Kofi Sarpong Adu‐Manu

University of Ghana

Also at Ashesi Universityfrom their recent papers

Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, since 2020per ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems
Water Science and Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Ocean Engineering

Publications: 402016–2026
Citations: 802to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 2.151.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 28%11 of 40 scored papers
Open access: 75%30 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, Computer ScienceUniversity of Ghana, Legon, Accrasince 2020

Education

PhD, Computer ScienceUniversity of Ghana, Legon, Accra2014–2019

On their papers

Publications

40 in all

Evaluating Machine Learning Efficacy for DoS Intrusion Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks
2026International Journal of Wireless and Microwave TechnologiesJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.5815/ijwmt.2026.01.01
A Systematic Review of Frameworks for the Detection and Prevention of Card-Not-Present (CNP) Fraud
2026

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Computer Networks and Communications2050%
Information Systems1230%
Water Science and Technology1128%
Artificial Intelligence718%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering718%
Ocean Engineering410%
Computer Science Applications38%
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition38%
Environmental Engineering38%
Management Information Systems38%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks13
Water Quality Monitoring Technologies11
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security5
Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks5
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing5
Network Security and Intrusion Detection5
Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems4
Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting3
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI3
Spam and Phishing Detection3
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education2
Big Data and Business Intelligence2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

13% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States2
Uganda1
India1
Germany1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGH10 papers
Valley View UniversityGH6 papers
Ashesi UniversityGH3 papers
University of RochesterUS2 papers
Lancaster University GhanaGH2 papers
Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgDE1 paper
Christ UniversityIN1 paper
Lancaster UniversityGB1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
Uganda Christian UniversityUG1 paper

Where they publish

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing5
Journal of Cyber Security3
Journal of Sensors3
International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications2
Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing2
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

7Affordable and clean energy6
6Clean water and sanitation3
8Decent work and economic growth3
4Quality education2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
10Reduced inequalities2
15Life on land2
16

Most cited

Water Quality Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
2017289 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Prolonging the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks: A Review of Current Techniques
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
2018181 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
WSN Protocols and Security Challenges for Environmental Monitoring Applications: A Survey

Lancaster University Ghana

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Journal of Cyber Security

Exploring the Performance of Students in Programming Courses: A Study of Ghana’s Sandwich Computing Education

2026International Journal of Education and Management EngineeringJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.5815/ijeme.2026.01.03

PoAD : A Scalable and Energy‐Efficient Consensus Algorithm for Smart Contract Execution in Decentralized Systems

2025Concurrency and Computation Practice and ExperienceJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1002/cpe.70197

Africa’s Preparedness for AI-Driven HRM Practices: A systematic Literature Review

2025International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social SciencesJournalOpen access2 citations10.6007/ijarbss/v15-i8/26233

CBU-SMAC: an energy-efficient CLUSTER-BASED UNIFIED SMAC algorithm for wireless sensor networks

2024Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized ComputingJournalSenior authorCorresponding6 citations10.1007/s12652-023-04737-z

Detecting Phishing Using a Multi-Layered Social Engineering Framework

2023Journal of Cyber SecurityJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.32604/jcs.2023.043359

WSN Protocols and Security Challenges for Environmental Monitoring Applications: A Survey

2022Journal of SensorsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding58 citations10.1155/2022/1628537

WSN Architectures for Environmental Monitoring Applications

2022Journal of SensorsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding30 citations10.1155/2022/7823481

A modified distance-based energy-aware (mDBEA) routing protocol in wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

2022Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized ComputingJournalCorresponding29 citations10.1007/s12652-021-03683-y

SMAC-Based WSN Protocol-Current State of the Art, Challenges, and Future Directions

2022Journal of Computer Networks and CommunicationsJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding12 citations10.1155/2022/6707413

Phishing Attacks in Social Engineering: A Review

2022Journal of Cyber SecurityJournalOpen accessFirst author10 citations10.32604/jcs.2023.041095

A novel convolutional Atangana-Baleanu fractional derivative mask for medical image edge analysis

2022Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial IntelligenceJournalSenior author5 citations10.1080/0952813x.2022.2108147

Network Performance Metrics for Energy Efficient Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)

2021Wireless Communications and Mobile ComputingJournalOpen accessCorresponding10 citations10.1155/2021/9635958

Content-based Image Retrieval using Tesseract OCR Engine and Levenshtein Algorithm

2021International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and ApplicationsJournalOpen accessSenior author17 citations10.14569/ijacsa.2021.0120776

Smart River Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks

2020Wireless Communications and Mobile ComputingJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding51 citations10.1155/2020/8897126

Reducing the Energy Budget in WSN Using Time Series Models

2020Wireless Communications and Mobile ComputingJournalOpen accessSenior author21 citations10.1155/2020/8893064

A Secured Cloud-based E-voting System using Information Dispersal Algorithm

2020International Journal of Computer ApplicationsJournalOpen access2 citations10.5120/ijca2020920734

Prolonging the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks: A Review of Current Techniques

2018Wireless Communications and Mobile ComputingJournalOpen access181 citations10.1155/2018/8035065

Water Quality Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks

2017ACM Transactions on Sensor NetworksJournalOpen accessFirst author289 citations10.1145/3005719

Resilient Framework for Distributed Computation Offloading: Overview, Challenges and Issues

2017International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and ApplicationsJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.14569/ijacsa.2017.081146

iCleaner: A Data Cleansing Tool for Outlier Detection in a Data Warehousing Environment

2016British Journal of Mathematics & Computer ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.9734/bjmcs/2016/28861

Advances in Multimedia

Bioinformatics and Biology Insights1

How it can be read

75% free to read

Diamond 10 · 25%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 18%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 10 · 25%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 10 · 25%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

5 of 40 papers name a funder

University of Ghana4
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique1
National Science Foundation1
University of Cyprus1

Peace, justice and strong institutions

12Responsible consumption and production1

Journal of Sensors12

202258 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Smart River Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing6

202051 citationsOpen access · Hybrid

WSN Architectures for Environmental Monitoring Applications

Journal of Sensors15

202230 citationsOpen access · Hybrid