S.K. Darkey

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Publishing since 2009, latest 2023

Plant Science
Horticulture
Analytical Chemistry
Complementary and alternative medicine
Economics and Econometrics
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 72009–2023
Citations: 32to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.691.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 7 scored papers
Open access: 86%6 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

7 in all

Struggles over staples production? Constraints and food crops technologies adoptions of smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana’s Bono, Ahafo and Western North regions
2023Journal of Agriculture and Food ResearchJournalOpen access6 citations10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100630
Field Performance of False Horn Plantain (Musa AAB) Corms Treated Mechanically and with Hormone Solutions

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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 Science686%
Horticulture229%
Analytical Chemistry114%
Complementary and alternative medicine114%
Economics and Econometrics114%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences114%
Molecular Biology114%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Banana Cultivation and Research3
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy2
Agricultural Innovations and Practices1
Cassava research and cyanide1
Growth and nutrition in plants1
Heavy Metals in Plants1
Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement1
Medicinal plant effects and applications1
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion1
Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions1
Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens1
Pineapple and bromelain studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

71% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

Germany4
South Africa1
India1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of HohenheimDE4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIN1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchZA1 paper

Where they publish

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)2
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)1
International Journal of Plant & Soil Science1
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research1
Journal of Horticulture and Plant Research1
University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger3
6Clean water and sanitation1

Most cited

CONTRIBUTION OF URBAN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION TO FARMERS' LIVELIHOOD: A CASE OF THE KUMASI METROPOLIS OF ASHANTI REGION OF GHANA
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
201413 citationsOpen access · Green
RESPONSE OF SELECTED LOCAL PLANTAIN CULTIVARS TO PIBS (PLANTS ISSUS DE BOURGEONS SECONDAIRES) TECHNIQUE
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
201410 citationsOpen access · Green
Struggles over staples production? Constraints and food crops technologies adoptions of smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana’s Bono, Ahafo and Western North regions
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research2

Journal of Horticulture and Plant Research

EXPLORATORY ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL MYCORRHIZATION OF TWO LANDRACES OF PLANTAIN

2016HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)Journal0 citations

CONTRIBUTION OF URBAN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION TO FARMERS' LIVELIHOOD: A CASE OF THE KUMASI METROPOLIS OF ASHANTI REGION OF GHANA

2014DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessFirst author13 citations

RESPONSE OF SELECTED LOCAL PLANTAIN CULTIVARS TO PIBS (PLANTS ISSUS DE BOURGEONS SECONDAIRES) TECHNIQUE

2014DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen access10 citations

Agronomic performance of two tetraploid hybrid plantains in Ghana.

2009University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)JournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation

How it can be read

86% free to read

Diamond 1 · 14%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 14%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 14%Open in a subscription journal
Green 3 · 43%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 14%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 7 papers name a funder

Asian Development Bank1
Universität Hohenheim1
World Bank Group1

20236 citationsOpen access · Gold

Agronomic performance of two tetraploid hybrid plantains in Ghana.

University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)2

20091 citationOpen access · Green