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University of Energy and Natural Resources / Scholars

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Michael Asigbaase

University of Energy and Natural Resources

Publishing since 2019, latest 2026

Horticulture
Forestry
Global and Planetary Change
Plant Science
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Ecology

ORCID 0000-0002-9162-1149
Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 292019–2026
Citations: 428to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 4.091.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 48%14 of 29 scored papers
Open access: 69%20 papers free to read

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

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

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Publications

29 in all

Newest Most cited Oldest Title

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Cocoa farmers’ ethnoecological knowledge of soil biota and fertility management in Ghana’s agroecological zones
2026Discover AgricultureJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1007/s44279-026-00554-y
Collaborative Forest Management in Two Degraded Forest Reserves in Ghana: Gender Dynamics, Challenges, and Contributions to Livelihoods and Conflict Resolution

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Subfields

Horticulture1034%
Forestry931%
Global and Planetary Change828%
Plant Science828%
Nature and Landscape Conservation724%
Ecology414%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics414%
Building and Construction310%
Food Science310%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences310%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy10
African Botany and Ecology Studies7
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management5
Forest ecology and management4
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture4
Agricultural Innovations and Practices3
Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems3
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies3
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies3
Mining and Resource Management3
Agriculture and Rural Development Research2
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

28% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223344Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom5
United States2
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH16 papers
University of NottinghamGB5 papers
The Forestry Commission of GhanaGH3 papers
Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeUS2 papers
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentGH2 papers
Eberswalde University for Sustainable DevelopmentDE1 paper
Ghana Center for Democratic DevelopmentGH1 paper
Forestry Research Institute of GhanaGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH1 paper

Where they publish

Heliyon2
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science2
Trees Forests and People2
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment1
Agroforestry Systems1
Applied and Environmental Soil Science1
British Journal of Contemporary Research1
Discover Agriculture1

How it can be read

69% free to read

Diamond 3 · 10%Free to read and to publish
Gold 15 · 52%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 9 · 31%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

7 of 29 papers name a funder

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land17
2Zero hunger5
12Responsible consumption and production2
5Gender equality1

Most cited

Tree diversity and its ecological importance value in organic and conventional cocoa agroforests in Ghana
PLoS ONE15
2019111 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Conservation and economic benefits of medicinal plants: Insights from forest-fringe communities of Southwestern Ghana
Trees Forests and People
202368 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Biomass and carbon stocks of organic and conventional cocoa agroforests, Ghana
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment15
202066 citationsWorld top 10%
Decomposition and nutrient mineralisation of leaf litter in smallholder cocoa agroforests: a comparison of organic and conventional farms in Ghana
Journal of Soils and Sediments12
202043 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Temporal changes in litterfall and potential nutrient return in cocoa agroforestry systems under organic and conventional management, Ghana
Heliyon15
202130 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

2026

Small-scale Forestry

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First author

Corresponding

1 citation

10.1007/s11842-026-09642-9

Drivers of farmers' soil quality knowledge across Ghanaian agroecological zones

2026Discover EnvironmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1007/s44274-026-00642-2

Compositional distinctiveness and patterns of woody species abundance distribution in Ghana’s Mole National Park, Savannah Region

2026Journal of Tropical EcologyJournal0 citations10.1017/s0266467426100467

Integrating remote sensing and ecosystem valuation to quantify the impacts of land use change in a mining-affected district of ghana

2026Journal of Environmental Impact and Management PolicyJournalOpen access0 citations10.55529/jeimp.61.12.26

Optimal Cover Crops for Land Reclamation in West Africa: A Review of Performance, Adaptability, and Ecosystem Benefits

2026International Journal of Plant & Soil ScienceJournalOpen access0 citations10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i25984

Assessing urban riparian degradation, using an indicator-based species approach in a West African suburban area

2026Urban EcosystemsJournal0 citations10.1007/s11252-026-02004-5

Ecosystem services and disservices of shade trees on cocoa agroforestry systems of Ghana: insight from farmers

2026Agroforestry SystemsJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s10457-026-01646-w

A Critical Analysis of the Regulatory Framework Governing Ghana’s Commercial Explosives Sector

2026British Journal of Contemporary ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.67693/bjcr-5hdr5y2x

Phytoremediation potential of selected plant species in heavy metal-contaminated mined soil in Ghana

2026Sustainability Analytics and ModelingJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.samod.2026.100083

Shade Tree Selection in Cocoa Agroforestry: Ghanaian Farmers' Preferences, Ecological Insight and Drivers of Local Ecological Knowledge

2025Ecology and EvolutionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1002/ece3.71685

Forest landscape degradation, carbon loss and ecological consequences of illegal gold mining in Ghana

2025Discover ForestsJournalOpen accessCorresponding9 citations10.1007/s44415-025-00020-5

Adoption Dynamics of Organic Pesticides Among Cocoa Producers In Two Ecological Zones Of Ghana

2025Global ChallengesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1002/gch2.202500045

Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Shrubs and Herbs Used by Forest‐Fringe Communities of Ghana

2025ScientificaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1155/sci5/1362301

Termite-tree-soil interactions in cocoa agroforestry systems: farmer perceptions of ecological dynamics, practices and challenges in three ecological zones of Ghana

2025International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1007/s42690-025-01534-3

Evaluating land use impacts on soil organic carbon and soil health for sustainable land management in Ghana

2025Journal of Environmental ManagementJournal2 citations10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128346

Efforts towards restoring Tetrapleura tetraptera in forest landscapes threatened by the insect pest, Tragocephala nobilis

2025International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceJournal0 citations10.1007/s42690-025-01579-4

Disturbances shape the tree community in Ghana's Mole National Park

2025Journal of Ecology and EnvironmentJournalOpen access1 citation10.5141/jee.25.036

Teak‐Soil Interaction: Teak (Tectona grandis) Plantations Impact and are Impacted by Soil Properties and Fertility in Southwestern Ghana

2024Applied and Environmental Soil ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1155/2024/7931830

Forest landscape restoration-induced changes in land cover and woody plant community structure in a degraded forest reserve in Ghana

2024Trees Forests and PeopleJournalOpen access9 citations10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100578

Evaluating Growth Patterns and Soil Dynamics of the Endangered African Rosewood (Pterocarpus erinaceusPoir.) in Contrasting Ecological Regions in Ghana

2024International Journal of Forestry ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1155/2024/9978908

Conservation and economic benefits of medicinal plants: Insights from forest-fringe communities of Southwestern Ghana

2023Trees Forests and PeopleJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding68 citations10.1016/j.tfp.2023.100462

Allometric relationships between stem diameter, height and crown area of associated trees of cocoa agroforests of Ghana

2023Scientific ReportsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding28 citations10.1038/s41598-023-42219-6

Ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal tree species used in the treatment of diseases by forest-fringe communities of Southwestern Ghana

2023HeliyonJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23645

Temporal changes in litterfall and potential nutrient return in cocoa agroforestry systems under organic and conventional management, Ghana

2021HeliyonJournalOpen accessFirst author30 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08051

Biomass and carbon stocks of organic and conventional cocoa agroforests, Ghana

2020Agriculture Ecosystems & EnvironmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding66 citations10.1016/j.agee.2020.107192

Decomposition and nutrient mineralisation of leaf litter in smallholder cocoa agroforests: a comparison of organic and conventional farms in Ghana

2020Journal of Soils and SedimentsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding43 citations10.1007/s11368-020-02844-4

Influence of organic cocoa agroforestry on soil physico-chemical properties and crop yields of smallholders’ cocoa farms, Ghana

2020Renewable Agriculture and Food SystemsJournalFirst authorCorresponding15 citations10.1017/s1742170520000290

Tree diversity and its ecological importance value in organic and conventional cocoa agroforests in Ghana

2019PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding111 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0210557

Ghana Education Trust Fund

5

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2

University of Nottingham1