D.K. Dodoo

Publishing since 1981, latest 2023

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Pollution
Water Science and Technology
Aquatic Science
Building and Construction
Cancer Research

In their own words

Environmental Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Risk Assessment
Pollution in Mining areas
Marine Pollution

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 471981–2023
Citations: 1,020to those papers
h-index: 19i10-index 28
Field-weighted impact: 1.861.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 24%7 of 29 scored papers
Open access: 17%5 of the 29 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 1,944 citations, h-index 23 and i10-index 38 (675 citations and h-index 16 since 2021), as of October 3, 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

47 in all

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Citations received each year

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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

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis1838%
Pollution919%
Water Science and Technology613%
Aquatic Science24%
Building and Construction24%
Cancer Research24%
Food Science24%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law24%
Plant Science24%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health24%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact10
Air Quality and Health Impacts6
Heavy metals in environment5
Water Quality and Pollution Assessment5
Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology3
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity3
Mercury impact and mitigation studies3
Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment2
Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals2
Environmental and Social Impact Assessments2
Fish Biology and Ecology Studies2
Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

3% of their 29 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Canada1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Cape CoastGH28 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers
University of BradfordGB1 paper
Ghana Health ServiceGH1 paper

Where they publish

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment5
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia3
Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal3
Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry Reviews3
Indoor and Built Environment2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

14Life below water12
6Clean water and sanitation3
11Sustainable cities and communities2
17Partnerships for the goals2
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Effect of smoke generation sources and smoke curing duration on the levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) in different suites of fish
Food and Chemical Toxicology14
2013122 citationsWorld top 10%
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination in smoke-cured fish products
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis14
201279 citationsWorld top 10%
Cancer and Non-Cancer Risk Assessment from Exposure to Arsenic, Copper, and Cadmium in Borehole, Tap, and Surface Water in the Obuasi Municipality, Ghana

Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring & Management

Pesticides residues in okra (non-target crop) grown close to a watermelon farm in Ghana

2013Environmental Monitoring and AssessmentJournalSenior author39 citations10.1007/s10661-013-3123-5

Analysis of Some Pesticide Residues in Tomatoes in Ghana

2008Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International JournalJournal40 citations10.1080/10807030802235243

Heavy metal levels in singedcattle hide ( wele ) and its human health implications

2007Proceedings – The First International Conference on Environmental Research, Technology and Policy, ERTEP 2007, Accra, GhanaJournal12 citations

Quality of “Sachet” Waters in the Cape Coast Municipality of Ghana

2006Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part AJournalFirst author48 citations10.1080/10934520500423238

ANALYSIS OF VEHICULAR FALLOUTS FROM TRAFFIC IN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS, GHANA

2006Bulletin of the Chemical Society of EthiopiaJournalOpen access12 citations10.4314/bcse.v20i1.21139

Pentachlorophenol (PCP) residues in the Takoradi Municipality in the Western Region of Ghana

2002Journal of Natural SciencesJournalSenior author0 citations

OF 14C-LINDANE APPLIED TO SOIL

1997Environmental Behaviour of Crop Protection Chemicals: Proceedings of an International Symposium on the Use of Nuclear and Related Techniques for Studying Environmental Behaviour of Crop Protection ChemicalsJournalSenior author0 citations

Characterizing Bongo-dA clays and shales for manufacture of portland cement in the Northern Region of Ghana

1997Journal of Applied Science and TechnologyJournalFirst author0 citations

Persistence and fate of 14C-lindane applied to soil in a maize ecosystem

1996Environmental Behavior of Crop Protection Chemicals: Proc. Int. Symp.(Vienna, 1-5 JulyJournalSenior author1 citation

Copper and zinc in the sediment of the Fosu lagoon

1995Ghana Journal of ChemistryJournalFirst author7 citations

Effect of cupric ion activity on calcium accumulation in juvenile flounder (Paralichthys spp.)

1992Marine environmental researchJournalFirst author15 citations