W. K. Buah

University of Mines and Technology

Publishing since 2010, latest 2025

Biomedical Engineering
Water Science and Technology
Mechanical Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Waste Management and Disposal
Civil and Structural Engineering

Publications: 152010–2025
Citations: 85to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.301.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 15 scored papers
Open access: 73%11 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

15 in all

Estimating the Product Quantity and Particle Size of Char and Activated Carbon Derived from Palm Kernel Shells – A Practical Approach
2025Advances in MaterialsJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.11648/j.am.20251404.15
Attenuation of Heavy Metals from Waste Oil-Based Drilling Mud using Locally Produced Coconut Shell-Based Activated Carbon

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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

Biomedical Engineering640%
Water Science and Technology640%
Mechanical Engineering533%
Environmental Chemistry320%
Waste Management and Disposal320%
Civil and Structural Engineering213%
Environmental Engineering213%
Pollution213%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology17%
Biotechnology17%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal4
Metal Extraction and Bioleaching3
Mine drainage and remediation techniques3
Recycling and Waste Management Techniques3
Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes3
Arsenic contamination and mitigation2
Extraction and Separation Processes2
Heavy metals in environment2
Mineral Processing and Grinding2
Tailings Management and Properties2
Catalysis for Biomass Conversion1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

13% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom2
Australia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Newcastle UniversityGB1 paper
University of LeedsGB1 paper
University of Newcastle AustraliaAU1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Mining Journal8
Advances in Materials1
International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy1
Mine Water and the Environment1
Process Safety and Environmental Protection1
Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation6
12Responsible consumption and production3
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

Conversion of Corn Cobs Waste into Activated Carbons for Adsorption of Heavy Metals from Minerals Processing Wastewater
International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy6
201625 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Numerical Indices of the Severity of Acidic Mine Drainage: Broadening the Applicability of the Gray Acid Mine Drainage Index
Mine Water and the Environment
201013 citations
Quality of Sachet Water Produced at Tarkwa, Ghana
Ghana Mining Journal6

Ghana Mining Journal

Recycling Waste Polyurethane as a Carbon Resource in Ironmaking

2017Ghana Mining JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.4314/gm.v17i1.8

Conversion of Corn Cobs Waste into Activated Carbons for Adsorption of Heavy Metals from Minerals Processing Wastewater

2016International Journal of Environmental Protection and PolicyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding25 citations10.11648/j.ijepp.20160404.11

Combustible Gaseous Products from Pyrolysis of Combustible Fractions of Municipal Solid Waste

2016The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and ManagementJournalFirst author2 citations10.5276/jswtm.2016.191

Treatment of Iron Tailings at the Forecariah Guinea Mine - Guinea Conakry

2016Ghana Mining JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/gm.v16i1.10

Quality of Sachet Water Produced at Tarkwa, Ghana

2015Ghana Mining JournalJournalOpen access10 citations

Effects of Quebracho Tannin on Recovery of Colloidal Gold from Bioleached Wash Liquor

2015Ghana Mining JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations

Mineralogical and Geochemical Controls of Arsenic in an Active Tailings Dam

2015Research Journal of Environmental and Earth SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.19026/rjees.7.5265

The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management

How it can be read

73% free to read

Diamond 8 · 53%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 1 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 27%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 15 papers name a funder

Ghana Education Trust Fund1
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency1
University of New South Wales1

201510 citationsOpen access · Green