Richard Adu-Acheampong

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana

Publishing since 2004, latest 2024

Horticulture
Plant Science
Ecology
Insect Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Business and International Management

Publications: 192004–2024
Citations: 192to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 1.411.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 11%2 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 68%13 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Publications

19 in all

Spatial variation in cocoa insect pest populations and its implication for pest management
2024Forests Trees and LivelihoodsJournalSenior author1 citation10.1080/14728028.2024.2324799
Spatiotemporal Distribution and Damage Trends of Pseudotheraptus devastans (Dist.) on Theobroma cacao in Ghana
2024Psyche A Journal of Entomology

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Horticulture1579%
Plant Science947%
Ecology526%
Insect Science526%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics421%
Business and International Management211%
Finance15%
Food Science15%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences15%
Management of Technology and Innovation15%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy15
Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens5
Insect Pest Control Strategies4
Insect-Plant Interactions and Control4
Oil Palm Production and Sustainability4
Agriculture and Rural Development Research3
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development2
Agricultural Innovations and Practices1
Community Development and Social Impact1
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences1
Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis1
Forest Insect Ecology and Management1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

26% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

Netherlands4
Kenya1
Switzerland1
Benin1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH6 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH5 papers
Wageningen University & ResearchNL4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
CSIR - Animal Research InstituteGH2 papers
Ghana Standards AuthorityGH2 papers
Government of GhanaGH2 papers
Ghana Cocoa BoardGH2 papers
CABI SwitzerlandCH1 paper
Centre for African WetlandsGH1 paper

Where they publish

Cahiers Agricultures3
Tropical Science3
Forests Trees and Livelihoods1
Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science1
International Journal of Pest Management1
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger5
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure3
15Life on land2
1No poverty1
8Decent work and economic growth1
12Responsible consumption and production1

Most cited

The cocoa mirid (Hemiptera: Miridae) problem: evidence to support new recommendations on the timing of insecticide application on cocoa in Ghana
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science2
201445 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Strategy for Insect Pest Control in Cocoa
Journal of Experimental Agriculture International
201526 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Horizon scanning for prioritising invasive alien species with potential to threaten agriculture and biodiversity in Ghana

Outbreak and Insecticide Susceptibility of Pod Feeding-larvae on Cocoa in Ghana

2021Pertanika journal of tropical agricultural scienceJournalOpen accessCorresponding5 citations10.47836/pjtas.45.1.04

An innovation platform for institutional change in Ghana's cocoa sector

2017Cahiers AgriculturesJournalOpen accessFirst author16 citations10.1051/cagri/2017016

INSECTICIDE HANDLING IN COCOA PRODUCTION IN FOUR REGIONS IN GHANA

2016Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.4314/just.v36i2.1

Strategy for Insect Pest Control in Cocoa

2015Journal of Experimental Agriculture InternationalJournalOpen accessFirst author26 citations10.9734/ajea/2015/12956

The life cycle of the cocoa stem borer Eulophonotus myrmeleon in Ghana

2004Tropical ScienceJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1002/ts.127

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research

Journal of Experimental Agriculture International1

How it can be read

68% free to read

Diamond 8 · 42%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 16%In an open-access journal
Green 2 · 11%A copy in a repository
Closed 6 · 32%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

8 of 19 papers name a funder

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana4
Commission on Higher Education3
Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development1
Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit1
European Commission1
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office1
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken1

202222 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

An innovation platform for institutional change in Ghana's cocoa sector

Cahiers Agricultures9

201716 citationsOpen access · Diamond