Steve Ampofo

University of Technology and Applied Sciences

Publishing since 2015, latest 2025

Global and Planetary Change
Water Science and Technology
Atmospheric Science
Ocean Engineering
Waste Management and Disposal
Environmental Engineering

Publications: 212015–2025
Citations: 248to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 0.891.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 5%1 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 95%20 papers free to read

8 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

Citations received each year

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

21 in all

A half century dataset on ETCCDI annual precipitation indices for the Northern savanna agro-ecological zone (Ghana) and the entire country
2025Discover DataPublicationOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s44248-025-00037-3
Implications of Land use and Land Cover Dynamics for Water Resources in Ghana Under Changing Climatic Conditions A Review

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Global and Planetary Change733%
Water Science and Technology524%
Atmospheric Science419%
Ocean Engineering419%
Waste Management and Disposal419%
Environmental Engineering314%
Pollution314%
Soil Science314%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics210%
Forestry210%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Hydrology and Drought Analysis4
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies4
Municipal Solid Waste Management4
Water resources management and optimization4
Climate variability and models3
Energy and Environment Impacts3
Flood Risk Assessment and Management3
African Botany and Ecology Studies2
Groundwater and Watershed Analysis2
Precipitation Measurement and Analysis2
Soil erosion and sediment transport2
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their papers have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University for Development StudiesGH9 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH4 papers
Navrongo Health Research CentreGH3 papers
All Nations UniversityGH1 paper
Ghana Cocoa BoardGH1 paper
Accra Technical UniversityGH1 paper
Ghana Christian University CollegeGH1 paper
University of Mines and TechnologyGH1 paper
Water Resources Commission of GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Science Technology and Development3
African Journal Of Applied Research1
African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology1
Data in Brief1
Discover Data1
Discover Water1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger3
6Clean water and sanitation3
15Life on land2
11Sustainable cities and communities1
12Responsible consumption and production1
13Climate action1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Solid Waste Management Challenges in Urban Areas of Ghana: A Case Study of Bawku Municipality
International Journal of Geosciences
201772 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Selection of the final solid waste disposal site in the Bolgatanga municipality of Ghana using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and multi-criteria evaluation (MCE)
Heliyon15
202325 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Long-term spatio-temporal variability and change in rainfall over Ghana (1960–2015)

Long-term spatio-temporal variability and change in rainfall over Ghana (1960–2015)

2023Scientific AfricanJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding22 citations10.1016/j.sciaf.2023.e01588

A Review on Renewable Energy Scenario in Ethiopia

2023Iranica Journal of Energy and EnvironmentJournalOpen accessSenior author21 citations10.5829/ijee.2023.14.04.07

Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Towards Reducing Vulnerability to Drought in Northern Ghana

2022European Journal of Environment and Earth SciencesJournalOpen access19 citations10.24018/ejgeo.2022.3.4.294

Impact of Landuse and Landcover Changes on Hydrological Components of the Oti Sub-Basin of Ghana

2022Ghana Journal of Science Technology and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.47881/375.967x

Modelling Soil and Water Dynamics in the Black Volta Basin Using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Model

2021Ghana Journal of Science Technology and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.47881/259.967x

Modeling soil water balance of an agricultural watershed in the Guinea Savannah Agro-ecological Zone; a case of the Tono irrigation dam watershed

2020Ghana Journal of Science Technology and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.47881/223.967x

Geospatial Assessment of Groundwater Quality in the Savelugu-Nanton Municipality, Northern Ghana.

2018African Journal Of Applied ResearchJournalOpen access6 citations

Investigating the potability of water from dug wells: A case study of the Bolgatanga Township, Ghana

2016African Journal of Environmental Science and TechnologyJournalOpen accessSenior author11 citations10.5897/ajest2016.2127

The nexus of population change, agricultural expansion, landscape fragmentation in the Volta gorge area, Ghana

2016Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.4314/ejesm.v9i4.3

Environment & Ecosystem science

Environment and Pollution1

How it can be read

95% free to read

Diamond 7 · 33%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 29%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 6 · 29%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 5%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 21 papers name a funder

World Bank Group1

202322 citationsOpen access · Gold

A Review on Renewable Energy Scenario in Ethiopia

Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment12

202321 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Towards Reducing Vulnerability to Drought in Northern Ghana

European Journal of Environment and Earth Sciences

202219 citationsOpen access · Hybrid