Richard Amfo-Otu

Environmental Protection Agency

Also at Presbyterian University, Ghanafrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Waste Management and Disposal
Pollution
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Water Science and Technology
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Infectious Diseases

Publications: 192012–2026
Citations: 182to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 0.751.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 42%8 papers free to read

2 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

19 in all

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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

Waste Management and Disposal632%
Pollution526%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health316%
Water Science and Technology316%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis211%
Infectious Diseases211%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law211%
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology211%
Strategy and Management211%
Agronomy and Crop Science15%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Municipal Solid Waste Management5
Heavy metals in environment4
Water Quality and Pollution Assessment3
Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management2
Occupational Health and Safety Research2
Recycling and Waste Management Techniques2
Air Quality and Health Impacts1
Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting1
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies1
Effects of Vibration on Health1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

5% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

Ireland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Presbyterian University, GhanaGH12 papers
University of Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentGH7 papers
University of Cape CoastGH4 papers
University of GhanaGH4 papers
Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development AuthorityIE1 paper
Ghana Standards AuthorityGH1 paper
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
Ghana Communication Technology UniversityGH1 paper
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH1 paper

Where they publish

Environmental Research Engineering and Management2
Environment and Natural Resources Research1
Environment and Pollution1
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment1
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)1
Heliyon1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation3
8Decent work and economic growth3
4Quality education1
10Reduced inequalities1
12Responsible consumption and production1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Correlation Analysis of Groundwater Colouration from Mountainous Areas, Ghana
Environmental Research Engineering and Management6
201428 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Electronic waste control and management in Ghana: A critical assessment of the law, perceptions and practices
Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy
202222 citations
ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN SOILS AROUND AUTO MECHANIC WORKSHOP CLUSTERS IN CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL STATION, KUMASI-GHANA
15

Electronic waste control and management in Ghana: A critical assessment of the law, perceptions and practices

2022Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular EconomyJournalSenior author22 citations10.1177/0734242x221103939

Health care waste management in health facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

2022International Journal of Community Medicine and Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20221506

FOOD SAFETY AWARENESS AMONG PRIVATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, THE CASE OF PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA

2018HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)JournalFirst author0 citations

Estimation of Potential Evapotranspiration at Botanga Irrigation Scheme in the Northern Region of Ghana

2015Environmental Research Engineering and ManagementJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.5755/j01.erem.70.4.7752

Hospital solid waste management at Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital, Akuapem-Mampong, Ghana

2015International Journal of Environment and Waste ManagementJournalFirst author14 citations10.1504/ijewm.2015.074934

Correlation Analysis of Groundwater Colouration from Mountainous Areas, Ghana

2014Environmental Research Engineering and ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst author28 citations10.5755/j01.erem.67.1.4545

The Silent Killer: an assessment of Level of Industrial Noise and Associated Health Effects on Workers

2013International Journal of Basic and Applied SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author7 citations10.14419/ijbas.v2i2.657

Assessment of Physico-chemical Quality of Groundwater Sources in Ga East Municipality of Ghana

2012Environment and Natural Resources ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.5539/enrr.v2n3p19

International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health1

How it can be read

42% free to read

Diamond 2 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 11%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 21%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 11 · 58%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 19 papers name a funder

Ministry of Agriculture and Food1

Hospital solid waste management at Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital, Akuapem-Mampong, Ghana

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management8

201514 citations