J. Ofosu-Anim

University of Ghana

Publishing since 1998, latest 2025

Plant Science
Agronomy and Crop Science
Molecular Biology
Pollution
Soil Science
Waste Management and Disposal

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 311998–2025
Citations: 604to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 1.161.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 16%5 of 31 scored papers
Open access: 68%21 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

31 in all

Wastewater contamination of deep groundwater in Sudan, an arid developing country: Application of artificial sweeteners and antibiotics as molecular markers
2025Environmental Monitoring and Contaminants ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.5985/emcr.20240052
Artificial sweeteners in surface waters from Asian, African and Middle Eastern countries: Utility as molecular markers and water pollution status in 2010–2019

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science1858%
Agronomy and Crop Science516%
Molecular Biology516%
Pollution516%
Soil Science310%
Waste Management and Disposal310%
Nutrition and Dietetics26%
Water Science and Technology26%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics13%
Environmental Chemistry13%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies6
Weed Control and Herbicide Applications4
Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics3
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems3
Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions3
Pineapple and bromelain studies3
Plant Parasitism and Resistance3
Crop Yield and Soil Fertility2
Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation2
Heavy metals in environment2
Microplastics and Plastic Pollution2
Municipal Solid Waste Management2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

45% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Japan9
Denmark3
Kenya3
Mozambique3
Philippines3
South Africa3
Singapore2
Iran2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyJP8 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH4 papers
University of the Philippines DilimanPH3 papers
University of NairobiKE3 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchZA3 papers
Eduardo Mondlane UniversityMZ3 papers
Shahid Beheshti UniversityIR2 papers
University of CopenhagenDK2 papers
University of MalayaMY2 papers
Can Tho UniversityVN2 papers

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Horticulture5
Environmental Monitoring and Contaminants Research3
Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science3
Journal of Experimental Agriculture International2
Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B - Soil & Plant Science1
Advances in Horticultural Science1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger9
6Clean water and sanitation5
15Life on land4
14Life below water3
1No poverty1
12Responsible consumption and production1

Most cited

Global occurrence of anti-infectives in contaminated surface waters: Impact of income inequality between countries
Environment International6
2015140 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Effect of N-enriched co-compost on transpiration efficiency and water-use efficiency of maize (Zea mays L.) under controlled irrigation
Agricultural Water Management6
201081 citationsWorld top 10%

Environmental Monitoring and Contaminants Research

Pesticide registration, distribution and use practices in Ghana

2018Environment Development and SustainabilityBook chapterOpen access71 citations10.1007/s10668-018-0154-7

Performance of rice under different water regimes and plant nutrient sources

2018Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.4314/gjas.v53i1.2

Screening tomato genotypes for adaptation to high temperature in West Africa

2013Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B - Soil & Plant ScienceJournalOpen access34 citations10.1080/09064710.2013.813062

Disbudding effects on growth analysis of Celosia (Celosia cristata)

2013Advances in Horticultural ScienceJournalOpen access2 citations10.13128/ahs-12755

Heat tolerance in field grown tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) under semi-arid conditions of West Africa

2013Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen)JournalSenior author0 citations

Effect of Terralyt Plus, a soil conditioner, on growth and economic yield of tomato

2009Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.4314/gjas.v41i1.46156

Effect of Biozyme T.F. on yield and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)

2008Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.4314/gjas.v40i1.2160

A SURVEY OF PACKAGING MATERIALS FOR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE IN GHANA

2007Ghana Journal of HorticultureJournal0 citations

Changes in Sugar Uptake by Excised Discs and its Stimulation by Abscisic and Indoleacetic Acids during Melon Fruit Development.

1998Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author8 citations10.2503/jjshs.67.170

Agricultural Water Management1

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology1

How it can be read

68% free to read

Diamond 14 · 45%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 13%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 10 · 32%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

13 of 31 papers name a funder

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science5
University of Ghana3
Division of Graduate Education2
American University of Beirut1
Carnegie Corporation of New York1
Chulalongkorn University1
Danida Fellowship Centre1
Danish International Development Agency1

Pesticide registration, distribution and use practices in Ghana

Environment Development and Sustainability

201871 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Determination of the Extent of Trace Metals Pollution in Soils, Sediments and Human Hair at e-Waste Recycling Site in Ghana

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

201752 citationsWorld top 10%