Godfred Kweku Awudzi

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Horticulture
Plant Science
Insect Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Complementary and alternative medicine
Ecology

Publications: 272015–2026
Citations: 249to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 1.871.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 19%5 of 27 scored papers
Open access: 67%18 papers free to read

3 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

Citations received each year

Publications

27 in all

Growth and yield response of cashew ( Anacardium occidentale L.) clones to spacing in the Guinea Savanna zone of Ghana
2026Agrosystems Geosciences & EnvironmentJournalOpen access0 citations10.1002/agg2.70326
Selectivity of Insecticides Used for the Management of Cocoa Pests on Non-Target Predatory Ant Species
2026Agrochemicals

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Horticulture2385%
Plant Science1348%
Insect Science622%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics415%
Complementary and alternative medicine311%
Ecology311%
Food Science311%
Forestry311%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences27%
Genetics27%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy23
Insect Pest Control Strategies5
Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens5
Agriculture and Rural Development Research3
Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis3
Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications3
Oil Palm Production and Sustainability3
Agricultural Innovations and Practices2
Agricultural pest management studies2
Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems2
Insect and Pesticide Research2
Insect-Plant Interactions and Control2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

19% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written5555555Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom5

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH6 papers
University of ReadingGB5 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
Ghana Cocoa BoardGH3 papers
Busoga UniversityUG1 paper
Ministry of Food and AgricultureGH1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Agronomy3
Forests Trees and Livelihoods2
Agrochemicals1
Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment1
Annals of Applied Biology1
Australian Journal of Crop Science1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger5
15Life on land5
1No poverty2
12Responsible consumption and production2

Most cited

Knowledge, perception, and pesticide application practices among smallholder cocoa farmers in four Ghanaian cocoa-growing regions
Toxicology Reports12
202264 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Effects of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Growth and Nutrient Uptake by Young Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.)
International Journal of Agronomy
202126 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Spatiotemporal Distribution and Damage Trends of Pseudotheraptus devastans (Dist.) on Theobroma cacao in Ghana

2024Psyche A Journal of EntomologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1155/2024/1428063

Assessment of the major insect pests associated with kola nuts in Ghana

2023Forests Trees and LivelihoodsJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1080/14728028.2023.2193906

Pattern of insecticide usage in organic cocoa production in Ghana

2022Organic AgricultureJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1007/s13165-022-00386-2

Outbreak and Insecticide Susceptibility of Pod Feeding-larvae on Cocoa in Ghana

2021Pertanika journal of tropical agricultural scienceJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.47836/pjtas.45.1.04

Influence of Acidic Soils on Growth and Nutrient Uptake of Cocoa (Theobroma Cacao L.) Varieties

2020Communications in Soil Science and Plant AnalysisJournalSenior author10 citations10.1080/00103624.2020.1822384

Knowledge and perception of Ghanaian cocoa farmers on mirid control and their willingness to use forecasting systems

2016International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceJournalFirst authorCorresponding26 citations10.1017/s1742758415000247

Optimizing mirid control on cocoa farms through complementary monitoring systems

2016Journal of Applied EntomologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.1111/jen.12332

Strategy for Insect Pest Control in Cocoa

2015Journal of Experimental Agriculture InternationalJournalOpen access26 citations10.9734/ajea/2015/12956

Cogent Food & Agriculture

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis1

How it can be read

67% free to read

Diamond 6 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Gold 10 · 37%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 9 · 33%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

13 of 27 papers name a funder

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana5
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council3
Commission on Higher Education3
University of Ghana3
Directorate for Biological Sciences2
Ghana National Petroleum Corporation1
University of Greenwich1

201626 citationsWorld top 10%

Strategy for Insect Pest Control in Cocoa

Journal of Experimental Agriculture International

201526 citationsOpen access · Diamond