Kwadwo Amankwah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 2011, latest 2025

Economics and Econometrics
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Horticulture
Insect Science
Accounting

In their own words

participatory development
mixed methods research
competency-based education

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 202011–2025
Citations: 298to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 3.771.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 38%5 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 77%10 of the 13 whose access is recorded

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 490 citations, h-index 8 and i10-index 8 (341 citations and h-index 8 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

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

20 in all

Examining the constraints and drivers of the performance of Ghana's Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme
2025Food and HumanityJournal1 citation10.1016/j.foohum.2025.100648
Cocoa Extension Public-Private Partnership in Ghana: A New Path for Rural Development
2025پژوهش های روستائیJournal0 citations

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Citations received each year

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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

Economics and Econometrics420%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics315%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences315%
Horticulture210%
Insect Science210%
Accounting15%
Agronomy and Crop Science15%
Animal Science and Zoology15%
Building and Construction15%
Business and International Management15%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural Innovations and Practices3
Agriculture and Rural Development Research3
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion3
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy2
Agricultural risk and resilience1
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development1
Animal and Plant Science Education1
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology1
Cooperative Studies and Economics1
Corporate Finance and Governance1
Energy and Environment Impacts1
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

46% of their 13 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

Netherlands2
United States1
Austria1
United Kingdom1
Italy1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Wageningen University & ResearchNL2 papers
Cocoa Research Institute of GhanaGH2 papers
Ghana Cocoa BoardGH2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityUS1 paper
Sapienza University of RomeIT1 paper
United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationAT1 paper
University of GlasgowGB1 paper
University for Development StudiesGH1 paper

Where they publish

Food and Humanity2
Pelita Perkebunan (a Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal)2
Agricultural Social Economic Journal1
Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce1
Cogent Food & Agriculture1
Consolidating the CoS-SIS Research Agenda, CoS-SIS Cotonou, Benin Workshop1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger4
1No poverty2
8Decent work and economic growth2
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Diagnosing constraints to market participation of small ruminant producers in northern Ghana: An innovation systems analysis
NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences
201299 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Effect of entrepreneur, firm, and institutional characteristics on small-scale firm performance in Ghana
Journal of global entrepreneurship research8
201977 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Implementation evaluation of cocoa hand pollination program in Ghana

2024Pelita Perkebunan (a Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal)JournalOpen access1 citation10.22302/iccri.jur.pelitaperkebunan.v40i1.588

Effect of entrepreneur, firm, and institutional characteristics on small-scale firm performance in Ghana

2019Journal of global entrepreneurship researchJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding77 citations10.1186/s40497-019-0178-y

Institutional dimensions of veterinary services reforms: responses to structural adjustment in Northern Ghana

2014International Journal of Agricultural SustainabilityJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding29 citations10.1080/14735903.2014.909635

Diagnosing constraints to market participation of small ruminant producers in northern Ghana: An innovation systems analysis

2012NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding99 citations10.1016/j.njas.2012.06.002

Enhancing food security in Upper West region of Northern Ghana through smallholder small ruminant production-A diagnostic study

2011Consolidating the CoS-SIS Research Agenda, CoS-SIS Cotonou, Benin WorkshopConferenceFirst author0 citations

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability1

International Journal on Food Agriculture and Natural Resources1

How it can be read

77% free to read, of the 13 recorded

Diamond 6 · 30%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 5%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 15%Behind a paywall
Unknown 7 · 35%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

2 of 20 papers name a funder

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung1
International Fund for Agricultural Development1

201429 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

DRIVERS OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, PRACTICE, ASPIRATION AND PERCEPTIONS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE STANDARD: EVIDENCE FROM CERTIFIED COCOA FARMERS IN GHANA

Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences

202218 citations

Financial analysis of small-scale mango chips processing in Ghana

Cogent Food & Agriculture8

201918 citationsOpen access · Diamond