Peter O. Sanful

University of Energy and Natural Resources

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Ecology
Environmental Chemistry
Oceanography
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Pollution
Artificial Intelligence

Publications: 152012–2026
Citations: 85to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.391.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 15 scored papers
Open access: 53%8 papers free to read

4 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

15 in all

Decadal Shifts in Zooplankton Size Structure and Biomass in a Warming Tropical Lake
2026Limnological ReviewJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.3390/limnolrev26030047
Gas accumulation in Lake Bosumtwi deep waters and its potential to contribute to fish kills
2025Environmental Science and Pollution Research

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Ecology1067%
Environmental Chemistry853%
Oceanography427%
Nature and Landscape Conservation320%
Pollution320%
Artificial Intelligence213%
Global and Planetary Change213%
Water Science and Technology213%
Aquatic Science17%
Biomedical Engineering17%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity7
Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics7
Marine and coastal ecosystems4
Heavy metals in environment3
Fish Ecology and Management Studies2
Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology2
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping2
Water Quality and Pollution Assessment2
Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior1
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management1
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies1
Fish Biology and Ecology Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

73% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States6
Canada3
Slovakia2
Denmark2
Czechia1
Mexico1
China1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Minnesota, DuluthUS5 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH5 papers
University College of Agriculture and Environmental StudiesGH5 papers
Aarhus UniversityDK2 papers
University of PrešovSK2 papers
University of WaterlooCA2 papers
University of Mines and TechnologyGH2 papers
Seventh-day Adventist College of EducationGH2 papers
Christian Service University CollegeGH2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection4
African Journal of Aquatic Science2
African Journal of Ecology1
Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology1
Aquatic Insects1
Diversity1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

14Life below water8
6Clean water and sanitation2
8Decent work and economic growth1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Land Use and Land Cover changes in Lake Bosumtwi Watershed, Ghana (West Africa)
Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment
202115 citations
Assessment of Heavy Metal Contaminants Using Pollution Indices in Ankobra River at Prestea Huni-Valley District, Ghana
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection6
201910 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Hydrochemistry of Surface and Groundwater in the Vicinity of a Mine Waste Rock Dump: Assessing Impact of Acid Rock Drainage (ARD)
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection

Land Use and Land Cover changes in Lake Bosumtwi Watershed, Ghana (West Africa)

2021Remote Sensing Applications Society and EnvironmentJournalSenior author15 citations10.1016/j.rsase.2021.100536

Social impacts of small-scale mining activities in some communities in the East Akim Municipality of Ghana

2020Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen access0 citations10.5281/zenodo.3902381

Assessment of Heavy Metal Contaminants Using Pollution Indices in Ankobra River at Prestea Huni-Valley District, Ghana

2019Journal of Geoscience and Environment ProtectionJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.4236/gep.2019.79003

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

International Review of Hydrobiology1

How it can be read

53% free to read

Diamond 4 · 27%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 13%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 47%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

11 of 15 papers name a funder

Danida Fellowship Centre3
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology3
Udenrigsministeriet3
University of Ghana2
Danish International Development Agency1
Erasmus+1
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada1
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada1

20199 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Application of Pollution Indices in the Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination of Surface Sediments of River Bonsa, Ghana

Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection14

20199 citationsOpen access · Diamond