K. Osei-Bonsu

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana

Publishing since 1988, latest 2016

Horticulture
Forestry
Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Agronomy and Crop Science
Ecology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 181988–2016
Citations: 252to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 0.941.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 17%3 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 33%6 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

18 in all

Use of Immune Crops as Barrier in the Management of Cacao Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD)—Long-Term Assessment
2016Plant DiseaseJournalOpen access17 citations10.1094/pdis-03-16-0404-re
Small town water quality
2009DesalinationJournalSenior author

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Horticulture1267%
Forestry528%
Plant Science422%
Molecular Biology317%
Agronomy and Crop Science211%
Ecology211%
Insect Science211%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics16%
Food Science16%
Nutrition and Dietetics16%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy12
African Botany and Ecology Studies4
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems2
Oil Palm Production and Sustainability2
Plant tissue culture and regeneration2
Seed Germination and Physiology2
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems1
Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions1
Biological Control of Invasive Species1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Coffee research and impacts1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

6% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of ReadingGB1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science5
Journal of the Ghana Science Association4
Agroforestry Systems3
Tropical Science2
Current plant science and biotechnology in agriculture1
Desalination1
Experimental Agriculture

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger5
15Life on land5
6Clean water and sanitation1

Most cited

Cacao-coconut intercropping in Ghana: agronomic and economic perspectives
Agroforestry Systems2
200250 citationsWorld top 10%
Seed and seedling vigour
Current plant science and biotechnology in agriculture2
198845 citations
Underplanting oil palm with cocoa in Ghana
Agroforestry Systems

Cacao-coconut intercropping in Ghana: agronomic and economic perspectives

2002Agroforestry SystemsJournalFirst authorCorresponding50 citations10.1023/a:1020271608483

The use of gamma radiation for the preservation of kola nuts

2000Journal of the Ghana Science AssociationJournal4 citations10.4314/jgsa.v2i3.17894

A survey of raw processing methods for kolanuts

2000Journal of the Ghana Science AssociationJournal2 citations10.4314/jgsa.v2i1.17847

The effect of time of planting at stake on cocoa seedling survival

1999Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen access8 citations10.4314/gjas.v32i1.1917

Evaluation of bare-root methods for transplanting cocoa seedlings

1999Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen access4 citations10.4314/gjas.v32i1.1916

The establishment and early yield of cocoa intercropped with food crops in Ghana

1998Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author15 citations10.4314/gjas.v31i1.1944

Preliminary evaluation of some forest trees for cocoa cultivation

1998Journal of the Ghana Science AssociationJournalFirst author6 citations10.4314/jgsa.v1i1.17796

Evaluation of Basta (glufosinate ammonium ) for weed control in Coffee

1998Journal of the Ghana Science AssociationJournal1 citation10.4314/jgsa.v1i1.17786

Underplanting oil palm with cocoa in Ghana

1995Agroforestry SystemsJournal34 citations10.1007/bf00705215

Seed and seedling vigour

1988Current plant science and biotechnology in agricultureBook chapterSenior author45 citations10.1007/978-94-009-2764-3_71

How it can be read

33% free to read

Diamond 5 · 28%Free to read and to publish
Bronze 1 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 12 · 67%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 18 papers name a funder

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana1

Small town water quality

Desalination6

200926 citations