J. K. O. Ampofo

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1974, latest 2007

Plant Science
Insect Science
Molecular Biology
Agronomy and Crop Science
Aquatic Science
Ecology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 161974–2007
Citations: 406to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 0.901.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 13%2 of 16 scored papers
Open access: 13%2 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

16 in all

Evaluation of organic control methods of the bean beetle Ootheca bennigseni in East Africa
2007Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed Control ConferenceJournalOpen access8 citations10.30843/nzpp.2007.60.4599
Scaling out integrated pest management with bean growers: some experiences from Eastern and Southern Africa
2004

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science1488%
Insect Science850%
Molecular Biology638%
Agronomy and Crop Science319%
Aquatic Science16%
Ecology16%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics16%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences16%
Genetics16%
Nature and Landscape Conservation16%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Insect Pest Control Strategies9
Insect-Plant Interactions and Control7
Agricultural pest management studies6
Insect Resistance and Genetics6
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems3
Plant Parasitism and Resistance3
Agricultural Innovations and Practices1
Biological Control of Invasive Species1
Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies1
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies1
Fish Biology and Ecology Studies1
Fossil Insects in Amber1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

31% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Kenya14
Colombia4
Uganda2
Switzerland1
Ethiopia1
Nigeria1
Tanzania1
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

International Centre of Insect Physiology and EcologyKE12 papers
International Center for Tropical AgricultureCO4 papers
International Center for Tropical AgricultureKE2 papers
Makerere UniversityUG2 papers
ETH ZurichCH1 paper
HarvestPlusUS1 paper
Institute of Integrative BiologyCH1 paper
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchET1 paper
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG1 paper
Government of TanzaniaTZ1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science6
Field Crops Research2
Annual Review of Entomology1
CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)1
Crop Protection1
Crop Science1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land8
2Zero hunger3
1No poverty1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Insect Pests of Beans in Africa: Their Ecology and Management
Annual Review of Entomology2
1996199 citations
Maize Stalk Borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Damage and Plant Resistance
Environmental Entomology15
198647 citations
Effect of cowpea/maize mixed cropping on the incident light at the cowpea canopy and flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) population density
Crop Protection15

CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)

Insect Pests of Beans in Africa: Their Ecology and Management

1996Annual Review of EntomologyJournalSenior author199 citations10.1146/annurev.en.41.010196.000401

Assessment of On-Farm Losses in Maize Production Due to Insect Pests

1988International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceJournalFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1017/s1742758400005543

Maize Stalk Borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Damage and Plant Resistance

1986Environmental EntomologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding47 citations10.1093/ee/15.6.1124

Effect of Resistant Maize Cultivars on Larval Dispersal and Establishment of Chilo partellus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

1986International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceJournalFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.1017/s1742758400003192

Chilo Partellus (Swinhoe) Oviposition on Susceptible and Resistant Maize Genotypes

1985International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceJournalFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.1017/s1742758400004586

The structure of the conglobate gland in Dictyoptera

1974Journal of Entomology Series A General EntomologyJournalFirst author1 citation10.1111/j.1365-3032.1974.tb00044.x

Environmental Entomology1

Journal of Applied Entomology1

How it can be read

13% free to read

Diamond 1 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Green 1 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 14 · 88%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 16 papers name a funder

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst2
Ford Foundation1