Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at Garden City University Collegefrom their recent papers

Director of Scientific and Technical Computing, National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, since 2009per ORCID
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Scienceper ORCID

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi is an associate Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST). He is an Erasmus Mundus Scholar with over fifteen years of experience in Computer vision and Scientific Computing. He has served as a Principal and Co-principal investigator for many grants from several funding sources, including the World Bank, the National Institutes of Health-USA, the Fogarty International Centre, and the… More on ORCID

Computational Theory and Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Computational Mechanics
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Biomedical Engineering

In their own words

Fractional Differential Equations
Reservoir Simulation
Gait & Face and Fingerprint Recognition
Wavelets & High Performance C

Publications: 322008–2026
Citations: 169to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 0.501.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 27 scored papers
Open access: 78%21 of the 27 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 242 citations, h-index 8 and i10-index 8 (181 citations and h-index 7 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Director of Scientific and Technical Computing, Scientific and Technical Computing UnitNational Institute for Mathematical Sciencessince 2009
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Science

Education

PhD in Mathematics and Computing, MathematicsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2009

On their papers

Publications

32 in all

Pathways, outputs and impact of NIH-supported bioinformatics and genomics graduate trainees in Africa
2026Briefings in BioinformaticsJournalOpen access1 citation10.1093/bib/bbag046
Stochastic optimal harmonic suppression with permissible photovoltaic penetration level for grid-linked systems using Monte Carlo-based hybrid NSGA2-MOPSO: A. Abubakar et al.
2026

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Computational Theory and Mathematics516%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering516%
Mechanical Engineering516%
Computational Mechanics413%
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition413%
Biomedical Engineering39%
Control and Systems Engineering39%
Modeling and Simulation39%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment39%
Environmental Engineering26%

Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering5
Image and Signal Denoising Methods4
Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics3
Fractional Differential Equations Solutions3
Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis3
Energy and Environment Impacts2
Energy Load and Power Forecasting2
Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques2
Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology2
Groundwater flow and contamination studies2
Microgrid Control and Optimization2
Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

19% of their 27 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States2
Kenya1
Uganda1
China1
Germany1
Mali1
Finland1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

African Institute for Mathematical Sciences GhanaGH7 papers
University of Cape CoastGH3 papers
Ghana Communication Technology UniversityGH2 papers
Baylor College of MedicineUS1 paper
Brigham and Women's HospitalUS1 paper
Broad InstituteUS1 paper
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS1 paper
Georgia Institute of TechnologyUS1 paper
German Cancer Research CenterDE1 paper
Harvard UniversityUS1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology4
Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science3
British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science2
Energy Systems2
Heliyon2
Scientific African2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land5
7Affordable and clean energy3
6Clean water and sanitation1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

A new construction of a fractional derivative mask for image edge analysis based on Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative
Advances in Difference Equations
201638 citationsOpen access · Gold
Performance Analysis of Image Smoothing Techniques on a New Fractional Convolution Mask for Image Edge Detection
Open Journal of Applied Sciences
201618 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Statistical Modeling for Prediction of CCT Diagrams of Steels Involving Interaction of Alloying Elements
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B

Every institution they have given on a paper.

A new macro-scale volume averaged transport model for diffusive dominated non-Darcian flow problem in multi-scaled naturally fractured reservoirs

2022Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production TechnologyJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.1007/s13202-022-01498-x

Boltzmann transformation of radial two-phase black oil model for tight oil reservoirs

2022Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production TechnologyJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.1007/s13202-022-01528-8

Time-Frequency Coherence and Forecast Analysis of Selected Stock Returns in Ghan Using Haar Wavelet

2019Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer ScienceJournalOpen access4 citations10.9734/jamcs/2019/46323

Human Fatigue Characterization and Detection Using the Eyelid State and Kalman Filter

2019Asian Journal of Research in Computer ScienceJournalOpen access0 citations10.9734/ajrcos/2019/v3i130082

Fractional radial-cylindrical diffusivity model for levels of heterogeneity in petroleum reservoirs

2017Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production TechnologyJournalOpen accessCorresponding2 citations10.1007/s13202-017-0349-8

Establishing the Blink Cycle of the Eye using OTSU Method and Gaussian Filter

2017International Journal of Computer ApplicationsJournalOpen access1 citation10.5120/ijca2017915514

Cantor's Ternary Set Formula-Basic Approach

2015British Journal of Mathematics & Computer ScienceJournal3 citations10.9734/bjmcs/2016/21435

Optimal Spline Based Gas-Lift Allocation Using Lagrange's Multiplier

2014International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT)JournalFirst author2 citations

Volunteer computing: Application for African scientist

2008ICT AFRICAJournalSenior author4 citations

Advances in Difference Equations

Asian Journal of Research in Computer Science1

How it can be read

78% free to read, of the 27 recorded

Diamond 6 · 19%Free to read and to publish
Gold 11 · 34%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 6 · 19%Behind a paywall
Unknown 5 · 16%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

11 of 32 papers name a funder

Division of Mathematical Sciences7
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2
Academy of Finland1
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development1
Center for Clinical and Translational Research1
Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases1
National Institute for Materials Science1

Open access · Bronze

Stochastic optimal harmonic suppression with permissible photovoltaic penetration level for grid-linked systems using Monte Carlo-based hybrid NSGA2-MOPSO: A. Abubakar et al.

Energy Systems

202612 citations