A. K. Quainoo

University for Development Studies

Publishing since 1970, latest 2025

Plant Science
Horticulture
Food Science
Forestry
Pollution
Water Science and Technology

Publications: 281970–2025
Citations: 287to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 1.231.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%5 of 28 scored papers
Open access: 71%20 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Publications

28 in all

Assessment of indigenous knowledge on propagation of native trees in the agro-ecological zone of Ghana
2025Agroforestry SystemsJournalSenior author3 citations10.1007/s10457-025-01318-1
Immobilisation and bioavailability of toxic metals in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) cultivated in contaminated soil amended with peanut and sheanut shells biochar
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science1346%
Horticulture725%
Food Science518%
Forestry518%
Pollution518%
Water Science and Technology518%
Molecular Biology414%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics311%
Agronomy and Crop Science27%
Analytical Chemistry14%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy7
Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal5
African Botany and Ecology Studies5
Heavy metals in environment5
Plant tissue culture and regeneration4
Plant Virus Research Studies4
Seed and Plant Biochemistry3
Agriculture and Rural Development Research2
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems2
Genetics and Plant Breeding2
Growth and nutrition in plants2
Seed Germination and Physiology2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

29% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom3
Denmark1
United States1
India1
Sweden1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of ReadingGB3 papers
CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research InstituteGH2 papers
Aarhus UniversityDK1 paper
Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIN1 paper
Missouri University of Science and TechnologyUS1 paper
Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSE1 paper
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH1 paper
Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteKE1 paper
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH1 paper
University of NigeriaNG1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Horticulture2
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology2
Journal of Health and Pollution2
Journal of Virological Methods2
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY1
African Journal of Food Science1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger9
15Life on land5
6Clean water and sanitation1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

Review of Biochar Properties and Remediation of Metal Pollution of Water and Soil
Journal of Health and Pollution
202074 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Transmission of cocoa swollen shoot virus by seeds
Journal of Virological Methods15
200853 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
The effectiveness of somatic embryogenesis in eliminating the cocoa swollen shoot virus from infected cocoa trees

Discover Applied Sciences

Effects of False yam (Icacina oliviformis) tuber compost manure on the growth performance of garden eggs (Solanum aethiopicum l)

2021Ghana Journal of Science Technology and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.47881/257.967x

Assessment of Quality of Shea Butter Sourced from Organic and Inorganic Fields

2019Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and TechnologyJournalOpen access2 citations10.24925/turjaf.v7i12.2042-2046.2506

Single and simultaneous adsorption of heavy metals onto groundnut shell biochar produced under fast and slow pyrolysis

2018International Journal of Environmental Science and TechnologyJournalSenior author29 citations10.1007/s13762-018-1910-9

Henna (Lawsonia inermis): A neglected plant in Ghana

2017Ghana Journal of HorticultureJournalFirst author3 citations

Preliminary studies on the effect of shea kernel size on shea butter quality

2015African Journal of Food ScienceJournalOpen access0 citations10.5897/ajfs2014.1188

Leaf and fruit characteristics of shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) in northern Ghana.

2012Research in Plant BiologyJournalOpen access16 citations

PCR-based quarantine procedure for the detection of cocoa swollen shoot virus

2010Agriculture and Biology Journal of North AmericaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.5251/abjna.2010.1.6.1357.1364

Transmission of cocoa swollen shoot virus by seeds

2008Journal of Virological MethodsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding53 citations10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.03.009

Removal of tannin from Shea nut cake by Pseudomonas strain

1970Journal of Medical and Biomedical SciencesJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/jmbs.v5i1.3

Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America

Agroforestry Systems1

How it can be read

71% free to read

Diamond 10 · 36%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 7%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 14%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 29%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

11 of 28 papers name a funder

University of Reading6
University of Ghana4
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1

Journal of Virological Methods15

200833 citationsOpen access · Green

Single and simultaneous adsorption of heavy metals onto groundnut shell biochar produced under fast and slow pyrolysis

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

201829 citations