Benjamin Yeboah Ofori

University of Ghana

Lecturer, University of Ghana Faculty of Science, since 2012per ORCID

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

Ecology
Global and Planetary Change
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Social Psychology

Publications: 272013–2026
Citations: 335to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 1.691.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 7%2 of 27 scored papers
Open access: 52%14 papers free to read

4 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Animal Biology and Conservation ScienceUniversity of Ghana Faculty of Sciencesince 2012

Education

BSc, MPhil, ZoologyUniversity of Ghana Faculty of Sciencesince 2001

Publications

27 in all

The Economic Value of Animals Traded for Traditional Medicine in Ghana and Its Effect on Biodiversity Conservation
2026Human EcologyJournal0 citations10.1007/s10745-026-00777-z
Babesia Infections in Reservoir Hosts and the Possibility of Human Babesiosis in Ghana
2025Vector-Borne and Zoonotic DiseasesJournalSenior author

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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

Ecology1763%
Global and Planetary Change830%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics726%
Genetics519%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health519%
Social Psychology519%
Ecological Modeling415%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law311%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis27%
Paleontology27%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation15
Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies6
Bat Biology and Ecology Studies6
Amphibian and Reptile Biology5
Species Distribution and Climate Change4
Zoonotic diseases and public health4
Human-Animal Interaction Studies3
Primate Behavior and Ecology3
Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation3
Animal and Plant Science Education2
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies2
Evolution and Paleontology Studies2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

44% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Australia8
United States2
Switzerland2
France2
Belgium1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Macquarie UniversityAU8 papers
University for Development StudiesGH6 papers
Université de MontpellierFR2 papers
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de MontpellierFR2 papers
Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementFR2 papers
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR2 papers
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelleFR1 paper
Natural History Museum of BernCH1 paper
University of AntwerpBE1 paper
University of BernCH1 paper

Where they publish

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment5
Herpetology notes3
Urban Ecosystems2
African Journal of Ecology1
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies1
Ecology and Evolution1
European Journal of Wildlife Research

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities8
15Life on land7
13Climate action3
2Zero hunger2
14Life below water1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Influence of adaptive capacity on the outcome of climate change vulnerability assessment
Scientific Reports
201775 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Climate change knowledge, attitude and perception of undergraduate students in Ghana
PLOS Climate13
202358 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Urban green area provides refuge for native small mammal biodiversity in a rapidly expanding city in Ghana

The perspectives of clinical level medical students on animal-assisted therapy: a study in Ghana

2024BMC Complementary Medicine and TherapiesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s12906-024-04679-9

Green Care as Alternative Therapy: The Situation in Ghana

2021Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.1155/2021/8812379

Influence of adaptive capacity on the outcome of climate change vulnerability assessment

2017Scientific ReportsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding75 citations10.1038/s41598-017-13245-y

Impact of mining and forest regeneration on small mammal biodiversity in the Western Region of Ghana

2017Environmental Monitoring and AssessmentJournalSenior authorCorresponding35 citations10.1007/s10661-017-5960-0

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine1

How it can be read

52% free to read

Diamond 1 · 4%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 26%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Green 3 · 11%A copy in a repository
Closed 13 · 48%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 27 papers name a funder

Agence Nationale de la Recherche1
Centre Méditerranéen de l’Environnement et de la Biodiversité1
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique1
Idea Wild1
Labex DRIIHM1
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle1
Open Society Foundations1
Solar Energy Technologies Office1

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment11