G. N. Dowuona

University of Ghana

Publishing since 1992, latest 2026

Soil Science
Waste Management and Disposal
Civil and Structural Engineering
Agronomy and Crop Science
Biomaterials
Building and Construction

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 181992–2026
Citations: 221to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 0.701.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 6%1 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 39%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

18 in all

Thermochemical processes (mechanisms?) of biochar production under KUNTAN kiln and NABERTHERM furnace. Effects of technologies on organic fractions
2026Environmental Progress & Sustainable EnergyJournal0 citations10.1002/ep.70425
Removal of phosphate from simulated domestic wastewater using sorbents under constructed wetland
2023International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

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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

Soil Science950%
Waste Management and Disposal528%
Civil and Structural Engineering317%
Agronomy and Crop Science211%
Biomaterials211%
Building and Construction211%
Atmospheric Science16%
Biomedical Engineering16%
Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics16%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics16%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics7
Soil and Unsaturated Flow3
Soil erosion and sediment transport3
Soil Management and Crop Yield3
Clay minerals and soil interactions2
Phosphorus and nutrient management2
Agricultural Science and Fertilization1
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems1
Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production1
Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes1
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment1
Crop Yield and Soil Fertility1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

56% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Canada3
United States2
United Kingdom2
Denmark1
Kenya1
Japan1
Australia1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GuelphCA2 papers
University of FloridaUS2 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers
Natural History MuseumGB1 paper
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary MedicineJP1 paper
University of CopenhagenDK1 paper
University of EdinburghGB1 paper
ETH ZurichCH1 paper
University of SaskatchewanCA1 paper
Griffith UniversityAU1 paper

Where they publish

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis2
Plant and Soil2
Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B - Soil & Plant Science1
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology1
Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy1
Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land6
14Life below water3
2Zero hunger2
6Clean water and sanitation2
12Responsible consumption and production1

Most cited

Short-term effects of crop rotation, residue management, and soil water on carbon mineralization in a tropical cropping system
Plant and Soil2
200844 citationsWorld top 10%
An analysis of the within-season rainfall characteristics and simulation of the daily rainfall in two savanna zones in Ghana
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology6
199742 citations
Micromorphology and Mineralogy of Cracking Soils from the Accra Plains of Ghana

Geochemical Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution as Impacted by Municipal Solid Waste at Abloradjei Waste Dump Site, Accra-Ghana

2015Research Journal of Environmental and Earth SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author15 citations10.19026/rjees.7.1695

Short-term effects of human urine fertiliser and wood ash on soil pH and electrical conductivity

2013Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (University of Kassel)JournalOpen accessSenior author11 citations

Simple Formulation of the Soil Water Effect on Residue Decomposition

2010Communications in Soil Science and Plant AnalysisJournal7 citations10.1080/00103620903460781

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

International Journal of Geosciences1

How it can be read

39% free to read

Diamond 2 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 3 · 17%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 61%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 18 papers name a funder

University of Ghana3
AngloGold Ashanti1
Danish International Development Agency1

Soil Science Society of America Journal15

Geochemical Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution as Impacted by Municipal Solid Waste at Abloradjei Waste Dump Site, Accra-Ghana

Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences

201515 citationsOpen access · Diamond