P.K. Karikari

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 1989, latest 2025

Agronomy and Crop Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Animal Science and Zoology
Small Animals
Social Psychology

In their own words

livestock production and dairy processing

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 301989–2025
Citations: 364to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 0.001.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 6 scored papers
Open access: 33%2 of the 6 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 437 citations, h-index 12 and i10-index 13 (119 citations and h-index 6 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

Publications

30 in all

Effects of breeds of cows and non-genetic factors on milk production and nutrient composition
2025Ghanaian Journal of Animal Science.JournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gjansci.v16i1.10
Effects of replacing maize with cassava whey meal in the diets of rabbits
2024Ghanaian Journal of Animal Science

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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

Agronomy and Crop Science310%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics310%
Genetics310%
Animal Science and Zoology13%
Small Animals13%
Social Psychology13%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock3
Reproductive Physiology in Livestock2
Agricultural Systems and Practices1
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Animal Behavior and Reproduction1
Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies1
Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock1
Livestock Management and Performance Improvement1
Primate Behavior and Ecology1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their 6 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

CSIR - Animal Research InstituteGH1 paper
University of GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science3
Ghanaian Journal of Animal Science3
Livestock Research for Rural Development3
Journal of Science and Technology2
Pakistan Journal of Nutrition2
World Applied Sciences Journal2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger2
3Good health and well-being1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Productive and blood indices of dwarf rams fed a mixture of rice straw and groundnut haulms alone or supplemented with concentrates containing different levels of shea nut cake
Pakistan Journal of Nutrition
201274 citations
Influence of nutritional flushing prior to mating on the performance of West African Dwarf goats mated in the rainy season
Pakistan Journal of Nutrition
200951 citations
Productive performance and carcass characteristics of captive grasscutters (Thryonomys swinderianus) fed concentrate diets containing varying levels of guinea grass
World Applied Sciences Journal
200937 citations

Effect of dietary shea nut cake on the growth and blood parameters of rabbits

2011Tapas Institute of Scientific Research and DevelopmentReportSenior author9 citations

Reproductive response of West African dwarf does to prostaglandin administration

2009World Applied Sciences JournalJournalFirst author11 citations

Assessment of tick incidence and the identification of ticks on cattle at the dairy/beef cattle research station (D/BCRS), Boadi-Kumasi

2005Proceedings of a Conference in College of Agricultural and Natural ResourcesJournal2 citations

A comparison of different models to characterize lactation curves of Friesians in a humid forest zone

1999Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/gjas.v32i1.1911

Reproductive and milking performance of a herd of Friesian W N'Dama cattle

1996Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalFirst author2 citations

Growth and Reproductive Performance of Worm Cattle in the Forest Zone of Ghana

1994Journal of Science and TechnologyJournalFirst author0 citations

Growth and reproductive performance of N'dama cattle in the forest zone of Ghana

1994Journal of University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaJournalFirst author5 citations

The reproductive performance of Friesian cattle bred in the hot humid forest zone of Ghana

1991Animal Genetic Resource InformationJournalSenior author25 citations

Use of radioimmunoassay to monitor reproductive performance of indigenous cattle in the humid forest zone of Ghana

1989a seminar on improving health and reproductive eĄciency of livestock through radioimmunoassay and related techniques for developing countries in Africa, Harare, ZimbabweJournal8 citations

a seminar on improving health and reproductive eĄciency of livestock through radioimmunoassay and related techniques for developing countries in Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe

Animal Genetic Resource Information1

How it can be read

33% free to read, of the 6 recorded

Diamond 2 · 7%Free to read and to publish
Closed 4 · 13%Behind a paywall
Unknown 24 · 80%Not recorded by the source