Akwasi Afrifa Acheampong

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, since 2010per ORCID

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Akwasi Afrifa Acheampong is a Senior Lecturer in the Geomatic Engineering Department at Kwame Nkrumah University if Science & Technology (KNUST) and a Professional Engineer. He received his BSc, MPhil and PhD at Geomatic Eng., KNUST. Before joining academia, Afrifa was Land Surveyor and undertook most assignments including boundary surveys, engineering surveys for roads, airports, utilities mapping as well as volumetric computations for quarries and stockpiles. survey… More on ORCID

Aerospace Engineering
Oceanography
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atmospheric Science
Civil and Structural Engineering

In their own words

GPS/GNSS Meteorology
Surveying
Geodesy
Positioning
Navigation
GNSS
GIS
Tropospheric Delays
NWP
GPS

Publications: 262008–2026
Citations: 156to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 3.671.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 27%6 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 100%22 of the 22 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 160 citations, h-index 7 and i10-index 5 (144 citations and h-index 6 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

Senior Lecturer, Geomatic Engineering DepartmentKwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technologysince 2010

Education

PhD, Geomatic Engineering Dept.Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2012–2015

Honours, memberships and service

Professional EngineerGhana Institution of Engineeringsince 2015

On their papers

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology26 works

Publications

26 in all

Time series prediction of reservoir water level using deep learning: the case of Bui Dam in Ghana
2026Journal of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (JGhIE)JournalOpen access0 citations10.56049/jghie.v26i1.249
Analysis of 3D positions processed from CORS in southern Ghana
2024International Journal of Science and Research Archive

aaacheampong.coe@knust.edu.ghPublic on their ORCID record

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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

Aerospace Engineering1558%
Oceanography1246%
Astronomy and Astrophysics727%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering312%
Atmospheric Science14%
Civil and Structural Engineering14%
Computer Networks and Communications14%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology14%
Environmental Engineering14%
General Health Professions14%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

GNSS positioning and interference14
Geophysics and Gravity Measurements12
Inertial Sensor and Navigation8
Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics7
Energy Load and Power Forecasting2
Agricultural risk and resilience1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Climate variability and models1
Data Quality and Management1
Earthquake Detection and Analysis1
Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals1
Energy and Environment Impacts1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

23% of their 22 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

Denmark2
Australia1
China1
Hong Kong SAR1
Norway1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

The Forestry Commission of GhanaGH4 papers
University of CopenhagenDK2 papers
Edith Cowan UniversityAU1 paper
Guangdong University of TechnologyCN1 paper
Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHK1 paper
Norwegian University of Life SciencesNO1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper

Where they publish

South African Journal of Geomatics9
Journal of Geodetic Science3
Journal of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (JGhIE)3
Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)2
Advances in Meteorology1
Advances in Space Research1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

14Life below water4
6Clean water and sanitation3
11Sustainable cities and communities2
7Affordable and clean energy1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Deep learning model for predicting daily IGS zenith tropospheric delays in West Africa using TensorFlow and Keras
Advances in Space Research
202137 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Exposure to bisphenol A, bisphenol F, and bisphenol S can result in obesity in human body
Cogent Chemistry
201824 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Application of GNSS derived precipitable water vapour prediction in West Africa
Journal of Geodetic Science

Kwame Nkrumah University

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Assessing the Quality of Data from Continuously Operating Reference Stations in Ghana

2023Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen access1 citation10.4314/just.v41i3.1

Homogenizing coordinates through the use of the active CORS in Ghana

2023South African Journal of GeomaticsJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/sajg.v12i.2.2

Electrification Planner for Ghana Using Open-Source Web GIS

2022Journal of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (JGhIE)JournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.56049/jghie.v22i1.14

Analysis of GNSS baseline solutions in Ghana

2022South African Journal of GeomaticsJournalOpen access1 citation10.4314/sajg.v8i1.1

Determination of position coordinates of the new active CORS in Ghana

2022Journal of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (JGhIE)JournalOpen access1 citation10.56049/jghie.v22i1.25

Spatial dimensions of food and nutrition security in the Northern region of Ghana

2022South African Journal of GeomaticsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/sajg.v9i2.27

Development of GNSS software for Ghana Survey and Mapping Division

2022South African Journal of GeomaticsJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/sajg.v11i1.10

GIS mobile application for crime reporting and monitoring

2022Ghana Journal of TechnologyJournal4 citations

Comparative analysis of blind tropospheric correction models in Ghana

2021Journal of Geodetic ScienceJournalOpen access0 citations10.1515/jogs-2020-0104

Spatial dimensions of food and nutrition security in the Northern region of Ghana

2020South African Journal of GeomaticsJournalSenior author2 citations

Application of GNSS derived precipitable water vapour prediction in West Africa

2019Journal of Geodetic ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding23 citations10.1515/jogs-2019-0005

Analysis of GNSS baseline solutions in Ghana

2019South African Journal of GeomaticsJournal2 citations

Precipitable water comparisons over Ghana using PPP Techniques and reanalysis data

2017South African Journal of GeomaticsJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.4314/sajg.v6i3.13

INVESTIGATION OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CONTROLS ON KNUST CAMPUS

2016Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/just.v36i2.7

Comparison of precipitable water over Ghana using GPS signals and reanalysis products

2015Journal of Geodetic ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.1515/jogs-2015-0016

Developing a differential GPS (DGPS) Service in Ghana

2008Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Msc ThesisJournalFirst author3 citations

Ghana Journal of Technology1

How it can be read

100% free to read, of the 22 recorded

Diamond 13 · 50%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 27%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Unknown 4 · 15%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

5 of 26 papers name a funder

Danish International Development Agency1
Direktoratet for Utviklingssamarbeid1
Impact Fund1
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1
National Natural Science Foundation of China1
U.S. Food and Drug Administration1
University Grants Committee1

201923 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold