Julius Kofi Hagan

University of Cape Coast

Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2014per ORCID

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

Animal Science and Zoology
Genetics
Agronomy and Crop Science
Plant Science
Economics and Econometrics
Nutrition and Dietetics

Publications: 272013–2026
Citations: 207to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 0.621.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 4%1 of 27 scored papers
Open access: 63%17 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, Animal ScienceUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2014

Education

PhD, Animal ScienceKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2010

Honours, memberships and service

TWAS Young AffiliateTWASsince 2016
3rd Best Young Professional Scientist in AfricaFARA/CTA2013

On their papers

University of Cape Coast

Publications

27 in all

Drivers of agricultural students’ career choices in the broiler value chain in Ghana
2026Discover AgricultureJournalOpen access0 citations10.1007/s44279-026-00556-w
Comparative analysis of the profit efficiency levels among the major actors in broiler value chain in Ghana
2025Cogent Food & Agriculture

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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.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Animal Science and Zoology1970%
Genetics830%
Agronomy and Crop Science622%
Plant Science415%
Economics and Econometrics27%
Nutrition and Dietetics27%
Small Animals27%
Analytical Chemistry14%
Biomedical Engineering14%
Business and International Management14%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Animal Nutrition and Physiology13
Livestock and Poultry Management10
Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock7
Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health6
Livestock Farming and Management3
Livestock Management and Performance Improvement3
Meat and Animal Product Quality3
Moringa oleifera research and applications3
Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies2
Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock2
Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies1
Agricultural Innovations and Practices1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

30% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223344Home

Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria5
India2
South Africa2
United States1
Mexico1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH7 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH5 papers
CSIR - Animal Research InstituteGH5 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH3 papers
Akwa Ibom State UniversityNG3 papers
Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIN2 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH2 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchZA2 papers
Autonomous University of YucatánMX1 paper
Oklahoma State UniversityUS1 paper

Where they publish

Tropical Animal Health and Production7
Journal of Innovative Agriculture3
British Poultry Science2
Online Journal of Animal and Feed Research2
Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences1
Cogent Food & Agriculture1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger6
10Reduced inequalities2
15Life on land2
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
6Clean water and sanitation1
8Decent work and economic growth1

Most cited

The effects of breed, season and parity on the reproductive performance of pigs reared under hot and humid environments
Tropical Animal Health and Production2
201835 citations
Growth performance of crossbred naked neck and normal feathered laying hens kept in tropical villages
British Poultry Science
201427 citations
Genetic and non-genetic factors influencing the performance of the West African Dwarf (WAD) goat kept at the Kintampo Goat Breeding Station of Ghana
Tropical Animal Health and Production2

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Effect of strain and age of layer chickens on proximate contents of egg yolk and albumen

2022Online Journal of Animal and Feed ResearchJournalOpen access2 citations10.51227/ojafr.2022.37

Characteristics and trait preferences of West African Dwarf goat keepers in Ghana

2021Tropical Animal Health and ProductionJournalSenior author5 citations10.1007/s11250-021-02781-5

Testicular characteristics of West African Dwarf (WAD) rams administered aqueous Aspilia africana extract

2021Makerere University Journal of Agricultural & Environmental SciencesJournalOpen access0 citations10.70060/mak-jaes-2021-285

Discover Agriculture

Genetics and Biodiversity Journal1

How it can be read

63% free to read

Diamond 10 · 37%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 15%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 10 · 37%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 27 papers name a funder

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior2
University of Ghana1

202023 citationsWorld top 10%