Gloria Essilfie

Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana, since 2020per ORCID

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

Dr. Gloria Ladjeh Essilfie (née Tetteh) is a distinguished Food Scientist and Postharvest Technology Specialist with over 20 years of experience in research, development, and academia. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Crop Science at the University of Ghana, where she leads programs in postharvest technology, postharvest food safety, and quality assurance in food. Dr. Essilfie has extensive experience working on multi-national projects across Africa and has… More on ORCID

Plant Science
Food Science
Forestry
Nutrition and Dietetics
Pharmacology
Animal Science and Zoology

Publications: 142013–2026
Citations: 384to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 3.331.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 36%5 of 14 scored papers
Open access: 64%9 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, Department of Crop ScienceUniversity of Ghanasince 2020
Lecturer, Department of Crop ScienceUniversity of Ghana2011–2020
Lecturer, Department of Food Process EngineeringUniversity of Ghana2009–2011
SSA-CP Resource Person, Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program UnitForum for Agricultural Research in Africa2008–2009
Special Assistant to the Executive Director, Executive Directors secretariat

Publications

14 in all

Effect of drying methods, pretreatment and storage conditions on nutritional quality and consumer acceptability of cocoyam leaves (Xanthosoma sagittifolium)
2026Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.3389/fsufs.2025.1657192
Impact of pretreatment and different drying methods on nutritional and antioxidant properties of Turkey berry fruits (Solanum torvum)

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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

Plant Science857%
Food Science750%
Forestry321%
Nutrition and Dietetics321%
Pharmacology214%
Animal Science and Zoology17%
Biotechnology17%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics17%
Geography, Planning and Development17%
Inorganic Chemistry17%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Food Drying and Modeling4
African Botany and Ecology Studies3
Microencapsulation and Drying Processes3
Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies3
Food composition and properties2
Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability2
Ginger and Zingiberaceae research2
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability2
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Cassava research and cyanide1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Coconut Research and Applications1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

43% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

China4
Mali1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

China Pharmaceutical UniversityCN4 papers
Jiangsu UniversityCN3 papers
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine3 papers
University of Cape CoastGH2 papers
Koforidua Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers
CAB InternationalGB1 paper
CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research InstituteGH1 paper
Cape Coast Technical UniversityGH1 paper
Accra Technical UniversityGH1 paper

Where they publish

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture2
African Journal of Food Science and Technology1
Food Chemistry1
Frontiers in Food Science and Technology1
Frontiers in Horticulture1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger4
7Affordable and clean energy3
6Clean water and sanitation1
12Responsible consumption and production1

Most cited

Application of non‐thermal pretreatment techniques on agricultural products prior to drying: a review
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture7
2020116 citationsWorld top 10%
Drying of ginger slices—Evaluation of quality attributes, energy consumption, and kinetics study
Journal of Food Process Engineering7
2019112 citationsWorld top 10%
Sonication, osmosonication and vacuum-assisted osmosonication pretreatment of Ghanaian garlic slices: Effect on physicochemical properties and quality characteristics

Forum for Agricultural Research for Africa

Education

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCEUniversity of Georgia1998–2002
M.PHIL, DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCEUniversity of Ghana1995–1998
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCEUniversity of Ghana1990–1993

Frontiers in Food Science and Technology

Food safety in the horticultural sector in Ghana: challenges, risk factors and interventions

2023Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.3389/fsufs.2023.1173677

Optimization of the sorghum malting process forpitoproduction in Ghana

2015Journal of the Institute of BrewingJournalOpen access41 citations10.1002/jib.191

International Journal of Horticultural Science1

How it can be read

64% free to read

Diamond 3 · 21%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 36%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 5 · 36%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 14 papers name a funder

National Key Research and Development Program of China3
United States Agency for International Development3
China Pharmaceutical University1
Economic and Social Research Council1
UK Research and Innovation1
University of Ghana1

202072 citationsWorld top 10%

Optimization of the sorghum malting process forpitoproduction in Ghana

Journal of the Institute of Brewing2

201541 citationsOpen access · Gold