Robert Clement Abaidoo

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 1984per ORCID

Publishing since 1989, latest 2026

Plant Science
Agronomy and Crop Science
Soil Science
Nutrition and Dietetics
Waste Management and Disposal
Pollution

In their own words

agronomy
soil science
microbiology

Publications: 2191989–2026
Citations: 6,309to those papers
h-index: 44i10-index 120
Field-weighted impact: 2.531.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 23%29 of 128 scored papers
Open access: 43%56 of the 129 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 8,988 citations, h-index 52 and i10-index 143 (4,252 citations and h-index 32 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, Department of Theoretical and Applied BiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 1984

On their papers

Publications

219 in all

Constraints and motivations to sanitation business in peri-urban communities in Ghana
2014Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for DevelopmentJournalSenior author2 citations10.2166/washdev.2014.072
Response of weeds and soil microorganisms to imazaquin and pendimethalin in cowpea and soybean
2014Crop Protection

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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

Plant Science6128%
Agronomy and Crop Science4219%
Soil Science3114%
Nutrition and Dietetics2612%
Waste Management and Disposal157%
Pollution125%
Water Science and Technology105%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics63%
Food Science52%
Urban Studies52%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis40
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems36
Child Nutrition and Water Access26
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics20
Soybean genetics and cultivation12
Wastewater Treatment and Reuse12
Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism10
Agricultural pest management studies9
Crop Yield and Soil Fertility9
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability6
Fecal contamination and water quality5
Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

79% of their 129 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written45678917Home

Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria64
Denmark33
Kenya17
South Africa10
Sri Lanka9
Cameroon8
United States7
Germany6

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG64 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG61 papers
University of CopenhagenDK23 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH23 papers
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)LK9 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureKE9 papers
Technical University of DenmarkDK8 papers
International Center for Tropical AgricultureKE8 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureCM7 papers
University of GhanaGH7 papers

Where they publish

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science6
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems6
Applied Soil Ecology4
Experimental Agriculture4
African Journal of Agricultural Research3
African Journal of Biotechnology3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger42
6Clean water and sanitation28
15Life on land17
1No poverty5
12Responsible consumption and production3
11Sustainable cities and communities2
13Climate action2
3

Most cited

Pesticide and Pathogen Contamination of Vegetables in Ghana’s Urban Markets
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6
2005304 citationsWorld top 10%
Occurrence and risk assessment of antibiotics in water and lettuce in Ghana
The Science of The Total Environment6
2017294 citationsWorld top 10%
Maize-grain legume intercropping for enhanced resource use efficiency and crop productivity in the Guinea savanna of northern Ghana

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Occurrence of Cryptosporidiumspp. oocysts in low quality water and on vegetables in Kumasi, Ghana.

2014Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen)PublicationOpen access0 citations

Health risk perception on excreta reuse for peri-urban agriculture in southern Ghana

2014Journal of economics and sustainable developmentJournalSenior author10 citations

Willingness to pay for faecal compost by farmers in Southern Ghana

2014Journal of Economics and Sustainable DevelopmentJournalFirst author39 citations

Households’ latrine preference and financing mechanisms in peri-urban Ghana

2014Journal of Economics and Sustainable DevelopmentJournalSenior author13 citations

Assessing the performance of the grain legume marketing system in northern Ghana

2013International Journal of AgriScienceJournalSenior author4 citations

Agricultural use of marginal-quality water–opportunities and challenges

2013Water for food Water for lifeJournal213 citations

2013African Journal of Microbiology ResearchJournalSenior author0 citations

N2Africa: putting nitrogen ﬁxation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa

2013Agro-ecological intensification of agricultural systems in the African highlandsJournal88 citations

Legume inoculation technology manual

2013KNUST/IITAJournalFirst author4 citations

Safe Re-use Practices in Wastewater-Irrigated Urban Vegetable Farming in Ghana

2012Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community DevelopmentJournalOpen access19 citations10.5304/jafscd.2012.024.004

Estimation of Margins and Efficiency in the Ghanaian Yam Marketing Chain

2012RePEc: Research Papers in EconomicsJournalOpen access18 citations10.22004/ag.econ.197964

Response of cowpea lines to low Phosphorus tolerance and response to external application of P

2012African Journal of Microbiology ResearchJournal21 citations

Effect of maternal age on endometrial morphology among Ghanaian infertile women

2012Journal of Medical and Biomedical SciencesJournalSenior author4 citations

Evaluation of commercial and laboratory rhizobium inoculants on nodulation and yield of promiscuous soybean in the Nigerian savanna

2012Soil resources management, gobal climate change and food security. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Soil Science of NigeriaJournalSenior author5 citations

Annual country reports 2011

2011N2Africa. Available online at: http://www. n2africa. org/sites/n2africa. org/files/images/images/N2Africa_Annual% 20country% 20reportsJournal2 citations

Economics of small-scale seed yam production in Ghana: implications for commercialization

2011Journal of Sustainable Development in AfricaJournal37 citations

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food3

How it can be read

43% free to read, of the 129 recorded

Diamond 7 · 3%Free to read and to publish
Gold 22 · 10%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 12 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 8 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 7 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 73 · 33%Behind a paywall
Unknown 90 · 41%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

68 of 219 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology25
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation19
Danish International Development Agency16
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa8
Wageningen University and Research5
Danida Fellowship Centre4
Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers3
Norges Forskningsråd3

Good health and well-being

7Affordable and clean energy1

17Partnerships for the goals1

Field Crops Research

2017218 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Agricultural use of marginal-quality water–opportunities and challenges

Water for food Water for life

2013213 citations

Uptake of antibiotics from irrigation water by plants

Chemosphere6

2016196 citationsWorld top 10%