpen access3 citations10.5120/cae2018652749

The Effect of Congestion Control Model on Congested Traffic Flow in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)

2018ICST Transactions on Mobile Communications and ApplicationsJournalOpen access2 citations10.4108/eai.22-3-2018.154371

Redefining the Concept of Big Data: A Ghanaian Perspective

2018JournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

Water Quality Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks

2017ACM Transactions on Sensor NetworksJournalOpen access289 citations10.1145/3005719

Numerical Analysis of Graphene Cladded Optical Fibre

2017JournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

Framework for Time Relevant Water Monitoring System

2014Book chapterFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1007/978-3-319-08239-4_1

Applied Computing and Informatics1

Artificial Life and Robotics1

How it can be read

59% free to read

Diamond 5 · 16%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 19%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 6 · 19%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 13 · 41%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

5 of 32 papers name a funder

University of Ghana3
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique2
National Natural Science Foundation of China1
National Science Foundation1
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences1
University of Cyprus1

Sustainable cities and communities

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Artificial Life and Robotics13

201955 citationsWorld top 10%

Smart River Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing6

202051 citationsOpen access · Hybrid

Big data, analytics and artificial intelligence for sustainability

Scientific African

202043 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold