Benjamin Yao Folitse

Institute for Scientific and Technological Information

Publishing since 2016, latest 2023

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Information Systems
Animal Science and Zoology
Business and International Management
Economics and Econometrics
Plant Science

Publications: 132016–2023
Citations: 108to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 1.341.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 15%2 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 54%7 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

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.

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

13 in all

Sources of agricultural extension information and farmers’ willingness to pay for the information: Evidence from small-scale pineapple farmers in south-eastern Ghana
2023African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and DevelopmentJournal5 citations10.1080/20421338.2022.2149041
Occupational hazards and injuries among oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) farmers in the Kwaebibirem District in the Eastern Region of Ghana

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences754%
Information Systems538%
Animal Science and Zoology323%
Business and International Management215%
Economics and Econometrics215%
Plant Science215%
Strategy and Management215%
Accounting18%
Management of Technology and Innovation18%
Mechanics of Materials18%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural Innovations and Practices7
ICT in Developing Communities5
Livestock and Poultry Management3
Global trade, sustainability, and social impact2
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development2
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability2
Firm Innovation and Growth1
Forest Biomass Utilization and Management1
ICT Impact and Policies1
Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development1
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion1
Working Capital and Financial Performance1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

23% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

India2
Korea1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH12 papers
Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIN2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Science and Technology Policy InstituteKR1 paper
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchZA1 paper
Bolgatanga Technical UniversityGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science3
Information Development2
African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development1
Ghana Journal of Science1
International Journal of Research Studies in Computing1
Journal of Agricultural & Food Information1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger5
8Decent work and economic growth2
1No poverty1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

The determinants of mobile-phone usage among small-scale poultry farmers in Ghana
Information Development2
201835 citationsWorld top 10%
Sources of information for urban vegetable farmers in Accra, Ghana
Information Development1
201622 citationsWorld top 10%
Poultry Farmers' Information Needs and Sources in Selected Rural Communities in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Ghana Journal of Science

The determinants of mobile-phone usage among small-scale poultry farmers in Ghana

2018Information DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding35 citations10.1177/0266666918772005

Poultry Farmers' Information Needs and Sources in Selected Rural Communities in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

2017The International Information & Library ReviewJournalFirst authorCorresponding19 citations10.1080/10572317.2017.1351020

Assessing Sources of Information for Urban Mushroom Growers in Accra, Ghana

2017Journal of Agricultural & Food InformationJournalSenior author9 citations10.1080/10496505.2017.1361328

A study on the agricultural research scientists’ knowledge in the use of internet resources

2017International Journal of Research Studies in ComputingJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.5861/ijrsc.2017.1813

Pelita Perkebunan (a Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal)1

The International Information & Library Review1

How it can be read

54% free to read

Diamond 7 · 54%Free to read and to publish
Closed 6 · 46%Behind a paywall

The International Information & Library Review2

Assessing Sources of Information for Urban Mushroom Growers in Accra, Ghana

Journal of Agricultural & Food Information

20179 citations