Samuel Wiafe

Sunyani Technical University

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

Pollution
Water Science and Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Plant Science
Building and Construction
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Publications: 272014–2026
Citations: 245to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 0.961.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 11%3 of 27 scored papers
Open access: 67%18 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

27 in all

Spatial–temporal analysis of climate variability and its dominant drivers on soil moisture dynamics in semi-arid northern Ghana
2026Ecological FrontiersJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.ecofro.2026.04.012
Evaluating the impact of irrigation water quality on soil chemical properties using chemical indices and multivariate analysis in Northern Ghana

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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

Pollution1348%
Water Science and Technology1348%
Artificial Intelligence415%
Plant Science415%
Building and Construction311%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis311%
Waste Management and Disposal311%
Control and Systems Engineering27%
Ecology27%
Environmental Chemistry27%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Heavy metals in environment13
Water Quality and Pollution Assessment9
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping4
Mining and Resource Management3
Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance3
Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal2
Coagulation and Flocculation Studies2
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment2
Environmental and Social Impact Assessments2
Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry2
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity2
Mine drainage and remediation techniques2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

7% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States1
Japan1
Netherlands1
China1
Canada1
France1
Spain1
Italy1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH15 papers
Environmental Protection AgencyGH5 papers
Takoradi Technical UniversityGH3 papers
Koforidua Technical UniversityGH3 papers
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Accra Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchCA1 paper
Canadian Organization for Rare DisordersCA1 paper
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR1 paper
Children's Cancer Therapy Development InstituteUS1 paper

Where they publish

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences2
Journal of Environmental and Public Health2
Sustainable Environment2
American Journal of Applied Sciences1
American Journal of Environmental Sciences1
Applied and Environmental Soil Science1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation11
15Life on land6
13Climate action1

Most cited

Optimizing coagulation–flocculation processes with aluminium coagulation using response surface methods
Applied Water Science6
202245 citationsOpen access · Gold
Seasonal Changes in Pesticide Residues in Water and Sediments from River Tano, Ghana
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
202232 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Heavy Metal Concentrations in Fish from River Tano in Ghana and the Health Risks Posed to Consumers

Geosystems and Geoenvironment

Optimizing coagulation efficiency in surface water treatment using response surface method

2025Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part AJournalSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.1080/10934529.2025.2594359

Effects of Dynamic Land Use and Land Cover Variations on hydrological regime of Densu River Basin of Ghana

2025Ghana Journal of Science Technology and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.47881/422.967x

Seasonal Changes in Pesticide Residues in Water and Sediments from River Tano, Ghana

2022Journal of Environmental and Public HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding32 citations10.1155/2022/8997449

The effect of soil types on the phytoremediation of heavy metals by Phragmites australis

2022Journal of Environmental Engineering and ScienceJournalFirst author1 citation10.1680/jenes.22.00020

Heavy Metal Concentrations in Fish from River Tano in Ghana and the Health Risks Posed to Consumers

2021Journal of Environmental and Public HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding25 citations10.1155/2021/5834720

Heavy Metals Pollution of Owerri and Asuokofi Rivers in Konongo, Ghana

2021American Journal of Environmental SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.3844/ajessp.2021.31.42

Groundwater Quality Assessment of Three Zonal Regions in the Sunyani Municipality

2020American Journal of Engineering and Applied SciencesJournalOpen access1 citation10.3844/ajeassp.2020.21.26

Assessment of Typha capensis for the remediation of soil contaminated with As, Hg, Cd and Pb

2019Environmental Monitoring and AssessmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding18 citations10.1007/s10661-019-7484-2

Applied Water Science

Arabian Journal of Geosciences1

How it can be read

67% free to read

Diamond 6 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 26%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 19%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 9 · 33%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 27 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2
World Bank Group2
Alexion Pharmaceuticals1
European Commission1
Fondazione Telethon1
Keio University1
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy1
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency1

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

202125 citationsOpen access · Hybrid