Charles A. Adams

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Associate Porfessor, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, since 2004per ORCID
Rhode Island Hospital, since 2004per ORCID

Publishing since 2004, latest 2026

Transportation
Automotive Engineering
Building and Construction
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Civil and Structural Engineering

In their own words

Civil Engineering
Transport Planning and engineering

Publications: 692004–2026
Citations: 610to those papers
h-index: 14i10-index 22
Field-weighted impact: 1.921.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 23%11 of 48 scored papers
Open access: 72%36 of the 50 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 833 citations, h-index 16 and i10-index 30 (752 citations and h-index 16 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

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

Associate Porfessor, SurgeryBrown University Warren Alpert Medical Schoolsince 2004
SurgeryRhode Island Hospitalsince 2004

Education

Surgical intern and resident, SurgeryRutgers New Jersey Medical School1996–2003
MDRutgers New Jersey Medical School1992–1996

On their papers

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology62 works

Publications

69 in all

Transport related air pollution and its implications on public health along selected road corridors in lagos metropolis, nigeria
2022Southern African Transport ConferenceReport2 citations
Adoption of Electric Vehicles: Analysis of Consumer Perception in Ghana
2022Corpus IDJournalSenior author4 citations
Traffic noise models and noise guidelines: A review

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Citations received each year

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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

Transportation3246%
Automotive Engineering1928%
Building and Construction1420%
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality913%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis69%
Civil and Structural Engineering57%
Control and Systems Engineering46%
Biomedical Engineering34%
Environmental Engineering34%
Global and Planetary Change34%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Transportation Planning and Optimization27
Urban Transport and Accessibility22
Transportation and Mobility Innovations11
Traffic and Road Safety9
Air Quality and Health Impacts6
Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques6
Urban and Freight Transport Logistics6
Vehicle emissions and performance6
Traffic control and management4
Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting3
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention3
Noise Effects and Management3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

48% of their 50 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States9
Sierra Leone7
Nigeria6
Namibia2
India2
South Africa2
China1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH14 papers
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH9 papers
University of AlabamaUS8 papers
University of Sierra LeoneSL7 papers
Nigerian Building and Road Research InstituteNG3 papers
University of Cape CoastGH3 papers
Indian Institute of Technology MadrasIN2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM2 papers
Cape Coast Technical UniversityGH2 papers
University of NamibiaNA2 papers

Where they publish

African Transport Studies8
Urban Planning and Transport Research7
American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture3
Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition)3
Sustainability3
Transportation Engineering3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities19
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure3
1No poverty2
13Climate action2
17Partnerships for the goals2
3Good health and well-being1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Optimizing the Sustainable Multimodal Freight Transport and Logistics System Based on the Genetic Algorithm
Sustainability9
202257 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Signalization options to improve capacity and delay at roundabouts through microsimulation approach: A case study on arterial roadways in Ghana
Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition)
202157 citations
Traffic noise models and noise guidelines: A review
Noise & Vibration Worldwide

Kwame Nkrumah University

Every institution they have given on a paper.

2021Noise & Vibration WorldwideJournal52 citations10.1177/09574565211052693

Effects of soil properties and geogrid placement on CBR enhancement of lateritic soil for road pavement layers

2016American Journal of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureJournalFirst author16 citations

Investigation of Afram Shale for road construction

2016American Journal of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureJournalSenior author5 citations

Effects of motorcycles on saturation flow rates of mixed traffic at signalized intersections in Ghana

2015International Journal of Traffic and Transportation EngineeringJournalFirst author31 citations

Synchronization of signalised intersections: A case study of three major intersections on the 24th February road, Kumasi, Ghana

2013International Journal of Engineering Research and ApplicationsJournal5 citations

Saturation flows and passenger car equivalent values at signalized intersections on urban arterial roads in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana

2008Proceedings of the International Conference on the best practices to Relieve Congestion on Mixed-Traffic Urban Streets in Developing Countries, IIT Madras, Chennai, IndiaJournalFirst author5 citations

A review of the curriculum and regulation of driver training schools in Kumasi, Ghana

2005Journal of the Ghana Institution of EngineeringJournalFirst author1 citation

A methodology for assessing conditions of water assets in small towns in Ghana

2004Journal of the Ghana Institution of EngineeringJournalSenior author0 citations

Transportation research procedia

African Geographical Review2

How it can be read

72% free to read, of the 50 recorded

Diamond 12 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 19 · 28%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 1%A copy in a repository
Closed 14 · 20%Behind a paywall
Unknown 19 · 28%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

26 of 69 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology21
Volvo Research and Educational Foundations6
U.S. Department of Transportation2
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research1
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India1
Department of Transport1
Dipartimento di Informatica, Sapienza Università di Roma1
Environmental Protection Agency1

202152 citationsWorld top 10%

Effects of motorcycles on saturation flow rates of mixed traffic at signalized intersections in Ghana

International Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering

201531 citations

Signalization options to improve capacity and delay at roundabouts through microsimulation approach: A case study on arterial roadways in Ghana

Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition)11

201927 citationsOpen access · Diamond