Emmanuel Otoo

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Publishing since 1999, latest 2026

Plant Science
Food Science
Agronomy and Crop Science
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Genetics
Molecular Biology

Publications: 251999–2026
Citations: 325to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 1.181.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 12%3 of 25 scored papers
Open access: 84%21 papers free to read

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

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

25 in all

Farmer trait preferences and implications for demand-led yam breeding in selected production areas of West Africa
2026Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsJournalOpen access0 citations10.3389/fsufs.2026.1757206
Trends in genetic gain for yam in the IITA breeding program
2024Crop ScienceJournal

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science1456%
Food Science1040%
Agronomy and Crop Science416%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences416%
Genetics312%
Molecular Biology312%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics28%
Biotechnology14%
Economics and Econometrics14%
General Health Professions14%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Potato Plant Research7
Agricultural Innovations and Practices4
Agricultural pest management studies4
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems4
Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies4
Seed and Plant Biochemistry3
Cassava research and cyanide2
Chromosomal and Genetic Variations2
Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research1
Agricultural risk and resilience1
Agricultural Systems and Practices1
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

56% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria12
Benin5
Cameroon4
Kenya3
Uganda3
Côte d’Ivoire3
Tanzania3
Czechia2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG10 papers
National Root Crops Research InstituteNG7 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG7 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureUG3 papers
University of GhanaGH3 papers
CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research InstituteGH3 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureTZ3 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureKE3 papers
Centre National de Recherche AgronomiqueCI3 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Agricultural Science5
CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)2
Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science2
Acta agriculturae Slovenica1
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY1
African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger11
15Life on land3
8Decent work and economic growth1
13Climate action1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Yam genomics supports West Africa as a major cradle of crop domestication
Science Advances2
2019111 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Ridging, a Mechanized Alternative to Mounding for Yam and Cassava Production
West African Journal of Applied Ecology14
201033 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Isoflavones and coumarins from Milletia thonningii

Land Use Land Cover (LULC) Change Analysis of the Akuapem-North Municipality, Eastern Region; Ghana

2021International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social ScienceJournalOpen access1 citation10.47772/ijriss.2021.51019

Application of Predictive Breeding in Yam Improvement for West Africa

2019CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)JournalOpen access1 citation10.11248/nettai.12.117

African yam domestication in light of the NGS revolution

2019Agritrop (Cirad)Publication0 citations

Yam Breeding in Ghana

2017Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.5539/jas.v9n10p122

GGE Biplot Analysis of 12 Dioscorea rotundata Genotypes in Ghana

2017Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.5539/jas.v10n1p249

In Vivo Yam (Dioscorea spp.) Vine Multiplication Technique: The Plausible Solution to Seed Yam Generation Menace

2016Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.5539/jas.v8n2p88

Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa: Effectiveness of a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional team-work

2014CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)JournalSenior author9 citations

Variability in biochemical composition and cell wall constituents among seven varieties in Ghanaian yan (Dioscorea SP) germplasm

2013African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.18697/ajfand.59.13280

Dioscorea

2011Book chapter20 citations10.1007/978-3-642-21102-7_4

Ridging, a Mechanized Alternative to Mounding for Yam and Cassava Production

2010West African Journal of Applied EcologyJournalOpen access33 citations10.4314/wajae.v15i1.49424

How it can be read

84% free to read

Diamond 11 · 44%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 16%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 16%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 16%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 25 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation5
Agence Nationale de la Recherche1
Agropolis Fondation1
Comisión Nacional Forestal1
Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers1
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft1
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1
Ministry of Foreign Affairs1

Antecedents and consequence of employee turnover intention: Empirical evidence from Ghana

Management Science Letters8

201520 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Dioscorea

201120 citations