Edward E. Carey

Kumasi Technical University

Publishing since 1997, latest 2026

Plant Science
Horticulture
Food Science
Nutrition and Dietetics
Genetics
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Publications: 571997–2026
Citations: 1,912to those papers
h-index: 24i10-index 34
Field-weighted impact: 3.861.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 41%23 of 56 scored papers
Open access: 77%44 papers free to read

6 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

Publications

57 in all

Assessing the susceptibility of sweetpotato virus in Ghana and Sierra Leone germplasm using biological indexing and NCM-ELISA
2026South African Journal of BotanyJournalSenior author0 citations10.1016/j.sajb.2026.02.011
Sensory characteristics and consumer segmentation for boiled sweetpotatoes
2026Food Science and Technology International

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science4172%
Horticulture1628%
Food Science1119%
Nutrition and Dietetics1119%
Genetics916%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences712%
Economics and Econometrics47%
Molecular Biology47%
Business and International Management35%
Animal Science and Zoology24%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy16
Plant Virus Research Studies11
Banana Cultivation and Research9
Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research8
Genetics and Plant Breeding7
Agricultural Innovations and Practices6
Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies6
Child Nutrition and Water Access5
Growth and nutrition in plants4
Organic Food and Agriculture4
Potato Plant Research4
Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

75% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Kenya32
Uganda27
Peru22
United States18
United Kingdom10
Nigeria6
Benin5
Colombia3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

International Potato CenterKE31 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH26 papers
International Potato CenterUG23 papers
International Potato CenterPE22 papers
CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research InstituteGH13 papers
North Carolina State UniversityUS11 papers
Natural Resources InstituteGB8 papers
National Agricultural Research OrganisationUG8 papers
National Agricultural Research InstituteUG7 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH7 papers

Where they publish

Open Agriculture5
HortScience4
International Journal of Food Science & Technology4
Annals of Applied Biology3
Crop Science2
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2
International Journal of Postharvest Technology and Innovation

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger29
17Partnerships for the goals3
1No poverty2
11Sustainable cities and communities2
12Responsible consumption and production2
5Gender equality1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
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Most cited

Tackling vitamin A deficiency with biofortified sweetpotato in sub-Saharan Africa
Global Food Security2
2017315 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Symptoms, aetiology and serological analysis of sweet potato virus disease in Uganda
Plant Pathology2
1998185 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Gender mainstreaming in sweetpotato breeding and dissemination in Ghana and Malawi

2024Frontiers in SociologyJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.3389/fsoc.2024.1263438

Development of NIRS calibration curves for sugars in baked sweetpotato

2023Journal of the Science of Food and AgricultureJournalOpen access7 citations10.1002/jsfa.12800

Gendered Food Mapping of Fried Sweetpotato in Ghana

2023Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)ReportOpen access0 citations10.5281/zenodo.7584307

Sensory characteristics and consumer segmentation of fried sweetpotato for expanded markets in Africa

2020International Journal of Food Science & TechnologyJournalOpen access25 citations10.1111/ijfs.14847

Fried sweetpotato user preferences identified in Nigeria and Ghana and implications for trait evaluation

2020International Journal of Food Science & TechnologyJournalOpen access11 citations10.1111/ijfs.14764

Review of knowledge to guide product development and breeding for sweetpotato frying quality in West Africa

2020International Journal of Food Science & TechnologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1111/ijfs.14934

Development of a food product profile for boiled and steamed sweetpotato in Uganda for effective breeding

2020International Journal of Food Science & TechnologyJournalOpen access38 citations10.1111/ijfs.14792

Evaluation of 10 genotypes of sweetpotato for fries

2019Food Science & NutritionJournalOpen accessSenior author16 citations10.1002/fsn3.881

Modeling the impact of sweetpotato weevils on storage root yield

2018Open AgricultureJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1515/opag-2018-0035

Shelf life extension of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) storage roots using household-level storage methods

2017International Journal of Postharvest Technology and InnovationJournalOpen access2 citations10.1504/ijpti.2017.092450

Shelf life extension of sweetpotato roots using household-level storage method

2017International Journal of Postharvest Technology and InnovationJournalOpen access0 citations10.1504/ijpti.2017.10008267

Genetic control of dry matter, starch and sugar content in sweetpotato

2016Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B - Soil & Plant ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author13 citations10.1080/09064710.2016.1225813

Exploitation of genetic potential of sweetpotato for end-user traits improvement

2016African Crop Science JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.4314/acsj.v24i4.4

Constraints and Breeding Priorities for Increased Sweetpotato Utilization in Ghana

2015Sustainable Agriculture ResearchJournalOpen access25 citations10.5539/sar.v4n4p1

Incidence of sweet potato viruses in the coastal Savannah agro-ecological zone of Ghana

2015CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)Journal2 citations10.4454/jpp.v97i1.030

Golden sweetpotato dishes

2015BookOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.4160/9789290604631

Release of Five Sweetpotato Cultivars in Uganda

2001HortScienceJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding69 citations10.21273/hortsci.36.2.385

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture2

How it can be read

77% free to read

Diamond 6 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Gold 17 · 30%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 16 · 28%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 13 · 23%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

42 of 57 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation20
Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers14
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa7
United States Agency for International Development5
University of Ghana5
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement4
Department for International Development4
North Carolina State University4

Carotenoid contents in fresh, dried and processed sweetpotato products

Ecology of Food and Nutrition2

1998113 citations