Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Also at Colorado State Universityfrom their recent papers
Publishing since 2013, latest 2026
Dr. Alexander Wireko Kena is a Trait Discovery Scientist and Molecular Geneticist in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. He envisions an Africa with a high quality of life for its people, where there is zero hunger and malnutrition. To achieve this, he leverages existing technologies and innovates new tools to improve crop performance in a sustainable manner for climate resilience and higher… More on ORCID
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14 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 363 citations, h-index 11 and i10-index 14 (318 citations and h-index 10 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.
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2026Theoretical and Applied GeneticsJournalOpen access3 citations10.1007/s00122-025-05124-2
2026Scientific African
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2026Journal of Integrative AgricultureJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.jia.2026.07.025
2025Ecological Genetics and GenomicsJournal2 citations10.1016/j.egg.2025.100347
2025Scholars Academic Journal of BiosciencesJournalOpen access2 citations10.36347/sajb.2025.v13i09.006
2025Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access2 citations10.1038/s41598-025-12259-1
2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.1371/journal.pone.0331316
2025Journal of Plant PathologyJournal1 citation10.1007/s42161-025-01947-6
2025Ecological Genetics and GenomicsJournal0 citations10.1016/j.egg.2025.100339
2025West African Journal of Applied EcologyJournal1 citation
2024Genetic Resources and Crop EvolutionJournalOpen access13 citations10.1007/s10722-024-01974-9
2024Scientific AfricanJournalOpen access10 citations10.1016/j.sciaf.2024.e02065
2024HeliyonJournalOpen access8 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31976
2024GeneJournal2 citations10.1016/j.gene.2024.148823
2024Gates Open ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.12688/gatesopenres.15268.1
2024Ecological Genetics and GenomicsJournal0 citations10.1016/j.egg.2024.100267
2023Plant StressJournalOpen access10 citations10.1016/j.stress.2023.100148
2022PlantsJournalOpen access11 citations10.3390/plants11182352
2022Journal of Crop Science and BiotechnologyJournal8 citations10.1007/s12892-022-00147-3
2022HeliyonJournalOpen access7 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09852
2022Scientific AfricanJournalOpen access1 citation10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01289
2022Ecological Genetics and GenomicsJournal1 citation10.1016/j.egg.2022.100156
2022Ecological Genetics and GenomicsJournal0 citations10.1016/j.egg.2022.100146
2022BenjaminReport1 citation
2021International Journal of AgronomyJournalOpen access8 citations10.1155/2021/9656653
2021DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen access2 citations
2020EuphyticaJournalOpen access26 citations10.1007/s10681-020-02689-5
2020Ecological Genetics and GenomicsJournal13 citations10.1016/j.egg.2020.100068
2020Current Research in Environmental SustainabilityJournalOpen access11 citations10.1016/j.crsust.2020.05.001
2020Ecological Genetics and GenomicsJournal5 citations10.1016/j.egg.2020.100064
2020South Dakota State UniversityThesis6 citations
2020International Journal of Science, Environment and TechnologyJournal0 citations
2020HeredityJournal40 citations
2019International Journal of AgronomyJournalOpen access9 citations10.1155/2019/3064026
2018Journal of Crop ImprovementJournalOpen access10 citations10.1080/15427528.2018.1542363
2018NatureJournal3 citations10.1038/d41586-018-07547-y
2017Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology BJournalOpen access1 citation10.17265/2161-6264/2017.02.001
2017South Dakota State UniversityThesisFirst author1 citation
2014International Journal of Scientific Research in Agricultural SciencesJournal6 citations
2013Int J Plant PatholJournal6 citations10.5555/20143172060
2013Journal of BiologyJournal47 citations
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution15
Ecological Genetics and Genomics15