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Samuel Dzidefo Sagoe · Peerford

University for Development Studies / Scholars

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Samuel Dzidefo Sagoe

University for Development Studies

Publishing since 2024, latest 2026

Pollution
Artificial Intelligence
Geochemistry and Petrology
Environmental Engineering
Water Science and Technology
Environmental Chemistry

ORCID 0009-0004-0809-6542
Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 232024–2026
Citations: 114to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 2.271.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 30%7 of 23 scored papers
Open access: 83%19 papers free to read

5 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

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pollution1461%
Artificial Intelligence1148%

Publications

23 in all

Newest Most cited Oldest Title

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Groundwater quality, pollution sources, and health risk assessment in a mining-dominated district: A case study from Atiwa West, Ghana
2026Journal of African Earth SciencesJournal4 citations10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2026.106029
Hydrochemical evolution and source controls of groundwater quality in the voltaian aquifers of East Mamprusi, Northern Ghana
2026H2Open Journal

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Geochemistry and Petrology1043%

Environmental Engineering730%

Water Science and Technology522%

Environmental Chemistry417%

Building and Construction313%

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis313%

Radiological and Ultrasound Technology313%

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law14%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Heavy metals in environment14
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping11
Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry10
Groundwater and Watershed Analysis4
Water Quality and Pollution Assessment4
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity3
Mine drainage and remediation techniques3
Mining and Resource Management3
Radioactivity and Radon Measurements3
Arsenic contamination and mitigation2
Groundwater flow and contamination studies2
Soil Geostatistics and Mapping2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

35% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234567Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa4
China3
Tanzania3
Finland3
Nigeria3
Germany1
Mali1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH14 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH13 papers
Takoradi Technical UniversityGH10 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH8 papers
Ghana Meteorological AgencyGH8 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH5 papers
University of JohannesburgZA4 papers
Hohai UniversityCN3 papers
University of TurkuFI3 papers
The University of DodomaTZ3 papers

Where they publish

Discover Geoscience3
Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances3
Economic and Environmental Geology2
Environmental Geochemistry and Health2
Journal of African Earth Sciences2
Discover Chemistry.1
Discover Soil.1
Discover Water1

How it can be read

83% free to read

Diamond 8 · 35%Free to read and to publish
Gold 10 · 43%In an open-access journal
Green 1 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 17%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 23 papers name a funder

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation5
2Zero hunger3
15Life on land2
11Sustainable cities and communities1
13Climate action1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Source-specific probabilistic health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soils from a mining area using Monte Carlo simulation: A case study from southwestern Ghana
Ecological Indicators
202516 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Exploring soil pollution patterns in Ghana's northeastern mining zone using machine learning models
Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances
202415 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Predicting irrigation water quality indices in a typical mining dominated area in the Upper West region of Ghana using multiple machine learning techniques
Discover Water6
202414 citationsOpen access · Gold
Advanced analysis of soil pollution in southwestern Ghana using Variational Autoencoders (VAE) and positive matrix factorization (PMF)
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
202511 citationsOpen access · Gold
Ecological risk assessment and source apportionment of potentially toxic elements in an emerging mining zone region of northwestern Ghana
Results in Engineering
202511 citationsOpen access · Gold

Journal

Open access

Senior author

1 citation

10.1016/j.htopen.2026.100053

Stochastic framework for source quantification and health risk evaluation of soil potentially toxic elements in the Maluwe–Tinga–Wasipe Corridor, Savannah Region, Ghana

2026Discover GeoscienceJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1007/s44288-026-00488-4

Additional file 1 of Stochastic framework for source quantification and health risk evaluation of soil potentially toxic elements in the Maluwe–Tinga–Wasipe Corridor, Savannah Region, Ghana

2026FigshareJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32109852

Integrating self-organising maps and Monte Carlo probabilistic model for groundwater pollution source apportionment and risk analysis at Kokompe in southwestern Ghana

2026Discover Chemistry.JournalOpen access0 citations10.1007/s44371-026-00698-2

Distribution, Metallo-Toxicological Interactions, and Health Risks of Selected PTEs in Mining Enclaves within the Atiwa Forest Area, Southern Ghana

2026Economic and Environmental GeologyJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.9719/eeg.2026.59.2.317

Reviewing artisanal small-scale gold mining driven heavy metal pollution in Ghana through principal component analysis and partial least squares regression: A machine-learning approach

2026Sustainable Geosciences People Planet and ProsperityJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1016/j.susgeo.2026.100014

Source apportionment and stochastic evaluation of soil contamination and human health risks of potentially toxic elements in Nangodi, northern Ghana

2026Discover Soil.JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s44378-026-00229-6

A multi-technique framework for detecting subtle gold mineralisation in obscured terrains of northern Ghana

2026Journal of African Earth SciencesJournal0 citations10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2026.106307

Determining groundwater quality and its associated human health risk using hydrochemical signatures and some machine learning techniques

2026Environmental Geochemistry and HealthJournal0 citations10.1007/s10653-026-03404-4

Integrated groundwater quality and probabilistic human health risk assessment of nitrate and nitrite in Ghana’s coastal aquifers using principal component analysis-based groundwater quality index

2026Journal of Hazardous Materials AdvancesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1016/j.hazadv.2026.101547

Integrated hydrochemical and microbiological assessment of groundwater quality for early contamination detection and preventive management

2026Discover GeoscienceJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1007/s44288-026-00729-6

Source-specific probabilistic health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soils from a mining area using Monte Carlo simulation: A case study from southwestern Ghana

2025Ecological IndicatorsJournalOpen access16 citations10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113376

Assessment of groundwater quality and exposure risks in a rural mining district of Ghana using multivariate and probabilistic approaches

2025Discover GeoscienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1007/s44288-025-00355-8

Advanced analysis of soil pollution in southwestern Ghana using Variational Autoencoders (VAE) and positive matrix factorization (PMF)

2025Environmental and Sustainability IndicatorsJournalOpen access11 citations10.1016/j.indic.2025.100627

Ecological risk assessment and source apportionment of potentially toxic elements in an emerging mining zone region of northwestern Ghana

2025Results in EngineeringJournalOpen accessFirst author11 citations10.1016/j.rineng.2025.106840

Patterns and source apportionment of potentially toxic elements distribution in the soils of the Nangodi area, Northeast Ghana: A multivariate and machine learning approach

2025Journal of Hazardous Materials AdvancesJournalOpen access8 citations10.1016/j.hazadv.2025.100688

Source apportionment of potentially toxic elements in soils from an urbanising region: Insights from multivariate analysis in Singida, Tanzania

2025Geosystems and GeoenvironmentJournalOpen access8 citations10.1016/j.geogeo.2025.100396

A data-intensive framework for evaluating ecological and human health impacts of soil potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in the mining-endemic region of Singida, Tanzania

2025Environmental Geochemistry and HealthJournal4 citations10.1007/s10653-025-02730-3

Resolving Geogenic and Anthropogenic Sources of Soil Contamination in Central Tanzania Using Probabilistic and Machine Learning Approaches

2025Economic and Environmental GeologyJournalOpen access3 citations10.9719/eeg.2025.58.6.771

Exploring soil pollution patterns in Ghana's northeastern mining zone using machine learning models

2024Journal of Hazardous Materials AdvancesJournalOpen access15 citations10.1016/j.hazadv.2024.100480

Predicting irrigation water quality indices in a typical mining dominated area in the Upper West region of Ghana using multiple machine learning techniques

2024Discover WaterJournalOpen access14 citations10.1007/s43832-024-00104-x

Fluid boundaries: A cross-country exploration of groundwater quality amid threats from climate change

2024Environmental ChallengesJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.1016/j.envc.2024.100953

University of Ghana

2

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa1

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1