Faustina Dufie Wireko‐Manu

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Associate Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2009per ORCID

Publishing since 2009, latest 2026

Food Science
Plant Science
Nutrition and Dietetics
Biochemistry
Pharmacology
Complementary and alternative medicine

In their own words

Food Science and Nutrition

Publications: 832009–2026
Citations: 1,147to those papers
h-index: 18i10-index 29
Field-weighted impact: 1.651.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 16%8 of 51 scored papers
Open access: 86%44 of the 51 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 1,632 citations, h-index 20 and i10-index 37 (1,217 citations and h-index 18 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

Associate Professor, Food Science and TechnologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2009

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

83 in all

Recipe standardization of bread using cassava-wheat composite flour
2018Journal of Culinary Science & TechnologyJournal10 citations10.1080/15428052.2018.1429972
Water-Starch Interactions of Red and White Cocoyam ( Xanthosoma sagittifolium )
2018Starch - StärkeJournalOpen access

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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

Food Science3036%
Plant Science2024%
Nutrition and Dietetics1923%
Biochemistry78%
Pharmacology67%
Complementary and alternative medicine56%
Animal Science and Zoology45%
Forestry34%
Inorganic Chemistry34%
Analytical Chemistry22%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Food composition and properties13
Cassava research and cyanide10
Seed and Plant Biochemistry8
Ginger and Zingiberaceae research6
Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities6
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity5
Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology5
Polysaccharides Composition and Applications5
Child Nutrition and Water Access4
Food and Agricultural Sciences4
African Botany and Ecology Studies3
Coconut Research and Applications3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

61% of their 51 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria13
France6
Denmark4
Iceland4
India3
Germany2
United States2
Philippines2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG8 papers
Koforidua Technical UniversityGH8 papers
Ghana Standards AuthorityGH6 papers
University of GhanaGH6 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG5 papers
Ho Technical UniversityGH5 papers
University of IcelandIS4 papers
Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d'Origine VégétaleFR4 papers
University of IbadanNG4 papers
Ghana Education ServiceGH4 papers

Where they publish

Food Science & Nutrition5
African Journal of Food Science3
ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM3
Cogent Food & Agriculture3
Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences3
Journal of Food Quality3
MOJ Food Processing & Technology

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger25
6Clean water and sanitation4
1No poverty2
12Responsible consumption and production1
15Life on land1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Nutritional and biochemical composition of D. alata (Dioscorea spp.) tubers
Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
2009175 citations
Watermelon Seeds as Food: Nutrient Composition, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activity
International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences
2016121 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Utilizing cocoyam ( Xanthosoma sagittifolium ) for food and nutrition security: A review
Food Science & Nutrition

Packaging and Shelf Life of Maize-Peanut Balls (Dakua)

2017MOJ Food Processing & TechnologyJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.15406/mojfpt.2017.04.00108

A traditional biscuit fortified with orange-fleshed sweet potato puree and cowpea flour

2017Food Science and Nutrition TechnologyJournal7 citations

Fungal contamination of foods prepared in some hotels in the Kumasi metropolis

2017International Food Research JournalJournalSenior author17 citations

Watermelon Seeds as Food: Nutrient Composition, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activity

2016International Journal of Nutrition and Food SciencesJournalOpen access121 citations10.11648/j.ijnfs.20160502.18

Acceptability of Instant Cassava-soybean Based Complementary Food by Weaning Mothers

2016British Journal of Applied Science & TechnologyJournalFirst author7 citations10.9734/bjast/2016/30162

Development and Quality Assessment of Cassava-Sweetpotato Non-Alcoholic Beverage

2016MOJ Food Processing & TechnologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.15406/mojfpt.2016.02.00040

Finding Solutions to the Challenges of Internationalisation

2016Aalborg UniversitetsforlagReport0 citations

of host publication: Finding Solutions to the Challenges of Internationalisation

2016peer-review› Book chapter–Annual report year: 2016 brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core. ac. uk provided by Online Research Database In TechnologyJournal0 citations

Roots and Tuber value chains for poverty alleviation and food security in Ghana

2016Finding Solutions to the New Challenges of InternationalisationBook chapter0 citations

The effect of steam and hot water blanching on some quality attributes of cocoyam leaf puree

2016MOJ Food Processing & TechnologyJournalSenior author16 citations

Enumerated bacteria on cooked food samples in some hotels in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

2015International Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences and TechnologyJournal2 citations

Physicochemical and Pasting Properties of Starch Extracted from Four Yam Varieties

2014Journal of Food and Nutrition SciencesJournalOpen access30 citations10.11648/j.jfns.20140206.14

Potential health benefits of water yam (Dioscorea alata)

2013Food & FunctionJournalFirst authorCorresponding49 citations10.1039/c3fo60064e

Prediction of the Suitability of Water Yam (Dioscorea alata ) for Amala Product Using Pasting and Sensory Characteristics

2013Journal of Food Processing and PreservationJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1111/jfpp.12095

Food quality changes in water yam (Dioscorea alata) during growth and storage

2013Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food SciencesJournalFirst author19 citations

EXPLOITING THE POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS OF WATER YAM

2013ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISMConferenceFirst author0 citations

DIETARY FIBRE AND PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF SOME SELECTED GHANAIAN UNDERUTILISED FRUITS

2013ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISMConferenceSenior author0 citations

HEALTH BENEFICIAL CONSTITUENTS OF FOUR UNDERUTILIZED TROPICAL FRUITS

2013ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISMConferenceFirst author0 citations

Physicochemical and Pasting Characteristics of Water Yam (D. alata) in Comparison with Pona (D. rotundata) from Ghana

2011HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)JournalOpen accessFirst author32 citations

Production of a non-alcoholic beverage from sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.)

2010African Journal of Food ScienceJournalFirst author33 citations

Nutritional and biochemical composition of D. alata (Dioscorea spp.) tubers

2009Journal of Food, Agriculture and EnvironmentJournal175 citations

American Journal of Food Science and Technology2

How it can be read

86% free to read, of the 51 recorded

Diamond 11 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Gold 17 · 20%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 9 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 8%Behind a paywall
Unknown 32 · 39%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

16 of 83 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology9
Danish International Development Agency4
Agence Nationale de la Recherche2
Agropolis Fondation2
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique2
Australian Agency for International Development1
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research1

201873 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid