Edward Ebow Kwaansa‐Ansah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyper ORCID

Publishing since 1994, latest 2026

Pollution
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Materials Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Geochemistry and Petrology
Building and Construction

Publications: 501994–2026
Citations: 828to those papers
h-index: 15i10-index 21
Field-weighted impact: 1.771.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 15%6 of 40 scored papers
Open access: 73%29 of the 40 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 1,086 citations, h-index 17 and i10-index 27 (817 citations and h-index 15 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

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Education

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
PhD, ChemistryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2010–2015

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

50 in all

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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

Pollution2040%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis1734%
Materials Chemistry714%
Environmental Chemistry612%
Geochemistry and Petrology510%
Building and Construction48%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment48%
Water Science and Technology48%
Analytical Chemistry36%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials36%

Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Heavy metals in environment15
Mercury impact and mitigation studies11
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity8
2D Materials and Applications6
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques4
Arsenic contamination and mitigation4
Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry4
Mining and Resource Management4
Heavy Metals in Plants3
MXene and MAX Phase Materials3
Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts3
Water Quality and Pollution Assessment3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

18% of their 40 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States4
South Africa2
Liberia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH5 papers
University of MichiganUS4 papers
University of GhanaGH4 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH3 papers
Regional Maritime UniversityGH3 papers
University of Cape CoastGH2 papers
University of JohannesburgZA2 papers
KAAF UniversityGH1 paper
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH1 paper
University of LiberiaLR1 paper

Where they publish

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6
MATERIALS AND GEOENVIRONMENT3
Discover Chemistry.2
Environmental Challenges2
Heliyon2
J Environ Occup Sci2
Materials Advances

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation7
14Life below water6
7Affordable and clean energy5
2Zero hunger4
1No poverty1
3Good health and well-being1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Distribution and risk assessment of banned and other current-use pesticides in surface and groundwaters consumed in an agricultural catchment dominated by cocoa crops in the Ankobra Basin, Ghana
The Science of The Total Environment6
2018125 citationsWorld top 10%
Heavy metals concentration and human health risk assessment in seven commercial fish species from Asafo Market, Ghana
Food Science and Biotechnology14
201888 citationsOpen access · Bronze

Ecological Frontiers

Levels of Some Essential Heavy Metals in Commercially Important Fish Species Collected from Markets in Monrovia, Liberia

2017Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.5281/zenodo.21575256

Comparison of Three Analytical Methods for the Quantitation of Mercury in Environmental Samples from the Volta Lake, Ghana

2016Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and ToxicologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1007/s00128-016-1920-6

Mercury in different tissues of Grey Herons (Ardea cinerea) from the Volta Lake

2015Ghana. Journal of Marine Science Research and DevelopmentJournalFirst author1 citation

Journal of Environmental and Occupational Science

2013Journal of Environmental and Occupational ScienceJournalFirst author0 citations

Levels of Total Mercury in Different Fish Species and Sediments from the Upper Volta Basin at Yeji in Ghana

2011Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and ToxicologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.1007/s00128-011-0214-2

Mercury Concentrations in Fish Species from the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana

2004Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and ToxicologyJournal12 citations10.1007/s00128-004-0532-8

Mercury concentrations in edible fish from the Atlantic Coast of Ghana

2004MATERIALS AND GEOENVIRONMENTJournal0 citations

Mercury Levels in Fish Samples from Lake Bosomtwi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

2004Materials and GeoenvironmentJournalFirst author0 citations

Comparison of lead and zinc levels in the hair of pupils from four towns in the Kumasi municipal area of Ghana

1994Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and ToxicologyJournalSenior author18 citations10.1007/bf00197221

How it can be read

73% free to read, of the 40 recorded

Diamond 5 · 10%Free to read and to publish
Gold 17 · 34%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 22%Behind a paywall
Unknown 10 · 20%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

13 of 50 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology5
National Council for Tertiary Education4
Center for High Performance Computing3
National Research Council Canada2
Department of Chemistry, University of York1
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India1
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency1
University of Michigan1

201659 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond