F. K. Oppong

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana

Publishing since 1992, latest 2015

Horticulture
Agronomy and Crop Science
Forestry
Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Animal Science and Zoology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 141992–2015
Citations: 185to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 0.541.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 7%1 of 14 scored papers
Open access: 50%7 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

Publications

14 in all

Crop and Weed Response to Diuron in the Rain Forest Zone of Ghana
2015Asian Journal of Agricultural ResearchJournalOpen access2 citations10.3923/ajar.2016.56.64
Long Term Assessment of the Agronomic and Economic Benefits of Cocoa Food Crop Intercropping in the Absence of Fertilizer Application
2012Journal of Experimental Agriculture International

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Horticulture857%
Agronomy and Crop Science536%
Forestry321%
Plant Science321%
Molecular Biology214%
Animal Science and Zoology17%
Ecology17%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics17%
Insect Science17%
Pharmacology17%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy8
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems5
African Botany and Ecology Studies2
Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions2
Weed Control and Herbicide Applications2
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems1
Biological Control of Invasive Species1
Coffee research and impacts1
Growth and nutrition in plants1
Oil Palm Production and Sustainability1
Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

14% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Israel1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Bangor UniversityGB1 paper
Ministry of Food and AgricultureGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science5
Agroforestry Systems2
Asian Journal of Agricultural Research1
Experimental Agriculture1
Journal of Experimental Agriculture International1
Journal of the Ghana Science Association1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger6
15Life on land4

Most cited

Cacao-coconut intercropping in Ghana: agronomic and economic perspectives
Agroforestry Systems2
200250 citationsWorld top 10%
Underplanting oil palm with cocoa in Ghana
Agroforestry Systems
199534 citations
The activity and mobility of triasulfuron in soil as influenced by organic matter, duration, amount and frequency of rain
Weed Research15

Growth and early yield of cashew intercropped with food crops in northern Ghana.

2011Journal of Tropical AgricultureJournal15 citations

The effect of time of planting at stake on cocoa seedling survival

1999Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author8 citations10.4314/gjas.v32i1.1917

Evaluation of bare-root methods for transplanting cocoa seedlings

1999Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.4314/gjas.v32i1.1916

The establishment and early yield of cocoa intercropped with food crops in Ghana

1998Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author15 citations10.4314/gjas.v31i1.1944

Potential use of Flemingia macrophylla as mulch for managing weeds in young cocoa in Ghana

1998Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.4314/gjas.v31i1.1947

Evaluation of Basta (glufosinate ammonium ) for weed control in Coffee

1998Journal of the Ghana Science AssociationJournalFirst author1 citation10.4314/jgsa.v1i1.17786

Underplanting oil palm with cocoa in Ghana

1995Agroforestry SystemsJournal34 citations10.1007/bf00705215

Journal of Tropical Agriculture

How it can be read

50% free to read

Diamond 6 · 43%Free to read and to publish
Bronze 1 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 7 · 50%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 14 papers name a funder

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana2
Aberystwyth University1
Bangor University1
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission1

Growth and early yield of cashew intercropped with food crops in northern Ghana.

Journal of Tropical Agriculture2

201115 citations

The establishment and early yield of cocoa intercropped with food crops in Ghana

Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science2

199815 citationsOpen access · Diamond