Kobina Yankson

Publishing since 1819, latest 2026

Global and Planetary Change
Ecology
Aquatic Science
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Ocean Engineering
Immunology

In their own words

Marine ecology
Aquaculture
Bivalve biology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 661819–2026
Citations: 846to those papers
h-index: 17i10-index 26
Field-weighted impact: 0.751.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 24 scored papers
Open access: 42%10 of the 24 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 909 citations, h-index 17 and i10-index 32 (435 citations and h-index 12 since 2021), as of October 3, 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

66 in all

Seasonal changes in hydrographic factors and breeding in two population of Crassostea tulupa (Lamarch)
1996Ghana Journal of ScienceJournal17 citations
Seasonal changes in biochemical composition of the mangrove oyster, Crossostrea Tulipa (Lamarck) occurring in two coastal water bodies in Ghana
1996Ghana Journal of ScienceJournalFirst author8 citations

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Global and Planetary Change1523%
Ecology914%
Aquatic Science812%
Nature and Landscape Conservation69%
Ocean Engineering46%
Immunology23%
Molecular Biology23%
Endocrinology12%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis12%
Microbiology12%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies12
Fish Biology and Ecology Studies8
Marine and fisheries research8
Fish Ecology and Management Studies6
Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity5
Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry4
Aquaculture disease management and microbiota2
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics2
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies2
Identification and Quantification in Food2
Marine Ecology and Invasive Species2
Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

25% of their 24 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States2
Australia1
France1
India1
Japan1
Norway1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH4 papers
Université de Bretagne OccidentaleFR2 papers
Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIN1 paper
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies1 paper
Nagasaki UniversityJP1 paper
Norwegian University of Life SciencesNO1 paper
University of TasmaniaAU1 paper
Washington and Lee UniversityUS1 paper
Colorado CollegeUS1 paper
World BankUS1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of the Ghana Science Association6
Ghana Journal of Science5
Journal of Molluscan Studies5
Journal of Natural Sciences3
Annals of Biological Research2
Aquaculture Fish and Fisheries2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

14Life below water18
6Clean water and sanitation2
12Responsible consumption and production1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Cryopreservation of the spermatozoa ofCrassostrea tulipa and three other oysters
Aquaculture
199164 citations
GONAD MATURATION AND SEXUALITY IN THE WEST AFRICAN BLOODY COCKLE, ANADARA SENILIS (L.)
Journal of Molluscan Studies
198252 citations
Reproductive cycles of Cerastoderma glaucum(Bruguiere) and C. edule(L.) with special reference to the effects of the 1981-82 severe winter.
Journal of Molluscan Studies
198649 citations

1993Journal of Fish BiologyJournalFirst author5 citations10.1111/j.1095-8649.1993.tb00390.x

Precocious sexual maturity in Cerastoderma glaucum (Brugui re) reared in the laboratory

1986Journal of molluscan studiesJournalFirst author5 citations

Observations on byssus systems in the spat of Cerastoderma glaucum and C. edule

1986Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United KingdomJournalFirst author35 citations

Reproductive cycles of

1986Cerastoderma glaucumJournalFirst author4 citations

Morphogenesis of the Hinge in the Larva and Postlarva of the Brackish-Water Cockle, Cerastoderma Glaucum

1985Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United KingdomJournalSenior author3 citations10.1017/s002531540001938x

Artificial fertilization and rearing of Cerastoderma lamarcki (Reeve) in the laboratory

1983Journal of Molluscan StudiesJournalFirst author6 citations

GONAD MATURATION AND SEXUALITY IN THE WEST AFRICAN BLOODY COCKLE, ANADARA SENILIS (L.)

1982Journal of Molluscan StudiesJournalFirst author52 citations

The present cockle (Anadara Senilis) fishery in Ghana

1980Ghana journal of scienceJournalFirst author0 citations

Journal of Fisheries and Coastal Management

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom2

How it can be read

42% free to read, of the 24 recorded

Diamond 3 · 5%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 6%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 14 · 21%Behind a paywall
Unknown 42 · 64%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

5 of 66 papers name a funder

United States Agency for International Development4
Japan International Cooperation Agency1
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana1
World Bank Group1

Status of the small pelagic stocks in Ghana in 2019

Scientific and Technical Working Group. USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP). Narragansett, RI: Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island. GH2014_SCI083_CRC

202048 citations