John K. Bidzakin

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Also at CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute and Cranfield Universityfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2013, latest 2025

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Plant Science
Business and International Management
Economics and Econometrics
Agronomy and Crop Science
Food Science

Publications: 172013–2025
Citations: 415to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 4.511.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 35%6 of 17 scored papers
Open access: 76%13 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

17 in all

Compendium of Technologies for Higher Yield and Aflatoxin Management in Groundnut
2025Book chapter0 citations10.9734/bpi/crpas/v7/4093
Peanut Value Chain Development: The Case of Lower Lake Victoria Basin of Kenya
2025EconomiesJournalOpen access2 citations10.3390/economies13040086

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences847%
Plant Science741%
Business and International Management529%
Economics and Econometrics424%
Agronomy and Crop Science318%
Food Science318%
Soil Science318%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics16%
Forestry16%
Horticulture16%

Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural Innovations and Practices8
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development5
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems3
Agricultural pest management studies2
Agricultural risk and resilience2
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development2
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion2
Seed and Plant Biochemistry2
African Botany and Ecology Studies1
Agricultural Science and Fertilization1
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Banana Cultivation and Research1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

59% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223344Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States5
Kenya3
United Kingdom3
Nigeria2
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research InstituteGH14 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH8 papers
Cranfield UniversityGB3 papers
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityUS3 papers
Kansas State UniversityUS2 papers
International Potato CenterKE2 papers
University of HohenheimDE1 paper
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG1 paper
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG1 paper
National Museums of KenyaKE1 paper

Where they publish

Advances in Agriculture3
Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & Sociology2
Cogent Economics & Finance1
Crop Science1
Economies1
Frontiers in Sociology1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger9
5Gender equality1
8Decent work and economic growth1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Fertilizer Adoption and Use Intensity Among Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana: A Case Study of the AGRA Soil Health Project
Sustainable Agriculture Research2
2013109 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Postharvest losses and mitigating technologies: evidence from Upper East Region of Ghana
Sustainable Futures
202177 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Utilization of Organic Fertilizer in Ghana: Implications for Crop Performance and Commercialization

2023Advances in AgricultureJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding18 citations10.1155/2023/8540278

Economics of Bulk Storage Techniques: Maize and Cowpea Storage in Ghana

2022Advances in AgricultureJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1155/2022/8953918

Contract farming and rice production efficiency in Ghana

2020Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging EconomiesJournalFirst author45 citations10.1108/jadee-11-2018-0160

Impact of contract farming on rice farm performance: Endogenous switching regression

2019Cogent Economics & FinanceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding72 citations10.1080/23322039.2019.1618229

Impact of Irrigation Ecology on Rice Production Efficiency in Ghana

2018Advances in AgricultureJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding26 citations10.1155/2018/5287138

Production Efficiency of Smallholder Rice Farms under Contract Farming Scheme in Ghana

2018Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & SociologyJournalOpen accessFirst author11 citations10.9734/ajaees/2018/41057

Evaluation of Pearl millet Varieties for Adaptation to the Semi-Arid Agro-Ecology of Northern Ghana

2015Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research InternationalJournalOpen access10 citations10.9734/jaeri/2015/14640

Performance of Micro and Small Scale Agribusinesses in Northern Region of Ghana: Non-financial Analysis

2014Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & SociologyJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.9734/ajaees/2015/11997

International Journal of Agronomy

International Journal of Plant & Soil Science1

How it can be read

76% free to read

Diamond 4 · 24%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 47%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 4 · 24%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

8 of 17 papers name a funder

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa2
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung2
United States Agency for International Development2
West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use2
Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers1
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme1
International Fund for Agricultural Development1
U.S. Department of Agriculture1

Cogent Economics & Finance

201972 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Contract farming and rice production efficiency in Ghana

Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies2

202045 citationsWorld top 10%

Impact of Irrigation Ecology on Rice Production Efficiency in Ghana

Advances in Agriculture2

201826 citationsOpen access · Gold