Bernard Darfour

University of Ghana

Also at Ghana Atomic Energy Commissionfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2011, latest 2026

Plant Science
Food Science
Nutrition and Dietetics
Mechanical Engineering
Biochemistry
Forestry

Publications: 172011–2026
Citations: 147to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 0.831.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 12%2 of 17 scored papers
Open access: 59%10 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

17 in all

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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

Plant Science1271%
Food Science953%
Nutrition and Dietetics529%
Mechanical Engineering318%
Biochemistry212%
Forestry212%
Insect Science212%
Agronomy and Crop Science16%
Biotechnology16%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics16%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Seed and Plant Biochemistry5
Food composition and properties4
Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization3
Agricultural pest management studies3
GABA and Rice Research3
Insect Pest Control Strategies3
Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies3
African Botany and Ecology Studies2
Insect and Pesticide Research2
Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities2
Radiation Effects and Dosimetry2
Bee Products Chemical Analysis1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

53% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223455Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States6
Poland3
Malaysia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH17 papers
Iowa State UniversityUS6 papers
Instytut Chemii i Techniki JądrowejPL3 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH3 papers
Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan AbdullahMY1 paper
Ghana Standards AuthorityGH1 paper
Ghana Education ServiceGH1 paper
Radiological and Medical Sciences Research InstituteGH1 paper

Where they publish

Radiation Physics and Chemistry5
Cereal Chemistry1
Discover Food1
European Journal of Medicinal Plants1
Food Science and Technology International1
Foods and raw materials1
Frontiers in Nutrition

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger2
7Affordable and clean energy2
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Physical, proximate, functional and pasting properties of flour produced from gamma irradiated cowpea (Vigna unguiculata, L. Walp)
Radiation Physics and Chemistry
201133 citations
Physical characteristics of maize grain as influenced by varietal and moisture differences
International Journal of Food Properties
202230 citationsOpen access · Gold
Gamma irradiation of Tetrapleura tetraptera fruit as a post-harvest technique and its subsequent effect on some phytochemicals, free scavenging activity and physicochemical properties
Radiation Physics and Chemistry
2014

Food Science and Technology International

Storability of organic and conventional sorghum grains at constant relative humidity, and varied temperatures

2024International Journal of Postharvest Technology and InnovationJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1504/ijpti.2024.138690

Physical characteristics of maize grain as influenced by varietal and moisture differences

2022International Journal of Food PropertiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding30 citations10.1080/10942912.2022.2077756

Gamma irradiation and drying method: The effects on kola nut powder

2021Radiation Physics and ChemistryJournalFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109489

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems1

How it can be read

59% free to read

Diamond 4 · 24%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 29%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 7 · 41%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

5 of 17 papers name a funder

International Atomic Energy Agency2
Iowa State University2
United States Agency for International Development1
University of Ghana1